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Mid defender, no idea why they call him 5/5 he already has a bunch of counters and isn't even in the featured crystal yet.

Do you think he'll get a defensive tune up like Arcade?

I wish but I don't even know what they could do to him defensively to make him 5/5 without turning him into another Serpent on accident because if that happens then there's zero chance he gets buffed offensively as well too. Right now he's definitely not a 5/5 defender it's more like a 4/5 but I'd rather he stays a 4/5 and gets a buff on attack than getting buffed on defense to match the 5/5 but keep him mid on attack.

A 4/5 defender is better for sure, not every single defender needs to be 5/5. I think his combo detonation and evolutionary field should last a bit longer so you could fit multiple SP1 bursts. I still haven't tested him before

Actually the issue is it expires too slowly, they should've kept the combo detonation passive similar to BRB's shocks so you have full control of it and fan re apply it reliably as much as you want.

They probably made it expire slowly because if they made it too fast, on defense it would just detonate and you wouldn't have time to land 15 hits before the timer expires. I think on attack though, you should be able to control its duration compared to on defense.

By my estimate, you're like the 2367th person to post here on the forums about how you don't understand how a competition works and how BGs works.

by my estimate, it seems like it’s your job to live on this forum and white knight kabam under every single person’s opinion about the game, every hour of the day. it seems like you’re worthless.

Worth more than your skills in BGs.

guarantee you don’t have more points than me, if you’re even in gc.

I don't grind BGs. I don't put effort into so yeah, you probably have more points than I do. Congratulations.

if you don’t play it or care about it then why even say anything at all. go away.

To tell you that you're wrong in what you're thinking. It's a competition, a concept you clearly don't understand. The higher you climb, the harder the competition is. Why should you get to face lesser competition than the bigger accounts for the same rewards?

here’s the thing, you’re confusing competition with an absurdly high paywall. its not about climbing harder, it's about access being sold. no matter how much someone grinds, they can't compete with wallets, not skill. that’s not “fair” competition, it's monetized gatekeeping.

people who pay should get perks, sure, but not to the point where no amount of effort can ever catch up. that’s not competition, that’s just selling power. there’s a line between rewarding support and making it nearly pointless to even try without paying. this game crossed it.

You can't spend money to be good in battlegrounds. Money doesn't make you have more skills. Money might buy a bigger roster, but money doesn't make you an expert on using all those champs you have.

You have to know which champs counter those defenders. You have to know the attackers rotations well to KO the defender quickly. Money doesn't buy that.

You can tell people that BGs is somehow a paywall, monetized gatekeeping, or whatever buzzword that makes you mad. Money can't make you good in battlegrounds. It doesn't win fights for you. You can't pay your way to wins. It's just an excuse because you've reached your skill ceiling.

you keep repeating “money doesn’t buy skill” like that’s the full story, but you’re ignoring the structure of the mode. battlegrounds isn’t a test of pure skill—it’s a draft-based, roster-dependent format where access determines options, and options shape outcomes.

yes, knowing rotations matters. yes, counters matter. but guess what—you need to actually own those champs to use them. and when spenders have 3x the ranked champs, exclusive meta defenders, and better everything, they’re not relying on just skill—they're relying on volume and variety to carry them. and recently with every event making the gap wider and wider, while regular people wait months for content.

you can’t pretend this is a level field when one side can always get 10/10 perfect drafts, and all the top counters—and the other can’t even build a FULL competitive deck after completing everything in the game 100% and anything new that comes out immediately. that’s not skill vs skill. that’s stacked odds. and calling it a “skill ceiling” just shows you aren’t even trying to use your brain.