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Idk if hulking is the strongest but tigra , who has better damage and utility than hulking, has a high skill cap and not the favourite for everyone, especially not much useful for uru gang.

FAM is not as good as hulking on attack. I think it's the versatility and SIMPLICITY of hulking in attack. He is not broken by any means, especially not when dthanos is a 7*, but he is so simple to use and is a lot more versatile.

You definitely would have seen more hulking compared to fam, tigra and even cgr in bg decks, and even when 6* went obsolete for bgs, hulking is easily one of the last standing when days of tigra(in low to mid tiers) and FAM were long gone for most endgame players. That must be saying something right?


Although I personally don't think any champ is BROKEN except cgr in a bg pov rn.

Skill cap is irrelevant here, it's like saying Quake has a high skill cap so she's not as good, just doesn't make sense. Tigra in the right hands is faster than Hulkling for basically any matchup without neutralize or rupture immunity.

As for FAM, he may not be as fast as Hulkling but he can take basically all the current meta defenders Hulkling can take just not in 35 secs. So, while Hulkling is to some extent better for short fights, the difference isn't big enough for them to just go "oh no we're definitely not ready for that".

I still have both Hulkling and FAM 6* in my deck myself, I can't really see power levels being that different and far apart that they couldn't add both.

I don’t have a super strong opinion on Hulkling being too strong to be a 7star… but I don’t see how we can say that skill ask of a kit is irrelevant either. Out of all the champs at the very top of their classes Hulkling has the highest utility AND the lowest skill ask when maximizing his damage. That combination of utility and damage is why I can understand Kabam’s position on him specifically… not saying I share that opinion but I understand

That said, I don’t think the same applies to CGR. There’s a much higher skill ask in general and there’s a lot that can disturb his optimal “flow” effectively neutering the character. He may be slightly easier to use than Tigra, but more messed with him. I think he’s more likely to come first.

I worded my comment wrong, it's not that it's entirely irrelevant I just don't think that that makes a champ worse if that makes sense. The abilities and the potential are both there regardless.

As for ease of use, I would agree with that if Juggs and Red Guardian weren't already in the game as 7*, but they are so I can't really agree with that either.

I don't know what their true reasons are for not adding Hulkling but I find it hard to believe they genuinely think he'd be that strong at this point. Look at Red Guardian doing 550k HPs in six hits or Juggs doing fights in 20 seconds, it's absurd to even think Hulkling would do more harm than good to the game when champs like that are already 7*. You could try to argue the dual threat potential for which the other two obviously suck but as it stands, Hulkling is not even that good of a defender anymore because of all the mystic attackers that melt anything with a lot of buffs (Chavez, Kushala etc) these days.

Just my opinion here, but it’s not just the damage output when looking at Hulkling, his utility is even more insane. He’s immune to shock, poison, power drain, burn and steal. He reduces healblock duration and his immunities can be used to fuel his in a kit. In addition to that when converting his charges he gains power. As a result there’s no easy way to turn off his kit without punishing any champ that uses buffs. Right now he’s one of the toughest toughest defenders in the Battlegrounds as a 6star as he’s constantly going indestructible and stalling either his power bar.

Conversely, both Red G and Juggy have really no defensive value and the game team has access to fairly easy off buttons that don’t hinder 60% of the other champions in the game.

Now again, I’m not arguing that he’s too OP, but I can even foresee a reality where Hercules comes out as a 7star first now as even he’s easier to turn off than Hulkling now that we have champs that limit burst damage. And Hulkling hits harder, faster, and has far far more utility

You are not arguing hes too OP but still providing them reasons if they were to cherrypick this thread and quote the 1 person supporting them. But your analysis is missing a chunk, I will try to go in depth.

1) he is nowhere near the speed of Juggs, Red Guardian, Thanos, Sparky, Tigra etc.
Did you see my screenshot and the one from @HungaryHippo ? Tigra is punching up 2 ranks and still destroying red skull (a champion that Hulkling has class advantage for)

2) those champs i listed above are just as easy to play as him except for Tigra, who i wont repeat all the details but the skill requirement is less in BGs.go look at trappys vid on her being too OP to be released as 7*

3) you act like hes a top defender when almost every mystic counters? Hes no serpent and not even a medusa. Medusa needs a lot more specific counters.

4) Also as i mentioned above, you dont even need a mystic counter. Crossbones works, so does black cat or titania. Im sure theres more

5) deathless thanos is a far better dual threat and brain dead easy to play, hello?

6) hulkling has no long form content use. FAM who is a top tech dual threat and similar to Tigra and Hulkling in the crystal, does.

7) onslaught is another top dual threat that has several uses in every game mode including long form content.

This is the reason why the argument of a champ being too OP is a silly argument to have. He was released after the balancing program started. If they didn't feel he was too OP then, then why is he too OP now? What's the point of a balancing program if there isn't enough foresight to plan for the future? I get it for the champs released before the BP started, but that's not the case here.

Hulkling
So far we’re happy with how Hulkling is performing in the Battlerealm! Hulkling was designed to be a Cosmic bruiser, with access to consistent damage as long as you can trigger his Pierce and Fury buffs. In Alliance Wars, we’re seeing him match up well against some of his intended targets such as Peni Parker, while also doing well in other matchups where you can utilize his Immunities. All in all, we’re happy with where Hulkling has landed and will be leaving him as is.