Make Gilly a little more SPICY!
First off, this is not a complaint in any way, just a thought. Just like many champions, Guillotine is slowly being left behind in the contest. While she has been one of the most fun characters to play (nothing quite like finishing a champ off with the special 1 or 2 animation), I find more and more that she is not making it onto any of the teams I am using, especially for End-Game content.
For quick burst fights (Less than 100k health, and NOT bleed immune) she is great. Beyond that, her damage is very sub-par. Kabam, this is your BABY! Why leave her behind?
After this month’s event quest, something dawned on me. Her sword is almost its own character, a character that has an obvious “blood lust.” While the synergy with Heimdall is great, having more crits doesn’t help Gilly shine unless she can keep her soul charges up.
Here are a few thoughts on improvements:
1) Give her a way to gain more soul charges other than by the opponent just losing health. Personally, I like the thought of giving her sword a “blood lust.” Each time a stack of bleed is triggered, she gets another soul. Cap the limit at whatever seems reasonable after beta testing. This way she is more like an AA, where she would really shine against bleeding champs, but against bleed immune, she would still function exactly the same.
2) Cap her special 3 at ????? damage (just like Loki and his special 2) so that she can’t just breeze by LoL by spamming it and dropping 600k damage at a time.
The way I see it, these small changes could take her from OK to Great, without making her “God Tier.” By giving her another way to earn souls, it makes her a little more useful for finishing fights started by other champs. It also makes her Special 3 a little more repeatable (anyone playing Gilly for months or years knows that you only really get 1 chance to make that special 3 count since you lose all your soul charges). Add that with the trickle of health steal she gets, it makes her a little more useful beyond rare instances where having reliable heal reversal is crucial.
I’ve also thought of other options such as making her bleeds stronger the more souls she has, or something along those lines. No need to revamp the whole character, just SPICE her up a little so she does not get left behind.
I'm sure this is just a pipe dream, and I have plenty of other great champs, I just miss using this character. I would love to hear the communities thoughts.
