Hood Stagger Changed

Ever since I got my 6* Hood months ago, his stagger has prevented buffs that would proc in the same instance. Now with the change to Symbiote Supreme, he is interacting with buffs differently than he was yesterday.

In the thread about SS that was recently closed @Kabam Lyra said that the update was specific to Symbiote Supreme

This issue and fix were specific to Symbiote Supreme as mentioned in the notes about the change.

. This doesn't appear to be the case.

This has a strong negative impact on Hood's utility. Was this change with him intentional? He was in no way overpowered, unlike SS.

Comments

Kabam Lyra

As noted, the change was specific only to Symbiote Supreme. If there is a suspected issue with Hood, please post a detailed report using this template.

Cat_Murdock

Kabam Lyra wrote: »

As noted, the change was specific only to Symbiote Supreme. If there is a suspected issue with Hood, please post a detailed report using this template.

Device and Version: iPhone 7

Device Operating System: iOS 12

Mobile Carrier: AT&T

Cellular or WiFi: Both

Game Version Installed: 21.0.0

Game Mode: story quests, event quests, duels, all

Champions Affected: Hood, 1/25 6*

Active Boosts: None

Description of the Issue: Until this morning, when I used Hood and he placed a Stagger on the opponent, and the opponent proc'd multiple buffs instantaneously, all of them would be nullied. Examples of situations like this include all the armor and regen buffs against champions like Iron Man, SIM, Iron Patriot; both the true strike and crit buff of Heimdall; the Unstoppable and Furies of The Champion; Unstoppable from Juggernaut or Unstoppable Colossus; War Machine's Empty the Clip, etc etc

As of this morning, none of this is working properly. He will only stagger one buff even if they all appear at the same time.

Screenshot or Video: I strongly regret not taking a video of Hood vs The Champion yesterday, because the difference is quite clear against him. Yesterday, he would remove the Unstoppable and Furies from Primal Rage. Now, he only removes the Unstoppable (a video which I do have)

https://youtu.be/20vqzv-FsNY

Another small example I have is vs Heimdall. When Heimdall uses his specials, he gains True Strike and a Precision buff simultaneously. Previous to today, having a Stagger applied before hand would nullify both the buffs. Today, it only removes Precision, strongly reducing Hood's effectiveness as a Heimdall auto block counter. In this video (not my footage)

https://youtu.be/yH6T7klMVLs at the :09 second mark you can see Stagger removing both buffs.

This is my footage, where this no longer happens

https://youtu.be/Mzb0OzFTwRE

Hood has been acting the same in the months that I have had him, up until today.

Cat_Murdock

I just posted an additional report, but it looks like it disappeared? Was it removed?

Edit: nevermind it's back

DareDvlDan

edit: answer was posted while I was typing.

gforcefan

I can confirm the same problem on Android.

Device and Version: Asus ZeePad

Device Operating System: Android 7.0

Mobile Carrier: n/a

Cellular or WiFi: Wifi (no celluar)

Game Version Installed: 21.0.0

Game Mode: story quests, event quests, duels, all

Champions Affected: Hood, 3/45 5*

Active Boosts: None

Description of the Issue: Same as above. His stagger only stops one buff, not all that activate at the same time.

Kenny292

Any confirmation that this is being looked into with Hood and other champs that stagger, with SS being the exception?

Ezra7676

Now you mention I fought imiw in war 2x and was like what's up with this armor up? He should've been removing them all right?

I just r3'd him to use on path 7 so I really hope he's not nerfed.

dtape

I am wondering if engineers of Kabam have done two kind of codes for stagger of SS and stagger of the other champs. All staggers have been nerfed simultaneously I believe.

Jaffacaked

Ezra7676 wrote: »

Now you mention I fought imiw in war 2x and was like what's up with this armor up? He should've been removing them all right?

I just r3'd him to use on path 7 so I really hope he's not nerfed.

Imiw armor is passive lol

Cat_Murdock

Ezra7676 wrote: »

Now you mention I fought imiw in war 2x and was like what's up with this armor up? He should've been removing them all right?

I just r3'd him to use on path 7 so I really hope he's not nerfed.

Iron Man has passive armor buffs. They can be broken with armor break abilities, but they can't be nullified or staggered.

Cat_Murdock

@Kabam Miike @Kabam Lyra @Kabam Wolf any update? I miss my Hood

Cat_Murdock

Not being able to handle Juggs with his stagger anymore is really not great

Kabam Lyra

Thanks for the info @Cat_Murdock! It looks like there is a separate issue with The Hood's Stagger not removing the buffs, as it was previously. The team is looking into a resolution for this.