He is better when he is awakened since he can stack his Armor Break debuffs. His other bonus is being able to remove certain debuffs with Heavy Attacks. Otherwise he's just ok.
He wasn't nerfed, but with the introduction of DR and Armor not going lower than 0%, his main attribute, armor breaks, became far less effective to the point that he is about as good as Netflix Iron Fist. This was all 12.0...
Pre-12 he would stack 5-6 armor breaks, use SP2 and wreck! My 4-40 dupe destroyed AQ bosses and minibosses.
As @Marri says, he wasn't actually 'nerfed' himself; it's just that almost all the changes of 12.0 had a negative impact on him, and added up to an enormous reduction in his usability and damage output.
His 'Immortal' counterpart is actually even worse, since you can remove his armour breaks just by landing a punch on him.
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Pre-12 he would stack 5-6 armor breaks, use SP2 and wreck! My 4-40 dupe destroyed AQ bosses and minibosses.
His 'Immortal' counterpart is actually even worse, since you can remove his armour breaks just by landing a punch on him.
I patiently wait for a buff.
Don’t look for a buff as he’s working as intended now (WAI)