I miss using DOCTOR STRANGE. He never really fully recovered from that devastating NERF
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If I had just one request of Kabam, it would be to return Doctor Strange to his former glory. Once the most used Champion in the game, now he feels like an invalid. Scarlet, Thor, Starlord...they were all at least repaired to usable levels after the Nerf. But Doc was left behind in a BIG WAY. He was my very first R5 and just an absolute blast to play. AQ was absolutely owned with him. Just makes me sad that he will never again be close to what he once was. I miss him a lot. And sincerely wish Kabam would bring him back to the repair table.
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Kabam made all of us buy and use items to max his sig ability...then left him unusable. I deranked mine from 5 to 4.
I wish I had used another rank down ticket...benched at rank 3 is the only use he has right now !
Actually, they don't nerf Champs just because people talk about them. They have their own data to analyze. They didn't make the decision just because people said they like him. It didn't come lightly. DS has been in the game a long time. They've had time to assess it.
The God Tier was too OP, so much so that it was dominating the entire game. They had to make changes because they couldn't offer new and better content. There is no risk of talking about Champs on the Forum. They have their own information to go on.
The rest seems small, but overall it makes for a useful Champ. The Regen is not what it was, but it cycles many times. The Power Gain is different, but he has other Abilities. I think it's best he's not what he was. I just see that he could use a slight increase in the output. At least in the Fury Cycle.
His attack is still sub par even in his fury phase. Compare him to a champ like GR.... GR has similar regen capabilities yet his attack power is significantly better.
I don't really have any issues with his new abilities, just his overall damage output and HP seems way too low.
I agree that talking about him here didn't lead to his nerf but didn't help either.
I hope that the data collected changes the mind of whoever decided this.
He know takes damage on the defensive seal when blocking, we all know the heal rate is the real problem during his health steal stage but even in offense seal stacking those armor breaks is like winning the lottery.
I ranked up and use champs that regen more that I wouldn't before. I won't mention who so they won't be on the chopping block lol
As for new content being created, DS was not a major factor or limitation. He couldn't stun lock, or bypass thorns, he couldn't armor break multiple times then smash like Thor due to his previously nerfed attack. The only thing he did was allow players to minimize there spend while playing harder content. At no point did he ever have an advantage in power or ability.
To me this is a cop out that Kabam has tried to sell. There is virtually never a legitimate reason to remove functionality of something that people have invested time and money into which is exactly what they did here. They removed his usefulness after promoting him all over the game, online, and through special purchases.
They had planned to reduce his usefulness while also releasing and upgrading other champs to the point they are more powerful then he ever was. Now we see Yondu coming out and the armor penetration and other things we all hated and rejected from 12.0 are starting to creep back into the game.
It's not a cop-out at all. Having a Champ that is strong in some ways is not the same as having a Champ that can cut through any content like butter. Consider the amount they were OP among all content. The Champs that are strong are not on the same level as the God Tier.
Sure it is. There were many other ways of doing it, or at least not doing it to the gross extreme they did. They could have made content to counter him, they could have elevated other champs. Instead they took the easy way out and rendered him to the level of a champ used for arena points.
I might agree had they not had explicit Dr. Strange events, had they not sold items like the Dr. Strange crystal packs to get people to spend to get this particular very strong champ as he was at that time.
To say he cut through content like butter, that may be true in the hands of a skilled player, but those same players quickly adapted to using Rogue, Phoenix, and Ghost Rider the same way.
Sorry to say, Dr. Voodoo, Hyperion, and Dormammu are more effective and powerful then Dr. Strange was.
They're not the same. Sorry you disagree.
Out of curiosity -- why are you commenting on nearly every thread in this forum today? All I see and read is you pushing your opinion and you arguing with people.
There are lots of opinions which have merit - they are just not yours. Please allow others some usage of the forum.
Thanks!