Mind Stone Path - Enemies and Nodes Directly Counter The Intended Champion and Playstyle
After reading the abilities the mind stone grants Iron Man you'll see the intended design is for you to use charged up heavy attacks while the opponent is stunned in order to cause shock damage. In addition, on Epic difficulty his boosted Arc Overload is supposed to be able to sustain him through the spiked armor thorns damage you will end up taking.
The problem is that these abilities are directly countered by the second and third champions you face, Domino and Havok.
Domino:
- Limber Node prevents charged heavy attacks
- Already difficult to Parry (medium dash only)
- Critical failure stops even successful parries some of the time
- Critical failure can stop Arc Overload from triggering
- Critical failure and spiked armor do more damage than Arc Overload can heal if it does activate
- Various lingering bugs make this fight extra difficult (block break, fight lag, etc.)
Havok:
- Can't parry most of his attacks
- Energy resistance
- Power start 3 (bugged)
As it stands even a highly ranked Iron Man, which most people don't have cause he's outdated, can't complete this quest without an absurd amount of items. The stone along with the right playstyle should be the solution to these paths but that's just not the case here.
Proposed Solution:
- Replace Domino with another champion OR make the mind stone give immunity to ability accuracy reduction
- Make Domino Un-Duped to remove critical failure damage
- Fix the power start 3 bug with Havok
- Replace Havok with a more easily parry-able opponent.
