Ebony maw working as intended?

Dshu

With ebony maw coming to arena soon can we please get confirmation that he is working as intended. I'm only really concerned with his interactions with corvus. With corvus being added as a miniboss in aq I am considering a grind for a 3* ebony. Using an unranked 3* to kill minibosses just sounds too good to pass up

GroundedWisdom

"Bypass Guaranteed Critical Hits
Ebony Maw can be extremely dangerous when brought into the right matchup since all guaranteed critical hits will miss instead, say goodnight Corvus.
Developer Notes: Ebony Maw can be a pretty strong Alliance War Defender, especially when placed on a dangerous node, however, he also brings utility that allows him to dominate in a variety of different matchups, especially long lasting fights where he’s given the opportunity to inflict the opponent with Black Tongue."

.....so yes.

Zuro

Corvus is still able to hit you with his first light attack

Dshu

GroundedWisdom said:

"Bypass Guaranteed Critical Hits
Ebony Maw can be extremely dangerous when brought into the right matchup since all guaranteed critical hits will miss instead, say goodnight Corvus.
Developer Notes: Ebony Maw can be a pretty strong Alliance War Defender, especially when placed on a dangerous node, however, he also brings utility that allows him to dominate in a variety of different matchups, especially long lasting fights where he’s given the opportunity to inflict the opponent with Black Tongue."

.....so yes.

We have seen changes made when unintended interactions benefit the players before. With corvus as a miniboss in aq it may later be claimed as an unintentional interaction meaning his value will go down as a defender as well

GroundedWisdom

That's not unintentional. It's literally and explicitly his thing. Drax has always been specified not to be designed for Mordo, if that's what you mean.

Dshu

GroundedWisdom said:

That's not unintentional. It's literally and explicitly his thing. Drax has always been specified not to be designed for Mordo, if that's what you mean.

I was more referring to the developer notes on domino that were later changed because it was believed she would be too op but basically an exploit that benefits the player fits here

GroundedWisdom

Domino was already OP to begin with. We're talking one Champ that can bypass another. Not that game-altering. For that matter, general consensus is that his Damage is really low, so you'll have a time taking that Mini Boss out. Lol.

Dshu

Since there is no Penalty in aq and he cant kit you beyond his first light attack if you do mess up I see no real downside to fighting him multiple rounds if needed. If it becomes too boring ranking up a 3* to use 1 week a month isn't a huge resource drain

GroundedWisdom

You'll time out most likely. Up to you. That can get costly.

Zuro

You can basically play ebony like ghost against corvus

Dshu

How can that get costly it only takes half your health. You can't die from timeouts

GroundedWisdom

There are easier ways to take down a Corvus than that. You get hit with the first Attack, you're out.

Dshu

Lol at my alliances prestige if you take a combo from any miniboss you are out. If you are going to play the game you may as well have fun with it

GroundedWisdom

It's up to you I guess. As it stands, that's his intended design. Unless there's a serious game-breaking issue, I don't see it changing. Taking down a Mini in AQ wouldn't exactly qualify.

Dshu

Thanks I was just looking for confirmation from kabam I'm good now🙄

GroundedWisdom

Well, I'm not Kabam. Lol. I just shared what's in the Spotlight. Seems pretty explicit.

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Wolverine9

Such ****. You just had to render Corvus useless and even worse, the synergy with Corvus and Ebony is pointless. You can’t add more critical chance to an already 100% critical hit.

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