**WINTER OF WOE - BONUS OBJECTIVE POINT**
As previously announced, the team will be distributing an additional point toward milestones to anyone who completed the Absorbing Man fight in the first step of the Winter of Woe.
This point will be distributed at a later time as it requires the team to pull and analyze data.
The timeline has not been set, but work has started.
As previously announced, the team will be distributing an additional point toward milestones to anyone who completed the Absorbing Man fight in the first step of the Winter of Woe.
This point will be distributed at a later time as it requires the team to pull and analyze data.
The timeline has not been set, but work has started.
There is currently an issue where some Alliances are are unable to find a match in Alliance Wars, or are receiving Byes without getting the benefits of the Win. We will be adjusting the Season Points of the Alliances that are affected within the coming weeks, and will be working to compensate them for their missed Per War rewards as well.
Additionally, we are working to address an issue where new Members of an Alliance are unable to place Defenders for the next War after joining. We are working to address this, but it will require a future update.
Additionally, we are working to address an issue where new Members of an Alliance are unable to place Defenders for the next War after joining. We are working to address this, but it will require a future update.
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--Blade's aar is 40% with GR synergy which increases up to 58% when Stark Spidey is in the team.
--He can bypass aar immunity only against dimensional beings, not against villains or non-dimensional mystics.
--He can practically become debuff immune with increased power.
--He can have a pretty good power control against bleeding champions because you can deal damage without hitting the opponent.
You may not like to bring his synergy team for their individual qualities but a lot of players do. One of is them is a great utility and very sustainable champion whereas the other has both good utility and awesome damage output.
The day I see players bringing Night Thrasher to the contest as much as they do Blade, I'll start giving greater weight to your argument. Sure, this is not a popularity contest but why do you think lots of players bring Blade to AQ Maps 5 and 6 and monthly EQ and the story content? Two main reasons.
SUSTAINABILITY. Block damage is not an issue for awakened Blade at all. He can take them all day long without worry. Your fights in your regular maps are stress-free because again (a) you can take parry and block damage without worry and (b) you have the best on-demand regen in the game. Even dying with him is not a big deal. Just slap the lowest revive from your expiring stash and you can end the fight with 70% health.
ON-DEMAND utility and damage. You'll have to work you way to get the increased damage of NT you are talking about. Blade inflicts bleed debuff and regen with easy and his aar doesn't require you do anything. Just bring his synergy (or just himself against dimensional beings). Simple as that.
Those two alone make him a very versatile champion which covers so much in the game.
He's not popular in Act 6 which I understand because for every fight he can handle there better options are available (then again the same can be said about NT). But even in Act 6, he is a useful champion. The ridiculous attack rating of enemies in Act 6.3 and 6.4 further reduce your options but Blade still does surprisingly well because he's one of the few champions who can take the block damage punishment relatively well. There are so many villains there. I'll give you a few more examples.
--A stacked Mr. Sinister on a diss track node? No problem. Parry bleed him to death.
--A stacked Mysterio on Acid Wash node who can literally be countered with two champions only? No problem, Blade can solo the fight. It's just a long fight.
--A whole path with mystics and villains? Blade will save you potions and revives.
There are other paths like that, can't think of all off the top of my head right now, but remember two in Act 6.3.3 (Havoc boss) which Blade can clear without costing you a single revive or potion. He can't deal with the boss but clears everyone on the way. Not saying he's the only one who can do that but objectively speaking how many champions can do that without revives and potions? Not many.
As for Stealth Spidey, it's debatable who is better between him and Blade. What Stealth does better he does way better than Blade but he's also much less versatile than Blade and is a very costly champion to use in endgame content unless you are a master of intercepting who extremely rarely makes any mistakes.
Objectively superior for you and I am fine with that. That's not true for everyone.
Elemental, UmbertoDelRio.
Yes, she does a lot of things, but there are MANY FIGHTS and situations where she's dead in the water. Not so much the case with a high sig CapIW. There are really very few situations where he can't shine, especially with his sig abilities and many better synergies.
For 99.5% of players CapIW is just a better champ.
You. Cannot. Escape.