Hood Changes - Discussion [Merged Threads]

gforcefan

According to Kam, they are giving Hood more energy damage at the cost of his stagger and hex. Stagger will be shorter and cannot be refreshed by heavy. Hex will no longer prevent new buffs (fate seal).
I hope this incorrect. Weakening his better abilities to increase his damage really does not help make him better. Now he does not do great damage, but there are situations where his stagger/hexes are invaluable. But I do not see where you would use him if he can't do those things anymore - there will still be better damage dealers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMi_MMMWUbc&feature=youtu.be

KDSuperFlash10

@Cat_Murdock they did your boy dirty

Masterpuff

I think id actually prefer the current Hood.

Sarvanga1_

Justice for hood.

Crcrcrc

Amazing_Demon05 said:

Ok i am not happy about the stagger less dueation but i am gonna wait for next month to say anything about this. Wanna test him out first

They took away the fate seal completely

Drenlin

Wow, change notes have been out for 30 minutes and everyone already knows exactly how this change is going to effect him? Let the release happen, use the champ, then condemn it if it’s warranted

gforcefan

The hexes do energy damage instead of fate sealing. If you can parry heavy they damage can be good, but fate seal....

gforcefan

KDSuperFlash10 said:

@Cat_Murdock they did your boy dirty

He mentions her further on in video. She has a write up discussing why the changes do not make sense.

Masterpuff

Drenlin said:

Wow, change notes have been out for 30 minutes and everyone already knows exactly how this change is going to effect him? Let the release happen, use the champ, then condemn it if it’s warranted

They removed his biggest utility, its pretty obvious mate.

Rockypantherx

I’m going to wait until he actually goes live to see how he feels, but my initial impressions are...

...they’re not good. Not good at all.

The Guy literally only needed a small damage tuneup. Like, seriously. Increase the crit damage rating bonus while he was invisible by about 3-4x and we would be absolutely golden.

Colinwhitworth69

Not sure why Hood was even getting changed, mechanics-wise. Just buff his damage some, if anything.

The_Sentry06

Kabam, please note that we don't want everyone to become generic damage dealers. That hex and refresh level staggers were the things which made Hood so good when released and why ppl still use him now.

Aleor

It looks really bad. Like atm he's nothing op, his nulify is nothing op. His invisibility wasn't reliable, but it's not after buff like that as well. Also on paper his damage doesn't look increased significantly. Like, you can't now refresh his bleed and shock, and they still don't stack. Like really?

Drenlin

Not defending Kabam here but until we see the changes in game how do we know?

Grootman1294

Hood just needed damage. The utility was already there.

If it ain't broke don't fix it lol

Gardener

Drenlin said:

Not defending Kabam here but until we see the changes in game how do we know?

exactly

dark_king_hyperion

i kinda dont like that so many people and kabam now really only care about big numbers but then you can't blame them we have been begging for big numbers for so long we cant cuss them off when we get what we want so let's be grateful for a while this could always change

Aleor

Drenlin said:

Not defending Kabam here but until we see the changes in game how do we know?

By reading the description? If it's correct (and looks like it most likely is), it's more than enough

Scopeotoe987

Why adjust utility for damage and not just add damage to the utility?

Pulyaman

Damn, I took my Hood to rank 2 before the buff was even announced for his original kit. Not sure how to feel now though. Wait and watch I guess.

yuw

rip, he is now a lot less useful in cavelier event quest

slacker

Hope the damage worth the loss of utility

Fear_of_Clowns2099

Come on now, Kabam! Please review your decision and just do a damage update for him. I mean they're supposed to be "buffed", not nerfed. Utility > Damage in most scenarios, and you just took that away.

Colinwhitworth69

I’m willing to try him out before judging.

Masterpuff

Colinwhitworth69 said:

I’m willing to try him out before judging.

Just make sure you dont test him in a matchup with needed fate seal 👍

ŁŤÇ

His buff is as good as YJ!

Seriously, they took away a portion of his utility! Why take away? Just add to it!

Ksp_2099

Just wait for some gameplay.
Some people also didn't like the falcon buff but now falcon is one of the best buffs.
Need to see some gameplay before making some statements.
It would have been better if we can stack those stagger (with max limit 3 or something), it would have made him OP.

Grootman1294

Ksp_2099 said:

Just wait for some gameplay.
Some people also didn't like the falcon buff but now falcon is one of the best buffs.
Need to see some gameplay before making some statements.
It would have been better if we can stack those stagger (with max limit 3 or something), it would have made him OP.

At least the falcon buff actually looked decent on paper.

Grootman1294

HI_guys said:

Grootman1294 said:

Ksp_2099 said:

Just wait for some gameplay.
Some people also didn't like the falcon buff but now falcon is one of the best buffs.
Need to see some gameplay before making some statements.
It would have been better if we can stack those stagger (with max limit 3 or something), it would have made him OP.

At least the falcon buff actually looked decent on paper.

Actually there were this saying his timer is too short and that he's as useless as before

True, but at least they didn't take away from falcon. I think the problem was that people thought kabam didn't do enough. But in the case of hood, I think they did a bit too much here.

Epistriatus

Took him to rank 5 a pretty long time ago, was one of my more fun options against the 6.2.6 champion boss.
I guess I can now finally be someone who says: “rank down ticket, give it, I want my t2a back”

I’m not even sure if I meant it as a failed joke 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤔

Aleor

Ksp_2099 said:

Just wait for some gameplay.
Some people also didn't like the falcon buff but now falcon is one of the best buffs.
Need to see some gameplay before making some statements.
It would have been better if we can stack those stagger (with max limit 3 or something), it would have made him OP.

What exactly did they take FROM falcon?