345 for each expired Stagger, not per Critical Hit.
For low buff opponents, you only heal when your stagger times out after 5 seconds (they don't stack). Then you have to Crit again and wait again. My 5/65 164 Hood has a Crit rate of 23.9% ( = lousy Crit rate)
Critical Hits
100% chance to inflict a non-stacking Stagger Passive lasting 5 seconds. When a Staggered opponent gains a Buff, that Buff and all Buffs triggered at the same time are Nullified. When this Stagger ends, it inflicts 345.15 direct damage on the opponent and heals The Hood for a matching amount.
I think when you apply a new stagger ( aka crit) this is reading as one ending and another starting. I tested this against winter soilder
Why are you so worried about the hood, you'd better worry about those champions who have 1-2 lines in their abilities which people use once a year, especially since this is their game, they will do anything they want
You mean like Ronan? Ok maybe it’s more like 4+ quests a year but those 4 times I bring him out he does a damn good job. Now let’s imagine that Kabam remove his stun lock but let him have a huge burst damage on SP2? That would mean I’d stop using him for what I’d originally use him for and likely wouldn’t bother using him at all because. That’s. Not. Why. I. Ranked. him. Up. Why is it so hard to grasp that people want their champions utility kept intact.
In this case, then they will not buff anyone at all and leave everything as it is and everyone will be happy
Maybe, but if I can devise ways to update champions like Hood that preserve their core functionality and boost their weaknesses, I think it is reasonable to expect professionals paid to do it to be at least as good as I am at it.
Also, I'm pretty sure the devs know how to make a champion have strong staggers, buff nullify, and relatively strong damage in a way they think is balanced**. He's called Mangog. I'm not a conspiratorial thinker, but it is an interesting coincidence that at the same time they were removing nullify from Hood because stagger + nullify would be too strong, they were making a new champ with stagger + nullify. A conspiratorial person might think they reduced Hood's buff control to prevent him from overshadowing a new champ.
** That's how the devs describe Mangog. For example, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IqOWRz3SFU. We don't know if any of those statements is true, but what's important is the devs believe them to be true, so they believe Mangog has strong stagger and strong damage, and they gave him a nullify in SP3. So the devs believe these three capabilities can coexist in a balanced champ, and the only question is tweaking their relative strengths.
It’s not conspiratorial at all. They did that because they knew Mangog was on the way. If Hood was improved and kept his utility they wouldn’t sell as many Mangog crystals. Now those who spend and have a gap in their roster that Hood filled will really want Mangog. It’s business.
So, you think it works like
kabam: nerfs hood players who used hood: take my money! I want a new champ who will be nerfed a little later just like that!
Rly?
I think it absolutely played a role in how they reworked Hood. It’s pretty smart business as Hood isn’t selling any crystals. It blows my mind when people think a company who is out to make as much money as they can wouldn’t do something like this.
Something like that would not be good for reputation. Like imagine some phone manufacturer intentionally making users' old devices work worse to push them into buying new phone. Who would buy anything from a company like that?
Why are you so worried about the hood, you'd better worry about those champions who have 1-2 lines in their abilities which people use once a year, especially since this is their game, they will do anything they want
You mean like Ronan? Ok maybe it’s more like 4+ quests a year but those 4 times I bring him out he does a damn good job. Now let’s imagine that Kabam remove his stun lock but let him have a huge burst damage on SP2? That would mean I’d stop using him for what I’d originally use him for and likely wouldn’t bother using him at all because. That’s. Not. Why. I. Ranked. him. Up. Why is it so hard to grasp that people want their champions utility kept intact.
In this case, then they will not buff anyone at all and leave everything as it is and everyone will be happy
Maybe, but if I can devise ways to update champions like Hood that preserve their core functionality and boost their weaknesses, I think it is reasonable to expect professionals paid to do it to be at least as good as I am at it.
Also, I'm pretty sure the devs know how to make a champion have strong staggers, buff nullify, and relatively strong damage in a way they think is balanced**. He's called Mangog. I'm not a conspiratorial thinker, but it is an interesting coincidence that at the same time they were removing nullify from Hood because stagger + nullify would be too strong, they were making a new champ with stagger + nullify. A conspiratorial person might think they reduced Hood's buff control to prevent him from overshadowing a new champ.
** That's how the devs describe Mangog. For example, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IqOWRz3SFU. We don't know if any of those statements is true, but what's important is the devs believe them to be true, so they believe Mangog has strong stagger and strong damage, and they gave him a nullify in SP3. So the devs believe these three capabilities can coexist in a balanced champ, and the only question is tweaking their relative strengths.
It’s not conspiratorial at all. They did that because they knew Mangog was on the way. If Hood was improved and kept his utility they wouldn’t sell as many Mangog crystals. Now those who spend and have a gap in their roster that Hood filled will really want Mangog. It’s business.
So, you think it works like
kabam: nerfs hood players who used hood: take my money! I want a new champ who will be nerfed a little later just like that!
Rly?
I think it absolutely played a role in how they reworked Hood. It’s pretty smart business as Hood isn’t selling any crystals. It blows my mind when people think a company who is out to make as much money as they can wouldn’t do something like this.
Something like that would not be good for reputation. Like imagine some phone manufacturer intentionally making users' old devices work worse to push them into buying new phone. Who would buy anything from a company like that?
I can think of one, but they're partnered with this game so I'll reserve my words.
He's still ruined. He can't be used in what people ranked him up for pre-nerf.
If someone has never really invested in Hood, the new Hood appears to be better for them. I don't see any evidence so far that the specific complaints about specific use cases somehow magically didn't happen: he will be less useful for some of the use cases he was specifically good at before.
The people who like Hood now have to decide if it was worth taking Hood1.0 away from the players who liked him just to get a Hood2.0 they personally like better.
yeo thats accurate i had not used hood prebuff , his damage wasnt that great , offocurse he'll b amazing if they kept fate seal but new kit on hood is quite decent, lot of regen, works so well with suicde mastery setup, has awesome damage now , not great but decent buff control, would love it if he got atleast minor nulify when doing burst damage so u have some fall back when some permanent buffs slips through stagger
Here's a question. If it wasn't for The Champion in 6.2, would people be as bothered?
Of course they would be. Hood is (or well, was) used in plenty of other areas where his utility was needed. This has nothing to do with The Champion, it's just about them "buffing" someone that didn't need it just because they have a outdated way of checking usage data on champions
I believe most of people who use hood will agree be needs a buff. A buff to increase his dps. None of them will ask to nerf his utility. If it would've be smth with his sp1 changed, like sp1 for damage, sp2 as it is, people would be quite happy. But the person who came up with proposed changes probably thought he's smbd like og black panther, who needs a rework. When actually hood only required little adjustment here and there
Hood only needed a small damage bump. NOTHING else. He was one of the last champs in actual need of a rework
You have to be kidding me? He had a 50% increase from Stryfe and still was below average. He needed a moderate re work.
That’s like saying Dr. Strange doesn’t need a damage update , or ghost rider doesn’t need a moderate update. Of course they do.
Kind of lost me on GR. He's still a dependable utility Champ.
Be a shame if they were to change his heavy and SP3 judgement in a rework just for more damage wouldn’t it...
But then again if they did that you’d instantly change your stance on the matter
I'm sorry, but how do you get that? First off, have I taken a stance on Hood? No. I was talking about the idea that you can only add things to rework Champs. I said I was waiting to see game play to make a judgment. Secondly, I said he (GR) was still a dependable Utility option.
And I just said it’d be a shame if they buffed his damage and took away the utility, making him a not so dependable utility option.
Not sure that’s working as intended. In my brief testing he seems to be healing on stagger refresh, but that’s not how I recall it was working before in my testing. It wasn’t specifically called out as a change, so I’m skeptical that’s intentional. I would be careful about ranking Hood on the basis of his regen until this is confirmed working as intended.
Not sure that’s working as intended. In my brief testing he seems to be healing on stagger refresh, but that’s not how I recall it was working before in my testing. It wasn’t specifically called out as a change, so I’m skeptical that’s intentional. I would be careful about ranking Hood on the basis of his regen until this is confirmed working as intended.
I have already 6r2 my hood before the buff announcement, so wouldn't be bothered too much. If that regen is working as intended it will be truely awesome
I don’t believe he could do this before his update, so I’m not sure if this was an intended change or if it’s just a bug. There wasn’t any mention of this change specifically in the spotlight, so it may possibly not be working as intended. Hopefully there will be some sort of confirmation sometime soon, as the regeneration does seem to make him very sustainable.
He might be a different champ, but he seems really good. It’s not that hard to keep up the charges and finish with more than you started with via SP1 spam and invisibility. You actually gain a charge per missed hit, which could end up being 3-4. The regen is nice and better than before. It seems like stagger is near permanently up. Fate seal will be missed, but this version of Hood is generally better all around.
Honestly, The Hood buff might be the best of the 4.
The buff is great, this is why you should wait and try it first before crying about it as most of this cry babies in this forum do.
It's totally obvious you have had 0 experience with Hood pre-nerf. Be silent on matters you have no stake in. Hood has damage now but at what cost? Bugger all for utility. It wasnt a buff, he was NERFED.
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I think this is a bug I don’t see it mentioned anywhere
Did not know that.
I hope it was intentional.
Previously said
88% chance to stagger the opponent for 7.5 seconds.
Neither say how they are applied.
New Hood: When this Stagger “ends”, it inflicts 345.15 direct damage on the opponent and heals The Hood for a matching amount.
Old Hood : When the Stagger “expires”, the opponent’s Health is siphoned to The Hood for 15% of his Attack.
I think “expire”means falls off naturally and “ends” means whenever a new stagger is applied and the old one leaves.
Finger is right near the button and I’m waiting for a response from kabam before I hit it.
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Is this a bugg? Or should we refrain from taking to the next level? Thanks In advance.
Amazing——he got 438 regeneration (mine is 5R4) per critical hit landed!!! Absolutely insane!
He basically can keep regeneration throughout the fight, regardless the opponent has buffs or not.
Honestly, The Hood buff might be the best of the 4.
Be silent on matters you have no stake in.
Hood has damage now but at what cost? Bugger all for utility. It wasnt a buff, he was NERFED.