Do his abilities make him any more difficult as a defender? I have a few paths to complete with HtD on it, and am debating whether I need to finish them before updating or not.
Without that pesky little shock that he places on you at 30% and 60% , it should actually make it easier now. Don't use a mutant since he reduces debuff duration and your parries will end quicker.
Thanks. Looking at the Champion spotlights, it did seem like only Crossbones would become more annoying (due to dAAR), but wanted to make sure.
Hes def got things going for him. Top 5 tech? Just no. They still went the wrong route on this one taking away utility
His “utility” was pretty unreliable before. That said, Howard still doesnt have much in the utility department.
Yes. So fix that and increase the ramp up. There wasnt a need to do this. I see people disagreeing and thats fine. But i have a feeling not many touched him before this anyway. Swede explaines it best in his post
Swedeah showed gameplay in labyrinth because that was the only place where Howard was semi-useful pre buff. And he required a full synergy team. There's a reason there was no Howard gameplay in Act 6. Now Howard will be able to be used in so many places.
He just needed tigra, sweadah showed more synergies to show his best potential
Hes def got things going for him. Top 5 tech? Just no. They still went the wrong route on this one taking away utility
His “utility” was pretty unreliable before. That said, Howard still doesnt have much in the utility department.
Yes. So fix that and increase the ramp up. There wasnt a need to do this. I see people disagreeing and thats fine. But i have a feeling not many touched him before this anyway. Swede explaines it best in his post
Swedeah showed gameplay in labyrinth because that was the only place where Howard was semi-useful pre buff. And he required a full synergy team. There's a reason there was no Howard gameplay in Act 6. Now Howard will be able to be used in so many places.
He just needed tigra, sweadah showed more synergies to show his best potential
I think we all would have preferred if HTD got the buff without losing his core abilities. But, this buff seems to be a good one. Hopefully, Kabam is reading this thread and will consider adding the regen back into his kit. Almost all tech champions with a robot have some form of regen and HTD missing that seems odd.
Top 5? Rly?! Better tech champs: Sentinel Warlock Ghost Guardian G99 Sparky Fishbowl head Doc oc
Top 9 best case, and it's not even guaranteed (pun99, triangle man, darkhawk, hulk buster are all better imo)
As someone with a rank 3 mysterio I would safely scratch him from that list personally. I think hulkbuster deserves it better than doc and mysterio, I'd put HTD just below g2099 if it was my list but we're all entitled to our opinions of course
Great vid! Yes, people who used him said before the buff went live that his damage would be reduced. That's what we got. In exchange you got reliable heal block in sp1 and armor break on heavy
Great vid! Yes, people who used him said before the buff went live that his damage would be reduced. That's what we got. In exchange you got reliable heal block in sp1 and armor break on heavy
And better damage upfront. Over 3 minutes old HTD is faster. Under 3 minutes new HTD is faster.
I am surprised to agree with you again @KDSuperFlash10 . Howard is indeed very much fun to play, hard hitting and solid utility champion. I also love that you can just always opt for not bothering w mashing and leave it up to AI.
However I am not sure about the top5 techs, no.1 is ghost, then guardian, sentinel, probably g2099. Rest is cloudy and I haven't tested HtD enough to be so sure that he is top5
I am surprised to agree with you again @KDSuperFlash10 . Howard is indeed very much fun to play, hard hitting and solid utility champion. I also love that you can just always opt for not bothering w mashing and leave it up to AI.
However I am not sure about the top5 techs, no.1 is ghost, then guardian, sentinel, probably g2099. Rest is cloudy and I haven't tested HtD enough to be so sure that he is top5
did you just forget about warlock or did you intentionally leave him out
Hes def got things going for him. Top 5 tech? Just no. They still went the wrong route on this one taking away utility
tell me a single place where you would use his "utility" His sp2 debuffs are way too inconsistent to be used anywhere where power gain or heal matters. Look at swedeah, leader of the HTD nErFed club. his takedown of wpx simply proves that his utility was pretty trash before and now post buff, he has *actual* uses with real utility. stop lying to yourself
Hes def got things going for him. Top 5 tech? Just no. They still went the wrong route on this one taking away utility
tell me a single place where you would use his "utility" His sp2 debuffs are way too inconsistent to be used anywhere where power gain or heal matters. Look at swedeah, leader of the HTD nErFed club. his takedown of wpx simply proves that his utility was pretty trash before and now post buff, he has *actual* uses with real utility. stop lying to yourself
It's once again the community over hyping the champion. Htd is a solid buff. No way is he top 5. He comes at bottom half of top 10. We have Ghost Warlock G99 Guardian Hulkbuster Sentinel Starky IMIW Doc Oc Not in that order. I don't see Howard ranking above these champs except may be imiw.
Anyone actually having trouble with Crossbones fury upkeep or is it just me? I don't have the Mangog synergy and very often I lose all my furies. What playstyle seems to be the best without the Mangog synergy?
Anyone actually having trouble with Crossbones fury upkeep or is it just me? I don't have the Mangog synergy and very often I lose all my furies. What playstyle seems to be the best without the Mangog synergy?
heavy intercept the opponent's specials or just throw heavies once every 9 seconds
Hes def got things going for him. Top 5 tech? Just no. They still went the wrong route on this one taking away utility
tell me a single place where you would use his "utility" His sp2 debuffs are way too inconsistent to be used anywhere where power gain or heal matters. Look at swedeah, leader of the HTD nErFed club. his takedown of wpx simply proves that his utility was pretty trash before and now post buff, he has *actual* uses with real utility. stop lying to yourself
It's once again the community over hyping the champion. Htd is a solid buff. No way is he top 5. He comes at bottom half of top 10. We have Ghost Warlock G99 Guardian Hulkbuster Sentinel Starky IMIW Doc Oc Not in that order. I don't see Howard ranking above these champs except may be imiw.
oh yeah id agree, hes not top 5 tech at all and probably just top 10 tech @Pulyaman
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Better tech champs:
Sentinel
Warlock
Ghost
Guardian
G99
Sparky
Fishbowl head
Doc oc
Top 9 best case, and it's not even guaranteed (pun99, triangle man, darkhawk, hulk buster are all better imo)
AUTO MASHERS SIT DOWN 🤮
Yes, people who used him said before the buff went live that his damage would be reduced. That's what we got. In exchange you got reliable heal block in sp1 and armor break on heavy
However I am not sure about the top5 techs, no.1 is ghost, then guardian, sentinel, probably g2099. Rest is cloudy and I haven't tested HtD enough to be so sure that he is top5
Ghost
Warlock
G99
Guardian
Hulkbuster
Top 6-10:
Howard
Sentinel
Starky
IMIW
Doc Oc.
Overall the tech class is weak in quantity of quality champs, but the top 6 are all solid champs. Sentinel and below are meh imo though.
Ghost
Warlock
G99
Guardian
Hulkbuster
Sentinel
Starky
IMIW
Doc Oc
Not in that order. I don't see Howard ranking above these champs except may be imiw.
hit overrun when your furies are about to run out