What I think of the HTD buff

Lower damage in long fight but it’s good in shorter content, I kinda prefer that since I’m never gonna use HTD in abyss but may play around with him if I ever get a 6*. I preferred his old sp1 since it was a really unique ability, but it’s not too bad of a payoff, sp2 suppression buffs don’t do that much but it’s really nice to have guaranteed debuffs. I wish they kept the effects from the sp3 tho since they were also super unique and while we wouldn’t normally use them, they were a fun and interesting ability. Overall it’s definitely a buff

Comments

Sw0rdMaster

Saw this on YT, his much slower than before.

https://youtu.be/cLSWD9Ecni4

No_oneuk

Saw this on YT, his much slower than before.
https://youtu.be/cLSWD9Ecni4

At long fights.

Nerfed in Labyrinth and Abyss, buffed in EVERYWHERE else.

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Sw0rdMaster

Saw this on YT, his much slower than before.
https://youtu.be/cLSWD9Ecni4
At long fights.

Nerfed in Labyrinth and Abyss, buffed in EVERYWHERE else.

I'm surprised a 6*R3 with sucides couldn't keep up with a 5*R5 WITHOUT sucides.

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CosmicGuardian

Saw this on YT, his much slower than before.
https://youtu.be/cLSWD9Ecni4

There are a couple of things to keep in mind with this video, with the first being the difference in the champions used. One video shows a R5 5* without suicides, while the other shows a R3 6* with suicides. I think it would have been better to show two videos with R5 5*’s without suicides in order to see a much better comparison.

Another thing to keep in mind is how the new Howard works. He has decreased max damage potential due to the decrease in fury stacks and slight decrease in their potency, while having much quicker access to his max ramp up. So the new Howard is much better at shorter fights in normal day to day content, while old Howard is better in content with really high health pools where he can effectively ramp up to 99 furies. If you keep an eye on the time stamps, it isn’t until around the 4 minute mark that old Howard catches up to new Howard, with old Howard beginning to out damage new Howard shortly after.

In short, the buff makes Howard much better in regular content such as story and event quests, while decreasing his value in areas like Abyss and Labyrinth. As someone who has never run Abyss or Labyrinth, and doesn’t have any plans to do so anytime for a long time, I would much prefer he be usable in lower health pool content. While I understand that it would have been nice to keep the old fury stack with his new way to build furies, this most likely would’ve created a balance problem where he would’ve been far too powerful in shorter fights. Therefore, I believe that what we got was a fair trade that vastly improved Howard.

Will3808

Saw this on YT, his much slower than before.
https://youtu.be/cLSWD9Ecni4
At long fights.

Nerfed in Labyrinth and Abyss, buffed in EVERYWHERE else.
I'm surprised a 6*R3 with sucides couldn't keep up with a 5*R5 WITHOUT sucides.

I’d still much rather have him be able to do fights anywhere but abyss and labyrinth faster.

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