What Peni Parkers abilities show about how kabam is making new defenders
So the champion deep dive for Peni Parker just dropped and something stuck out to me, the way kabam appears to be moving in the creation of new defence metas. Now quick disclaimer I don't think this is currently a problem but I am starting to notice a trend, I don't know if it will continue but I do think it is problematic. My issue is to do with how existing defensive abilities are being implemented to invalidate old counters.
Peni parker has an auto-block mechanic, fine I have plenty of auto-block counters, except that true strike doesn't work, ah well killmonger doesn't work but their are still loads of options, except well neither does true accuracy, or true sense or AAR for that matter. So erm how do we counter this. Now this in itself is one champion it doesn't signal a problem, I am not trying to start a kabam witch hunt by any means.
But think back to the ultron buff, and the fact he was given slow immunity. (feel free to correct me) but currently I believe their are no places as an attacker you are inflicted with a slow and therefore a slow immune champion is a hard counter, therefore slow immunity is only their as a defensive ability and as a way to make players use another solution such as true strike.
I don't think this is new you always release new tough defenders then solutions a few months down the line, except it's the wrong way round this time. Players do not rank up champions in anticipation of a new defensive ability because, we don't know the new defensive abilities before they are released, the best we can hope is broaden our roster to have a good base of utility.
This new approach by kabam though (If it continues) forces you to have a true strike champ for the slow immune evaders and a slow champ for the true strike immune evaders. Hmmm that approach of we will show you some abilities you've seen before except now your counters don't work go find another is oddly similar of the attitude to pre-nerf act6/7 content. Rather than making new champs a better counter to X/Y/Z by making it longer or easier to access they are making the old counters flat out not work so you need the new counters.
To be absolutely clear I don't think this is where we are currently at but I think it is where we might go.
