Quake, the best…?
Yellow_Coder
Member Posts: 57 ★
Victories like this makes me believe Quake is at least a tier above all other champs…
Your thoughts?
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Yellow_Coder
Member Posts: 57 ★
Victories like this makes me believe Quake is at least a tier above all other champs…
Your thoughts?
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Quite a few do, but almost the whole forums… eh
On a node where you take damage she is terrible since she has no immunities, unlike ghost. On a node where there is constant power gain she is terrible because she can’t tank a special like Ghost. Of course - she needs no synergies and gives positive synergies to your team.
And lastly, for the most important content in the game (abyss of legends) she is dead on arrival.
So she might be the best overall, but not exactly in a tier by herself. Many would be much more excited to get a 6 star horseman of the abyss then quake.
And finally - unless she is released as a six-star champ she will eventually become less and less useful. Personally, I’m not going to shed any tears. If every champ fought like quake I wousojt play this game every day
There are many different kinds of “nodes where you take damage”, and quake actually bypasses most of them, either through the fact that you can play her without ever touching the opponent, or that her concussion will render the timer or whatever useless 90% of the time. As a point of fact, ghost actually doesn’t have any immunities, she can just shrug off debuffs or they won’t apply, but it’s not quite the same thing. I will agree that typically power gain fights are where Quake is the least effective (or super massive health pools like AOL, or that new anti-Quake/Ghost node), but if it is not passive, you can time the concussion correctly so that the power gain buff does not activate, then dodge the special and keep quaking. It’s possible.
I also have a super hard time believing that AOL is “the most important content in the game”. Does it give you good rewards? Yes. Is it one of the pinnacles of long tedious content? Yes. Is it necessary for a high-tier or endgame player? Definitely not. Does it bar progression for titles or anything? Nope. Does the majority of the player base play it? Nope. Are there other contents that have come out that give, maybe not the same, but similarly crazy good rewards? Yes (Gauntlet, where Quake is OP, SOP, where Quake is OP, Carina’s Challenges, which are champ specific for the most part).
The level of excitement of what champ you’re getting definitely does not prove how good a champ is. Right now, I’d be more excited to get a 5* Hyperion, Goldpool, or Scarlet Witch than a 6* Doom just because I like those characters a lot better. I also don’t care about the abyss, but I have every other bit of content done except for V1, and Act 6 exploration (because I just don’t have time). Yes, that includes a full run of Gauntlet, and Act 7.1/2 exploration.
Not having a 6* Quake might be a bummer for the game in general, but she is one of the best examples of a champ that can do exactly the same thing as a super low star, low level champ. Her abilities are the same, it will just take you a little bit longer to finish fights. Yes, eventually that will make less people use her, but it won’t decrease the value of her abilities and unique play style very much. Until we get max ranked 6* champs or 5* gates, I don’t see the 5/65 Quake becoming irrelevant.
Also, I’m not trying to argue with the gist of your post, and you make several good points, but I’m glad you found a game you like playing every day and I 100% get not liking her play style. It’s definitely not for everyone.
On the downside, I can now play her great, but am pretty trash with other champs that are supposed to be way easier to play. *shrugs*