What are your thoughts on Hood after the update? He seems very versatile again buff-heavy champs

I just tested my 6* R1 Hood against a 6* R3 awakened Medusa, and his stagger damage (in addition to updated bullet mechanics) took approximately 15 hits in total to finish her. Obviously this isn’t a fair comparison in regards to maybe more difficult endgame content, but I was quite surprised with how effective his damage and utility was when comparing other mystic champs like Symbiote Supreme.

Hearing any input would be fantastic, I’d certainly be glad to hear them! What are your initial thoughts, and do you believe he will be a sustainable mystic champ going forward?

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Wicket329

In buff heavy matchups, he will shine. No doubt about that. He won’t have to worry about his bullet mechanic because he’ll be constantly nullifying buffs off of the opponent. I am, however, very concerned about bullet upkeep in non-buff heavy matchups.

In my opinion, he’d be very solid if his “Not the Hero…” synergy were on his base kit. He’d have uses throughout the game and specialize in buff-centric matchups. But in his current state, I worry about fights where you only need that buff control utility infrequently or not at all. He’ll run out of ammo and just be kinda useless for the rest of the quest after one fight. He needs another way to maintain his bullet supply.

Alternatively, keep the system as is and just make it so it doesn’t persist from fight to fight. He starts every fight at 28 and can carry a maximum of 42. Doesn’t matter how many you end the last fight with, you start the next with 28. I’d be okay with that.

Grootman1294

In buff heavy matchups, he will shine. No doubt about that. He won’t have to worry about his bullet mechanic because he’ll be constantly nullifying buffs off of the opponent. I am, however, very concerned about bullet upkeep in non-buff heavy matchups.

In my opinion, he’d be very solid if his “Not the Hero…” synergy were on his base kit. He’d have uses throughout the game and specialize in buff-centric matchups. But in his current state, I worry about fights where you only need that buff control utility infrequently or not at all. He’ll run out of ammo and just be kinda useless for the rest of the quest after one fight. He needs another way to maintain his bullet supply.

Alternatively, keep the system as is and just make it so it doesn’t persist from fight to fight. He starts every fight at 28 and can carry a maximum of 42. Doesn’t matter how many you end the last fight with, you start the next with 28. I’d be okay with that.

In all fairness the synergy is with some good champs like mole man but yeah just wish he was a bit more sustainable in those matches.

slacker

Ngl, he's fun to play, but like Wicket said, he should have Sunspot mechanic.

L_E_O

@Wicket329 I completely agree with what you said–and perhaps, I should have tested him on a path (possibly a buff-heavy path) to see his sustainability across multiple fights. It wouldn’t be ideal if his bullet supply were dependent on, say, a future synergy, and thus I agree with you that maintaining a new bullet supply per fight would be more preferable.

Polygon

How many buffs is that now for hood and still short of being solid? This time being due to the limited bullet mechanic

No_oneuk

really really enjoy this guy, i think he's much improved personally.

Almccarthy

What is his rotation ? I've been trying him out but I'm not seeing the damage

Cap366

Yeah good is very enjoyable to play against opponents with or without buffs. building up to about 25-30 hexes then dropping a heavy will basically kill anything. And you can build up more if needed.

BitterSteel

His fate seal seems to be bugged where it’s refreshing on medium attacks and not just heavies.

And I thought his staggers were only supposed to heal you if they expired, not if they were triggered. Because they’re healing you a bunch now

Bugmat78

His fate seal seems to be bugged where it’s refreshing on medium attacks and not just heavies.

And I thought his staggers were only supposed to heal you if they expired, not if they were triggered. Because they’re healing you a bunch now

Shhhhhhhhh!*

*jk hopefully he won't need a third rework. I need to know I can rank 2 mine w/o consequences.

BitterSteel

His fate seal seems to be bugged where it’s refreshing on medium attacks and not just heavies.

And I thought his staggers were only supposed to heal you if they expired, not if they were triggered. Because they’re healing you a bunch now
Shhhhhhhhh!*

*jk hopefully he won't need a third rework. I need to know I can rank 2 mine w/o consequences.

I know this is a joke, but I just want to get the information out there so people don't rank up based on faulty information. Kabam know what does and doesn't function lol