How do y'all feel about Diablo?

Hi everybody! I'm one of Diablo's biggest (or at least most vocal) fans, and it's been a couple months since I've asked around for the general consensus on Diablo. So what do y'all think of him? Is he the best mystic in the game? Is he the best champ in the game? Is he hot trash? Feel free to tell me your reasoning on him, I'm very curious what people think of him and why. My social mcoc network is very biased and loves Diablo so it's tough to get an accurate representation of the mcoc community (or at least the forums lol). Thanks!

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The_HoTU

2nd best according to me second only to doom.
Note: I don't even run suicides he's still excellent.
I'm also having tigra and bwcv but I find myself using Diablo more than these two.

willrun4adonut

When we had free masteries for a week, he was the top mystic because I could cycle on and off suicides for fights. Without it though (as I normally don't run suicides now), I'd still put him as #2 behind Doom (love his synergy with Doom btw).

BuggyDClown

I have him at r1. But I am thinking to r3 him soon. I don't run suicides. So for me he is in top 5 but not best mystic. Even with suicide, BWCV will give him run for money for top mystic spot.
He is sustainable champ as I am testing him here and there and I regret not ranking him up earlier. Things might have been different. Counters some most troublesome problems in various aspects of the game.
This is coming from who thinks that doom is is still one of top 5 champs in game atm and best mystic (if tha helps you in your judgement and representation stats)

Ercarret

I think there are four mystics in the running of best in the class, all under different circumstances. Doom is the best in most places when not running suicides. When you are running suicides, Diablo and Claire are the best in two very different circumstances.

Claire shines when her opponent has some kind of immunities that she can exploit, which makes her an amazing champion against some opponents that mystics often aren't the best option for, such as robots. However, I often find her very lackluster when she can't build up her charges (whatever they're called) properly.

Diablo, meanwhile, is pretty much the opposite. As long as the opponent can be poisoned, he'll usually be the better champion (unless you really, really, really need to power control them). He can also deal with buffs more reliably than Claire, I've found. Claire can deal with them really well in good match-ups, but less well against less good match-ups. For her, it all depends on how many of those charges she can build up. Diablo can always nullify them.

And then there's Tigra who is in a completely separate category altogether. She's more of a "Can you play her properly?" champion. If so, she works fine both with and without suicides simply because she'll usually kill the opponents before recoil becomes too big of a problem.

You can make a solid argument for all three champions as the best mystic. It all depends on the circumstances.

PapaMidnite007

His damage will be gimped against Poison immunes or fully resistant champs like Omega Sentinel otherwise Diablo slays matches.

Saquongoat

I love these responses. They make me wonder why whenever a counter to a certain path is suggested, or mvps for content clearing are mentioned, I never hear Diablo's name.

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PapaMidnite007

I love these responses. They make me wonder why whenever a counter to a certain path is suggested, or mvps for content clearing are mentioned, I never hear Diablo's name.

@Saquongoat Diablo will rinse through enhanced poison and acid wash nodes

Saquongoat

I love these responses. They make me wonder why whenever a counter to a certain path is suggested, or mvps for content clearing are mentioned, I never hear Diablo's name.
@Saquongoat Diablo will rinse through enhanced poison and acid wash nodes

I don’t see much of him if there isn’t a specific lane asking for poison effects. Like people don’t really think of his utilities unless he’s a super obvious counter, such as mentioned above like acid wash or poison vulnerability

MiStaLova

Someone ask for Diabloooo?
Im here 😆😆😆😆🔥🤟

Shiroihara

I’ve both Claire and Diablo at rank 3. Had Claire the longest so I’m more comfortable placing her in my team but both are amazing.
Also, RoL farming, right?

Saquongoat

Also, RoL farming, right?

Yes. Rol farming is awesome with Diabs. Long and slow, but hands-free

Hammerbro_64

I don’t like the phrasing of option 2, because he definitely isn’t definitely not the top mystic. It’s arguable for him being the best. I’ve found dozens of story mode paths that I bring traditional counters that die for skill reasons that Diablo just decides to power through. I enjoy playing him more than BWCV Doom and I haven’t really gotten into Tigra yet (although I have more reason to since she has synergies with every other really good champ)

ŁŤÇ

With or without suicides, Diablo is a hammer.

Suicides aren't the problem, however. Is the defender poison immune? If so, good luck. I mean, you can regen all day off that sp1, sure, but eh.

Is he top 5? Easily! But let's be real, Doom is a monster. And I don't even like using him.

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Phillip14233

Claire and doom are better, he’s #3. People will say he needs suicides but mine is at R3 and is still a powerhouse without them

rockykoston

He's awesome.

Sustainable, great damage, good utility champ. In the mystic class he's definitely top 3 depending on the situation. All his attacks are energy which makes him super reliable on nodes/champs that reflect physical damage.

He's pretty perfect for AQ and AW and story content that demands his presence. If you take him into a fight, he's someone you won't regret.