The Storm buff is Chef’s Kiss! Thanks, Kabam!

Hi, folks! Just a quick commentary on the return of the buff program — hopefully — with the OG Storm buff!

This buff is exactly what I would have dreamed for this character: Omega Level-mutant DPS, but basically no immunities.

I understand that some people don’t like that, in a game with nodes. But personally, I only care about lore accuracy. I don’t want Storm being immune to bleed or poison, for example, stuff like that.

I understand stuff like Slow and Glancing, other attributes, make characters more attractive. I get it. I like utility, too…but not always.

Storm in the comics is a textbook Glass Cannon. I am totally fine with the kit being much the same, with Shock immunity. (I would have put some Coldsnap resistance in there on the base kit, but it’s not a dealbreaker.)

But yeah. I freaking love this buff, the revamped animations, and I hope that others do as well — if we can get just a few more OG buffs like this, I will be soooooooo happy.

Comments

TheBair123

I agree. Just threw her into a Caltrops quest and she did great even at r1. Might have to rank her up

https://youtu.be/hTk1wtY9DjI

ESF

I agree. Just threw her into a Caltrops quest and she did great even at r1. Might have to rank her up
https://youtu.be/hTk1wtY9DjI

There is Big Boi DPS in that kit, for darn sure

baskinrobbinsknows

I agree. Just threw her into a Caltrops quest and she did great even at r1. Might have to rank her up
https://youtu.be/hTk1wtY9DjI

I do that with Cable. He just doesn't stop the degen. Got the idea from Karate Mike.

Sw0rdMaster

Did a test run against WS and my R1 did 240k SP2 🤣

https://youtu.be/tVBOrP6sT0k

Beewee

I don't know maybe its just me but her kit seems bugged cause her heavies dont pause the prowess a lot of the time. Really making me enjoy her a lot less

Aleor

I'm very disappointed they didn't change her basic hits except heavy (wich basically nerfs her as horseman with less hits, lol).
Also I believe she did have some magic skills, so they could give her something like nullify on specials, if utility is an issue. Or at very least make her prowess immune to nullify or passive or increase special attack vs buffed opponent. Just anything. I see this like a moderately lazy buff

GroundedWisdom

I'm impressed so far.

Pikolu

I'm very disappointed they didn't change her basic hits except heavy (wich basically nerfs her as horseman with less hits, lol).
Also I believe she did have some magic skills, so they could give her something like nullify on specials, if utility is an issue. Or at very least make her prowess immune to nullify or passive or increase special attack vs buffed opponent. Just anything. I see this like a moderately lazy buff

Storms sig ability at sig 65 gives 135% shock potency, and her heavy is 2 hits. This means that the 2 shocks you can put on will do more damage than the 4 previously you could put on before. The only thing worse about the heavy rn is that you can't chain heavies in the corner.

JessieS

Wait is she buffed yet or not ? I am confused because my storm is the same she has always been

ESF

Wait is she buffed yet or not ? I am confused because my storm is the same she has always been

New update is out now, at least for iOS

Karatemike415

Omega Level-mutant DPS, but basically no immunities..

She's immune to shock - and can also be immune to incinerate & cold-snap with the Stormx Synergy -

With the possibility of being 100% resistant to bleed as a horseman - AND possible poison resistance with Prof x / Colossus.

That's the possibility of 3 immunities + 2 resistances in the perfect setup - on top of all the damage.

Nutty.

Aleor

I'm very disappointed they didn't change her basic hits except heavy (wich basically nerfs her as horseman with less hits, lol).
Also I believe she did have some magic skills, so they could give her something like nullify on specials, if utility is an issue. Or at very least make her prowess immune to nullify or passive or increase special attack vs buffed opponent. Just anything. I see this like a moderately lazy buff
Storms sig ability at sig 65 gives 135% shock potency, and her heavy is 2 hits. This means that the 2 shocks you can put on will do more damage than the 4 previously you could put on before. The only thing worse about the heavy rn is that you can't chain heavies in the corner.

For that you need to have buffs, wich may be difficult with many opponents or nodes.
And yes, not being able to spam heavy in the corner is disappointing. I also have some issues with her heavy spacing. Overall I'm less likely to use her after the buff mostly because of her new heavy

ESF

I don't know maybe its just me but her kit seems bugged cause her heavies dont pause the prowess a lot of the time. Really making me enjoy her a lot less

I haven’t had that issue, but I do know that sometimes, stuff like that does happen. I would maybe ask about it in the Bugs forum, see if anyone else is noticing it — totally serious. Some people have had real problems with input and lag, for example, while some people didn’t

Pikolu

I'm very disappointed they didn't change her basic hits except heavy (wich basically nerfs her as horseman with less hits, lol).
Also I believe she did have some magic skills, so they could give her something like nullify on specials, if utility is an issue. Or at very least make her prowess immune to nullify or passive or increase special attack vs buffed opponent. Just anything. I see this like a moderately lazy buff
Storms sig ability at sig 65 gives 135% shock potency, and her heavy is 2 hits. This means that the 2 shocks you can put on will do more damage than the 4 previously you could put on before. The only thing worse about the heavy rn is that you can't chain heavies in the corner.
For that you need to have buffs, wich may be difficult with many opponents or nodes.
And yes, not being able to spam heavy in the corner is disappointing. I also have some issues with her heavy spacing. Overall I'm less likely to use her after the buff mostly because of her new heavy

That is fair enough, you don't want to use storm against mystics now, but at least her sp1 has guaranteed shocks so in shorter fights you're going to have a much easier time building shocks in the first place.

ESF

Omega Level-mutant DPS, but basically no immunities..
She's immune to shock - and can also be immune to incinerate & cold-snap with the Stormx Synergy -

With the possibility of being 100% resistant to bleed as a horseman - AND possible poison resistance with Prof x / Colossus.

That's the possibility of 3 immunities + 2 resistances in the perfect setup - on top of all the damage.

Nutty.

Ha! Yes. I usually try to offer kit feedback without Synergies, but you are absolutely correct, obviously — and people can/will take advantage of those, to be sure.

It’s a pretty neat buff

Aleor

Omega Level-mutant DPS, but basically no immunities..
She's immune to shock - and can also be immune to incinerate & cold-snap with the Stormx Synergy -

With the possibility of being 100% resistant to bleed as a horseman - AND possible poison resistance with Prof x / Colossus.

That's the possibility of 3 immunities + 2 resistances in the perfect setup - on top of all the damage.

Nutty.

So storm, apoc, another storm, prof x + colossus/x23/wolverine. They "perfect set up" would require you to bring extra 4 champs, all of wich are overall better then storm. That doesn't look practical at all.

ESF

(That wasn’t me who dropped the Disagree, @Karatemike415 — not sure why anyone would)

Wicket329

Omega Level-mutant DPS, but basically no immunities..
She's immune to shock - and can also be immune to incinerate & cold-snap with the Stormx Synergy -

With the possibility of being 100% resistant to bleed as a horseman - AND possible poison resistance with Prof x / Colossus.

That's the possibility of 3 immunities + 2 resistances in the perfect setup - on top of all the damage.

Nutty.

Especially so when you consider that all of those are good champions. Like, there’s no dead weight in that team. When your worst champ is Storm X, who will also be benefitting from multiple powerful synergies herself, that’s some bonkers breadth on that team.

Only downside to it being that both Apoc and Prof. X would need multiple fights to ramp up on for best results. Not many opportunities for that with the current 6 fights + Boss questing standard.

ESF

I understand people play the game how they play it, and when something changes that they are used to, it’s not always everyone’s preference. I get it, and I am sorry for those who don’t like the animation changes/spacing.

But I absolutely hated those spinning kicks from the original game — they make absolutely no sense, to me. I wouldn’t complain at all if they get rid of them for OG Captain Marvel and OG Scarlet Witch, and the sooner the better. They just make no sense to me other than they were the original animations for the game itself

ESF

Omega Level-mutant DPS, but basically no immunities..
She's immune to shock - and can also be immune to incinerate & cold-snap with the Stormx Synergy -

With the possibility of being 100% resistant to bleed as a horseman - AND possible poison resistance with Prof x / Colossus.

That's the possibility of 3 immunities + 2 resistances in the perfect setup - on top of all the damage.

Nutty.
Especially so when you consider that all of those are good champions. Like, there’s no dead weight in that team. When your worst champ is Storm X, who will also be benefitting from multiple powerful synergies herself, that’s some bonkers breadth on that team.

Only downside to it being that both Apoc and Prof. X would need multiple fights to ramp up on for best results. Not many opportunities for that with the current 6 fights + Boss questing standard.

The funny part to me: You can legitimately get Big Boi DPS with the old Mutant Crit team.

Wicket329

I understand people play the game how they play it, and when something changes that they are used to, it’s not always everyone’s preference. I get it, and I am sorry for those who don’t like the animation changes/spacing.

But I absolutely hated those spinning kicks from the original game — they make absolutely no sense, to me. I wouldn’t complain at all if they get rid of them for OG Captain Marvel and OG Scarlet Witch, and the sooner the better. They just make no sense to me other than they were the original animations for the game itself

I need somebody to make one of those big Predator handshake memes with arms that read “reality warping chaos witch,” “weather-controlling mutant,” and “planet-busting space ranger” with all the hands coming together on “awkward little spin kicks.”

Coppin

Hi, folks! Just a quick commentary on the return of the buff program — hopefully — with the OG Storm buff!

This buff is exactly what I would have dreamed for this character: Omega Level-mutant DPS, but basically no immunities.

I understand that some people don’t like that, in a game with nodes. But personally, I only care about lore accuracy. I don’t want Storm being immune to bleed or poison, for example, stuff like that.

I understand stuff like Slow and Glancing, other attributes, make characters more attractive. I get it. I like utility, too…but not always.

Storm in the comics is a textbook Glass Cannon. I am totally fine with the kit being much the same, with Shock immunity. (I would have put some Coldsnap resistance in there on the base kit, but it’s not a dealbreaker.)

But yeah. I freaking love this buff, the revamped animations, and I hope that others do as well — if we can get just a few more OG buffs like this, I will be soooooooo happy.

... How do u start a post saying "with no immunities" and then say she is "shock immune"...

ESF

I understand people play the game how they play it, and when something changes that they are used to, it’s not always everyone’s preference. I get it, and I am sorry for those who don’t like the animation changes/spacing.

But I absolutely hated those spinning kicks from the original game — they make absolutely no sense, to me. I wouldn’t complain at all if they get rid of them for OG Captain Marvel and OG Scarlet Witch, and the sooner the better. They just make no sense to me other than they were the original animations for the game itself
I need somebody to make one of those big Predator handshake memes with arms that read “reality warping chaos witch,” “weather-controlling mutant,” and “planet-busting space ranger” with all the hands coming together on “awkward little spin kicks.”

Ha! Yes!

Blxndy

I would like to say that I enjoy her massively, but also she seems bugged at the moment. Her prowess seems to fall off weirdly and also she hasn’t got her passive stuns on shrug off stuns like she was meant to. But once this is fixed she will be nuts

ESF

I understand people play the game how they play it, and when something changes that they are used to, it’s not always everyone’s preference. I get it, and I am sorry for those who don’t like the animation changes/spacing.

But I absolutely hated those spinning kicks from the original game — they make absolutely no sense, to me. I wouldn’t complain at all if they get rid of them for OG Captain Marvel and OG Scarlet Witch, and the sooner the better. They just make no sense to me other than they were the original animations for the game itself
I need somebody to make one of those big Predator handshake memes with arms that read “reality warping chaos witch,” “weather-controlling mutant,” and “planet-busting space ranger” with all the hands coming together on “awkward little spin kicks.”

LOL For the record, the only thing I would get rid of faster than the spin kicks are the Cyclops/Winter Soldier/Captain America/etc. flip kicks. AAARRRGGHHH

GinjabredMonsta

That new sp1 animation clipped me good

Piviot

How is it good my max rank three star storm is lower then a ranked3

Shadowstrike

Omega Level-mutant DPS, but basically no immunities..
She's immune to shock - and can also be immune to incinerate & cold-snap with the Stormx Synergy -

With the possibility of being 100% resistant to bleed as a horseman - AND possible poison resistance with Prof x / Colossus.

That's the possibility of 3 immunities + 2 resistances in the perfect setup - on top of all the damage.

Nutty.
So storm, apoc, another storm, prof x + colossus/x23/wolverine. They "perfect set up" would require you to bring extra 4 champs, all of wich are overall better then storm. That doesn't look practical at all.

You do get that the whole theme of mutants is to actually run a whole mutant team so that way they're constantly benefiting each other?

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Polygon

Everyone seems to be overlooking the fact her kit feels like it has a major flaw because of the low reach on heavy.

For someone that needs to rely on heavies for refreshing, she will struggle whenever she cant heavy, as heavy countering will not work