He's a really dependable, adaptable champion with a couple of minor weaknesses.
Very strong, permanent Armour buff
Specials can't be Evaded
SP1 strips Prowess and does decent DoT
Power mitigation through Suppression debuffs
Can easily Heal Block the opponent using Despair
Very long and fairly potent Armour break on SP2 that can be refreshed permanently
Great Regen in Awakened ability
Prefights can be used on himself or others to boost Attack, Cleanse debuffs, Extend your own debuffs, or boost Energy resistance.
He's a great option for general questing, and particularly for a lot of tricky mutants. As his damage is all Physical, he's actually a better option for Bishop than Nimrod is, especially if you use his Fortify prefight for an Energy resistance boost.
The fact he can't repair his Armour if it's broken is a problem for him - it would be nice if he could do this. But I understand that was a deliberate design choice.
Elsa: easy intercept, great burst damage, great counter to tricky defenders (like Mr Fantastic, Quicksilver, and Scorpion) plus incinerate or coldsnap for evading champs. She can also purify debuffs easily and with a Relic, she's a beast in BGs
Anti-Venom: amazing damage from doing Sp3, Sp1, then Sp2 (with Sp1 debuff) and repeating for long fights and tons of debuffs
Longshot: simple rotation, Pure of Heart gives great bleed burst damage on sp1 and sp2 gives incinerate burst
Angela: Her damage just mainly comes from building up power. Sp1 gives a good fury buff and I dont see people talking about her often
Mysterio: for the longest time, people slept on him until BGs. One special or a heavy landing and the whole thing could make the whole fight go wrong, especially if you mess up the timing
Storm X: prowess buildup is simple and an easy access to slow to counter unstoppable and evade. And the Storm Relic makes her so much better
These are just the champs that first to mind in terms of whos underrated along with the previously mentioned champs in this thread
People actually use longshot quite often in aw and bgs. Even in story content he is cheesy af. And Angela isn't underrated at all
@Superstar_1126 it’s not the fastest ramp up against regular champs, but definitely doable as you see your damage increasing along the way, so it’s not a painful process. To just simply say it, you have to throw a lot of sp1’s to build up prowesses (and some furies etc.) and eventually can throw a nice big sp2.
If the opponent shrugs off debuffs by himself the ramp goes relatively fast!
Her sig definitely helps her, so yeah I think it’s important.
Thanks. I tested her out and I enjoyed the results using just this rotation
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He's a really dependable, adaptable champion with a couple of minor weaknesses.
- Very strong, permanent Armour buff
- Specials can't be Evaded
- SP1 strips Prowess and does decent DoT
- Power mitigation through Suppression debuffs
- Can easily Heal Block the opponent using Despair
- Very long and fairly potent Armour break on SP2 that can be refreshed permanently
- Great Regen in Awakened ability
- Prefights can be used on himself or others to boost Attack, Cleanse debuffs, Extend your own debuffs, or boost Energy resistance.
He's a great option for general questing, and particularly for a lot of tricky mutants. As his damage is all Physical, he's actually a better option for Bishop than Nimrod is, especially if you use his Fortify prefight for an Energy resistance boost.The fact he can't repair his Armour if it's broken is a problem for him - it would be nice if he could do this. But I understand that was a deliberate design choice.
And whilst his Prefights do work for the Cleanse and Energy resistance, annoyingly the Attack boost is lower than it should be - https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/309663/are-war-machines-prefights-bugged