What abilities do we value in the classic/meme champions?
I've been thinking about this on and off since the initial Hood buff led to a major display of unhappiness when the team 'buffed' him but removed his Fate Seal.
He was a 'stronger' champion, but had lost a very specific and uncommon piece of utility.
@Cat_Murdock and others protested, and Kabam (to give them credit) listened, re-evaluated and eventually redesigned him.
Then there was the Guillotine buff where she lost her %-based Health damage on SP3 and her powerful (but erratic) Life Steal in favour of a very slow SP3 degeneration, and an absurdly slow and unappealing 3% perma-Life Steal. The team didn't listen on that one, I'm afraid.
Now I see the classic Spidey buff looks to be taking away the one piece of offensive utility he has: his Armour Break.
For those who hadn't noticed, Classic Spidey is the
only Science champs who can inflict Armour Break without a synergy. Cap IW and Red Hulk can also do it, with synergy partners.
Occasionally it's useful to be able to Armour Break at will. Like during the last cycle of Battlegrounds (Armour = Power Burn), for example. How much would it bother people for Spidey to lose this ability? Does anyone actually use him to armour break things? Does anyone care?
There's not a lot of Mystics who Armour break, either - what about if
Iron Fist lost
his Armour break ability?
What about
Thor?
What if
Scarlet Witch lost her Nullify?
What if
Electro lost his static shock?
What if
Daredevil lost his perfect evasion?
Maybe people care about some of these things, maybe we don't. I just thought this thread could be an opportunity for people to express those things they actually value about classic/meme champs who are still (we presume) awaiting their turn on the buff program.
Those of us who've ranked them up: what piece of utility or design needs to
stay?
Example#1: Ronan. He's got access to one of the best and most reliable Stun-Locks in the game. I don't think I'm giving away any secrets here: the game designers are
well aware of what he can do.
I've got a 5/65 Awakened Ronan, and that occasional piece of utility is the only reason he got ranked up. If he got a buff that took it away and turned him into a fairly vanilla Cosmic champ, I'd be less than happy, because my roster would have lost a useful bit of utility (even if one of my champions became, arguably, a bit better).
Example#2: Moon Knight. It's not necessarily all that useful or practical, but I love the way his abilities vary through the month. I'd hate it if his redesign took away this colourful aspect of his kit. Even if there are times on defense when he lays into me after an unexpected New Moon Evade and I find myself wishing I'd done that path a week earlier (does this happen to anyone else?)
So what do you guys value about the older champs? Are there older champs you think people should take a second look at? And what do you want the buff designers to
leave alone, before complaining that it's gone?
