The Serpent

Nightheart

Hello, everyone, so in next Event Quest and maybe side quests and possibly in future BG decks we will encounter Serpent... he seems like a scary defender. Who will you use for countering him? I have a few ideas but that also depends on the nodes he will have.

https://playcontestofchampions.com/news/the-serpent/

AcidBurn404

immortal abomination

Nightheart

AcidBurn404 said:

immortal abomination

Serpent isn't immune to poison so he can work

Wicket329

America Chavez will bully him. She’s a hard counter.

AcidBurn404

Wicket329 said:

America Chavez will bully him. She’s a hard counter.

Dont forget that he has a lot of resistance and 60% resistance agaisnt chavez SP2 burst highly negating her damage

AcidBurn404

Nightheart said:

AcidBurn404 said:

immortal abomination

Serpent isn't immune to poison so he can work

Don't forget that acid burns are direct damage ignoring resistances and the weakness on block are super useful. His sp1 also spaces across the map so he can corner serpent for the whole fight.

Rookiie

Archangel and Human Torch

EdisonLaw

AcidBurn404 said:

immortal abomination

Actually not a bad idea as serpent isn’t immune to poison for whatever reason.

EdisonLaw

Rookiie said:

Archangel and Human Torch

Serpent reduces bleed duration by 90%,

EdisonLaw

For me, Wiccan, Dr Doom, Hyperion or Kushala.

Rookiie

EdisonLaw said:

Rookiie said:

Archangel and Human Torch

Serpent reduces bleed duration by 90%,

Let’s see - I think you will still be able to apply Neurotoxins if you’re quick enough or if RNG is in your favour.

1199345

Diablo

Nightheart

Rookiie said:

Archangel and Human Torch

Human Torch yes i can agree Archangel on the other hand provided you get neuros on time since he had reduced duration to bleed.

Nightheart

EdisonLaw said:

For me, Wiccan, Dr Doom, Hyperion or Kushala.

They could work

Nightheart

1199345 said:

Diablo

Diablo can work as well

AcidBurn404

Maybe the destroyer lol

Nightheart

AcidBurn404 said:

Maybe the destroyer lol

I'm interested to see his mechanics lol

call_me_og

tbh probably anyone with a stagger

Wicket329

AcidBurn404 said:

Wicket329 said:

America Chavez will bully him. She’s a hard counter.

Dont forget that he has a lot of resistance and 60% resistance agaisnt chavez SP2 burst highly negating her damage

Chavez will reverse his power gain and gain a ton of attack rating in the fight. She will also be spamming specials throughout the fight, shutting down his Culforce Charge gain rate. Finally, Chavez’s damage output is silly even against opponents without buffs, but Serpent has at least one and I believe up to three buffs that could be active on him at any time. And, if you do make a mistake and get hit or just get chipped down by block damage, she can heavy cancel into sp2 on her blue dimension and heal right back up. She’ll rip him apart.

王者归来040514

Wiccan

jcphillips7

Wicket329 said:

AcidBurn404 said:

Wicket329 said:

America Chavez will bully him. She’s a hard counter.

Dont forget that he has a lot of resistance and 60% resistance agaisnt chavez SP2 burst highly negating her damage

Chavez will reverse his power gain and gain a ton of attack rating in the fight. She will also be spamming specials throughout the fight, shutting down his Culforce Charge gain rate. Finally, Chavez’s damage output is silly even against opponents without buffs, but Serpent has at least one and I believe up to three buffs that could be active on him at any time. And, if you do make a mistake and get hit or just get chipped down by block damage, she can heavy cancel into sp2 on her blue dimension and heal right back up. She’ll rip him apart.

As a r3 awakened Chavez owner, I truly hope you’re right. But based on DLL’s spotlight context video I watched last night, I wouldn’t be putting all my eggs in one basket just yet.

Wicket329

jcphillips7 said:

Wicket329 said:

AcidBurn404 said:

Wicket329 said:

America Chavez will bully him. She’s a hard counter.

Dont forget that he has a lot of resistance and 60% resistance agaisnt chavez SP2 burst highly negating her damage

Chavez will reverse his power gain and gain a ton of attack rating in the fight. She will also be spamming specials throughout the fight, shutting down his Culforce Charge gain rate. Finally, Chavez’s damage output is silly even against opponents without buffs, but Serpent has at least one and I believe up to three buffs that could be active on him at any time. And, if you do make a mistake and get hit or just get chipped down by block damage, she can heavy cancel into sp2 on her blue dimension and heal right back up. She’ll rip him apart.

As a r3 awakened Chavez owner, I truly hope you’re right. But based on DLL’s spotlight context video I watched last night, I wouldn’t be putting all my eggs in one basket just yet.

I see you, too, are a man of culture (r3 awakened Chavez gang). Yeah, I fully admit that this is all just theoretical until the rubber hits the road. But even if her damage does get gimped by all his resistances, I think she’ll still have great control over the fight.

Also, I know it’s an oldie but he’s a classic for a reason: Doom. Power steal works, and nullifying Serpent’s power gain will let Doom special spam with ease.

pika

Jane Foster gonna burry that old man and show who's the God of Hammer

EdisonLaw

Nightheart said:

AcidBurn404 said:

Maybe the destroyer lol

I'm interested to see his mechanics lol

Deep dive should be out soon

Birbman

Kushala and Chavez are my guesses

Nightheart

Birbman said:

Kushala and Chavez are my guesses

We will find out when EQ drops 💯

WednesdayLength

EdisonLaw said:

For me, Wiccan, Dr Doom, Hyperion or Kushala.

Wiccan is a bad call

DerpyEagle

This guy (idk anything about serpent lol)

jcphillips7

DerpyEagle said:

This guy (idk anything about serpent lol)

EdisonLaw

DerpyEagle said:

This guy (idk anything about serpent lol)

He could work for the destroyer since he has a lot of debuffs

Colinwhitworth69

Nightheart said:

EdisonLaw said:

For me, Wiccan, Dr Doom, Hyperion or Kushala.

They could work

I solo'd with Kushala on first try.

Is he supposed to glow red or was that a visual bug? You never know these days...