Ironheart is underpowered and boring. Change my mind.
Herbal_Taxman
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Please. I can’t pull Bullseye or Onslaught for the life of me, but my Ironheart is like sig 100.
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She's actually a killer.
she is not a new beyond god tier but she is up there, be happy with what u got broski it aint that bad at the end of the day :]
I admittedly am tired of timer-based, build up a bunch of debuffs and cash out champs. Feels like a design dead-end at this point.
Interestingly enough, not a single comment on why you all actually like her.
How does she counter onslaught?
She can’t remove neuroshock because she’s metal
She can’t prevent crushed - you still get hit with unblockable basic attacks when it’s up, despite supposedly 150% aa reduction.
She can’t prevent daunted.
That’s most of the annoying stuff that onslaught does. And she can’t handle any of it.
Not the best onslaught counter cuz you still can't purify his neuroshocks.
I would say the reduced ability accuracy on blocked hits + immunity to reverse control and energy to physical damage makes her unique in her own right. Also her tracking ability is easy to maintain and can stay for the entire fight.
To be honest, I'd be surprised to see a full counter to Onslaught very soon.
Ironheart can bypass his Incinerate resistance by switching to Rupture debuffs. Notably, Onslaught has negative physical resistance, so they'll do more damage than usual.
She can't parry him at the start of the match; but once she's got Tracking up (six debuffs) she can Parry freely without collecting Daunted debuffs. So that just needs a little work, but is easy to maintain.
If you need to block his SP1 (and haven't been practicing like crazy to dodge it in SoS), she'll reduce Onslaught's Neuroshocks/Organic Magnetism through block by half (he has 150% chance to Inflict them, which she reduces by 100%, leaving him a 50% chance).
If she blocks a few hits in that way, as long as she's not Daunted, she can Willpower heal from Magnetism debuffs, to offset Neuroshock damage.
As long as she's got Armour (which Onslaught can't remove, except via a Quest node), she can ignore the reversed controls on his SP2.
As for the rest of the utility you can get out of her, here's Simula's video:
https://youtu.be/FahvcjMwD7Q?si=rtZftz39P7VHdMuu
She falls into the good category but not elite camp.