My thoughts on Arcade so far
EdisonLaw
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Arcade, the newest tech champion added to the contest. He has a lot of debuffs, he has immunities from pre fight ability similar to Scorpion, he’s fun, and is generally very safe to play, with his autoblock, his enhanced armor rating thanks to arcade tokens, etc, which also makes him a very powerful defender. His damage seems ok but there are champs even from this year who have worse damage, so it’s fine. He doesn’t seem like he’s made for BGs attack though, his primary use there is for defense. His animations are top tier though so I’ll praise them for that
However my biggest problem with him is that even with all of this, he still cannot counter many of the big mutant defenders. For ex, Onslaught. His debuffs (bleed, incinerate and shock) will make Onslaught stack a ton of neuroshocks, and he isn’t neuroshock immune. Havok, his debuffs fuel Havok’s plasma and he lacks armor ups to prevent plasma detonations. Iceman, he isn’t coldsnap immune. Bishop, etc. Arcade is however good for Domino because of his first prefight.
Overall I think Arcade is still gonna have a use in mcoc either as a questing champion, a war attacker, a defender, etc. His immunities and pre fights are still useful and his damage is ok.
What are your thoughts?
However my biggest problem with him is that even with all of this, he still cannot counter many of the big mutant defenders. For ex, Onslaught. His debuffs (bleed, incinerate and shock) will make Onslaught stack a ton of neuroshocks, and he isn’t neuroshock immune. Havok, his debuffs fuel Havok’s plasma and he lacks armor ups to prevent plasma detonations. Iceman, he isn’t coldsnap immune. Bishop, etc. Arcade is however good for Domino because of his first prefight.
Overall I think Arcade is still gonna have a use in mcoc either as a questing champion, a war attacker, a defender, etc. His immunities and pre fights are still useful and his damage is ok.
What are your thoughts?
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He must have been eating a ton of organic fruits and veggies, and take his multi-vitamins daily lol
He's so unique with his animations and vibe , sometimes when I look at champs with SUCH COOL DESIGNS , I just wish they were more potent. That's not to say he won't have his uses but champs like this no matter how unique they're they'll slip into obscurity with time for most of the community. And I hate that.
Can you imagine how much thought and effort goes into making a champ so unique to make him stand out in a game that has been going on for nearly 10 years and with 200+ other characters?
I genuinely feel champs with such unique designs deserve to be appreciated by the community.
By this time last year we had champs like Abs, Cassie, FAM, Kate, Adam, and Dani who can all do tons more damage and still remain extremely meta relevant battlegrounds/questing champs. Other than a few champs like Prowler, Dust, and maybe WT, I’m disappointed by the damage output this year
Finally got Arcade from the arena
Here are his stats. They are pretty average. Except his great block proficiency which is 73%. Compared to other champions, Kate Bishop has a 70% block proficiency, Dr Doom has 69% and Captain America OG has 76%. 3 percent less. With max parry mastery, you can get perfect parries. Great!
He actually cost me 2 revives, lol
I haven't spent a revive in EQ in ages.
Maybe next time I'll give his abilities a read. 😬
Good luck!