He kinda needs to be duped to be really good because of the encore passives
He kinda needs to be duped to be really good because of the encore passives 1. He's not really good, he's mid at best. 2. That's not what makes him decent it's the extra rupture damage. The encore passives make him worse in BGs cause you're stuck baiting 5-6 specials every fight and they ruin the massive sp1 damage after sp2 if the defender throws the special before you can throw yours which can happen even if you hold block.