In defense of Adam Warlock's awakened ability

I feel like Adam Warlock's signature ability is often pretty overlooked. Yeah, he gets some regen and yeah, he can stun opponents if they hit into his Stasis Pod, but when is that truly needed?

Well, it's extremely handy if you run the recoil masteries. Healing back more health than you lose is an extremely potent ability. I took my r3 Adam into Necropolis to test out just how powerful his regen really is, and the results are pretty darn impressive. I managed to heal back from 6% health to well above 40%, just from throwing SP2s.

I did end up losing after taking a few specials to the face when the "You're rooted when the defender throws special attacks" phase began, but this wasn't a solo attempt anyway. The point was to showcase just how capable Adam is as a recoil champion when awakened and I think I managed that just fine.

I can't wait to pump him up to sig 200.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WHwKCMkYBE

Comments

Gamer

Recoil mastery don’t u meant recovery.

What_A_Mess

I don't like his ability at all, he might stun opponents after sp2, what I'd like to see is opponents use SP so I don't have to bait.
I'd rather use Adam w/o his awakening ability.

Ercarret

No, I mean the Recoil mastery. When he goes into his pod, he completely negates the damage you'd normally take from Recoil when throwing a special and heals up a bit on top of that.

Ercarret

I don't like his ability at all, he might stun opponents after sp2, what I'd like to see is opponents use SP so I don't have to bait.
I'd rather use Adam w/o his awakening ability.

That's a totally valid point. One of the most annoying things is when you throw your SP2 while the defender has a special all lined up, you go into your pod and the defender just...does nothing. It doesn't matter if that's because you stunned them or if they're just lazying about, it's super annoying regardless.

But for me personally, I also tend to get a little stressed out about getting out of the pod if they're mid-combo/special. I like the little breathing space that the stun gives me. Plus, as I demonstrated in the video, the healing he gets from his sig ability is insane if you're running Recoils.