Next 7* r3
Nemesis_17
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This rankup is purely for bgs. I was originally just gonna pull the trigger on red skull but with Medusa’s buff & scream’s release I don’t think he’s gonna be as great of a defender as he used to be. He’s still a great champ tho so he’s still on the list as an option, I’m just not 100% sure I go with him now. Tech is the only class I have no r3s in, I have one r3 in each of the other two classes (maestro & pig)
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ALTHOUGH, he could have some defensive value. I would argue it be more than red skulls defensive value since so many red skull counters have been coming up. (Ironically if this was a few months ago everyone would've told you Red Skull was the better defender.
Silk: all around amazing champ with good utility but since BGs is your focus Im not entirely sold on her r3. Given all these "DLL style" defenders weve been getting, it seems like the matchups she's taking are becoming less and less. Sure she takes onslaught, enchantress and a few others, but wouldn't Luke be better than her against most of the mystics? Spam be faster anyway and still have defensive value? Not sure if shes faster than Hulk. There's also the AI being less willing to cooperate with intercepts to hinder building up her debuffs
Also guardian nearly has no offensive utility. I haven't even r2'd mine cos of that, I use him whenever the opponent has a domino and that's about it
I agree with everything else but the Silk and Luke cage sneak
Red skull is probably a better domino counter and defender, but there are more counters out there that completely shut him down, he’s definitely not as scary as he used to be. He’s still a solid attacker but I think would struggle in versatility compared to guardian.
Silk is a great nuke, but I agree im not sure where I’d use her. Other than sassy mystic defenders aren’t that scary anymore, and I already have pig white tiger, and hulk for sassy. She would be nice for r3 onslaughts but that’s not top of my priority list.
Serp would be cool but again I want to ban duped r3s and there are plenty of them out there, so taking him up would go against my ban strategy.
Silk probably has some matchups where shes better like Destroyer, or Enchantress but don't sleep on Luke
Spam has better damage, but silk can do non mystics faster than spam actually especially with these Ai issues defenders hardly throw specials while having many power stings. Also silk is not rng dependent.
Edit : looks like you got a r3 Maestro as well. So definitely go with serpent. It is highly unlikely the opponent will draft two mystics to counter two big cosmic defenders, so you most likely can score a W with one of em if you have both at r3.
Silk is definitely a top option for Onslaught, however OP mentions they have Hulk. aside from Onslaught and the mystics, I think Hulk would take a lot of other matchups with better scores than Silk would. Like Domino, Weapon X, Dust , Shocker, Thing etc
Ik that kp isn't a meta defender but these are my only Guardian kills since almost everyone bans guardian for me, these guys didnt so..
Actually silk can take unduped serpents as well I once did a serpent r3 fight unduped in 85 secs. But not her best matchup or something
That kingpin fight, all you did was bait sp1's called it a day 😂.
Guardian is in the same boat as sunspot and maybe juggernaut, fast but no utility. They seem to be at the top of the communities votes so kudos to them at least
EDIT - How did you take that bullseye so fast. I'm guessing it wasn't a r3 6* cos you're fighting against a legend so it was most likely a r5 asc. How'd you get past his evade?
Silk is overall a BETTER BG attacker than hulk. Arguably the best science battleground attacker. Wtf