AW Changes- Path 9

Demonzfyre

I've been running path 9 for a very, very long time. And while I agree that there should be some update to nodes and what not, these changes seem not thought out. Combined with the high costs of health pots and the low availability of AW boosts like invulnerability, what sense does it make to make these exact changes?

I play in Expert/Elite maps which means we have 3 bans. There are a handful of champs that excel at either of these immunities but none with both except for someone like Emma. Then you have your cleanse champs in Jabari, Chee'ilth, ,Shang-Chi and a few others that are less reliable Cleanse.

Is the purpose to force us to choose one immunity and to play around the other for 4 different fights or 5 total fights for the mini islands? I'm always up for a challenge and one of the reasons I like war is that it's not as repetitive as AQ. Usually different defenders on each node, each war.

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I am not a fan of these changes.

pseudosane

This combined with tactics is definitely going to make it far more challenging than before.

Buttehrs

And some of yall wanna die on the hill that demon never critizises kabam. Now you know kabam is making absurd changes lol.

Bendy

Demonzfyre said:

I've been running path 9 for a very, very long time. And while I agree that there should be some update to nodes and what not, these changes seem not thought out. Combined with the high costs of health pots and the low availability of AW boosts like invulnerability, what sense does it make to make these exact changes?

I play in Expert/Elite maps which means we have 3 bans. There are a handful of champs that excel at either of these immunities but none with both except for someone like Emma. Then you have your cleanse champs in Jabari, Chee'ilth, ,Shang-Chi and a few others that are less reliable Cleanse.

Is the purpose to force us to choose one immunity and to play around the other for 4 different fights or 5 total fights for the mini islands? I'm always up for a challenge and one of the reasons I like war is that it's not as repetitive as AQ. Usually different defenders on each node, each war.

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I am not a fan of these changes.

I was hoping p9 would have gone from hazard to a better node not reliant on immunities since bans and immunes really doesnt go well with tactics i think xmagica season was dreadful running p9

PT_99

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Demonzfyre

Bendy said:

Demonzfyre said:

I've been running path 9 for a very, very long time. And while I agree that there should be some update to nodes and what not, these changes seem not thought out. Combined with the high costs of health pots and the low availability of AW boosts like invulnerability, what sense does it make to make these exact changes?

I play in Expert/Elite maps which means we have 3 bans. There are a handful of champs that excel at either of these immunities but none with both except for someone like Emma. Then you have your cleanse champs in Jabari, Chee'ilth, ,Shang-Chi and a few others that are less reliable Cleanse.

Is the purpose to force us to choose one immunity and to play around the other for 4 different fights or 5 total fights for the mini islands? I'm always up for a challenge and one of the reasons I like war is that it's not as repetitive as AQ. Usually different defenders on each node, each war.

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I am not a fan of these changes.

I was hoping p9 would have gone from hazard to a better node not reliant on immunities since bans and immunes really doesnt go well with tactics i think xmagica season was dreadful running p9

Xmagica sucked because Kushala was banned all the time.

Dtl7714

Buttehrs said:

And some of yall wanna die on the hill that demon never critizises kabam. Now you know kabam is making absurd changes lol.

I would hardly call 1/22,725 comments(with maybe a few more sprinkled in here or there) impartial.

Bendy

Demonzfyre said:

Bendy said:

Demonzfyre said:

I've been running path 9 for a very, very long time. And while I agree that there should be some update to nodes and what not, these changes seem not thought out. Combined with the high costs of health pots and the low availability of AW boosts like invulnerability, what sense does it make to make these exact changes?

I play in Expert/Elite maps which means we have 3 bans. There are a handful of champs that excel at either of these immunities but none with both except for someone like Emma. Then you have your cleanse champs in Jabari, Chee'ilth, ,Shang-Chi and a few others that are less reliable Cleanse.

Is the purpose to force us to choose one immunity and to play around the other for 4 different fights or 5 total fights for the mini islands? I'm always up for a challenge and one of the reasons I like war is that it's not as repetitive as AQ. Usually different defenders on each node, each war.

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Section 2-


I am not a fan of these changes.

I was hoping p9 would have gone from hazard to a better node not reliant on immunities since bans and immunes really doesnt go well with tactics i think xmagica season was dreadful running p9

Xmagica sucked because Kushala was banned all the time.

And void or ice its was just havok only mainly it was so gross of a time

Demonzfyre

Dtl7714 said:

Buttehrs said:

And some of yall wanna die on the hill that demon never critizises kabam. Now you know kabam is making absurd changes lol.

I would hardly call 1/22,725 comments(with maybe a few more sprinkled in here or there) impartial.

This thread isn't about me. This thread is about asking for reasons for these changes to path 9 and what sense do they make.

But it's not just one. I have several posts that you can see about AQ and how boring, out of touch and terrible the game mode is. There are many comments I have that criticize Kabam as well.

captain_rogers

Wait until AW season

Demonzfyre

captain_rogers said:

Wait until AW season

I wasn't asking them to make changes. I was asking why said changes happened. Trying to gain insight and figure out how to run my path. Nice try though.

PT_99

captain_rogers said:

Wait until AW season

Hit em with their own poison ☣️

pseudosane

@Demonzfyre no need to explain yourself imo. Your thread/questions are constructive. let the haters hate.

StarLordWho_1

I also run path 9 and these node combinations are wild. I will have to heavily rely on Iceman, Hulkling, Cassie, Ant Man and the potentially Abs Man for the bleed/rupture. Not looking forward to this whatsoever.

Bendy

StarLordWho_1 said:

I also run path 9 and these node combinations are wild. I will have to heavily rely on Iceman, Hulkling, Cassie, Ant Man and the potentially Abs Man for the bleed/rupture. Not looking forward to this whatsoever.

People will easily ban that then p9 be a struggle

StarLordWho_1

Bendy said:

StarLordWho_1 said:

I also run path 9 and these node combinations are wild. I will have to heavily rely on Iceman, Hulkling, Cassie, Ant Man and the potentially Abs Man for the bleed/rupture. Not looking forward to this whatsoever.

People will easily ban that then p9 be a struggle

Is it worth banning champs for one path though? Or banning champs that can bulldoze the entire map?

Herbal_Taxman

I haven’t spent a lot of time analyzing the new map. Is the general consensus that path 9 is still significantly more difficult or do the other paths seem to be catching up with the new nodes?

Bendy

Thats literally what most do to make a death happen as not good choices i remember xmagica basically was ban all p9 options since it be deaths as indestructible

Bendy

StarLordWho_1 said:

Bendy said:

StarLordWho_1 said:

I also run path 9 and these node combinations are wild. I will have to heavily rely on Iceman, Hulkling, Cassie, Ant Man and the potentially Abs Man for the bleed/rupture. Not looking forward to this whatsoever.

People will easily ban that then p9 be a struggle

Is it worth banning champs for one path though? Or banning champs that can bulldoze the entire map?

Also those options some be a ban pick anyway since can do multiple fights iceman abs for example

StarLordWho_1

Herbal_Taxman said:

I haven’t spent a lot of time analyzing the new map. Is the general consensus that path 9 is still significantly more difficult or do the other paths seem to be catching up with the new nodes?

IMO 5 and 9 are the toughest paths.

Bendy

Herbal_Taxman said:

I haven’t spent a lot of time analyzing the new map. Is the general consensus that path 9 is still significantly more difficult or do the other paths seem to be catching up with the new nodes?

9 is still one of the harder lanes as theres now rupture and coldsnap to be immune

StarLordWho_1

Bendy said:

Thats literally what most do to make a death happen as not good choices i remember xmagica basically was ban all p9 options since it be deaths as indestructible

I’d be more inclined to ban the science champs that make mystics useless or the mystics that run through cosmic champs. I guess it’s all preference but shutting down one path isn’t on my radar.

Bendy

StarLordWho_1 said:

Bendy said:

Thats literally what most do to make a death happen as not good choices i remember xmagica basically was ban all p9 options since it be deaths as indestructible

I’d be more inclined to ban the science champs that make mystics useless or the mystics that run through cosmic champs. I guess it’s all preference but shutting down one path isn’t on my radar.

Xmagica was that u would ban ice and void then p9 was suckish

captain_rogers

Bendy said:

Herbal_Taxman said:

I haven’t spent a lot of time analyzing the new map. Is the general consensus that path 9 is still significantly more difficult or do the other paths seem to be catching up with the new nodes?

9 is still one of the harder lanes as theres now rupture and coldsnap to be immune

There is no champ immune/resistant to both bleed and rupture. It really sucks if opponent place someone like Bishop on that node, as you need a bleed/incen immune who don't rely on purify

Bendy

captain_rogers said:

Bendy said:

Herbal_Taxman said:

I haven’t spent a lot of time analyzing the new map. Is the general consensus that path 9 is still significantly more difficult or do the other paths seem to be catching up with the new nodes?

9 is still one of the harder lanes as theres now rupture and coldsnap to be immune

There is no champ immune/resistant to both bleed and rupture. It really sucks if opponent place someone like Bishop on that node, as you need a bleed/incen immune who don't rely on purify

It probs just be quake season for most lol then ice for incinerate bleed

Mother_Flerken

If you're in an ally that has people just run a whole path then I'd consider proposing they split it with another path, has worked in previous alliances where p9 was becoming too much stress trying to get three champs to cover both sections.

Player 1: Section 1 path 9, section 2 path 7
Player 2: Section 1 path 7, section 2 path 9

ButteredPopcorn8008

Just kingpin it