So I've been watching the Bastion Deep Dive over and over again and have realized Bastion is an absolute Swiss Army Knife and potentially the greatest Energy DOT (labeled "non-instant Energy damage effects" in his kit) counter to exist - let me explain.
First I want to focus on the big niche he'll fit in - countering Energy DOT. The Infection he ends up applying reduces the Ability Accuracy (both Off and Def) of Energy DOTs, specifically. Yes, that means he doesn't counter any Physical DOT like Rupture or Corrosion, or Direct Damage DOT like Degeneration or Disintegration.
BUT - if there's a defender that applies Energy-based DOT (Incinerate, Shock, Plasma, Nova Flame, Coldsnap, Soul Barb, Critical Failure, and Neuroshock) and he prevents it from proc'ing, he'll feed his own Direct Damaging effects via applying Disintegrate Vulnerability (2x max stack adding up to 32% vuln; 64% for Mutants).
So that's his niche. But it doesn't stop there. In addition to handling all those DOT effects he can counter:
- Bleed
- Poison - also can't have his regen rate reduced by poison
- Crush
- Non-Contact attacks
- Unblockable attacks (Instant regen 85% damage if block broken)
- Higher combat power rate (Power Reroute)
- Evade (Pursuit)
Then, to add even more sauce into his kit:
- Self-Repair is EITHER 8% Missing Health or 3% Max Health AND its bias is to the greater value
- Infection reduces opponent attack rating by 35%
- SP1: 10% Direct damage bursts that double (or even triple) up when the opponent is Infected
- SP2: 36% Fury passive; doubled if Infected; will amplify the above bursts on sp1
- SP3: Applies a Disintegration debuff which feeds the sp1 and thus triples the burst damage as mentioned above
- Sentinel relic FURTHER increases Disintegration potency by 10% (20% against Mutants)
And THEN, just because why not, his sig ability:
- Expands to counter Energy DOTs from NODES (Hazard Shift who??)
- Adds a pause to his abilities (Regen, Furies, Disintegrations, Disintegration Vulns, Pursuit, Infection) against Mutants
- Increases his sp2 Fury potency by up to 30% at sig 200
They somehow combined Prowler (Pursuit), Ultron (big damage), Omega Sentinel (Bleed/Poison Resistance; easy Evade instead of Miss counter), and Future Ant-Man (Self-Repair; Disintegration) into one champ. Tanky? Check. Hits hard?? Check. Counters a ton of champs AND nodes??? Check. Basically, he's a Tech Count Nefaria, who's amazing.
I need this guy as a 7* and to get him to sig 200 - he'll likely be my first tech r4. #SaveTitansForJune. Get pumped!!
