Joaquin Torres and Arnim Zola balance update

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/399521/balance-update-arnim-zola-and-falcon-joaquin-torres#latest

Joaquin is getting a tune up which will be coming in January, which is great but we will need to wait till 2026 for that buff.

Zola is not getting changed at all, which is what I expected. I think Zola is a tough yet fair defender similar to Photon. I do wish he disabled the Stand Your Ground mastery but whatever, it’s fine

Anyways, what would you like see changed with Joaquin Torres?

Comments

EdisonLaw

Also for next month I don’t see Bastion or Jean receiving any changes, but of course this could change

CandyCane2

Yay! Now we gotta wait till January!

Ragnaruk5178

Honestly just give him a dmage boost, make him bypass miss and he’ll be overall a valuable enchantress counter, he just needs to keep up with spider woman

EdisonLaw

While this is unfortunate, at least there’s a chance that we will see at least two more buffs, like next month we are getting the rebalanced Patriot as well as buffed Yondu and Modok

BigPoppaCBONE

Late 2027 if they do all that! 😂

Batch #1 is going to set the expectation. Hopefully they make them worth the wait.

Beewee

Idk, by the time he’s buffed he probably wont even be needed anymore

Polygon

Rip anyone that R4ed their Enchantress, shes basically the next Bullseye now with the constant counters (except she didnt need a counter whereas Bullseye did)

Trafalgarwar96

January? Ridicolous

CheeseMaster482

Patriot will mog falcon anyway

Chuck_Finley

Nothing like making your titan luck feel even more worthless. Might as well got another 20 sigs on red hulk

EdisonLaw

Especially how so many science champs are being released (Spider Woman, High Evolutionary, etc)

Rayven5220

Yup, bullseye sucks now that there's a few good counters for him.
Serpent too. 😭
May as well throw sentinel in there, definitely enchantress now that Swoman is out, hell, just sell all the defenders with counters! 😂😂😂

WednesdayLength

One more, this batch includes deathless vision too. Also we're getting 9 buffs next month, I think we'll be alright for a little while lmao

EdisonLaw

That may be the most amount of buffs we’ve gotten in a single month

EdisonLaw

Sentinel is still definitely a stall, but he’s not too hard to face

jdschw

Edison, can you give me a primer on how to deal with sentinel? I frequently see my 7r3* sentinel get spanked in BGs, and I don't know how people do it. When I fight him, I either use MLM combos - which end up taking so much time -- or he ramps up so fast that he hits 100 and I have to keep him on SP1 to avoid getting tagged by those massive incinerates.

Sachhyam257

9 buffs?

EdisonLaw

First of all, don't block the SP2 if he's at 100. Analysis charges because his effects can hit right through block, including the heal blocks, armor breaks, and incinerates.
Secondly, Sentinel is immune to bleed, poison, coldsnap, frostbite, and armor break, but he is not immune to other sources of damage like shock, incinerate, rupture, degen, or even neuroshock. So you can use those against him as well

GroundedWisdom

You do realize how the game is produced, right? All Champs have counters eventually.

EdisonLaw

Including the 6 Rebirth champs (Anti Venom, Doctor Voodoo, Night Thrasher, Viv Vision, Cull Obsidian, Sabretooth)

Rayven5220

You do realize I'm completely clowning the guy I quoted, right?

CheeseMaster482

Flew right over your head

Polygon

Yet you put sentinel on the same level as bullseye and serpent lol.

GroundedWisdom

Fair enough. Pass on the message, will ya? XD

Rayven5220

It was a good defenders name. Im not the one who came out saying "omg I bet people gonna be pissed their r4 enchantress will have another hard
counter now" like Swoman isn't out already...
Welcome to the game, and how it has ALWAYS worked.
I wish I could say you were just new and didn't know better, but here we are.....

Rayven5220

To be fair though, it seems the guy i quoted doesn't know how it works, and we know he's not new, so it may have been a good assumption on your part. 😬

Alas, I do indeed understand how it works, though. No worries!

Polygon

Again, the difference here lies in the fact that you don't need a counter for enchantress, but you do need one for bullseye , for serpent , for Yelena and soon to be high evolutionary etc. People have spots in their deck just for them whereas you can take enchantress with any science champ, and most high damage output nukes.

My point is the constant new releases/buffs of science champs are aimed at her, and not only counter her kit, but trivialize it entirely to the extent that Hulkling and Galan did to Peni. Meanwhile, with serpent or bullseye, you can still lose the match with a counter.

Im willing to bet Modok will also be able to counter her kit in 1 or more ways

EdisonLaw

I'm betting Modok will be another defender like Red Skull

ShoNuff29

Jean and Bastion gonna stay the same so if I could pick the TBD buff, I’d want Surfer or CapSam buffed. Both have great kits, just need more damage.

Rayven5220

So you don't need a specific counter for enchantress, but now that she's gonna have another "hard counter" people are gonna be pissed that they took her to r4?
My dude, you make no sense.

People took her to r4 KNOWING near any champ can take her with good play, but now they'll be pissed because of another hard counter for her.

Make it make sense.....