I have a 7* R4 SIG 200 PATRIPAPI. (Just to add some credibility to my opinion). Most know this by now because of my constant Patripapi glaze.
REVIEW:
Patriot had the smallest of changes to his kit out of the 3ā¦ but for anyone who has seriously played Patriot, youād know that his basic attack damage is great post-reversal at high/max ramp. It looks like heāll be able to do his high basic attack damage for longer due to the increased fury duration. HOWEVERā¦ they didnāt increase his precision durationā¦ which was already much shorter than the fury passives durationā¦ which means his precision will still expire wayyy to quickly, especially with passive AIā¦ which kinda takes away from the affect of the increased fury durationā¦ā¦ his crits are where ALL his damage is atā¦ so the fury buff duration being extended wonāt mean as much as it seems. Why tf wouldnāt his precision passives duration be extended?!?! Kabam knew what they were doing with this. š¤¦š½āāļø
Extended vulnerability debuff potency is great for him to deal more damage whilst youāre ramping up, to ensure that youāre burst of max damage will finish the job.
THE BEST THING ABOUT HIS BUFF:
THEY MADE PATRIOTāS UTILITY MUCH LESS NICHĆ AND EASIER TO ACCESS š„šš½ He now gains his Steadfast passive with just 3 DEBUFFS against all champions but mutant championsā¦ whereas before, he could only gain the steadfast with 3 debuffs against Science champs alone. This is insane utility as he will basically be able to block ANY AND ALL UNBLOCKABLE ATTACKS ALMOST NEARLY KINDāVE CLOSE TO INSTANTLY! Never worry about any unblockable attacks with this guy. This is awesome utility. He also still has his miss counter buff on his parries which is insane and easy to access utility too.
CONCLUSION:
Kabam gate keeping Patriots max damage potential longevity by not increasing the duration of his precision debuffs. This sucks and they thought we wouldnāt realise š¤ His basic damage is top tier at max ramp but it wonāt last nearly as long as it should.
He got an awesome buff to his utility and basically extends his utility to 5/6 of the other classes instead of just the 1/6. GREAT š„š„š„
An understandable buff that didnāt go overboard. He is nowhere near being NichĆ© now. Increased damage. NO PRECISION DURATION EXTENTION. F**K.
Thatās it.
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EXTRA:
This is just from what we see on paper. Kabam listened and moved his utility from his awakened ability to his main kit (which is where it always should have been.) We are yet to see his new awakening ability, but it seems like it will just be the same but with less in it. Hopefully thereās a little extra stuff in there but it looks like itāll only be āincreased precision passive potencyā.
