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Is Blade Over-rated??
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I have yet to pull a Blade, and it seems like everyone is always freaking out about him. Yet, when there are posts on the 5 star dream team, or the best god tier champ, Stark Spidey comes out on top.
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Sparky has some utility, but also very fast ramp-up high damage, and high damage is often what top tier players need the most, as their skills can often avoid most incoming damage and debuffs. For them, the best defense is kill quickly. For other players, Blade's healing is extremely important beyond Danger Sense as it saves them potions, units, and even cash. Most other "top tier" champions are judged based on them having some reasonable level of strength across the board, and then being especially good at one or two particular things the player values highly. Since that's different for everyone, different champs are evaluated as "best."
But I think most knowledgeable players also make a distinction between "the best champ" and "the best team (for certain content)" and those don't even always overlap. Sometimes, the best single champ isn't on the best three or five champ team judged by the same player. Sometimes, "best champ" and "most desirable champ" aren't even the same thing for a particular player, because that particular player has specific needs addressed by champs other than what they would judge as "best overall."
Who is "best god tier champ" is really more of an entertaining point of discussion that has no real impact on how most knowledgeable players actually play the game or rank up champions. Even the "is Blade overrated" discussions are I think less about Blade, and more about a backlash over the fact that so many people only believe Blade is the best champion because they were *told* Blade was the best champion, and not because of any specific judgment or analysis.
Honestly, with the GR, Stark synergies he is amazing. Add maxed deep wounds and his L2 is on another level for anyone who bleeds and it still does tremendous damage with the synergies, and more-so to villains. I laugh at villains in AW, even though my Blade is only 4*, R5. He makes mince meat out of Green Goblin, Magik, Mephisto, Void, Sentinel, KingPin, Dormammu, Yellow Jacket, M.O.D.O.K, unstoppable Colossus, Juggernaut (insert next villain here) etc. etc. etc.
Is he the answer to everything, no. Not great against a Cable or an IMIW compared to Stark, Medusa or Hyperion, but he can still get the job done in most cases. Is he the answer to a lot, yes.
5/65 Rulk is pretty damn sweet too.
Just ask @danielmath
Dominio
Iceman
Cornered Nodes
Biohazzard nodes
Map 6 Kingpin for new AQ
Just to name a few things hes not great at.
On map 6 of of AQ 5 (new season) kingpin has a node called Unbridled Rage when a DoT debuff is applied making KP significantly harder to beat.
Damage over time Debuffs are always converted into Rage Debuffs, and while Overpower is active, they are consumed immediately and reset Overpower's duration. Whenever any damage over time Debuff is removed, Kingpin gains 10% Power immediately.
The goal with these buffs was the emphasize high base-damage Champions, and reward skilled players who can reliably intercept attacks and bait specials.
they are delightful champs, do doubt
Since Blade applies bleed on well-timed blocks, it would be very difficult to avoid landing DoT debuffs when using Blade against Map 6 Kingpin. That combined with Kingpin's AAR protection makes Blade probably not the best choice there.
Blade is the best choice everywhere except bleed or poison node.
@DNA3000 I completely forgot about KP's AAR ability in AQ. Even more reason blade wouldn't be first choice
Technically he's also not a good idea against biohazard. But setting that kind of thing aside, I wouldn't recommend him against Morningstar on Map 5, say. And a high rank Cable would also be a less than favorable match up. But the Map 6 Kingpin seems almost specifically designed to kill Blade and Archangel. There's no way he's the best choice there.
No.
Agreed. What I just said? He is not good agaisnt bleed or posion!!!
His regen comes very in handy too.
Blade GR Spark
ST Void KM
Are the two ultimate trinities in the game.
I used for my Blade Spark GR Nebula SL and there is not a single content I cannot beat.
The Blade hype is real. There is a reason why everyone that has him ranks him. He is not as good as SW DS Thor pre 12.0 but he is definetly top 5.