Do you think Crossbones is an underrated champ?
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Crossbones shines in pre-12.0 contest, Seaton used him in Act 5 exploration, many players used him in RttL.
Crossbones is deemed a electro killer, shut down accuracy / regen, he becomes a killer after 5 furies..... he was one of the top skill champs before.
With subsequent release of Blade, Aegon, Nick, Korg, Ronin.....etc, there is less and less attention on Crossbones and I doubt whether he qualify as one of top 5 skill champs.
What do you think about him? Is he still good (or above average) in the current state of the contest?
Crossbones is deemed a electro killer, shut down accuracy / regen, he becomes a killer after 5 furies..... he was one of the top skill champs before.
With subsequent release of Blade, Aegon, Nick, Korg, Ronin.....etc, there is less and less attention on Crossbones and I doubt whether he qualify as one of top 5 skill champs.
What do you think about him? Is he still good (or above average) in the current state of the contest?
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Personally really like him but he’s a max 4/55 for mine, wouldn’t really say he’s underrated, more that he gets forgotten a little with all the new shiny champs we get every month. He’s one of many in that regard
He also took out Elsa Bloodstone easily in EQ uncollected
Modok: AA is here and more powerful than CB as path cleaner
Thing: standard push him SP1 after 15 rock stacks and he can be killed easily
Korg: CB is good but Hyperion is even better
IW: Same as Korg
KM: Unless AI is overly defensive, he is pretty easy without node buff
Elsa: AA kills her in 10 hits in UC EQ
I’m not against you guys, just like my original post said. Is there any convincing reason why CB can still be chosen under the current game context?
Thing: CB with enough furies wont lend Thing rockstacks + some incinerate. Most rockstacks ive given Thing with CB was around 8.
Korg: Still has to deal with damage-back vs awakened Korg. You could just use light combos and sp1 spam OR you could just circumvent that with CB
IW: CB completely bypasses her stupid shield + prevents her from turning invisible. None of her abilities trigger
KM: Sure but that's not the argument. The argument is how effective CB is compared to other champs
Elsa: Took her out with AA as well. Found CB to be more reliable due to not having to worry about the basic attack cycle + landing neuros
CB makes a lot of fights substantially easier. The question is whether or not he is *usually the best champ to bring against these defenders and imo yes. For Thing and KM, sure theyre "easy" to you, but they go down even easier with CB. Also, the only champs that seem to compete in these weird scenarios are AA (personally dont agree with Hyperion). So theres, at most, 2 champs you'll take over CB? With AA being a riskier choice due to his ability reduction coming from neurotoxins?
Dun get me wrong, I’m not trying to ignore a champ which I ranked 5*r4. I used CB substantially before. I cite AA and Hype as an example mainly becoz of their versatility. e.g. if I can ko KM easily with whatever champs, then the niche of CB becomes insignificant, but it doesn’t mean I deny his capability, esp when dealing with those evading champs. Whilst in many occasions you count on the capability of particular champ to save you (like danger sense of blade). When you pick a champ into your team, you have to consider synergy as well as versatility on particular path. And that’s why we seldom see those youtubers picking CB as one of the team members nowadays, or at least in recent months EQ. Whilst other skilled champs like Nick, Aegon, Korg, Blade and even GP are always being used.
I think Crossbones is one of those latter kinds of champs. I don't consider him the best option for most fights. But I think if you're a player that doesn't have a large roster and you pull him, he can be game changing just as much as pulling Symbiote Supreme or Ghost would be for a high progression player, because Crossbones can suddenly be the answer to a very wide range of combat situations. Not only does he work for a wide range of fights, he then frees up a lot of team slots for players to put other more situational champs into play that can amplify their worth.
I think comparing champs to other champs makes sense for high progression players with large rosters. Your level up choices and your team composition choices tend to be based on what exists and what you might pull eventually, and not exclusively on what you have now. But for lower progression players, the value of a champ is more in what it can do right now, not in what might supercede it later. For those players, I think Crossbones is a very high value champ.
My 5* CB sits at rank 2, simply because the competition is killing. I don't have the luxury to spend resources on him if I'm not absolutely certain I'll use him daily.
If CB is your first 5*, it isn't a bad idea to invest in him. At that moment in your game progression, he will be one of your best champions.
However, if you pull him later, chances are you have pulled some god tier or better champions. Would you really still spend resources on an average champion when you have superior alternatives?
The answer is no. My CB was my 6th 5* (I think), but my first was Medusa. It isn't surprising I picked her above him, also because the current meta valued armor break highly (Emma Frost back then for instant).
I really would like to pull a 5* Angela, but she wouldn't get higher than rank 2 right now.
So what’s your view on CB?