Would you still R5 Namor?

Blaker78 · January 2020

So I have a 5* namor at r4 that I was planning to use a mutant gem on and then 145 generic sig stones and 55 mutant ones to take up to sig 200. Then we heard about the rebalancing of namor. I have t2a expiring soon and am wondering if people are still ranking him up even with the looming rebalance. I could rankup Domino to r5 instead or take some other champs up to r4. i do also have an omega red at r5 sig 200 as well.

solopolo · January 2020

R5 Domino, she's better regardless of the rebalance.

Mcord11758 · January 2020

do not rank up till re-balance is released, not announced, released. It sucks that we find ourselves here but depending on what the changes are you could find yourself completely feeling differently about the champ. What is explained as minor may not be minor in the players eyes. Look at Cull. They added him because they felt his max damage was too high but nearly no one uses him because is block is so bad. Minor could be not being able to stack 2 fury from back to back l3 or reducing fury potency or duration. they may see it as minor but the players wouldn't.

long and short, I would wait on namor and overall domino is probably just as good if not better

Octoberstack · January 2020

Omega Red’s tentacle hits can cover a lot of matchups that Namor’s sig is good for - namely, damage back nodes and abilities. Combined with the uncertainty surrounding Namor’s upcoming changes, there’s a good argument for keeping him at R4 until the team can shed some light on his rebalancing.

That being said, I used a variant 4-5 gem to take my max sig Namor to R5 only last month. Like you, I already had a sig200 5/65 OR, but decided to make the jump.

Since then, Namor has almost single handedly explored V2 for me, and was invaluable for several paths in my exploration of 6.1 and 6.2. Although I haven’t yet used him as extensively in 6.3, he made very short work of the 6.3 Nick Fury boss alongside OR. I feel like I’ve gotten a tremendous amount of use out of him, so much so that he’s paid back the worth of the 4-5 gem multiple times over since I ranked him up. With suicides, he also makes a decent pathrunner for questing and AW, saving me resources with his constant healing and ending problematic fights relatively quickly.

At the end of the day, you need to evaluate what exactly you’ll use him for, and how much value you’ll get back from the R5 rankup. He’s by no means as all-around versatile as OR (who is still my go-to damage dealer), and takes much longer to access his damage.

If you feel like OR already fills the same niche that Namor would, and you’re already quite uncertain about how his upcoming changes will affect him, I’d recommend waiting until we find out.

Shoot me a tag if you need, more than happy to answer any more questions.

ZEN · January 2020

OR is way better than Namor, especially with suicide + ST synergy.

phil56201 · January 2020

Blaker78 said:
So I have a 5* namor at r4 that I was planning to use a mutant gem on and then 145 generic sig stones and 55 mutant ones to take up to sig 200. Then we heard about the rebalancing of namor. I have t2a expiring soon and am wondering if people are still ranking him up even with the looming rebalance. I could rankup Domino to r5 instead or take some other champs up to r4. i do also have an omega red at r5 sig 200 as well.

If you already have a 5/65 200 OR, taking up Namor is rather redundant regardless of balance changes.

Aomine_Daiki10 · January 2020

If you really like him then wait 12 more days to know if he is nerf is that bad or just a little tweak

FF10 · January 2020

Domino. With the trinity she is unstoppable 💯

Doomsfist79 · January 2020

I'll wait till the announce the changes to namor.. then will let you know..

TP33 · January 2020

Really, it depends on who you like playing. They are all brilliant champs, but don’t rank people up because others tell you to. I made the mistake of ranking up medusa because people convinced me it was the right thing, I eventually got bored and tired of her repetative gameplay style, now she won’t make my team AT ALL unless there is a specific boss. Don’t make a rank up choice because X champion can do Y 1% better than Z other champion, rank them up for the right reasons