I have the same "problem" , both KM and massacre awakened r4 as 5* , i will go for the Massacre, just because he is part of Domino trinity and already have Rulk and Domino r5 as 5* ...
Act 5 and below he can be great if you manage him properly. In act 6 it might be a bit harder due to his way ramp up his charges and the aggressive play style he needs might back fire if you fail an intercept or if you need to ramp him up again. plus many of the node combinations and very niche requirements make you pick another champ over him.
In a normal fight vs no mystic or energy Attack champs the Mexican with a bat and hot sauce is miles ahead of the guy that can spontaneously combust. With my r4 5* I can manage up to 15 incinerates casually each dealing 100 or so, and his sp2 is super nasty and a win win if they block or get hit. He deals more damage if the opponent blocks it and you get a miss passive for .75 seconds incase they counter attack, I find that aspect of his sp2 very unique.
I have a very limited 6* roster and he made the team everytime there were 6* gates , he put in lots of work finishing fights pretty well if I got the ramp up. He has a pretty high crit rate but sometimes you simply don’t trigger the ignition. That’s why he rly pairs up well with Domino. If you manage to get a high roll or at least 2 charges from it it’ll be so much easier. The reason for this is due to his animations his last M and L do use his bat, at base no incinerate charges on the opponent: Crits gain 1 charge and hitting blocking into block gains one charge too, but you need to hit with a bat attack, the max is 4 in a combo and 4 if each hit crits on heavy. So in two combos the max u have us 8 that’s why atleast 2 from the synergy is best
Best way to describe him IMO is like carnage very fun, very good damage. Just lacking a bit of Utility for things like act 6 or variants. Think about it in a venom vs carnage pick, venom offers a bit more utility and his damage is still pretty good. Now HT vs massacre, massacre has more damage in a generic match but ht can out perform him with immunities and you don’t need to use one champ for everything, sometimes you need to fill a gap in ur roster for x fights.
KM on the other hand has great Utility, his synergies are a bit more practical making ST and void even more very reliable champions and WS becomes mini SL, has true strike Indestructible, and his damage can be boosted by sig not to mention his mega sp3 bleed. I think it’s fair to say he’s a very reliable champion and consistent as well. And sometimes you rather have consistency and reliability over damage.
Km is great with void synergy for fights where you trigger a lot of not damaging debuffs. He also has nice long true strike, but it is sometimes difficult to get without synergies. Sp2 gives indestructible, so you can eat sp3s without dot. Also his animation is very smooth. But his damage is not very impressive Massacre is a very fun character to play. Don't think he has any strong utility, but me does have damage. If you like him more, go massacre. Km is not a must have champ
Killmonger is a beast. If you have HT and/or void he is even better. I run 5* KM and HT in quests all the time, the amount of bleeds he gains is awesome, and occasionally adding 4* void. He's also a tank if you mess up and get hit, way tougher than my 5* massacre.
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I personally like him
Act 5 and below he can be great if you manage him properly. In act 6 it might be a bit harder due to his way ramp up his charges and the aggressive play style he needs might back fire if you fail an intercept or if you need to ramp him up again. plus many of the node combinations and very niche requirements make you pick another champ over him.
In a normal fight vs no mystic or energy Attack champs the Mexican with a bat and hot sauce is miles ahead of the guy that can spontaneously combust. With my r4 5* I can manage up to 15 incinerates casually each dealing 100 or so, and his sp2 is super nasty and a win win if they block or get hit. He deals more damage if the opponent blocks it and you get a miss passive for .75 seconds incase they counter attack, I find that aspect of his sp2 very unique.
I have a very limited 6* roster and he made the team everytime there were 6* gates , he put in lots of work finishing fights pretty well if I got the ramp up. He has a pretty high crit rate but sometimes you simply don’t trigger the ignition. That’s why he rly pairs up well with Domino. If you manage to get a high roll or at least 2 charges from it it’ll be so much easier. The reason for this is due to his animations his last M and L do use his bat, at base no incinerate charges on the opponent: Crits gain 1 charge and hitting blocking into block gains one charge too, but you need to hit with a bat attack, the max is 4 in a combo and 4 if each hit crits on heavy. So in two combos the max u have us 8 that’s why atleast 2 from the synergy is best
Best way to describe him IMO is like carnage very fun, very good damage. Just lacking a bit of Utility for things like act 6 or variants. Think about it in a venom vs carnage pick, venom offers a bit more utility and his damage is still pretty good. Now HT vs massacre, massacre has more damage in a generic match but ht can out perform him with immunities and you don’t need to use one champ for everything, sometimes you need to fill a gap in ur roster for x fights.
KM on the other hand has great Utility, his synergies are a bit more practical making ST and void even more very reliable champions and WS becomes mini SL, has true strike Indestructible, and his damage can be boosted by sig not to mention his mega sp3 bleed. I think it’s fair to say he’s a very reliable champion and consistent as well. And sometimes you rather have consistency and reliability over damage.
Massacre is a very fun character to play. Don't think he has any strong utility, but me does have damage. If you like him more, go massacre. Km is not a must have champ
I like massacre better, but Ive never really played with km