Root Feedback (New Mechanic)

Kabam Boo · October 2020

LET'S GET TO THE ROOT OF IT!

Exciting news Summners! A new GAMEPLAY MECHANIC is being introduced in this Meta Event! A new effect type, ROOT.

WHAT DOES IT DO?

When Rooted, a Champion's movement is locked. You can still perform any action, but you won’t move from your location when doing so. So for example, you can still dodge special attacks with Dexterity, Parry, and use your own Special Attacks (Unless a global buff says otherwise). You just won’t do any lateral movement associated with those actions. We hope to explore this new effect on further global buffs or even characters/buffs for players to use! So make sure to try them out and let us know what you think.

WHERE DO I SEE IT?

Each day, on every difficulty, they’ll be a Global buff that uses Root in a slightly different way to give you a feel for it. The difficulty has been tuned around these buffs, so there shouldn’t be too much complexity going on around them. Unless you want to take a swing at Legendary, where an extra wrinkle has been added to keep you on your feet.

WHERE CAN I SHARE MY FEEDBACK?

Right HERE in this thread!

We look forward to hearing from you all!

Cheerio!

allinashes · October 2020

I'm rooting for this one to be not terrible.

Kabam Miike · October 2020

allinashes said:
I'm rooting for this one to be not terrible.

Ha! Clever.

Grootman1294 · October 2020

Little bit spooked by the fact that you can't dash backwards but looking forward to the challenge!

SpideyFunko · October 2020

wait, so we’d still be able to dex attacks and get the buff, we just wouldn’t move, correct?

Moot4Life · October 2020

Is there an option to keep this on? Or is it just a debuff?

Also how would basic attacks work since you can't go forward but the opponents move back when you get hit?

Moot4Life · October 2020

SpideyFunko said:
wait, so we’d still be able to dex attacks and get the buff, we just wouldn’t move, correct?

Yeah, I think it's like dexing against the wall

Kabam Boo · October 2020

allinashes said:
I'm rooting for this one to be not terrible.

We are certainly looking forward to this taking root in the community!

Horror_punk · October 2020

I guess hyperion/arkus is best to counter this mechanic

Unio77 · October 2020

Dangit I can't think of a pun 😪

AlphaStark20 · October 2020

Ok so do WE get rooted or does the OPPONENT get rooted?

Lvernon15 · October 2020

Maybe I’ll root my groots to the ground, let them absorb some nutrients and pound some opponents

TheGrandM4ster · October 2020

I don't fully understand how this mechanic works just yet. Hopefully someone gets to the root of it.

Etm34 · October 2020

This is a bizarre addition to me. No pinning opponents to the wall and chaining heavies I guess.

Stagedear85 · October 2020

I would like to see a vid of how this work like an example

Rookiie · October 2020

Root rhymes with Groot.

Crcrcrc · October 2020

This actually looks really cool

Crazyjack719 · October 2020

Reparry for the win

te_dua_shum · October 2020

will you update champion's tags by adding the #flying one to those champions that are actually flying? for example red goblin, green goblin and silver surfer are all riding a board, but only the first one has the tag. This might change my opinion a little ^_^
that being said i'm not looking forward for this new mechanic, and i really hope that you won't implement it in too many scenarios, inverted controls is more than enough for me ^_^

Cat_Murdock · October 2020

This concerns me for match ups like Omega Red, Terrax, Mephisto etc where physical distance is a necessity to avoid different types of damage. Or this in combination with nodes like Long Distance Relationship, or Fight or Flight where that becomes important as well.

Lvernon15 · October 2020

Can I just quake it

rcm2017 · October 2020

I AM g(ROOT)
Looking forward to it

slacker · October 2020

So can we still dash when use medium attack ?

Shadowstrike · October 2020

Kabam Boo said:

allinashes said:
I'm rooting for this one to be not terrible.
We are certainly looking forward to this taking root in the community!

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DrZola · October 2020

Cat_Murdock said:
This concerns me for match ups like Omega Red, Terrax, Mephisto etc where physical distance is a necessity to avoid different types of damage. Or this in combination with nodes like Long Distance Relationship, or Fight or Flight where that becomes important as well.

I’m afraid that may be the point.

Dr. Zola

YoMoves · October 2020

Cat_Murdock said:
This concerns me for match ups like Omega Red, Terrax, Mephisto etc where physical distance is a necessity to avoid different types of damage. Or this in combination with nodes like Long Distance Relationship, or Fight or Flight where that becomes important as well.

Sounds like that may be the root of the problem.

SpideyFunko · October 2020

Cat_Murdock said:
This concerns me for match ups like Omega Red, Terrax, Mephisto etc where physical distance is a necessity to avoid different types of damage. Or this in combination with nodes like Long Distance Relationship, or Fight or Flight where that becomes important as well.

Cat you can’t just give them ideas like that cmon

Dragon_SlayerND13 · October 2020

As my first thought isn't this going to affect champions, that have abilities that work when you have your opponent on their wall or when you are backed on your wall? Like dragon man and annihilus for example.

Root Feedback (New Mechanic)

LET'S GET TO THE ROOT OF IT!

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