**Mastery Loadouts**
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
Due to issues related to the release of Mastery Loadouts, the "free swap" period will be extended.
The new end date will be May 1st.
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He's better, undeniably, his animations are more fitting to the character than previously, but... meh.
But it's OK, not every champion need to be best ever, as long as he has some utility it's fine, I'll keep him at rank 3 for now cause there's a Stealthy waiting to go to rank 5 but maybe one day he'll join the rank 4 gang.
Also he should have evade. For someone with enhanced senses to not have evade just doesn't make sense
I actually want to talk about something I've barely seen anyone talk about: his synergies (and those of other champions with the same issue). I've seen some complaints about the fact that a lot of things are locked away in his synergies, like the longer cruelty, stun on specials or heavy miss mechanic. I have a bigger problem with his synergies: There are too many. Literally, even the most effective build, leaving the least useful synergies out, requires at least 5 other champions (SG, Shulk, Elektra, GR, Moleman and then maybe Monkey or Masacre). In the immortal words of Haiku bouncer guy:
"Eh, that's one too many champions there, bub"
Even if he was broken good, 4 team members would already be too many. For perspective, Blade has been largely left behind by the community because he ideally needs 2 other champions for maximum output.
This isn't just a Daredevil problem either, our favourite dimensional being Dormammu has reliably received one or two unique synergies every single year since he came out (Yes. Seriously. No hyperbole here), clocking in at a whopping 8 (including the new Sigil Witch, according to Auntm.ai). Even in a hypothetical 9 champion team scenario, I don't think Dormammu would be that insane, not to mention having to drag around such greats as Mephisto, IHulk and Diablo. And sure, if you were to build a synergy team around, say, Mephisto, he's actually pretty good.
Newsflash: You already used 4 too many slots for Dormammu, sorry Mephs, you ain't getting any synergies here.
Speaking of Mephisto, these extradimensional ruler types really love having loads of people on their team, don't they? Why else would he have 11! (E.L.E.V.E.N.) unique synergies. Just why? Even leaving out the least useful synergies I get to 5 other champions. Leaving out Sigil Witch as well, that's 4 champs. Barely fits on a team, and mephisto still isn't blowing me away. And you'd have to drag around Morningstar and the Champion. Sure, MS isn't bad, but both her and Mephisto need some ramp-up, and ramping up two champions in one quest is rather inconvenient to say the least. And that team would be made up of 3 mystics, deadweight McChampion and Omega Red. Who uses suicides. Which make MS hardly usable. And if the SW leak (or whatever it is) is correct, you can yeet OR right out of there and run a 4 mystic 1 deadweight team instead. Balance!
Potentially unpopular opinion based on this: Please stop buffing lackluster old champions with unique synergies on new champions. And if you absolutely have to, do it like Apocalypse, who was actually successful. Just stop spamming synergies onto Dormammu, Mephisto, Green Goblin and so so many others. The saying is third time's a charm, not twelfth time's
Maybe some people are gonna disagree, I'd certainly like to see this being talked about more, it's been bugging me for a while now. So, I hope to spark at least some discussion on this.
Have a nice day, don't let the negativity in this post drag you down too much
OML’s a beast now, he’s way better, what you mean?? 🤷🏽♂️
Also, with a lot of some new champs (like the buffed daredevil) it feels like they've design the champ then pulled stuff out of their abilities and added it back in again with synergies. Synergies shouldn't "complete" a champ they should only add onto them.
Either adjust the regen rate or make him shrug off all debuffs in his kit.
Void would destroy him as his rage would count towards voids debuff melt ability. This guy gets it
I agree. Conservatively, you can only use one or two synergy champions, and only if those champions are not bad and the synergies really make a difference. Let's call it the Blade rule.
Most of the synergies should be on the basic kit of these champions.
I think I can speak for most of us that we aren’t looking for a mega damage dealer every time, but usable for sure.
The regen rate is the sticking point here IMO. I’ve already found many uses for him but it’s like he has no willpower because it’s so low. Any DOT debuffs melts him instantly because of the regen rate.
Nobody is going to Max willpower for him, and honestly that won’t fix it either. The regen rate idea wasn’t a good fit for his play style.
We look forward to the update to the regen issue.
Having tried a 5*r3 in a mix of content, he doesn’t seem to excel enough in any particular area - or rather enough areas, to make him 5* rank 4 or 5 worthy, especially when compared to many other Skill champs.
As mentioned earlier, maybe giving him True Strike might help, for balance just when in Stick’s Apprentice mode?
I legitimately will R5 my 5* if the regen rate is adjusted.
One DOT melts him. That’s pretty significant. He’s a brawling machine, a bleed debuff shouldn’t stop him. I’m fine with doing nothing but fixing the regen rate so willpower can do it’s thing.
He’s also a skill based champion. People who can’t manage his combo meter will not see the damage output.
Additionally if I want to AAR something, I hit an sp1 to get past 15 faster. Then he bypasses a ton of stuff. It’s a great mechanic.
Regen rate for me. Anything else is bonus.
It fully illustrates the buff's potential.
DDHK has a more complex mechanic than I can manage in an Act 6 fight.
For the difficulty required to play him right, he should have a bigger payoff.
Un-nerf the healing, so we can use suicides on him or boost his damage.
Otherwise, he is going to be Hela (great but unusable by most summoners).
I mean seriously, if daredevil doesn’t have true sense then who does? And it would have given him some seriously good utility