What is going on with the Hood improvements?
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Is there finally any news whether Hood will come back with his improvements or not? When is this planned for? It would be great if you @Kabam Miike could inform.
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"At a later date (currently unknown), we will reintroduce his Buff, with Fate Seal re-added to his Kit, with adjusted tuning and bugs fixed. This will allow us to confidently re-tune him, and give our Summoners the Abilities that they want, without committing to changes and bug fixes that could result in unknown tuning issues and knock-ons."
Realistically, I concur he's probably in the back of the line since Kabam won't release the list of potential updates this year and we have 2/3 of May already announced.
Given the firestorm, I expected it to be later rather than sooner. Kabam tends to blacklist champions somewhat irrationally. Just look at how long it took them to realize post-12.0 SW wouldn't break the game as a 5*.
The recent glitches with Hood give me some hope that they're working on him right now, but I don't expect him to get that much of a boost. They honestly thought that tiny bit of regen was so OP that they fixed it overnight, and that was without his superduperOP Hex Seal that would've broken the gamelol.
Honestly just wish there were more top-tier nullifiers other than Doom or Suicide Claire. Those two are so far ahead of the rest that it isn't even funny. Especially for suicide players.
He probably got put to one side until they are able to actually take time to look at him, as we don’t know if they plan on making any other balance changes. Personally, I’d rather they take their time and not rush it, so that way it doesn’t have any impact on other champion buffs or Hood’s buff. The original buff was full of bugs on release, so I hope that they take the time to ensure that everything is working right before release.
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Having a rigid approach to software development is really not progressive in this day and age...
As I said, I'm expecting a very minor boost given how timid they were. Even if they kept his bugged regen and bullet refresh, and even if they gave him his Hex Seal on top of that, he still wouldn't have been near Doom or Suicide Claire. He'd be more on par with Sorc Supreme.
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