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Kitty shouldn't be nerfed
BitterSteel
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Kitty isn't overpowered. True focus is the only the that makes her cheese certain fights. Getting annoyed about Kitty cheesing is like getting annoyed about any cheese fights. What you're actually annoyed about is that Kitty can cheese AW, and in that case, I agree - get rid of true focus in AW.
This would be like if Kabam added a global in AW that gave every defender 10 buffs and everyone got their pitchforks out that Ronan was slaughtering AW and demanding a nerf. No, just get rid of the 10 buffs global. It would be like if every fight got resistor and everyone got angry that Doom could doom slap if he was sig 200. Why nerf Doom? Don't put the node that let's him cheese everywhere.
You can control how powerful Kitty is by regulating how often true focus is in content, nerfing her when you can do that is like using a rocket launcher to wash up dirty dishes.
Ronan's cheese is controlled by how many buff heavy nodes there are in the game, Doom's cheese is controlled by how often resistor is in content and Kitty's cheese is controlled by how many true focus nodes there are in the game. Kabam haven't got Kitty's abilities wrong, they've got the true focus balance wrong. If you're angry enough about true focus Kitty cheese to say she should be nerfed, then I look forward to your equally strong argument to nerf Doom and Ronan so they can't cheese either. After all, there's no skill in it, the opponent can't do anything and you're only tapping a few buttons...
This would be like if Kabam added a global in AW that gave every defender 10 buffs and everyone got their pitchforks out that Ronan was slaughtering AW and demanding a nerf. No, just get rid of the 10 buffs global. It would be like if every fight got resistor and everyone got angry that Doom could doom slap if he was sig 200. Why nerf Doom? Don't put the node that let's him cheese everywhere.
You can control how powerful Kitty is by regulating how often true focus is in content, nerfing her when you can do that is like using a rocket launcher to wash up dirty dishes.
Ronan's cheese is controlled by how many buff heavy nodes there are in the game, Doom's cheese is controlled by how often resistor is in content and Kitty's cheese is controlled by how many true focus nodes there are in the game. Kabam haven't got Kitty's abilities wrong, they've got the true focus balance wrong. If you're angry enough about true focus Kitty cheese to say she should be nerfed, then I look forward to your equally strong argument to nerf Doom and Ronan so they can't cheese either. After all, there's no skill in it, the opponent can't do anything and you're only tapping a few buttons...
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Kitty is just op for certain nodes, not all.
To have it on the hardest section of the war map every war is silly
It is competitive. and kitty can clear 7 out of 8 fights with no work whatsoever.no, that does not work.
As myself and others have said…..BECAUSE TF is in AW people are really upset that kitty can fight her best there and benefit from her sig ability from this node……………
But if it was just regular content tf was in, people would have an absolute blast with her and not let a peep out.
I personnally think there is a massive imbalance on aw coz of how perfect a countr kitty is for that node.
Just goes to show there’s not much point in cheese in AW
Not saying ghost and quake are incredibly good, and kitty should be there.
but her interaction with true focus IS broken. It is a cheese. Cheese techniques are good in content, but not in war. That shouldnt be allowed. Like Bittersteel pointed out, there is a reason we dont see resistor nodes, and the rest that allows straight cheesing.
Kitty Cheeses True Focus, which is found mainly in AW. On top tiers I think this interaction should be looked at.
So in summary:
Kitty OP?
Alone - No.
True Focus - Yes.
Should she be nerfed? - No.
What should be looked into is Kitty+True Focus.
Kitty doesn’t make it easier, she makes it so incredibly and over the top easy that she cheeses it.
Couple that with some degree of customizability, whether that be tactics or something else, so that you can do something like banning Ghost and use a tactic that punishes evade champs, the punishment can be shrugged off by an intercept. Serves the same purpose but with less collateral damage.
You've been campaigning against Ghost/Quake in war all the time calling them broken. You've cried about Corvus in AQ calling him broken and that they need to change it.
Why are you so against them removing a Kitty ultra cheese in war?
Atleast with Corvus in AQ, you need to play at 1% health.
With Ghost and Quake, you needed to learn how to fight with them.
With Kitty, after you get the initial prowess, you stand there, get whacked in the face and throw L3. A 4 year old can do that.
It holds no place in war. I mean she is OP without true focus as well, but that is the way she is as a champ and is like Ghost in that way. But this cheese is too much.
I don't mind if neither get changed. Kabam paved the way like that, keep it that way now.
attackers can be powerful, totally agree. We have seen this with a plethora of champs. Kitty is powerful and is the latest in the list of champs. But this interaction IS broken. THere is no way with a straight face you look at the war vids and say that is fair. Getting hit more times and throwing sp3 is NOT good for a fighting game. That level of broken interaction does not exist anywhere in game.
It has place in sotry content. But in competitive modes, there is no place for broken interactions.
The easiest fix to this is not to touch Kitty's abilities. Remove true focus and find out other ways to nerf ghost- quake interactions.
If you think she overperforms on the AW boss island because of true focus (which she absolutely does) then push for true focus to be removed.
It's actually starting to get funny how many issues could be avoided if true focus had been made specific to quake and ghost from the get go.
Think of icarus, I think cmm and hercules are TOO OP on those nodes, but i don't see anyone asking for a nerf.
Also ghost on nodes that increase attack on special attack.
iHulk can also cheese some nodes and I'm sure there's a long list of examples.