CW was brought to an acceptable level in a vacuum, but the flow of his gameplay is janky. He's just not very practical beyond a certain level, considering block damage and node interactions.
Kabam's idea for buffing some of the champs was to make them usable. What about champs like Civil Warrior and Nova? Are they usable now
If you are going to only mention two of the least interesting buffs, that's ignoring the fact that most of the buffs have turned meme champs into great ones, even gods:
Diablo Magento x 2 Colossus Hulkbuster Kingpin Mole Man BP Crossbones HTD The Hood P2099 Bishop Ultron
His buff wasn't a massive game changer for him, but it did make him a much more "useable" champ.
He's still got an on demand heal block from his heavy, and a really strong power drain on his special 2.
Post buff gave him immunity to nullify and stagger, which can be useful in some circumstances, and is still a bit of a niche utility (there's only a handful of other champs I can think of that have that).
His damage certainly isn't crazy, but it's reasonable depending on how you want to play him.
You can keep armor up buffs, which effectively make him bleed and poison immune at 4, or you can convert those armor ups to furies if you need a damage boost.
Like I said, not a game changing buff, but hands down better than some (looking at you Gamora), and took him out of the meme tiers of champs.
From what I remember, Punisher 2099 and DDHK buffs came and went, I don't know of anyone that actually uses them
Punisher 2099 I've been using a bit more since I got the first dupe on my 6* last week. He's a pretty fun character to play and the SP2 is pretty satisfying.
DDHK, he's a great Miss counter but the Regen Rate Drop hit him hard, especially for non-6* that don't have the benefit of Adrenaline.
They’re certainly better pulls for early accounts now
Which is first and foremost the Important fact. A lot of these buffs weren't designed with endgame players in mind, it was about giving all the new players a more even field so no matter who they pulled, they could do something.
What do guys think about Maw? I guess he got buffed twice.
A frustratingly cool looking champ whose primary purpose is torch-bait diversity points in AW.
As an attacker, his main use is reducing ability power gain rate, but there's far better options for that. If he started in Black Tongue then yeah, but his attacks/degen are still very underwhelming outside of defense.
It's weird, there must be something in his kit that somebody at Kabam is vastly overestimating.
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Nova got buffed? Huh. Didn't notice.
I believe it was 3 times
Diablo
Magento x 2
Colossus
Hulkbuster
Kingpin
Mole Man
BP
Crossbones
HTD
The Hood
P2099
Bishop
Ultron
His buff wasn't a massive game changer for him, but it did make him a much more "useable" champ.
He's still got an on demand heal block from his heavy, and a really strong power drain on his special 2.
Post buff gave him immunity to nullify and stagger, which can be useful in some circumstances, and is still a bit of a niche utility (there's only a handful of other champs I can think of that have that).
His damage certainly isn't crazy, but it's reasonable depending on how you want to play him.
You can keep armor up buffs, which effectively make him bleed and poison immune at 4, or you can convert those armor ups to furies if you need a damage boost.
Like I said, not a game changing buff, but hands down better than some (looking at you Gamora), and took him out of the meme tiers of champs.
DDHK, he's a great Miss counter but the Regen Rate Drop hit him hard, especially for non-6* that don't have the benefit of Adrenaline.
As an attacker, his main use is reducing ability power gain rate, but there's far better options for that. If he started in Black Tongue then yeah, but his attacks/degen are still very underwhelming outside of defense.
It's weird, there must be something in his kit that somebody at Kabam is vastly overestimating.