Karnak buff spotlight

odishika123

https://playcontestofchampions.com/champion-spotlight-karnak/

Comments

SpideyFunko

Synergies could’ve been better but I quite like this buff on paper

Bendy

Looking at buff im quite excited to test him next month

Cap366

This buff is actually looking pretty good, his damage has a big increase.

odishika123

If the sp2 passive fury can stack then we'll definitely see some big yellow numbers

Rohit_316

I am excited for this . Really also want to see the new animation since his current one feels so not fun to play .

Crit thru blocks , Double True strike timer , Disorient , Fury , Burst of Bleed damage , 65% poison resistance , more critical rating. Bring it on.

MorbidCuriosity

Seems like a decent buff on paper... Takes a bit of the sting away from pulling him from a Featured 6* crystal last week.

Captain_Montica

I cant say if he is good or not by spotlight
But it would've been better if he had increased Critical damage raring through focus charges
And hopefully his sp1 animation is changed

magnus_xix

I am excited for this . Really also want to see the new animation since his current one feels so not fun to play .

He's not getting new animations tho

Raganator

Seems like this takes him from the bottom of the class, to (at best) middle of the skill class. Seems more like a tune up than an overhaul. Hoping to be proven wrong.

The_Sentry06

Just wish that the true strike and sp3 disorient was available more easily but the damage increase looks pretty solid.

TheLegend27

From what I could see, he can't stack more than 3 focus charges, so I assume that "3+" under focus charges is a typo?

Not sure how I feel about the BLEED damage when he has 3 focus charges instead of just a burst of physical damage. Unnecessarily adds a bleed component to the champ and somewhat gimps the damage against bleed immunes. A burst of physical damage would have also worked hand-in-hand with his sig ability.

Don't love the heavy mechanic (I really don't enjoy Crossbones at all because of his heavy mechanic and this is similar from what I can tell).

Not going to make any judgments until I can actually play him (and I'm still excited), but I definitely ruined this buff by hyping it up like crazy for myself lol. I kinda wished they just expanded the focus mechanic, added additional charges where he gains more bonuses, and they persisted through fights.

Hoitado

Kind of Disappointed so far but will wait until Buff is Out to make my final Conclusion.

As someone stated above it does look more like a Tune Up which is kind of unfortunate

RickyG_Chicago

Not sure how I feel about the BLEED damage when he has 3 focus charges instead of just a burst of physical damage. Unnecessarily adds a bleed component to the champ and somewhat gimps the damage against bleed immunes. A burst of physical damage would have also worked hand-in-hand with his sig ability.

Ditto this!!! It should have just been physical damage. However, still excited to test out his update.

RickyG_Chicago

Also, if they don't update is SP1 animation, I hope they at least give in an area of effect (similar to Civil Warrior's).

LibertyPrimeV1

For an Overhaul I don't think it would've been too much to ask for something like...

*Studying Opponents Pre-Fight*

-Before the fight starts Karnak can Study his Opponent to get a Edge before the battle even begins, choose 1 of 3 Pre-Fights before Each Fight.
-Anytime a Passive is Replaced it will return 5 Seconds after that Passive has ended.

-Avoiding Avoidance
Karnak starts the fight with a Permanent True Accuracy Passive, when replaced by a True Strike Passive gain an Additional 350 Attack against Block for the rest of the fight. (This can stack)

-Restraining Resistance
Karnak starts the fight with a Permanent True Damage Passive, when replaced by a True Strike Passive gain an Additional 350 Crit Damage Rating for the rest of the fight. (This can Stack)

-Visible Visage
Karnak starts the fight with a Permanent Vigilance Passive, this Passive will not be replaced by any True Strike Passive.

Gives him half the "True" Utility right off the back, as well once you get into a longer fight it can be used to Ramp Up, or trade the Ramp Up to ignore Miss on top of the True Strike from the Sp1.

LibertyPrimeV1

He looks fairly Solid but it feels more like a Moderate Update than an actual Overhaul, some neat Abilities, Increases, and the Sig looks Really Important now.
But it still doesn't feel like Karnak or an Overhaul, also minor gripe but they seemed to have Removed Karnak's Unique Ability to Reduce a Class Disadvantage to an Even Fight after a certain amount of time. (As well his Sig says he Ignores up to 100% Positive Physical Resistance, most likely Scaling with Sig Level, but the True Strike already does that so it feels a tad redundant.)

Lovejoy72

I’m inclined to like the buff, especially given that my 6* has been duped several times. And frankly the less they screwed with him the less likely they were to break him or bug him out.

StevieManWonder

They took away his ability to shrug off his class disadvantage, but other than that he looks solid.

AverageDesi

Not sure how I feel about the BLEED damage when he has 3 focus charges instead of just a burst of physical damage. Unnecessarily adds a bleed component to the champ and somewhat gimps the damage against bleed immunes. A burst of physical damage would have also worked hand-in-hand with his sig ability.
Ditto this!!! It should have just been physical damage. However, still excited to test out his update.

Physical damage is susceptible to reduction with armour and other resistances unlike bleed

Jaded

So 2+ poisons and he will suffer damage and not heal from it. This 65% reduced damage isn’t very good when considering poisons reduce healing by 30%.

The rest looks okay but why not a 95% reduction?

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DrZola

I’ve taken some time to read through the release and there’s no doubt it’s an improvement. That part, however, wasn’t hard.

It’s a struggle to see precisely where Karnak fits on a developed roster. True Strike is great, and the ability to generate power by hitting a block is interesting. If I’m not mistaken, he lost the ability to shorten non-damaging debuffs, as well as the reduction of class disadvantage. And he got little synergy help.

Actually game play will determine how much better Karnak is—but the buff feels tentative, almost like a failure of imagination. There was so much room to upgrade Karnak.

It’s not bad on paper, but it’s also not as sweeping as an overhaul seems like it should be—which renews concerns for the effectiveness of the update program in general.

He’s useful, he’s better and he may be much better than it appears. Have to wait on that one until his rollout next month.

Dr. Zola

odishika123

Hector_1475

His damage will improve but also his playstyle will be drastically changed.

He is now changed to a parry-heavy champ, since he will have to keep knocking down his opponents to keep either the TS or the Furies from expiring (or both, if this is possible).

And he will be a knock-on-block champion to gain power faster, which is in itself a very interesting and very effective mechanism, that only a few champs in the game employ for effectiveness (Warlock, Aarkus, Omega, Masacre - not sure if I'm forgetting someone).

TrashyPanda

Looks solid, but kinda janky. I can see hints of good rotations, but it requires a bit too much waiting and needle threading for my tastes.

I'm interested to see how he plays into the block. That's the most interesting part of the kit to me, suicide-friendliness aside.

DrZola

This is literally the dumbest disagree in forums history, and that’s saying something.

Dr. Zola

Wicket329

I’ve taken some time to read through the release and there’s no doubt it’s an improvement. That part, however, wasn’t hard.

It’s a struggle to see precisely where Karnak fits on a developed roster. True Strike is great, and the ability to generate power by hitting a block is interesting. If I’m not mistaken, he lost the ability to shorten non-damaging debuffs, as well as the reduction of class disadvantage. And he got little synergy help.

Actually game play will determine how much better Karnak is—but the buff feels tentative, almost like a failure of imagination. There was so much room to upgrade Karnak.

It’s not bad on paper, but it’s also not as sweeping as an overhaul seems like it should be—which renews concerns for the effectiveness of the update program in general.

He’s useful, he’s better and he may be much better than it appears. Have to wait on that one until his rollout next month.

Dr. Zola

He did lose the class disadvantage interaction, but he does still have a 60% reduction on non-damaging debuff duration.

As for where he fits in a developed roster, I can think of some fun/unique interactions. Newnak has two abilities that reduce block proficiency by 50% each, meaning that he can hit blocks as if they weren’t even there (practicality to be determined).

Nodes that reward striking the opponent’s block like Invade will be fantastic for him. More common nodes, like Special Delivery that work based off of a hit counter mechanic can be bypassed by striking into block. Champions like Thing and Gulk who have counters that increase on being hit can also be bypassed.

It’s certainly weird utility, but weird utility is the best kind for those endgame players who have most other things covered. He’ll find his place.

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