Champion Attributes: Live on Scorpion, Black Cat and More!

Greetings Summoners!

We have recently announced a new Champion Attribute system that we will be implementing on all of our Champion Spotlights in the coming months. If you need a refresher on what that is, take a look at this post here.

The main goal of Champion Attributes is to help Summoners, new and old, have an idea of the strengths and weaknesses of a Champion at a glance. In order to do this, Attributes are broken down into 5 separate categories:

Damage
Survivability
Ease of Use
Utility
Defender Strength

We also want to take this opportunity to clear up some misconceptions that have been floating around:

These ratings are based on Data collected from multiple sources in-game. Your opinions may vary on individual Champions, but we are going to portray these ratings in relation to some of the most competitive content in-game, and won't be able to take individual or niche cases into account.
Champion Synergies are not accounted for in these Ratings. While Synergies can certainly make Champions more powerful (I'm looking at you Cable and Apocalypse), we want these to represent the Champion as is.
Champion Buffs are not going anywhere, but they may be less frequent. We said it in the original post, but we're going to repeat it here. Regardless of if this rating system was introduced or not, there would have been a chance to the Cadence in Champion Buffs as we get closer to a point where we need more overhauls and fewer value updates.
You should expect more Buffs than Nerfs. If we applied this program historically to the last year, you would have seen a lot more Buffs to underperforming new Champions. We have historically tuned down overly potent Champions in the past, and rarely have those ever been seen as a major nerf. Our goal here is to show you right off the bat what a Champion should be capable of.

Read all about Champion Attributes and check out some of the Samples on the site now.

Comments

Masterpuff

I was hoping this idea would be forgotten tbh, any nerf is just not fun and if champion buffs are going to be more infrequent when all the buff team is doing is essentially nothing is really not exciting.

Hopefully im wrong.

Eb0ny-O-M4w

Let's see how many 5/5 will that Maw get

GrassKnuckles

Will this be able to be seen in game?

Kabam Miike

Will this be able to be seen in game?

Yes! In the future we will be implementing a way to see these in-game.

Malreck04

I still fail to see the point of this. Before act 5, it doesn’t matter which champs you use. Act 5 and beyond, you need champions with specific abilities, not just 3 points or above in utility.

This system is not helping anyone, not even the beginners.

Rockypantherx

Ok but how does Domino have the same utility rating as BWCV, Shang Chi, Cap IW and Warlock?

GrassKnuckles

Ok but how does Domino have the same utility rating as BWCV, Shang Chi, Cap IW and Warlock?

Besides AAR I honestly can’t think of any utility she has. Granted I don’t have her but still

Demonzfyre

So...... Why no info on the greatest of all tech champs... Silver Centurion.

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BigPoppaCBONE

Greetings Summoners!

We also want to take this opportunity to clear up some misconceptions that have been floating around:
Champion Buffs are not going anywhere, but they may be less frequent. We said it in the original post, but we're going to repeat it here. Regardless of if this rating system was introduced or not, there would have been a chance to the Cadence in Champion Buffs as we get closer to a point where we need more overhauls and fewer value updates.

Assuming you mean a change in the Cadence, why not keep the buffs coming with more value updates and sprinkle some overhauls in there where you can get them in? Or release a bunch of the easy value updates at once and keep us fat and happy as we rediscover 5 - 7 champs while you buy yourselves some time to really dial in the overhauls and finally figure out a strategy to tackle updating the OG champs?

magnus_xix

I still fail to see the point of this. Before act 5, it doesn’t matter which champs you use. Act 5 and beyond, you need champions with specific abilities, not just 3 points or above in utility.

This system is not helping anyone, not even the beginners.

How would you be able to differentiate between 2 champs where both have the specific ability your looking for? With more and more characters being released and, less so, buffed overlapping utilities are going to become more common. Knowing how different champs compare in other aspects of their kit like damage/ease of use and not just their utility is more important now than ever.

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CometEarth

Ok but how does Domino have the same utility rating as BWCV, Shang Chi, Cap IW and Warlock?

What is domino 's ultility expept some minor AAR i don't remember her doing anything else exept damage . Am i missing anything?

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Raganator

I mean...it's fine and maybe marginally useful to some. That said, I still don't understand the reasoning behind dumping a bunch of Kabam resources into this project. Especially when we get buffs like Psycho Man and Gamora. I could be wrong, but the sentiment I get from the community is they would prefer more time be spent making bad champions better (or at least decent) as compared to spending time telling us why champs are bad.

SpideyFunko

why is Hyperion a 2 in ease of use? His kit is super simple

Magrailothos

Ok but how does Domino have the same utility rating as BWCV, Shang Chi, Cap IW and Warlock?
What is domino 's utility except some minor AAR i don't remember her doing anything else except damage . Am i missing anything?

She has non-contact attacks, Evade, can Perfect Block, Shrug-off bleeds, reduce stun duration, and bypass Dexterity/Evasion.

Those abilities aren't all active all the time; and I agree she should be rated lower than the likes of Shang-Chi, Warlock etc. But it's not nothing.

GrandOldKai

why is Hyperion a 2 in ease of use? His kit is super simple

Why is Sunspot a 5? I really don't find his playstyle all that simple, unless I'm missing something

I might be horribly wrong, but I consider 5/5 ease of use to be something like... Deadpool X – no fussy mechanics, just hit the opponent and hope for the best.

GrassKnuckles

Ok but how does Domino have the same utility rating as BWCV, Shang Chi, Cap IW and Warlock?
Besides AAR I honestly can’t think of any utility she has. Granted I don’t have her but still
Her AAR is terrible 💀

Yes but to Kabam terrible utility is still utility

psp742

I find this rating system faulty.. it either paints the character as extremely good or extremely bad.. while I agree Claire Voyant is an awesome character, she doesn't always have damage or survivability, she has utility which you cycle thru.. and neither is she immune to bleed poison and incinerate at the same time.. she is suicide friendly (cycle from curse of blood to poison) to remove poison and bleed debuff.. anyone who has played her knows how to maximize her damage and access regen.

Anyone in Kabam, please just watch KarateMike's champion ratings system.. it does not compare each champion from other champions but base on its own merit how it is able to perform in AQ, quest, AW.. focus on short, medium or long fights.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGHfGx6BKho&t=807s
Hope you reconsider this rating system.

Thanks Karate Mike for creating a great champion rating system.

dot_ditto

So, using a 5 pt scale .. then deciding that wasn't enough, and using .5 pts ? Seriously, just simplify it and use a 10 pt scale .. use whole numbers .. simpler/cleaner ...
not hard to "fix", just x2 your numbers ... "done"

Maratox

Rating Nick Fury only a 3/5 in survivability told me all I needed to know about this. I’d like to know what they think a 5/5 is

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MaxtheSilent

Thanks…. I can’t imagine this really helping anyone on deciding who to invest resources in but I guess it doesn’t hurt. But let’s be honest in this game the difference between types of “ damage” and “ utility “ matter. So these general rating just aren’t that useful.

Fit_Fun9329

Isn’t really useful, it’s simply not necessary in my opinion. I comprehend what kabam is trying to accomplish with this but it doesn't get to the heart of the matter

Ironman3000

The rankings are really ungood.

Kabam Miike

Rating Nick Fury only a 3/5 in survivability told me all I needed to know about this. I’d like to know what they think a 5/5 is

As a reminder, all of the ways that we are calculating these are found in the Article linked above.

"For Champion Survivability, we’ve identified a few major things that will help the character stay alive in the average fight. Examples of abilities like Regeneration, a Champion’s average damage taken, and what their average health loss versus health gained in a fight is."

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Fit_Fun9329

Corvus easy of use a 2? The only thing you have to do is MLM SP2, he automatically gets his charges just by fighting certain champs, maybe the only thing is knocking down an evade champ. Pretty easy to use, so hyperion is just heavy and Specials, he has the simplest kit.

With every added example here, the rating system becomes more weird 😅