Dragon Man has been nerfed / patched after two years?
Thorki
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A lot of people in the community know about Dragon Man’s ability to regen the damage you would have taken if you dex an attack while unstoppable. There’s countless posts praising this “hidden ability” on the forums, reddit, and youtube. Here are a couple:
https://youtu.be/aafnguD0OK0
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/262599/dragon-mans-regen-is-criminally-under-rated
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/289057/why-is-dragon-man-good
Everyone who discussed the ability seemed to enjoy it, it was a good part of Dragon Man’s kit and wasn’t overpowered (most don’t even consider Dragon Man to be A tier, let alone S tier for mystics). We’ll, I’ve tested all today and the ability is gone. When Dexing and unstoppable, you no longer regen. I’m perplexed as to why Kabam effectively nerfed Dragon Man without so much as a word. I think they should either undo the nerf or give out rank down tickets. I for one have Dragon Man as one of my 4 R3’s simply because of his powerful regen ability that has been nerfed into the ground.
https://youtu.be/aafnguD0OK0
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/262599/dragon-mans-regen-is-criminally-under-rated
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/289057/why-is-dragon-man-good
Everyone who discussed the ability seemed to enjoy it, it was a good part of Dragon Man’s kit and wasn’t overpowered (most don’t even consider Dragon Man to be A tier, let alone S tier for mystics). We’ll, I’ve tested all today and the ability is gone. When Dexing and unstoppable, you no longer regen. I’m perplexed as to why Kabam effectively nerfed Dragon Man without so much as a word. I think they should either undo the nerf or give out rank down tickets. I for one have Dragon Man as one of my 4 R3’s simply because of his powerful regen ability that has been nerfed into the ground.
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Yeah, regens hit damage received, that is crystal clear. You can’t argue dexing an attack and regening was in keeping with the description.
Mole man wasn't a nerf either. Nerfs are changing written abilities making them lesser.
In effect, it’s a nerf.
Dragon Man was not working as intended. Obviously. And as we learned from the whole Mole Man debacle, it is the intention of the design team that is paramount, regardless of anything else. So Kabam making this change, assuming it was intentional and not a knock on of a different bug getting fixed, is consistent.
The one thing I’d say is that if this was intentional, it should have been in the patch notes.
Also, kinda tangential but Overwatch values are absolutely written down, they’re just not accessible in game. Values are all over the patch noted though.
MCOC has champion abilities that are written in the game because that's how this game works to understand the mechanics of the game.
Fixing bugs are never nerfs or buffs, they are just bug fixes. Warzone 2 fixed a bug that allowed people to earn insane xp from buying armor plates at the buy stations, does that mean they nerfed buy stations and armor plates?
I don't like it done this way tbh
Imagine if they had a solution for the input issues and they say ", hey guys, we have a fix we can implement right now but just to avoid whiplash, we're going to wait a week so everyone knows it's going to be fixed".
People would riot
Have used ("exploited" hehe) this regen back in map7 days on gimme path. But its years ago in the past.
Most recently many people got the use out of this was against EOP xbones.
KABAM please ctrl+z
If not, that’s pretty bad communication
The whole “not in his description” thing loses merit when you consider OG daredevils ability description never mentioned, or wasn’t updated for years, to match his ability to bypass miss. In game descriptions aren’t always clear , correct or listed.
Look at Galans L2 right now. How many threads & posts have been made asking if his ability to incinerate thru block is intended? No answer from Kabam on that.
Dragon Man's abilities clearly state that he regenerates hit damage received. When you dex you don't receive any hit damage so it's obviously a bug
This is the first time I’m ever hearing about this happening, so it’s not like it’s the primary reason why like and use DM. Changing it doesn’t really affect the champ’s performance whatsoever so other than it being unannounced I don’t understand the frustration here.
Kabam not responding to bug posts isn't something new so it's kinda redundant. (Cries with archangel)
Dragonmans bug is an issue with order of calculation. And omega sentinel, Hood, Sunspot Ghost and all suffer from it.
With all due respect , there should be no “easter egg” abilities. Something is either an intended ability or it isn’t ; no ability should be hidden.
I’m not bothered by the fix to dragon man. Just trying to highlight poor communication from Kabam when stuff like this happens.
Which brings me back to Galans L2 incinerating thru block . Not listed in his abilities but it’s happening and no response from Kabam. As always , we just want to know what is or what is not intended.
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/311797/is-galan-supposed-to-be-able-to-do-this#latest
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/319354/should-galan-be-placing-incinerates-from-sp2-even-if-the-hits-dont-connect-am-i-missing-something
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/321609/galan-s-sp2-incinerates
https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2187263#Comment_2187263