BG Powershield meta - Are non-suicide users at a disadvantage?

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• horrendous_too Posts: 226 ★★

  January 2023

  JOC_3096 said:

  You should definitely get suicides... defenders won't take damage from it and attackers specials will don't so much more damage its a no brainer.
  
  I'd invest asap, it's not that hard to get just manage your units better.

  Not to argue against the recoils, but power shield does not prevent damage from them. Your defenders will still take recoil damage and the bleed and poison damage as every damage type works except basic hits.

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• Rohit_316 Posts: 3,386 ★★★★★

  January 2023

  JOC_3096 said:

  You should definitely get suicides... defenders won't take damage from it and attackers specials will don't so much more damage its a no brainer.
  
  I'd invest asap, it's not that hard to get just manage your units better.

  I would never recommend anyone running suicides in BG no matter what meta it is ....you do hit hard on basic and specials which increases nthe chance of winning quickly but the loss in health is not worth it. In BG every point matters so finishing safe is equally important.

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• AMS94 Posts: 1,776 ★★★★★

  January 2023 edited January 2023

  It's not like crit me with best shot thing
  Attackers as well as defenders will take poison, bleed, & recoil damage
  So not only will it make easier to kill defenders but non immune attackers will also suffer health loss at start of the fight unless willpower makes up for it

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• MaxGaming Posts: 3,204 ★★★★★

  January 2023

  Am I really going to spend all my units for a BG season..
  
  Of course I am!
  
  -JOC

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• IvarTheBoneless Posts: 1,239 ★★★★

  January 2023

  MaxGaming said:

  Am I really going to spend all my units for a BG season..
  
  Of course I am!
  
  -JOC

  Yeah isn't it likek units to unlock suicides? I mean that's a lot "just manage your units better" lol

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• altavista Posts: 1,281 ★★★★

  January 2023

  Looking at it from both sides, the fight time you shave off by using suicide masteries, can often be offset by the time shaved off by your defenders losing health from recoil.
  
  I am always happy to face an opponent that has suicide masteries. Since the defender throws at least 2-3 specials each match, that's free damage to themselves to help with my fight time.

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• gadgetfanatic Posts: 326 ★

  January 2023

  altavista said:

  Looking at it from both sides, the fight time you shave off by using suicide masteries, can often be offset by the time shaved off by your defenders losing health from recoil.
  
  I am always happy to face an opponent that has suicide masteries. Since the defender throws at least 2-3 specials each match, that's free damage to themselves to help with my fight time.

  This is exactly how I am thinking about it. I might change my mastery setup a bit. But I am holding on spending it for suicide masteries because I just do not like taking that recoil damage.

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