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Why do skill champs have no immunities?
KnightOfTheRealm
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Just the title, Korg is the only one with immunities. I get that some of them can purify debuffs but shouldn’t a few of them at least have immunities?
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There's a few with immunities and a heap that either have high resistance, reduced duration or ability to shrug debuffs.
Kingpin, Shang-Chi, Crossbones, Aegon, Hit Monkey, Black Panther, Taskmaster, Jabari Panther, and Agent Venom. Probably missing a couple others too. And then there’s Valkyrie who doesn’t need to hit champs so she can avoid most debuffs.
So yeah, as you point out there are some that can purify. Immunities aren’t that important when you can get rid of the debuffs anyway.
Korg is from a different species altogether so he's an exception. Similarly, Giganto jr is the one that actually fights, mole man is just kinda there for the vibes. The immunities are for Giganto Jr. I'm not too sure abt Night Thrasher tho.
For game purposes, they fit into classes and those classes have their own niches and immunities. Sometimes the logic makes sense, and sometimes it does not. Just the way it works.
From a game design perspective, they don't have immunities because one of the skill class' main identities is dealing with debuffs through purify/cleanse. From a lore perspective, most skill champions are simply humans therefore it is logical they are not immune to any DOT effect. Instead, they have trained their bodies to shrug off these effects through sheer willpower or they are simple too angry to be bothered by them like Hit-Monkey
For example in the comics, the catsuit Black Widow always wears it's supposed to be made of Kevlar to help with small arms and knives meaning she should be at least bleed resistant, if not bleed immune and then there's the whole factor of her black widow Super Solider serum, which is supposed to make her immune to poison, meaning she could've been one of the first double immune Champs in the game and she also wouldn't be the only ones that would be double immune.
Besides the metal arm, the Winter Soldier is supposed to be operating off of a similar type of super soldier serum like Captain America which is supposed to enhance his strength and reflexes. And while we haven't established whether or not Bucky's super soldier serum would have the same effect like Captain America and his metabolism burning so fast that Alcohol and other toxins would have a shorter lifespan in his system, but if so, something like that would at least give Bucky so much needed utility
Not to forget both versions of Black Panther, and killmonger are covered head to toe in vibranium, which we all know absorbs the kinetic energy of both explosions and bullets meaning at the very least, they should all be bleed immune.
And finally Daredevil Hell's Kitchen is also wearing a suit that was specifically designed to protect him from knives and small arms fire, meaning he should also have some bleed immunity or bleed resistance and even though I know they would never tweak his willpower regeneration to a more acceptable level like 50%, it would at least help with the sustainability and help to differentiate even more from classic who is wearing a more traditional costume and just more agile.
So there are ways that we can improve the skill class that wouldn't be out of character or beyond their abilities. It's just a matter of paying attention to the lore.
I know when it comes to reliability, immunity is better than purify, so can’t say skill class doesn’t need immunities, but still…