Root mechanic silent nerf!
Reborn01
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1.5 years since the roots mechanic was added to the game. All players know that the enemies are under the roots, do not use special attacks and use only heavy hits. This was not written anywhere, but the roots worked this way for 1.5 years. After the last update, opponents under the roots began to use sp3. I don't know if this is a fix or another bug. Because Kabam are not talk about it anywhere. Not even a word about it in the patch note update.
But if it's a fix let's call it a nerf. Because the core mechanics of a champion like Baron Zemo is broken.
For 6 months, Baron Zemo was able to block the special attacks of opponents under the roots, but now he cannot. It's definitely a nerf.
If it's not a mistake, Kabam must apologize to the players and give out rank down tickets.
But if it's a fix let's call it a nerf. Because the core mechanics of a champion like Baron Zemo is broken.
For 6 months, Baron Zemo was able to block the special attacks of opponents under the roots, but now he cannot. It's definitely a nerf.
If it's not a mistake, Kabam must apologize to the players and give out rank down tickets.
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And now, kabam fix Root mechanic, not only Baron zemo
Baron Zemo-
Kraven-
Sandman-
Now that you've had time to read these abilities, your answer should have been.... none of them are the same. Each are different.
Zemo doesn't say anything about not throwing specials.
Kraven explicitly says throwing a special removes root.
Sandman says Stand your ground removes root.
bro what
Mistakes happen but when the communication about these things keeps breaking down it might be worth looking into the process for communicating bugs and fixes. Otherwise I’m pretty sure we’ll just keep getting frustration and these kinds of threads every time it happens.
The whole point of all of this is that none of these root mechanics specifically say SP3's can't be used. Also, not directing this at you, but at OP.
Here is the OG announcement of Root. Says you can use specials.
Cause I’m on the current update and I used Zemo in arena this morning and my sp2 still greyed out their power bars when I used it.
it's been that way since the craven came into the game
Something to note is that when these sorts of things happen, a new character will eventually be released that has an ability that bypasses the issue. A good example is the dexterity/buff immunity interaction. Fast forward to Silk being released that has dexterity completely removed.
This was not written anywhere . . . So you assumed something?
Personally, I go with whatever the champ ability or node says re: root, not what I assume. If it does not say root = special lock, then why assume that is true?
Anyway, now you know how it works, so move along, nothing to see here.
This is right before the sp2 root.
This is right after, note there is no icon for a special lock but the special bar is white and WS can't throw his special
As far as I can tell this is not listed anywhere in Zemo's abilities, but since they just changed it to only work on sp1 and sp2 I am assuming ( I know assumptions are bad) that this is the intended behavior.
And it makes sense to me, being able to infinitely lock something, be it a stun debuff, special lock, or invisibility just to note some that have been changed in the recent past, is relatively bad for the game. But it should be written in his abilities and should have been in the patch notes for sure.