Who are some underrated defenders?

EdisonLawEdisonLaw Member Posts: 8,345 ★★★★★
in General Discussion
There are a lot of underrated champion threads both on this forum, and on Reddit. But, most of them are about champions on offense. How about defensive champions that not many players talk about?

Comments

  • JoSpidey_10JoSpidey_10 Member Posts: 117 ★
    CAIW: Glance attacks
    Vision (OG)(Awakened): Random Power gain
    Silver Surfer: If he has buffs and you get hit, might take a lot of damage
    This is my opinion tho. I hate the first two
  • EdisonLawEdisonLaw Member Posts: 8,345 ★★★★★
    Yes. I've mentioned this before, but Glancing is one of the most annoying mechanics in this game because of 100% Offensive AAR.
  • laserjohn26laserjohn26 Member Posts: 1,551 ★★★★★
    Tigra does a lot more work in bg then you would think. Especially in the few power gain metas we have had
  • ZuroZuro Member Posts: 2,916 ★★★★★
    Electro and max sig darkhawk
  • EdisonLawEdisonLaw Member Posts: 8,345 ★★★★★
    Agree with Max Sig Darkhawk. I pulled mine like a few weeks ago, he's still unawakened.
  • EdisonLawEdisonLaw Member Posts: 8,345 ★★★★★
    JoSpidey_10 said:

    CAIW: Glance attacks
    Vision (OG)(Awakened): Random Power gain
    Silver Surfer: If he has buffs and you get hit, might take a lot of damage
    This is my opinion tho. I hate the first two

    Also Cap's SP2 does a lot of damage if you get clipped
  • ItsClobberinTimeItsClobberinTime Member Posts: 5,444 ★★★★★
    Iceman, I rarely see him in people's decks, my r4 sig 200 has helped me clutch so many matches, sometimes even against Nimrods because of the coldsnap damage which usually takes 25%-30% health from them. But the best part is when they draft Torch and have no counters lol.
  • Emilia90Emilia90 Member Posts: 3,559 ★★★★★
    Herc has won me so many battlegrounds matches, even in high tiers. I’ve seen high tier players struggle to take him down too. Obviously some mystics trivialize him, but he can stall hard and infuriate can be dangerous
  • TherunekingTheruneking Member Posts: 257 ★★★
    Iceman, red skull, hercules, king Groot all are very underrated defenders. I won so many rounds on bg just by putting them on defense while opponent underestimating them.
  • EdisonLawEdisonLaw Member Posts: 8,345 ★★★★★
    I thought Infuriate only made the AI more aggressive?
  • Emilia90Emilia90 Member Posts: 3,559 ★★★★★
    EdisonLaw said:

    I thought Infuriate only made the AI more aggressive?

    It lowers ability accuracy by 60%. Your parries and other abilities will consistently fail and he hits hard through your block
  • Hemendra_Hemendra_ Member Posts: 110 ★
    Potato man
  • captain_rogerscaptain_rogers Member Posts: 10,357 ★★★★★
    Yellowjacket - unavoidable damage
    Mordo- power gain
    Black widow og- random evade
    Sauron- hell
  • DUHveedDUHveed Member Posts: 357 ★★★
    Emilia90 said:

    EdisonLaw said:

    I thought Infuriate only made the AI more aggressive?

    It lowers ability accuracy by 60%. Your parries and other abilities will consistently fail and he hits hard through your block
    Infuriate reduces offensive
    ability accuracy. Your parries are likely failing because he’s completed a feat (has been knocked down, he intercepted you) and you need to clear out his feats in order to stun him again
  • UnOriginalUnOriginal Member Posts: 729 ★★★
    If we are talking about BG the overseer is a good time waster
  • Jack2634Jack2634 Member Posts: 955 ★★★
    I think sauron isn't getting as much love as he should , being a defender. Can't count how many times i have lost because i forgot about his unblockable mechanics. His healing can be nuts too , with a solid immunities system
  • BigBlueOxBigBlueOx Member Posts: 2,514 ★★★★★
    HT. He’s so OP in match ups where he excels that he’s more than just an attacker
  • GrO_otGrO_ot Member Posts: 35 ★
    edited October 2023
    For BG;

    Science: QS, Spot, Ant-man.
    Mutant: Sauron, NC, Mr Sinister.
    Tech: Yondu, Mysterio, Buffed IM.
    Cosmic: Aarkus, Sersi, Groot (!!!)
    Mystic: Spidey, Mojo, Chavez.
    Skill: Misty, high sig CB, high sig BPCW.

    Not that they are hard, but without a good counter you will use plenty of time to take them down, and/or take damage.
  • EdisonLawEdisonLaw Member Posts: 8,345 ★★★★★
    edited October 2023
    Some defenders I found to be surprisingly effective:

    America Chavez. Power gain, unblockable hard to dex sp2

    Mr Fantastic: Natural energy resistance, evade can slow the fight down

    Spidergwen: Hard to fight unless you have an evade counter

    Elsa (with suicides)

    Crossbones: AAR and shrug off

    Daredevil HK: Same as Xbones

    Electro: Static shock chip damage
  • ThePredator1001ThePredator1001 Member Posts: 980 ★★★★
    Hulkbuster is a good defender if they don’t have a cosmic attacker. He reduces offensive ability accuracy by 20% per armor up he has, inflicts shocks when hit with a crit, and if awakened gets some nice regen.
  • AverageDesiAverageDesi Member Posts: 5,260 ★★★★★
    Green Goblin. He reduces combat power rate too.
Sign In or Register to comment.