Who is the better Attacker?

PolygonPolygon Member Posts: 4,725 ★★★★★
edited July 29 in General Discussion
Who takes more matchups in BGs and who's generally faster?

Also, if not Silk , is she at least the top in Science over Hulk and Pig?

Who is the better Attacker? 133 votes

Sunspot
52%
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Silk
47%
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  • captain_rogerscaptain_rogers Member Posts: 10,300 ★★★★★
    Sunspot

    My r2 Silk kills almost anything in one sp2, and she can take Onslaught so that's a pretty big plus, neither of them can take Photon or Serpent though so it's hard to tell. Speed wise they're about the same, maybe Sunspot slightly faster because of how fast he gains power but it's not a noticeable difference. I have both and if you play Silk extremely aggressive going for corner intercepts even while they have a bar or two of power (doesn't matter if they throw it cause the evade does the rest) you can get pretty quickly to 1.5 bars and after that the fight is just over within the next 5-10 seconds.

    So, I'm gonna say Silk purely because I can play like a moron thanks to the special evade safety net and finish with 100% 💀
    Edit: also crit resistance can mess with Sunspot's sp2 damage, Silk's sp2 will hit hard regardless of crit resistance cause of the fat sunder.

    Silk is one of the best photon counters lol. She can evade + dex photon specials, Same agaisnt serpent. She can dex serpent sp2.

    Silk is my favourite photon counter, She is one of the best photon counter imo. She is not the best against serpent, but can work.
  • ItsClobberinTimeItsClobberinTime Member Posts: 5,444 ★★★★★
    edited July 29
    Silk

    My r2 Silk kills almost anything in one sp2, and she can take Onslaught so that's a pretty big plus, neither of them can take Photon or Serpent though so it's hard to tell. Speed wise they're about the same, maybe Sunspot slightly faster because of how fast he gains power but it's not a noticeable difference. I have both and if you play Silk extremely aggressive going for corner intercepts even while they have a bar or two of power (doesn't matter if they throw it cause the evade does the rest) you can get pretty quickly to 1.5 bars and after that the fight is just over within the next 5-10 seconds.

    So, I'm gonna say Silk purely because I can play like a moron thanks to the special evade safety net and finish with 100% 💀
    Edit: also crit resistance can mess with Sunspot's sp2 damage, Silk's sp2 will hit hard regardless of crit resistance cause of the fat sunder.

    Silk is one of the best photon counters lol. She can evade + dex photon specials, Same agaisnt serpent. She can dex serpent sp2.

    Silk is my favourite photon counter, She is one of the best photon counter imo. She is not the best against serpent, but can work.
    Yeah but you have to miss first and time it perfectly so you're done with sp2 right before untouchable cool down ends, she's not a good counter.

    Serpent she straight up can't do you will timeout, dread shuts down all burst damage no exceptions. Most of her damage comes from bursts lol have you ever actually tried it? Cause I sure have and it did not go well 😂
  • captain_rogerscaptain_rogers Member Posts: 10,300 ★★★★★
    Sunspot

    My r2 Silk kills almost anything in one sp2, and she can take Onslaught so that's a pretty big plus, neither of them can take Photon or Serpent though so it's hard to tell. Speed wise they're about the same, maybe Sunspot slightly faster because of how fast he gains power but it's not a noticeable difference. I have both and if you play Silk extremely aggressive going for corner intercepts even while they have a bar or two of power (doesn't matter if they throw it cause the evade does the rest) you can get pretty quickly to 1.5 bars and after that the fight is just over within the next 5-10 seconds.

    So, I'm gonna say Silk purely because I can play like a moron thanks to the special evade safety net and finish with 100% 💀
    Edit: also crit resistance can mess with Sunspot's sp2 damage, Silk's sp2 will hit hard regardless of crit resistance cause of the fat sunder.

    Silk is one of the best photon counters lol. She can evade + dex photon specials, Same agaisnt serpent. She can dex serpent sp2.

    Silk is my favourite photon counter, She is one of the best photon counter imo. She is not the best against serpent, but can work.
    Yeah but you have to miss first and time it perfectly so you're done with sp2 right before untouchable cool down ends, she's not a good counter.

    Serpent she straight up can't do you will timeout, dread shuts down all burst damage no exceptions. Most of her damage comes from bursts lol have you ever actually tried it? Cause I sure have and it did not go well 😂
    We when I use silk against photon, I never go for heavy chain. It works pretty well for me.

    And I tried her against serpent in war and got a solo. Like I said She can work against serpent but maybe she's slow for bgs I agree.
  • PT_99PT_99 Member Posts: 4,902 ★★★★★
    Silk
    Silks sp3 perma stun, fat fury sp2 is undefeated
  • jcphillips7jcphillips7 Member Posts: 1,464 ★★★★
    edited July 29
    Silk
    Before I got Silk as a 7* and awakened her, I used Sunspot nearly every deck of BGs. For the past few seasons though, I never run Sunspot anymore, but I do run Silk.

    Still both great champs, but I find I get more uses out of Silk. At least of late.
  • Emilia90Emilia90 Member Posts: 3,547 ★★★★★
    Sunspot

    My r2 Silk kills almost anything in one sp2, and she can take Onslaught so that's a pretty big plus, neither of them can take Photon or Serpent though so it's hard to tell. Speed wise they're about the same, maybe Sunspot slightly faster because of how fast he gains power but it's not a noticeable difference. I have both and if you play Silk extremely aggressive going for corner intercepts even while they have a bar or two of power (doesn't matter if they throw it cause the evade does the rest) you can get pretty quickly to 1.5 bars and after that the fight is just over within the next 5-10 seconds.

    So, I'm gonna say Silk purely because I can play like a moron thanks to the special evade safety net and finish with 100% 💀
    Edit: also crit resistance can mess with Sunspot's sp2 damage, Silk's sp2 will hit hard regardless of crit resistance cause of the fat sunder.

    Sunspot can do serpent well if you learn the fight. I’d say he’s one of the best counters outside the mystic class
  • Emilia90Emilia90 Member Posts: 3,547 ★★★★★
    Sunspot
    I love silk but sunspot is great for maestro and bullseye too and he can do serpent decently so I’d say that he has more reach than silk does. Silk is fantastic too though and she can do matchups like onslaught and photon better
  • PolygonPolygon Member Posts: 4,725 ★★★★★
    MBB said:

    Sunspot. One sp1 and sp2 then game over. Especialy when awakend and put highsig then dont have to care how to control sp.

    Silk doesn't have to go for Sp1 though, she can go straight to sp2. Though sunspot has the power gain from heavy so maybe it balances to both needing the same amount of time.

    Before I got Silk as a 7* and awakened her, I used Sunspot nearly every deck of BGs. For the past few seasons though, I never run Sunspot anymore, but I do run Silk.

    Still both great champs, but I find I get more uses out of Silk. At least of late.

    @jcphillips7 may i ask why you took him out? Technically I guess you dont really *need* him since he doesnt work for that many skill defenders and the classes he does, would have other nukes that can be used as well, like for e.g silk for mystics other science
  • jcphillips7jcphillips7 Member Posts: 1,464 ★★★★
    edited July 29
    Silk
    Polygon said:

    MBB said:

    Sunspot. One sp1 and sp2 then game over. Especialy when awakend and put highsig then dont have to care how to control sp.

    Silk doesn't have to go for Sp1 though, she can go straight to sp2. Though sunspot has the power gain from heavy so maybe it balances to both needing the same amount of time.

    Before I got Silk as a 7* and awakened her, I used Sunspot nearly every deck of BGs. For the past few seasons though, I never run Sunspot anymore, but I do run Silk.

    Still both great champs, but I find I get more uses out of Silk. At least of late.

    @jcphillips7 may i ask why you took him out? Technically I guess you dont really *need* him since he doesnt work for that many skill defenders and the classes he does, would have other nukes that can be used as well, like for e.g silk for mystics other science
    That's essentially the reasoning. I'll usually have another draft option which would suffice in place of Sunspot.
  • SecondSkrillerSecondSkriller Member Posts: 1,345 ★★★★★
    Silk
    Anyone who says Sunspot doesn’t realize Silk has both more damage and more matchups she can do.
  • ItsClobberinTimeItsClobberinTime Member Posts: 5,444 ★★★★★
    Silk

    My r2 Silk kills almost anything in one sp2, and she can take Onslaught so that's a pretty big plus, neither of them can take Photon or Serpent though so it's hard to tell. Speed wise they're about the same, maybe Sunspot slightly faster because of how fast he gains power but it's not a noticeable difference. I have both and if you play Silk extremely aggressive going for corner intercepts even while they have a bar or two of power (doesn't matter if they throw it cause the evade does the rest) you can get pretty quickly to 1.5 bars and after that the fight is just over within the next 5-10 seconds.

    So, I'm gonna say Silk purely because I can play like a moron thanks to the special evade safety net and finish with 100% 💀
    Edit: also crit resistance can mess with Sunspot's sp2 damage, Silk's sp2 will hit hard regardless of crit resistance cause of the fat sunder.

    Silk is one of the best photon counters lol. She can evade + dex photon specials, Same agaisnt serpent. She can dex serpent sp2.

    Silk is my favourite photon counter, She is one of the best photon counter imo. She is not the best against serpent, but can work.
    Yeah but you have to miss first and time it perfectly so you're done with sp2 right before untouchable cool down ends, she's not a good counter.

    Serpent she straight up can't do you will timeout, dread shuts down all burst damage no exceptions. Most of her damage comes from bursts lol have you ever actually tried it? Cause I sure have and it did not go well 😂
    We when I use silk against photon, I never go for heavy chain. It works pretty well for me.

    And I tried her against serpent in war and got a solo. Like I said She can work against serpent but maybe she's slow for bgs I agree.
    If you're talking about war scenarios for both that's kinda irrelevant cause again there are a lot of other advantages you can get in war that alter the outcome completely. Boosts, synergies, time and health don't matter etc.
  • ItsClobberinTimeItsClobberinTime Member Posts: 5,444 ★★★★★
    Silk
    Emilia90 said:

    My r2 Silk kills almost anything in one sp2, and she can take Onslaught so that's a pretty big plus, neither of them can take Photon or Serpent though so it's hard to tell. Speed wise they're about the same, maybe Sunspot slightly faster because of how fast he gains power but it's not a noticeable difference. I have both and if you play Silk extremely aggressive going for corner intercepts even while they have a bar or two of power (doesn't matter if they throw it cause the evade does the rest) you can get pretty quickly to 1.5 bars and after that the fight is just over within the next 5-10 seconds.

    So, I'm gonna say Silk purely because I can play like a moron thanks to the special evade safety net and finish with 100% 💀
    Edit: also crit resistance can mess with Sunspot's sp2 damage, Silk's sp2 will hit hard regardless of crit resistance cause of the fat sunder.

    Sunspot can do serpent well if you learn the fight. I’d say he’s one of the best counters outside the mystic class
    I've never seen anyone use Sunspot for Serpent and I can't see that possibly working too well because of dread reducing crit penetration. Serpent has a decent amount of armor at base, crits ignore 80% of armor but dread reduces crit penetration by 60% so unless it's a r3 Sunspot and you went for two sp1s I don't see him doing Serpent that well, and on top of that he can't deal with the regen after he triggers death immunity either.

    As for Bullseye and Maestro, the rotations are really tight so I wouldn't say great, he's an option for sure but it's not easy to pull off.
  • PolygonPolygon Member Posts: 4,725 ★★★★★
    edited July 29

    Anyone who says Sunspot doesn’t realize Silk has both more damage and more matchups she can do.

    @SecondSkriller would you say the same about her over Hulk and Spam?
  • Emilia90Emilia90 Member Posts: 3,547 ★★★★★
    Sunspot
    Ah that’s fair I didn’t consider that but I could swear I’ve seen a great sunspot vs serpent takedown before.

    I think I might actually be playing silk wrong because I’m not getting the times other people are. Can someone tell me what’s ideal for her? I’ve seen some great stuff with her (and gotten good results out of her) but I’ve been going sp3 rotation with my r2 and that usually does the job but it’s obviously slower. The sp2 rotation never seems to kill everything for me
  • Emilia90Emilia90 Member Posts: 3,547 ★★★★★
    Sunspot
    Actually did some testing and it seems like she’s doing way more damage with the hulk relic than the spidey 2099 one so that was probably it
  • BeastDadBeastDad Member Posts: 2,013 ★★★★★
    Both
  • ItsClobberinTimeItsClobberinTime Member Posts: 5,444 ★★★★★
    Silk
    Emilia90 said:

    Ah that’s fair I didn’t consider that but I could swear I’ve seen a great sunspot vs serpent takedown before.

    I think I might actually be playing silk wrong because I’m not getting the times other people are. Can someone tell me what’s ideal for her? I’ve seen some great stuff with her (and gotten good results out of her) but I’ve been going sp3 rotation with my r2 and that usually does the job but it’s obviously slower. The sp2 rotation never seems to kill everything for me

    If you find it send it to me lol cause that would be very impressive I'd like to see that.

    Are you doing heavy relic heavy sp2? That's the ideal rotation, also stay as aggressive as possible and go for corner intercepts even if they have a special ready. Once you get to 1.5 bars they're dead unless it's a r3 Mangog or Sassy, in those fights you will usually need a sp1 after the sp2 to close it out unless your Silk is r3 too.
  • EdisonLawEdisonLaw Member Posts: 8,307 ★★★★★
    edited July 29
    Sunspot
    Sunspot does have more damage but Silk has more utility, overall I think Silk
  • GlassbackGlassback Member Posts: 711 ★★★
    edited July 29
    Silk
    The amount of times I’ve gone for sp2 with sunspot and he doesn’t crit has made me drop him in favour of silk.

    I have both R2 and she does so much more. Such a good onslut counter, plus all those annoying mystics.

    Like others said tho, you need to play her aggressively.
  • OakenshieldOakenshield Member Posts: 2,325 ★★★★
    Silk
    I love my Sunspot but Silk is more idiot proof with her evade and between me occasionally playing like an idiot and the AI frequently being an idiot I find her more reliable.

    Also, @Emilia90 absolutely you want the Hulk Relic and you want to use the relic to cancel out of your first five hit heavy combo then another five hit heavy combo cancel into an SP2. She will get Fury twice with that technique and then her SP2 will pretty much wreck things.
  • PolygonPolygon Member Posts: 4,725 ★★★★★
    Glassback said:

    The amount of times I’ve gone for sp2 with sunspot and he doesn’t crit has made me drop him in favour of silk.

    I have both R2 and she does so much more. Such a good onslut counter, plus all those annoying mystics.

    Like others said tho, you need to play her aggressively.

    Asking as I may be playing her wrong, but isnt there a chance that if she does not crit the fight might not end?

    I have been starting the heavy into relic into heavy into sp2 with a parry though, i bet if i did a back draft intercept in the corner to build more of her debuffs than the crit or not wouldnt matter.


  • SecondSkrillerSecondSkriller Member Posts: 1,345 ★★★★★
    Silk
    Polygon said:

    Anyone who says Sunspot doesn’t realize Silk has both more damage and more matchups she can do.

    @SecondSkriller would you say the same about her over Hulk and Spam?
    Yeah she does Onslaught better than both and she does Sassy just as well as Pig
  • BabyGrootBabyGroot Member Posts: 190 ★★
    Sunspot
    Does silk need to be awakened?
  • EdisonLawEdisonLaw Member Posts: 8,307 ★★★★★
    Sunspot
    BabyGroot said:

    Does silk need to be awakened?

    Not required but it’s really good and allows her to take more matchups. High sig not required
  • PolygonPolygon Member Posts: 4,725 ★★★★★
    edited July 30


    Pretty good speed.

    Though, it seems Hulk can possibly match her speed if the gamma triggers before 3 bars od power

    @Oakenshield @ItsClobberinTime @Glassback does Silk benefit a lot from the r3 in case the sp2 fails to crit or in case shes rank 2 versus a rank 3? Also, if you guys have Pig as a 7*, how do you find his speed on attack compared to Hulk or Silk
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