Will Serpent still have his uses when Isophyne comes out?

dr2wsdr2ws Member Posts: 627 ★★★
edited November 29 in General Discussion
I currently have an unduped r2 Serpent (7*) and I also have a r2 sinister and r2 red skull.

Now with Isophyne soon to be released, a video surfaced online with her completely shutting down Serpents immortality, she will also be free for everyone.

My question is, aside his offensive uses, will he be any use on defence anymore? And should I r3 sinister or red skull instead? (this will be for valiant btw)

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  • PT_99PT_99 Member Posts: 4,779 ★★★★★
    Damn spiral already cancels out Serpent immortality easily, getting Isophyne as well will be great but I don't think Kabam will give free serpent hard counter to everyone, they won't shame their golden boy like this.

    Do sinister but I have 7r3 Redskull myself and he's perfect dual threat.
    So you can rank up anything but personally Redskull is better defender, one heal block and sinister defence just disappears.
  • dr2wsdr2ws Member Posts: 627 ★★★
    psp742 said:

    Not sure how he stands vs Isophyne.. there are some mystic hard counter to Serpent but even so I think he still a very solid defender..

    If you can hold off ranking up a 7* until she comes out then you have strong determination and patience.

    Thanks, yeah I just don’t want to mess it up and be regretful of who I chose.
  • dr2wsdr2ws Member Posts: 627 ★★★
    PT_99 said:

    Damn spiral already cancels out Serpent immortality easily, getting Isophyne as well will be great but I don't think Kabam will give free serpent hard counter to everyone, they won't shame their golden boy like this.

    Do sinister but I have 7r3 Redskull myself and he's perfect dual threat.
    So you can rank up anything but personally Redskull is better defender, one heal block and sinister defence just disappears.

    Thanks for your help! I do like red skull to be honest, he’s quite fun to play.
  • dr2wsdr2ws Member Posts: 627 ★★★
    Bendy said:

    PT_99 said:

    Damn spiral already cancels out Serpent immortality easily, getting Isophyne as well will be great but I don't think Kabam will give free serpent hard counter to everyone, they won't shame their golden boy like this.

    Do sinister but I have 7r3 Redskull myself and he's perfect dual threat.
    So you can rank up anything but personally Redskull is better defender, one heal block and sinister defence just disappears.

    But we are getting isophyene for free lol in the 10 supply drop so yes they are giving us a hard counter to serpent possibly for free
    In my eyes if she’s cancelling Serpents immortality she’s already up there with Spiral tbh.
  • Envi1Envi1 Member Posts: 45 ★
    Add Shathra to the list aswell, she may not cancel out his death immunity but I believe she is the fastest counter to him also
  • BendyBendy Member Posts: 7,157 ★★★★★
    dr2ws said:

    Bendy said:

    PT_99 said:

    Damn spiral already cancels out Serpent immortality easily, getting Isophyne as well will be great but I don't think Kabam will give free serpent hard counter to everyone, they won't shame their golden boy like this.

    Do sinister but I have 7r3 Redskull myself and he's perfect dual threat.
    So you can rank up anything but personally Redskull is better defender, one heal block and sinister defence just disappears.

    But we are getting isophyene for free lol in the 10 supply drop so yes they are giving us a hard counter to serpent possibly for free
    In my eyes if she’s cancelling Serpents immortality she’s already up there with Spiral tbh.
    But spiral isnt just given to us she is being given to us that was the point of the reply to the guy saying they wont
  • PT_99PT_99 Member Posts: 4,779 ★★★★★
    Bendy said:

    PT_99 said:

    Damn spiral already cancels out Serpent immortality easily, getting Isophyne as well will be great but I don't think Kabam will give free serpent hard counter to everyone, they won't shame their golden boy like this.

    Do sinister but I have 7r3 Redskull myself and he's perfect dual threat.
    So you can rank up anything but personally Redskull is better defender, one heal block and sinister defence just disappears.

    But we are getting isophyene for free lol in the 10 supply drop so yes they are giving us a hard counter to serpent possibly for free
    What I meant was Isophyne won't counter serpent immortality in 1 second like spiral
  • BendyBendy Member Posts: 7,157 ★★★★★
    PT_99 said:

    Bendy said:

    PT_99 said:

    Damn spiral already cancels out Serpent immortality easily, getting Isophyne as well will be great but I don't think Kabam will give free serpent hard counter to everyone, they won't shame their golden boy like this.

    Do sinister but I have 7r3 Redskull myself and he's perfect dual threat.
    So you can rank up anything but personally Redskull is better defender, one heal block and sinister defence just disappears.

    But we are getting isophyene for free lol in the 10 supply drop so yes they are giving us a hard counter to serpent possibly for free
    What I meant was Isophyne won't counter serpent immortality in 1 second like spiral
    From the vid he doesnt activate it so who knows but it seems shes gonna by pass death immunity
  • PikoluPikolu Member, Guardian Posts: 7,988 Guardian
    Holding onto serpent can be useful in the sense that your opponent can't use their serpent counter for other fights. For example, if they got Chavez as their only mystic champion in their draft and you have serpent and hype, then you can place hype and the opponent will have to decide whether they want to win vs hype and lose vs serpent guaranteed, or lose vs hype and potentially mess up once and lose vs serpent too. Alternatively, you could just win the first 2 rounds. It is all part of the strategy of inflicting emotional damage on your opponent.

    If you really want, you can ban every serpent counter they have since if they got 3 counters to serpent, odds are they wont ban your serpent.
  • EdisonLawEdisonLaw Member Posts: 8,133 ★★★★★
    Pikolu said:

    Holding onto serpent can be useful in the sense that your opponent can't use their serpent counter for other fights. For example, if they got Chavez as their only mystic champion in their draft and you have serpent and hype, then you can place hype and the opponent will have to decide whether they want to win vs hype and lose vs serpent guaranteed, or lose vs hype and potentially mess up once and lose vs serpent too. Alternatively, you could just win the first 2 rounds. It is all part of the strategy of inflicting emotional damage on your opponent.

    If you really want, you can ban every serpent counter they have since if they got 3 counters to serpent, odds are they wont ban your serpent.

    This
  • captain_rogerscaptain_rogers Member Posts: 10,050 ★★★★★
    Well almost everyone has sinistet now, but I still see bullseye in every deck
  • Asher1_1Asher1_1 Member Posts: 749 ★★★
    There is Chavez , kushala , wolf , spiral , shathra ,white tiger that counters serpent u still asking this question .so u should have your ans
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