One-Off Stat Focuses

JackTheSnackJackTheSnack Member Posts: 1,895 ★★★★
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Haven’t seen a lot of threads on this, so just wanted to start one up. I know there was a thread on which relics work best with certain champs/make them goated. But what about stat focuses that aren’t the norm crit rating/block penetration. Like bullseye has guaranteed crits, so crit damage would be better suited. Are there other champs that want other aspects? Like increased special damage for Shathra and bishop, etc?


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  • MasquiradeMasquirade Member Posts: 391 ★★★
    I was trying to test which stat focus was better for the duration of Peni's shield a while back, it was tough to do so properly but Block Proficiency and Armour both helped. I edged it to Armour rating eventually though as this helps her when she's taking hits outside of the block too.
  • MasquiradeMasquirade Member Posts: 391 ★★★
    I'm pretty sure people run Block Proficiency on Spot too as the way to ramp him is to take hits into his portal which usually means you're taking a few hits into your block before or after the portal is up
  • WhoDaPooWhoDaPoo Member Posts: 417 ★★★
    Block for Omega Red as a lot of times I find myself blocking combos while the spores stack
  • ahmynutsahmynuts Member Posts: 8,776 ★★★★★
    Msd did a series on stat focus for 7 stars by class
  • WednesdayLengthWednesdayLength Member Posts: 3,043 ★★★★★
    Armor rating for lady deathstrike
  • Average_DesiAverage_Desi Member Posts: 2,594 ★★★★★
    Block proficiency for spam
  • JackTheSnackJackTheSnack Member Posts: 1,895 ★★★★
    ahmynuts said:

    Msd did a series on stat focus for 7 stars by class

    Yeah I remember that. Wasn’t it a while ago tho? I’ll check it out again
  • Average_DesiAverage_Desi Member Posts: 2,594 ★★★★★
    Block proficiency for spam
    JackTheSnack said:

    ahmynuts said:

    Msd did a series on stat focus for 7 stars by class

    I’m going to make an excel spreadsheet for every champ by class for stat focuses and relics so people don’t have to scroll through vids
    That would actually be really awesome
  • PT_99PT_99 Member Posts: 6,226 ★★★★★
    Crit focus on shocker,
    Even tho he don't crit because more crit rating more he ignores enemy armour
  • Ayden_noah1Ayden_noah1 Member Posts: 2,350 ★★★★★
    JackTheSnack said:

    ahmynuts said:

    Msd did a series on stat focus for 7 stars by class

    I’m going to make an excel spreadsheet for every champ by class for stat focuses and relics so people don’t have to scroll through vids
    Let me know when you get this done. I definitely need some advice when it comes to stat focus.
  • Ayden_noah1Ayden_noah1 Member Posts: 2,350 ★★★★★
    Ercarret said:

    There are also some champs that have absolutely abysmal crit chance, where even the small increase you get from stat focus can basically double their chance to land critical hits. With Sandman, you go from 6.4% to 12%. He still won't be a crit god but it does way more for him than for a lot of other characters. Rintrah isn't quite as bad but since he relies so much on crits for his SP2 to truly nuke the opponent down, it's still worth speccing into.

    Then there are some champs whose disadvantages can be remedied with a quick stat focus switch-up. I like to give certain mystic champions some physical resistance (like Spidey Supreme or Wiccan) or just block proficiency (Mojo), since they can be rather squishy and often have either negative or at least low values there.

    On the defensive side, I sometimes like to spec into certain resistances if I know that whoever fights that champ will most likely use a particular type of damage. Prime example is Onslaught. It's a really bad idea to fight him with champs that do most kinds of energy DOT, so chances are pretty high that your opponent will chose someone who deals physical damage instead. That alone would make it a good idea to boost up Onslaught's physical resistance, but the fact that he has a slight deficiency in that department makes it an even better idea. It's only a slight deficiency at -5,6%, but speccing into it and having +3,2% physical resistance is still better than a negative score in the type of resistance that your opponent will most likely use against them.

    Overall, I've begun to spec into resistances quite a lot. Unless I know that someone is going to throw a lot of specials that the opponent will have to block (such as Bullseye or Serpent), I sort of work under the assumption that my opponent will just dex most attacks and that it's therefore somewhat pointless to go for block penetration and stats like that. Giving an annoying defender an 18% resistance to either physical or energy damage will instead stall the fight more consistently.

    This is very helpful. Thanks.
  • JackTheSnackJackTheSnack Member Posts: 1,895 ★★★★
    Ayden_noah1 said:

    JackTheSnack said:

    ahmynuts said:

    Msd did a series on stat focus for 7 stars by class

    I’m going to make an excel spreadsheet for every champ by class for stat focuses and relics so people don’t have to scroll through vids
    Let me know when you get this done. I definitely need some advice when it comes to stat focus.
    https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/394985/making-a-giant-excel-with-tons-of-champ-information

    Already built the base document
  • JackTheSnackJackTheSnack Member Posts: 1,895 ★★★★
    Average_Desi said:

    Block proficiency for spam

    JackTheSnack said:

    ahmynuts said:

    Msd did a series on stat focus for 7 stars by class

    I’m going to make an excel spreadsheet for every champ by class for stat focuses and relics so people don’t have to scroll through vids
    That would actually be really awesome
    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kAd_3TIQVvlhRPh-XzOz7QMT1ZhDQEWadjI94CILi7w/edit?usp=sharing

    This is the base document. All of my data validation (drop downs) got deleted when I copied from excel to Google sheets. It is set at view only at the moment, but I can grant access. I have a copy and version history if anything gets messed up

    Also mentioned in another thread
  • The_0wenpusThe_0wenpus Member Posts: 349 ★★★
    Masquirade said:

    I was trying to test which stat focus was better for the duration of Peni's shield a while back, it was tough to do so properly but Block Proficiency and Armour both helped. I edged it to Armour rating eventually though as this helps her when she's taking hits outside of the block too.

    Run that by me again.
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