One-Off Stat Focuses

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?

Comments

captain_rogers

Crit focus is wayy better for bishop.

I used Armor rating for Ironman cuz increased Armor increase his attack ratings. Same for lds.

Masquirade

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.

Masquirade

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

WhoDaPoo

Block for Omega Red as a lot of times I find myself blocking combos while the spores stack

ahmynuts

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

WednesdayLength

Armor rating for lady deathstrike

Average_Desi

Block proficiency for spam

JackTheSnack

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

Ercarret

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.

JackTheSnack

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

Average_Desi

Block proficiency for spam

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_99

Crit focus on shocker,
Even tho he don't crit because more crit rating more he ignores enemy armour

Ayden_noah1

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_noah1

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.

JackTheSnack

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

JackTheSnack

Block proficiency for spam
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_0wenpus

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.