Star-Lord (Stellar Forged) doesn't feel like a 5/5 damage champion

I was really looking forward to its release, especially since Starlord has been one of my favorite characters for a long time.
Due to its lack of utility, I already knew and expected that it wouldn't be a meta champion in competitive modes.

However, several videos of Starlord came out today, and I have to say that the damage seems extremely lower than it should be:

Of course, I'm not saying that his damage is terrible or extremely low. But his performance, even against large health pools, is not good at all:

I checked his page and came across this:

This doesn't look like the design of a champion with 5/5 damage.

It's worth remembering that we're talking about a 7-star rank 4 champion, who doesn't have immunities, not even the little utility that OG Starlord had with heal block or power drain. He's a champion specifically focused on damage. And that's fine, that's explicit on the champion's page and in the deep dive.

Just as Deathless Thanos was the champion promised as meta in the end, with Stellar Forged it was Doom. So it was never promised that Starlord would be a god-tier champion. But man, at this rate, even using him in the Coliseum is going to be very difficult.

Comments

JESUSCHRIST

5/5

You believe that?

Kabam (Osaurus) Rex

Idk man, I think his damage is pretty dang solid, even in the screenshots you shared here

Terra

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922249#Comment_2922249

Solid ≠ 5/5, nuh uh. Solid is more like a 3.

Adri5846

Against lower stars champs….

When facing 7stars it should be less damage…

Blue_Eyed_Thing

I honestly think hit monkey can do more damage quicker, and hit monkey has utility.

If they kept his power drain and added in a critical frostbite to swap out with critical incinerate I'd be fine with it. I'm with you though, he seems slightly underwhelming.

We should probably reserve judgment though until we actually get our hands on him and see for ourselves.

Lokx

he is a ramp up champ. I’d say the scoring system isn’t the best overview on actual capabilities because you have potential damage and general use damage.

I think he is more 4/5 damage when using him generally, but if you get his charges to max. You can see some crazy stuff.

also, i’m hoping synergies make him crazy

ShashankGupta

I wish he could have a way to start with some cruelties like 1 for every 50 sigs which means at max he could start with 4 cruelty at max sig that would make him good for bgs and other modes kinda like knull who doesn't need awakening but max sig makes his ramp up little short

Also he could have stackable incinterate maybe 2 stacks like kate bishop that would have been great

He is more like kate but with less damage from red and more from yellow numbers.

He is good just the problem is rampup for bgs starting with 0 ramp is what not making his hype this is the main problem imo.He is good for second fight but takes long to ramp in first

GilbertoJunior

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922302#Comment_2922302

He doesn't even take long,you just get the combo wave thing and his ramp is almost over right in the first fight

He just doesn't do anything besides good and easy acess damage

BigPoppaCBONE

Easy to ramp, persistent damage that doesn't drop, doesn't need specials, doesn't need the ai to play along, doesn't require clockwatching, and doesn't require a cashout big hit or setup seems like an appropriate 5/5 to me.

ahmynuts

I only wish we'd be able to swap incinerate since it's a weaker debuff against the science class but it isnt a dealbreaker

TheMostHated1

He’s mid, zero utility, takes no one relevant, and his damage doesn’t match the 5/5 label given to him.

TheMostHated1

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922251#Comment_2922251

Fr, 6* locked kate bishop has more damage potential than him, mind you she’s listed at 2.5/5 in damage💀🙏🏽

Wildone1

And Dracula is a 4/5 damage…

The rating system was a great idea and Kabam doesn't take it seriously. Just puts some stuff up there to sell champs then stays silent when the champs don't hit the mark. I wish they took things half as seriously as the people who play this game.

EdisonLaw

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922249#Comment_2922249

Looks more like a 4/5 to me

GroundedWisdom

People are so critical of Champs these days. Wait until we can test them more.

Sachhyam257

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922365#Comment_2922365

The 4/5 damage score for dracula makes sense... Hear me out:

1) I'd say we can all universally agree that Dracula's dmg is infinitely less than an a 5/5 score.

2) There exists an uncountably infinite set of real numbers between 4 and 5.

TF, (1 & 2) Dracula has a dmg score infinitely less than a 5/5, which makes him a 4/5. ■

Rebark

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922249#Comment_2922249

I think his damage extremely low compared to other ramp-up champions.
You reach his ramp-up potential in one or two fights, but the result is extremely average damage; 20k on a medium hit is something most 7-star rank 4 champions can achieve without ramp-up or other kit utilities.
If only he had some immunity or something that would make me think, "Hey, I can use him here." Or if only he had an impressive amount of damage so I could say, "Wow, that's impressive."
I don't know what you guys plan, if there will be good synergies for him, specific relics like Venom the Duck, but being a landmark character for the game being reworked and brought back with a modern approach of fractured power bars and persistent charges, I expected him to be relevant in some way for endgame or veteran players. I don't see him being used in Alliance War, Alliance Quest, Battlegrounds, or Everest Content.

I liked the art team's work and found the kit extremely fun. The combo wave looks really cool, I like the fractured power bar, but I don't know where I can use it. We can only have one fight in the monthly event, the secondary event almost always comes with tags, and it doesn't have enough damage to deal with something like Necropolis.

ahmynuts

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922405#Comment_2922405

Going by the portrait color not being updated like the deathless champs, I don't think we're getting much of anything with these guys beyond a quest for doom

MaxtheSilent

I do wish he had a little more utility but damage looks good for medium to long fights(or quests). I’ve never loved combo ramp champs where you lose everything based off one mistake. But he looks like his ramp is not that long all things considered and between his easy access to combo wave, shield and persistent charges I think he’s much safer than Starlord 1.0 or similar champions . I’m really looking forward to him. Though it would’ve been nice to have an endurance or chance to purify debuffs based on combo. Just something in that department. But still, I’m overall impressed.

Giantwalrus56

He's definitely utility-less, but we can't really judge the damage until we do ourselves. No shade to content creators, but there have been plenty of times where the hype is nowhere near the video portrayed

BringPopcorn

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/comment/2922251#Comment_2922251

Its ok, surely Kabam will buff him soon to match the 5/5 rating. They must, I mean its the excuse they used to nerf Spider Woman, they wouldn't lie to our faces like that.

They won't change the rating numbers cause those are set in stone.

....lol

EdisonLaw

https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/410527/star-lord-stellar-forged-doesn-039-t-feel-like-a-5-5-damage-champion

You sure you can trust these ratings? Dracula has a 4/5 damage output while Kate Bishop only has a 2/5 damage output