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  Buck Balance Suggestion
  • ZeNoVaSioN 0  

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  would be good if he had a jump reset on kill (card or not idc) the 75% cdr should be on elim and not kills to match other champs
  he has a shotgun, so can that shotgun actually deal more than 200 on a direct shot at close range? I understand there is a spread but his damage feels random af, I sometimes will hit 600 from miles away but only 200 1 meter away, no logic here, also how can you headshot with a shotgun xD like at least a part of the spread won't hit the head, but it'll deal always 1050? again a logical problem

  bulk up is one of the worst ability in the game, you can't use it in a fight cause you'll take more damage than you healed, and outside a fight well you can just wait a heal or something so yeah useless ability, changing it to burst heal would be good

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  Champion Brawl
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  Please don't necro.

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  We Need An Official Hero vs Hero Counter Guide
  • natureslaxative  

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  How about use of player logic and common sense...
  Writing a hero counter thead is only as viable as the skill of the player and the situations that player is put in, the ideal conditions of a fight rely on team synergy and positioning.
  Personally I think the "this character counters this one" actually causes issues with the mindset of players thinking they can get a free kill off a champ they deem weaker.
  Flashback to playing pre buffed Tyra, when they enemy just continued to dive me thinking that I was an easy kill would often cost the enemy team the game entirely due to how the players though that match up was going to end.

  The only information you should need is info from the tutorial, character, ability screen and shooting range to make your own thoughts on what is needed to fight what.
  I addmit that the games ability to teach players is piss poor, as you have people who still do not know how to buy the right items, fighting players who go online to look up the counter strats to fighting in 1v1s.
  Honestly if you need to learn most of this basic stuff then you need to play more Shooters in general, most of the games audience is a generation of gamers who did not grow up playing arena shooters, thus the basic information we are discssing here that should just be general knowledge, but it isn't.

  If you need someone else to write a list of what counters what for you specifically, then you are really failing to do your own reasearch through trial and error imo.
  Every champ strengths and weaknesses are pretty obvious, what offencive and defencive options you have avalible counter the enemy offence and defence options

  If one needs instruction on how and when to use those abilities to beat foes in a 1v1, then surely they have not had enough spent enough time reading up on champion information and observing their effects in game to hinder others in the most effective way possible.

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  I'm Dying Too Often
  • Demigod  

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  @AzrielM You have to understand that the average HP of Damages is 2300. If for example a Stryx/shalin, a Willo/Drogoz, a BK/Cassie and a Maeve/Liam all spot you and decide to all shoot you JUST ONE TIME each, you are effectively taking:

  1000+900+680+400=2980 Damage

  The only champs that have this much HP is Buck and Tanks. So as you can see, if you get caught in a bad position or overextending face to face with 3-5 of the enemy team, even if the healer manages to make it to heal you a bit you are gonna explode, without a doubt...

  This is not even taking into account the combos that champs like Cassie, Liam and Willo have for example which can even melt tanks if they’re careless...

  the problem honestly lies in people playing far too aggressive and splitting/staggering in a way that allows them to get team fired upon and very easily picked off... The healer no matter how good is not gonna be able to bring most champs back from what is effectively a net negative amount of damage to their health done in such a short period...

  If people don’t wanna explode from being team fired upon, then they need to learn to respect the enemy team and know when to push and when to just stay back.

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  Comprehensive guide about roles
  • TangAce  

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  torv is a support, support doesn't mean healer, he does support teammates with shields, dps boost, speed boost, and he has that silence as a CC ability, even his ult is CC, so he's pretty much a fat support

  but since you guys are unhappy, I'll make a shield slave category just for him

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  Strix is utterly braindead and needs a real nerf
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  @TangAce said in Strix is utterly braindead and needs a real nerf:

  strix is unfair af, can burst anyone who was full life, deal insane dmg at range, deal insane damage up close, can't be killed from far cause invisible, can't be killed up close cause insane burst + stupid pistol and ult
  yeah he's broken, can't wait for the nerf that will kill him and bury him where koga currently is

  You got it, that's exactly the reason. The fact that he is being picked on literally every single map, EVEN ON BRIGHTMARSH, because he is untouchable and impossible to flank, shows how op he is. Against a good Strix player, not a single chance. A good Strix will anticipate the flank coming, go invis, and once they come, he'll just quick scope + flare + pistol spam = dead. Nothing one can do about it. Against Skye he can just buy illuminate and hear her footsteps, which are very loud. Same goes for Buck, just quick scope, flare, bursty pistol spam, and EVEN IF Buck beats Strix in a 1v1, Buck will be stuck in the backline with no mobility and Strix' teammates will just go for him and pick him up. Maeve is pretty much the only one that can somehow challenge him because she has poke, but literally the entire flank class is being destroyed by him

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  Help me with Khan
  • Demigod  

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  Shattered Essence affected by cauterize? (Raum)
  • cunga13  

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  @cunga13 210 health sounds right for caut 1.

  I heard his bonus hp is uncauterizable, in that case, my guess is that it works as follows:

  if you drop below Soul Health (or whatever it's called) this card is affected by caut, if you go above your normal health and move into soul health this card is uncauterizable.

  At least that's what I think it is. I never played him, just applying human logic here.

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  Serving House Aico. A Khan Guide
  • Demigod  

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  Added general tips, guide is pretty much complete

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  Kinessa: An in-depth discussion about her strong comps and team synergies
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  To all of you that replied about Strix being better than Kinessa, its true. I didnt say Kinessa is like BETTER than Strix but more like she can do better than him in certain comps that have good CC. The part on Strix and Kinessa was just my opinion. The first sentence regarding strix and kinessa was a bit too direct and misunderstood(mistake on my part). Now i just want to clear out my point on why I think she can do better than Strix in those comps(And yes Strix is much better than Kinessa overall). Take a look at a few of my examples. For instance,

  You are going to be dived by a flank and are in trouble. A good Damba player can stun him and the both of you together can finish him off easily or force him to use his escape. He can also stun others like tanks. Thats a team synergy and also helps her out to deal with her main issue that is, she is easy to flank. The enemy team is on the cap and the Inara used her ult in your presence and stunned 4 people on point. You can follow up using your own ult and pick off atleast 3 people easily while they are stunned by doing headshots. That would be half of their team dead and the other 2 people can easily be dealt with by your team or force them to retreat. Thats game-changing and also another really good team synergy with Kinessa.
  Kinessa can only do better than Strix when fitted to the right compositions like Inara, Damba, Cassie etc in the same team. Strix is better than her overall and doesnt need all that teamplay to be so effective and needs a hard nerf.
  @Heartstrife I dont have much to say to you but that by the words "simply outshines" i meant she can do much better than Strix at that specific situation where a player uses his ult and you take advantage or also combo that with your own ult if he got more than 2 players I didnt say She is better. Strix is better than Kinessa overall.
  @schachmaty Like I said Kinessa is not better than strix at all but only comes close with the right compositions. One thing that Kinessa does better than Strix is she can escape getting dived completely even at low health and even against 2 players, Strix cant do that and also can only fight 1v1s at full health. Its up to the dmg dealer to leave him vulnerable for flanks to finish him. Kinessa should never duel Strix. The one exception is when your flanker is ready to dive him. Just let him bodyshot you as you do the same to him and the flanker can do the rest. Also the best way to deal with him is to pick him off when he is not dueling you. This makes it easy to 1 hit him or follow-up on a half charged shot giving him less time to react. One shotting him when he is not dueling you is usually not too hard for good players but even if u cant, he will still have a hard time taking aggressive angles which gives flanks more opportunities to flank him without getting bursted down completely.
  Lastly, I dont think Kinessa is better than Strix(she is not). I think Kinessa can do much better than him ONLY when she is playing with her best team comps.
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  Tips to improve at playing support
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  Simple snd easy:

  Do not chase after your team to heal them. Running around wastes so much time, especially when each round only lasts a few minutes. Stay near the objectives.

  Ignore requests from teammates who want healing unless they are near the point or near you - those at the objectives are a priority.

  Do not concentrate on killing, but do concentrate on staying alive and healing. If your Frontline has a shield, use it. Get behind it. Also, use your enviorment and geography to your advantage.

  Keep your head on a swivel - always be looking around. Danger can come from all directions. Especially if your teammates do not know how to play.

  If your team(s) do(es) know how to work together, you will have more consistant wins.

  Thank you, Support!

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  Need help to be a frontline
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  @Dusklicious said in Need help to be a frontline:

  It helps, sure, but it also takes up an item slot that could be used for something else, like Chronos (which is actually a fairly good item on Inara btw, as most Inara builds really want Earthen Guard up as often as possible). Blocking Bomb is probably not all that difficult, though it also takes up a wall, and makes it harder for your team to push further up.

  Well, if you could counter Tyra without using skills or items the char would probably be useless.

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  Button binding on xbox one
  help mods xbox • • Imadeamess  

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  Any tips on how to play Lian as of her ultimate nerf?
  • Memesis  

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  you gotta use your ult less to save yourself and more to kill people, you gotta plan it sorta, it's not a last resort ult anymore, lian is still really strong, and her ult even if not utterly stupid anymore is still efficient

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  Date Around, Draw Bows, and Run. A Sha Lin Guide
  • Demigod  

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  okay time to give my opinion about this

  sha is probably better than you think

  he has a good mobility yaknow compared to other dmg... cd is a bit long that's true

  desert shadow is way better than you might think, with the reset card at 45% health, it allows for a huge burst when facing a flank, can allow 2 shots intead of 3 even on people with extra health cards (these cards will render explosive arrows useless) plus compared to explosive arrows you keep the nice stun possibility

  recurve is my go to talent not much to say about it

  as for cards
  wanderlust is an SSS card, if you don't run it at 4-5 then you don't play sha lin
  poise is...meh, if you know when to draw the bow then you don't need this, I mean it's not that useful, it didn't exist before and people never had any issues without it, I've tried it and I find it useless
  bullseye is great as you said
  extra health is useful kinda
  but you lack, the cd reset on withdraw when low health omg, this one is so important, always use it please

  other than that it's nice
  planted is best used on stunned (and such) enemies or to melt shields, as you said planting in the middle of the map will get you killed, don't overuse planted seriously

  withdraw you don't need to save it that much, using it when you fight is great, either to avoid a shot or to finish a kill

  there's not much else to say about sha anyway, he's pretty basic

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  Dredge question
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  Abyss Spike is my main talent for him. Tons of free damage especially against two tanks. Also great against snipers.
  Scuttle (reload spam) is the best way to fight off flankers. If the enemy team has two flankers or even one good one I'd go for it, without it Dredge is bad on close combat
  Hurl is also viable but it is like a weaker version of Cassie. I personally never use it.

  The builds are mostly about self sustain / portal heals. Nothing is a must except for Hull Piecer card for the Spike build.

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  Need Safecraker Challenge Help
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  Wait, fair point, I have not thought about the Overpower delay

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  Guide Request Page
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  Pip shielding
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  @talk2nate

  You don't...

  The shielding part can be done with any champion that has a shielding ability. It doesn't have to be in a single match either - meaning it accumulates what you've done. Just use Barik, Fernando, Makoa, etc. and shield as much damage as you can.

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  My Take on Raum
  raum thoughts • • Dusklicious  

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  @DaddyOoker

  grohk probably won't be used ^^' maybe in premade it could be a thing but I don't think so

  grover isn't a burst healer and you know that^^' raum takes a lot of damage, like inara, grover isn't made to sustain that, well with inara it's okay because of built in rejuv, but barik will always be better for sustained heal because he has the mobility for it to work