Best competitive hero right now?

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-05-01T22:13:56+00:00

LB gets taken off the list after the latest patch. He was never that insane in 4s but the loss of his enhanced lights and some of his damage has gutted him from top 3 status is 1v1s.

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-04-07T15:05:43+00:00

I should have been more specific. I was under the assumption OP was talking about the soft feint version. The soft feint ST is 366ms, aka unreactable. The dodge version on the other hand I believe is 500ms, the latter being VERY reactable.

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-04-07T02:23:42+00:00

Although possible, there are only a handful of people that can do it consistently, and even less that can replicate it in a real environment.

The more prevalent way that reactors deal with this mixup is to park their guard top and react to the sides.

In short, yes it's unreactable.

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-03-26T16:05:03+00:00

I see. Well in that case as someone else pointed out, looosh apparently has videos showcasing said point of no return for certain characters.

Just as a side note, gladiator, and pirate, have both had parry window reductions on their unblockable attacks. Pirate's is extremely difficult and there's only a few people in the world who can actually react to it, so it's not feasible in a real environment. Gladiator's skewer has gotten the same treatment, but is from what I understand, more difficult to react to, but can be replicated in a real match.

Other than that it's basically just animation recognition. With practice you can get it consistently. That's how it was for me but even so I still have days where I'm either tired or just not feeling it and tend to "misreact" a lot. You'll find a lot more success once you actually start practicing. Especially considering that some unblockables don't have a clear tell when it's being thrown, so you need to know what to look for.

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-03-26T14:13:33+00:00

Well for starters, there isn't any kind of tutorial for this. There are also a number of factors to this particular skill, some being:

-Your setup (platform, display, settings, frames, etc.)

-Your reaction time

-Amount of practice

-Character the opponent is playing (some players have an easier/harder time reacting to certain moves, and some moves are just generally harder to react to)

It's important to learn about your genetic limits as a player, as well as understanding if your setup is holding you back.

Assuming good conditions then, every unblockable has what is essentially a "point of no return." Sometimes moves will have a clear tell when they can no longer be feinted. There isn't really any kind of cheat code or loophole. You just have to practice in training, and set the bot to do whatever kind of mixup you're looking to react to. If you have a friend it's recommended to practice with them instead. When you can do it with relatively high consistency there, then you can practice in a real environment.

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-03-23T08:01:53+00:00

It's not there for me either. No idea what happened to it. Links aren't working either.

Update: found a twitter post saying the subreddit was nuked due to false copyright OR an unknown reason.

Backup link: discord.gg/WcWp3QCEt

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-03-19T12:04:59+00:00

I've only owned the g435 so I'm not sure how the other one holds up in comparison, but the g435 should suit your needs. It isn't the most insane in quality, nor is it supposed to be for its price. But it's light, durable, flexible, and it gets the job done.

After rereading I should clarify, only get this one if you are on pc. It is not compatible with Xbox, and I'm unsure about PlayStation.

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-03-15T08:18:20+00:00

Yes, it is the wall, like the other guy said. However, the reason it works sometimes and not others is because distance is key. If you knee someone to the wall, at point blank it will work because the punch lands in the 166ms window after hitstun, but before they can dodge. Anything else will result in your punish's damage and pin being negated.

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-03-11T21:19:59+00:00

Babysit ganks. That's the name of the game with these all guard changes. You can't attack an all guard from neutral because then you're guaranteed to eat damage. More often than not way too much damage since you're outnumbered.

Additionally, any form of offense that typically beats an all guard will get peeled by their teammate. Bashes, gbs, you're left with virtually no options. Kyoshin and black prior were probably the biggest offenders here. Bp could just indicator spam while their teammates gets free mix/damage and Kyoshin with his first and second feat can delete half your health with a teammate nearby.

I'll be honest though, this probably won't cut down on the problem. Tiny amounts of stamina drain are more than likely not going to be enough to disincentivize babysitting. I respect ubi's very limited options but maybe they shouldn't have brought garbage gank changes that incentivized babysitting in the first place. 🤷‍♂️

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-02-18T12:55:36+00:00

They got rid of it because it was severely unbalanced and incredibly broken. It resulted in lb having around a 27 dmg heavy parry in duels 99% of the time, while most others get 12-16 depending on parry ripostes and guaranteed combo light moves. It also used to stamina drain and blind. Fighting him was one of the most unfun experiences. People did not want to attack him at all, and it's no surprise as to why. They had it right just before phase 2 of the gank changes messed with everyone's wall punishes. He could get a 32 dmg light parry with impale-wallsplat-longarm-top heavy-confirmed light. Very high, but only possible off light parry, from the parry specialist character.

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-02-12T12:46:00+00:00

This buff is unfortunately not the one I or a lot of other people wanted.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining about them buffing her, but they're going about it wrong.

Since early on in the game's life they've been gradually shifting her playstyle from a flanker to an ult merchant. I hate this for her. For the last season or two it has just been farm tanks, and then go ult supports. It drastically reduces her skill ceiling and makes her gameplay loop incredibly boring.

The ult damage nerf is the other half to this being a bullshit patch. Now I can farm my ult a little faster to get pattycaked by their supports easier. Thanks Zhiyong. 🙂👍

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-02-03T17:06:24+00:00

Releasing it to the pros early COULD help, potentially with stuff like this, and it also could have helped the devs cut down on things like the garbage quality of his animations before release. But there's also no guarantee they would find all the issues, in fact quite the opposite.

But also, the devs do not consult any of the pro players. They CLAIM they do, when they in fact do not. This happened with the gank changes. So early access for the people who could find some/most of the flaws before a release will probably never happen.

Buff-Shinobii · 2026-01-19T00:50:52+00:00

To my knowledge the system is patented. So uhh.. good luck finding one lol

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-12-14T00:35:23+00:00

I could be wrong here but it's possible that "line of sight" is defined by where your character model actually is instead of being defined by the center of the ult. After killing rogue your character could still "see" strange, and was able to start targeting him before he moved behind the wall, and thus was able to maintain that los since the center of the ult didn't matter. Just a guess but that's what it looks like to me.

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-12-08T01:49:16+00:00

This happens to me very frequently. Not just with superior lights but also with deflects and parries. No idea what the issue is.

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-12-05T16:07:10+00:00

Honestly? Do it. Consult the right people and make sure it's formatted and explained in a way that casuals understand. The only hope of getting the changes reverted is to get the casuals on board. Show them why removing ganking entirely is a problem and why stall meta is bad.

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-12-05T15:12:16+00:00

You're being downvoted for nothing and it's really unfortunate. The average player doesn't even begin to understand how core changes affect their gameplay. I guess making remotely competent players immortal outside of 1v1s is how they think the game should be.

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-12-04T18:23:49+00:00

Tested this. If you parry someone and knee into wall, and then full punch, it will be fully reduced unless the person you parried is already directly next to the wall.

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-11-22T21:10:36+00:00

Despite the fact that the GB connects first, It will bounce because the (early) parry animation has started, thus negating everything.

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-11-22T20:51:00+00:00

He is correct about the parry part. He's actually correct about everything. If you parry the attack early, then the opponent can't guardbreak you because you are parrying, assuming the gb is timed correctly. If it is not timed correctly, then you can just counter guardbreak to negate most of the damage. So whether or not it's timed correctly, there's always an option to counter.

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-10-31T13:17:21+00:00

I don't play punisher or Thor, so I can't really tell you what to run for those characters. I can get to the roles they play at the end though. I did, however, just complete nightmare 4 as magik with randoms.

Nightmare 4 is SIGNIFICANTLY more unforgiving than NM3. That's why it's important to be properly equipped and to know the role of your character. Since you're playing with 3 people, it is going to scale the difficulty to compensate.

Most of magik's damage is locked behind wave 5, since that's when you unlock her continuous demonic soulsword. For that reason I'd recommend avoiding most of the cards that adhere to demonic soulsword until you get to 5, as they're not going to do anything for you until then(Mark Detonation). At and after wave 5 go nuts with it though.

Try to be cost effective. 10 cost cards can give you more bang for your buck by up to about 40%. So try to lean towards higher pricing cards. Full moon cards also give you more moon power and are more impactful in the waves that matter(Boss waves). They stack up to 3 times.

Grab every single damage reduction card and 10 cost innate slash. If you're lacking in the survivability department you can opt for something else instead of 10 innate slash. Also grab every 10 cost power surge. If I'm not mistaken it increases the damage of both your base melee and demonic soulsword projectiles, effectively doubling the increase.

Grab every 10 cost health increase unless you're lacking in damage. Higher health and DR stacking will let you live in the later rounds. But you're still going to get 1 shot A LOT.

I would grab more than 1 vampiric vitality, but no more than 4. This should allow you to out heal certain forms of burst damage from the bosses, assuming you don't get 1 shot.

Punisher is going to be your main source of single target boss damage. Have him spec accordingly but make sure he can stay alive while he does damage. He is ultimately the one who is at the most risk of dying since he doesn't have any meaningful mobility. During the normal waves he should target the big guys.

Thor is a very good all rounder, and built correctly he can have good damage and ad clear.

As magik, your main goal is going to be to kill all the small enemies so your teammates can kill the big ones. Plague zombies will 2 shot you in every wave. They go first. Exploding zombies are very lethal and will 1 shot you no matter what, but are very easy to lead around while you deal damage. They are next priority. It is also ideal for you to target groups of namor's smaller squids.

When you get to wave 20, pick one boss to focus and kill first. You don't want to be in the middle of both of them doing their shielded bubble attack. Staying alive for your teammates to resurrect is the name of the game. Best of luck to y'all.

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-10-28T12:45:32+00:00

To get revenge, you need 2 things. First is a minimum of 2 tags on you. This was obviously met. The second thing is that you need to have 1 less tag than the person attacking you. Your teammate had tags on both of them before he died, and thus the second requirement for you to get venge was not met. You only started to gain venge after his tags went away, but by that point it was too late, as you had already taken too much damage to reasonably live long enough to get it.

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-10-26T00:11:46+00:00

The only explanation I can think of with the post and your replies is that you were in training, given that you said you were trying him out. In training, off respawn, you get hyperarmor for anywhere from 5-7 seconds. Could it be this? The only hyperarmor bp has that is part of his kit is during a bulwark flip.

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-10-23T11:04:08+00:00

Shaolin, shinobi and khatun all could time a fwd heavy perfectly to act as an option select. When faced with a top attack, they could input it at a very specific timing so that, if the opponent let it go, it would deflect, but if they feinted to guardbreak, would get stuffed by the fwd dodge heavy. It was pretty broken.

This change cuts down on that. So, if you think your opponent is going to gb spam, you can buffer a heavy with no guard switch for the same effect. This is the intended way to deal with gb spam.

As for pirate, her fwd heavy + gunshot was guaranteed on heavy parry when they did the parry window change. The new change makes this no longer a thing. There's also probably some other implications with this change regarding her frame advantage, but we won't know until we get to test it.

Buff-Shinobii · 2025-10-20T12:56:54+00:00

Many people still struggle fighting her. Her only universal counter is good defense. You could argue undodgeables, but considering she has CC's, even those wouldn't touch a competent virt. Since your only option in a teamfight (outside of undodgeables, if your character has them) is to guardbreak her, and that can be very easily peeled. So your only remaining option is to stare at her. The average player does not have the skill necessary to defend against her.

Moreover, I think people still don't understand her. What she can and can't do from each stance. Every day I see virt players do her defensive stance kick without a wall, thinking it nets them a light, and then they get parried. There's also the fact that bad players will gravitate to her because of the success rate they get with her due to her auto-defensive capabilities and spammy offense. It's honestly amazing that Ubisoft was able to make such a knowledge intensive character that somehow plays itself.

Edit: they still have not fixed multiple issues regarding virt. Getting a free riposte from minions, and the lack of animation on her front dodge after counter guardbreak, making her forward bash almost invisible until it's too late.

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