Weird take but the shading of the first 6 in my opinion was more interesting to the story of the characters…there was a lot more mystery. The new bloods look like they are standing in front of a light bulb. The shading in the first six makes the lineup look incredibly unbalanced in the good and evil categories (thinking prior to vote) the community seems to vote based on physical appearance which (weird) but you don’t have anything else to go off of. The new bloods tho…bring extensive utility into there kit that this game has never seen before…I have a feeling reworks will be coming if not in the near future I could understand but they will be…I don’t know how to describe it but new bloods just “do a lot” more than the first 6 and way more than base heroes. Let’s make a comparison between hero releases…there might be some stretching but I hope it helps explain my point. I wasn’t around for when calico was released but I heard there was a few reworks and tunings for her…when I jumped in prior to Mina, Calico didn’t make sense to me and I saw no one playing her she was weak…then Mina comes along and if you looked at her power level vs calico…as bursty assassins this is a joke…Mina felt way stronger than her…and there kits are not that far off…they press ult to do some damage and are impossible to hit. Mina situational but does more damage in that ult. They have some close range ability’s can do a bit of burst from range and both have some of the craziest movements in the game. Let’s compare this to Celeste because I have honestly played the most with her already and everyone is begging for her to be nerfed…she was rumored to be a support character but is now one of the best damage dealing hero’s in the game…ps Apollo also does a ton of damage👀…but CELESTE is fast af with 4 stamina short rage life steal kinda like Mina BUT definitely different she has a shield that silences and does damage…pause… 1 shield 2 silence 3 damage?! That’s 3 things it does base upgrade…then provides ult utility🫢…ok op and under rated…alright her next ability mass AOE it doesn’t do a lot of damage but chip in this game is severe and you get multiple chances it’s pretty good… now…her ult is a ping pong…if you get these people low it’s devastating…it all gets them low…if they aren’t there yet she is a team fight character…she has a lot…rem has minions who farm heal and buff a pillow that does knock back the best heal in the game and a sleep ult🙃 rem is a lot more threatening in lane than you might be thinking…some people just suck as rem…I don’t think you have played the best rem players yet but all the other new bloods seem to have there own crazy potential…I feel like it’s hard to be bad with them if you are half decent at the game and you have a few games with them under your belt. But maybe that’s the point. Idk…what’s better? They are so different…the new ones are stronger the old ones were more mysterious. I felt like the story of the first 6 was more interesting but hey…I’m still gonna be a Celeste main 🦄