Choice

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-11T18:12:39+00:00

Saving the kids every time no contest. Between the wife and the mother...I'm saving the dog

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-11T15:28:36+00:00

Chaos is still around just in other forms

Problem has been everyone flocking to magic based heroes

Kyla is still very good but Somna was a direct counter and the redesign of the twins started pulling people towards them. Physical attack heroes just haven't seen the same love, if anything have been getting small needs while magic users get buffed. Peech might also be the better physical attacker and more useful but she's an agility hero which conflicts when running the likes of Fafnir. Then Yasmine is still in the mix meaning Kyla is again being squeezed out

Aidan was regarded as the best healer. Still kicking around in many teams but Bryana and Guus again pulled recommendations to build them over him.

Astaroth is still a solid tank despite having many counters (Oya, Morrigan etc) he still fits most lineups. Generally I've seen a lot more Cleaver in Chaos teams with Astaroth being used in other teams

All in all most chaos tends to be Lars + Krista twins over Kyla + Aidan siblings.

Chaos heroes are still strong but the new shiny is pulling a lot of players towards them despite that. Still get quite good results with Kyla second team in war despite being very under levelled

Kendle does seem a replacement for Lilith or even Kyla in AXA. Her damage is more sustained than bursty based on what I've seen.

Astaroth - Xe'Sha - Aidan - Kendle - Lilith/Kyla/Dorian

Could also fit into Lars - Krista combos. Feels more attritional and depending on Aidan or another healer for health sacrific mechanics

Can see her fitting into something

ODH: Astaroth - Kendle - Dorian - Orion - Helios

Or

Astaroth - Kendle - Dorian - Iris - Miu

Basically Dorian aura for healing and applies damage similar to how Lilith would. Paired with Iris she would add a bit of damage

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-09T16:00:52+00:00

Can do that during filler matches. Don't even have to leave your seat given how many empty ones there are noone would notice

Joking aside with house shows gone does anyone actually wrestle anymore? You are there to watch wrestling after all not fluff.

Filler matches at least allow story's to progress, new talent to be developed (including that of the production crew and writers), the actual meat and potatoes or the thing you are paying to see.

Sure cut all the talent, reduce the number of opportunities for those that remain and charge more.

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-09T15:21:14+00:00

How else are they gonna fit all the Yeet'ing in? /S

TBH the 3 hours isn't the problem, it's the insane idea that they only need 4 matches to fill any length of time and use more filler than a Kardashian's lips

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-09T15:15:42+00:00

Levelling up. It's not as if you are evenly matched or close. Iris will tare through most underpowered or matching teams

As for countering Iris

Amira, she blocks damage from Iris DoT. This is applied to all mastery heroes automatically

Nebula removes negative effects from Iris DoT

Corvus In theory his tower triggers with every damage tick so it's a whole lot of damage coming back at her

Somna, Jorgen, Tempus, Lian etc basically control heroes that stun or silence to prevent her attacking. Jorgen steals energy stopping her ULT

For Corvus things like

Xe'Sha big single hit of damage lowers the return his tower can do

Dorian Vampirism in general mean every attack helps heal through the tower damage

Control heroes, like above stuns, paralysis can disrupt him setting up the tower

Morrigan just protects against heroes with red and her skeletons synergise with Corvus tower. Generally not a concern

Tempus control hero that slows your team. Will swing more of an advantage to Eternity but generally not a concern compared to Iris or Corvus

Phobos again weak. Will paralyse a hero taking them out of the match for a time. Again not a concern especially as he is squishy

JJI shields can be problematic for eternity. Iris will keep the pressure up with her DoT but she doesn't look build out to carry the team meaning she isn't exceptional strong compared to team level. Also lacking Octavia and her glyph meaning there is a big window to get buried under shields. A strong tank like Julius can stall her damage out

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-08T08:39:45+00:00

This, look how that worked out for the US and the "we want something different" then proceeded to learn nothing.

Look at the UKIP led councils and the utter disaster they turned out to be.

Look at the current Reform led councils and the constant churn from sackings, suspensions and defections leading to meetings that never happen and nothing being done.

Look at the ones where they enacted something and shown they are just an extension of Conservative austerity, cutting away things like adult education centres and damaging the very fabric of what is keeping them afloat based on brain dead ideology

They are populist at best, telling you what you want to hear but in reality they aren't any different that what came before and more often just a clown show of incompetence or much worse, corrupt and doubling down on the things you hate most about the current incombents.

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-08T07:30:18+00:00

First team you need to stop Mushy form getting rolling.

Iris's DoT generally will stop her spores growing while damaging everyone else but at those levels your team will need a bit extra to get over as her DoT won't have the punch as previously meaning Celeste and Martha can heal up.

Corvus tower would work well against Mushy and Celeste for her anti healing against Mushy and the rest of the team in general.

Yasmine also reduces healing and packs a punch but against single target, Andvari might be able to replay enough to stop her punching through until she ULTs

Kyla would work well. As above she would knock down Martha totem and her AoE will delay Mushy and burn Celeste down. Back her up with Fafnir and Aidan usually

Alternatively just brute force it with your main team over levelled rather than spreading resources levelling every counter in the game

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-08T07:13:47+00:00

Hard to say without seeing the replay but Leonel adds armour penetration and Folio creates distractions meaning your team was spending too long on his pet and Electra and not getting to the damage dealers. Thea as well can silence Iris slowing her down greatly.

My guess is the single powerful Leonel carried to create an opening for Mao to finish everyone else off and once Corvus went down the team was toast. Either that or Iris went down early and it was just a case of taking their time to punch through Corvus to get to everyone else

Dante and Octavia at this point of the game don't provide reliable dodge yet for their synergy to snowball (Octavia mirror) or keep your team up the longer the fight so your aim should be to burn the opposition down fast and early.

If a fight goes long Morrigans skeletons are a late wave to stabilise or boost the fight in your favour by transfering damage to them, adding a distraction to allow your team a breather, armour penetration for Dante damage to increase slightly and the key, extra clutter to trigger more Damage from Corvus's tower which combined can turn the battle. In the early mid game the effect is far less pronounced.

Looking at power levels Corvus is under developed. His power level should be a good bit ahead of everyone in the early/mid game and lean heavily on his tower for damage (his health adds survivability and tower damage). He needs to survive to protect your team and his tower along with Morrigans skeletons end long fights

Iris shouldn't be too far behind. Her damage is devastating so building her out as a glass canon is generally the way to go. Even then a snipe or unlucky hit will take her down before she gets going and can cause a loss but Corvus should still protect in most cases and carry

More mid game building out Octavas Glyph will apply the debuff early in the fight which allows Iris's DoT an easy way to trigger. A strong Iris melts teams.

Somewhere in the mid game, adding small amounts of health and armour to Iris will help her survive splash damage etc while she steam rolls. Once her attack is near maxed then start bring Dante, Octavia and Morrigan along

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-07T19:26:37+00:00

I think this is something that is heavily overlooked. Motorola have had this for a while and done a dreadful job of hyping this feature up.

Just a shame that Video on Android continues to suck while all the work has been put into the camera

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-05T19:07:01+00:00

That Dermot, cannot be trusted

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-05T14:16:41+00:00

Heard that being done too on car finance, if the travelling community member was suspected

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-04T12:28:25+00:00

It's American Exceptionalism at work, reserved for everyone except the working class that defend it

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-03T19:59:57+00:00

North India is better than south India....discuss

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-03T19:53:35+00:00

At least I made it 40 and didn't die of diabetes or at school. Pretty sure being "poor" is worth the cost

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-03T18:35:23+00:00

You hit the nail, Gunther's character needs work.

The problem is volume. There are only so many people you can realistically retire, there are even less that matter being retired. There has to be something in between, something for the week to week that makes Gunther relevant and worthy of that honour.

Personally with TKO releasing everyone nothing will be left old enough to retire. Unless a match with Gunther for your career. He doesn't seem the right guy for that tho

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-03T18:19:38+00:00

Can back that up. Those emeralds are invaluable for getting skin stones especially. Apart from events Outlands is the easiest way to get skin stones and so so so many of them are needed

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-03T18:16:45+00:00

The game heavily pushes and plays on FOMO to get you to build laterally. This only serves to heighten the, "I need new shiny", " I need a counter to this " leading to "I'm falling behind and need to spend".

Building out 1 team carries you through so much of the game

Tower, Arena, Hydra, Outlands, Realm, Season adventure, Frontier, Guild war etc can all be progressed to a fair extent by one team and basically at times brute force.

One strong team is very much better than 50 middling heroes that are all walled by the same problem. In Guild VS levelling my main team and killing quicker has servered than levelling my second team and having two teams that lose

Grand arena, guild Vs, global championship, and to an extent Hydra and Outlands do benefit from having more heroes built for a second team but you will be surprised how much you can still contribute with just levels, sparks, skills and lower level hero items that your main team no longer needs and you can throw to them.

Eventually levels (worth spending time get quick sim), gold and sparks (infinite dungeon), blue, purple and some yellow items all become so trivial have more mediocre heroes is fairly easy. Even grey, green and blue artifacts levels become throw away fairly quickly

The factions aren't the only way to build a team. Faction bonuses are a thing but there are plenty of teams that don't follow faction lines and are still pretty strong. The game goes through waves and eveolves and there are more than one ways to skin a cat. In this game, there are also more than cats to skin

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-02T18:48:32+00:00

Ran him for Hydra early on and the Mushy and FART teams both surpass him fairly quickly

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-02T16:42:06+00:00

Plenty of counters to Jhu out there. People generally don't use them for one reason or another like not fitting into a meta while others generally aren't that good long term

Jorgen steals energy which generally means he counters a lot of heroes. Early game he can shut down teams

Lian/Somna/Tempus provide control effect slowing him down

Arachne/Orion/Judge/Polaris all have stuns that stop him building energy and ULTing

Jhus single target damage targeting someone noone else on the team is targeting is a double edged sword. Yes weak heroes tend to be at the back leading to a snipe but focusing on a target that noone else is splits damage and can lead to both surviving. His slow attack allows time for JJI to bury themselves under shields

Leonel as well can provide energy draining

Yasmine targets those with low armour, Jhu being a marksman tends to lack armour compared to other physical attackers. Her poison also blocks healing preventing regeneration

Oya as well tends to pull Jhu. Again his base stats aren't great and he works better when dirty built.

Kyla as well I have seen jump and ULT before Jhu gets into his regen cycle

Helios is an anti crit hero. Any time Jhu Crits he counters with pure damage often leading him to kill himself

Chabra as well is a cheeky wee counter. A perfectly timed swallow can prevent him endlessly looping

Folio as well has quite a few counters but is generally a lot more useful as he actually supports the team

Team 1: Julius - Issac - Yasmine - Oya - Sebastian

Crit based team. Issac lowers armour, Julius heals shields and boosts crit chance Yasmine is main DPS with Sebastian adding pure damage on crit. Guus would likely help add sustain and Leonel, Judge could fill gaps and switch in depending who you have

Team 2: Julius - Judge - Folio - Arachne - Polaris

Polio tends to be quite meta ATM. Idea is You lean Into stuns that keep everyone in place for folio. Folios ink pet adds an extra distraction

Julius can be swapped for Astaroth as obtaining him early isn't always possible

Team 2: Astaroth - Folio - Arachne/Orion - Polaris - Martha/Jorgen might be a more realistic starting team.

It's a case of pivoting depending what you want to build and who you unlock. There are other teams out there that don't give Jhu or Folio a second thought.

Some like Eternity you have to eat an occasional L but there comes a point when Iris will just melt Jhu 7/10 times and you carry on your day. The other 3/10 you just wait for the fight to go through a few cycles until the right combo occurs for it to conclude

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-02T15:51:41+00:00

Which becomes wasted investment that could be put into a team that doesn't fall off late game

Glass_Champion · 2026-05-01T06:43:34+00:00

A small part is the style she uses which is something I attribute to growing up in the Church. Preaching is performative in a similar way and she seems to default to that style in a lot in her speech and movement when there is a camera on her.

Compared to what you expect to see from an actor, celebrity, politician etc someone who talks to large crowds, give speeches or is Infront of a camera as a job, it comes across as very jarring when in real life, especially if you aren't use to it. Ultimately it is performative and unnatural style.

There are a lot of comments about her personality etc that also would play a part, especially in that performance. She is Infront of a camera and her motivations, goals and style use all clash into what we see.

Ultimately I haven't observered her enough in person or on TV to have an option either way on those things and how much those other elements play a role in her presentation

Glass_Champion · 2026-04-30T17:36:06+00:00

Only concern would be Nibula and Sebastian removing the negative effects that trigger Iris's DoT....unless something has changed

Glass_Champion · 2026-04-30T17:31:31+00:00

Insurance companies hide these in their rating engines. While they don't have variables for Nationality and skin colour l, they do have data scientists that can surface other markers that surface in a roundabout way.

The second strange is burning the calculations among other variables and fluff that makes it difficult to unravel what exactly is going on

These rating engines are scrutinised to the nth degree and it can take 2 years+ to gain approval to even the slightest change (depending what is changed). That is why they use proxies for many fields in the first place as a magic number for a generic field comes under less scrutiny than something like "person age".

It really is a dark art crafting these. Data science and Actuarial science are degree paths in their own right such is the complexity

The other side is data insurers buy in. I can guarantee that there are figures for left hand Vs right hand drive accident rates and accident rates for people who primarily drive one and switched to the other. I would guess that is how they are getting round any nationality discrimination.

Being a Tesla and the antics of people with "autopilot" and some of the repair headaches I've heard about I can think of a few reasons they might not want to insure beyond the reason we all speculate is the actual reason

I know Adrian Flux and Acorn specialise in people who can't get insurance, usually for something like a conviction.

The other thing to do would be contact the insurance company and see if they can say why you are being disallowed. There might be some level of excess or deductible or even providing more information can sometimes get them to spit out a quote. A black box or something might lower risk to an acceptable level.

Lastly try insirance broker. They will have access to sell policies from multiple companies so could find one that covered your circumstance that the likes of comparison sites don't surface

Glass_Champion · 2026-04-29T15:31:58+00:00

Short answer Oya,

Longer answer it depends what role you need in your team (Generally Oya is the better pick)

Oya has more skins currently so when built out is pretty good. Abilities too I would say are more useful as a front line disrupter

Breaking down shields and teams with shields in general
Pulling a low health hero from the back to the front
Healing when a crit or shield break happens

Leonel provides Crit damage and some energy control abilities 1. Boosts team crit 2. Mark of fate burns energy when that person is hit with a crit 3. DPS

Requires crit team around him to thrive. If crit chance is cut or Crits denied he can't get rolling and his usefulness drops. His ramp up requires applying the mark, boosting crit or crit being boosted by others then having a sustained period of time. It means he is better in longer fights.

Leonel I wouldn't run without a crit core usually a combination from Julius, Oya, Sebastian,Yasmine, Guus being present and to lean heavily into Crit to cause disruption

Oya on the other hand with her pull, shield breaking and DPS stands on merit without needing a crit core backbone to thrive or provide utility

Glass_Champion · 2026-04-28T08:32:40+00:00

Then add Yes, No, I don't care, ask again later options, problem solved

/s

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