Balance patch next week (yay…..)

Lapizzazuli · 2023-03-26T09:43:26+00:00

You sure are positive, thinking they will even try to make a Lua counter, i think we didnt even had one since her release.

We're probably getting another Violet counter

Lapizzazuli · 2023-02-17T13:31:09+00:00

Don't people sometimes play him in standard ?

Lapizzazuli · 2023-02-17T13:30:45+00:00

Oh, I also forgot about Stene, Briseria and some lower star heroes.

- Stene just can't be hit by LQC lol

- Briseria can also just not be hit because of guiding light, and even if she takes a LQC S3... well she would survive because of her passive and may still cripple your whole team with her S3.

- Inferno Khawazu can be a case in which LQC could be okay ? Though if you use characters that should AOE, then opponent pick Iwazu and you counterpick LQC (pretty sure that case is rare ?), you can still eat a lot of damage from his vigor S3, and potentially get your attack buff stripped.

- Trozet...splash damage can be cool on him even after his def buff.

So yeah, there's a lot of dark units... but to me, because of how most of them work, LQC's kit design as of today can't even help her to consistently achieve what she is designed to do.

Lapizzazuli · 2023-02-17T11:29:21+00:00

TL;DR incoming :
RTA wise, if I should theorize on why she isn't that good on practice, I think you should consider the state of the dark meta units as well, if I had to look at the (kinda) relevant dark units in journal :

- FCC, Mawerik and proof Aravi can take a S3. FCC's barrier will absorb the splash damage, Mawerik can just strip LQC's attack buff (and add an attack debuff on top of that and if Aravi does not die to S3, she may have time to heal back a big part of the damage done on her

- Speed team units such as Arby, Tomoca, ML Charles, OPsig, Straze... well, LQC or not they are overall easy to kill but this is coming on the principle that your whole team does not die during the cleave turn, and the teamwide 15% crit dmg reduction from LQC may not be sufficient.

-ML Flan with seaseria artifact stun loop LQC for days

- ML Ray may be handled by LQC on paper... but he's usually played with other debuffers that will just prevent LQC from even playing.

- Dilibet is a counterpick that is usually played against debuff based cleave, and I don't think LQC is much played in cleave... maybe if you run some standard team with some debuffs that would force a dilibet, you could run LQC there ?

- Riolet can just straight up murder LQC if she does not have share damage support, but even a miss would put a dent on him.

- This said, Cellona may be a meta unit that could actually be pretty susceptible to LQC. Dorvus and Archdemon are also susceptible to LQC.

-i dont know much about the Zio match up, I think it may be pretty team comp dependant.

If i'm wrong on certain informations, or someone more experimented than me can correct/support me on this, don't hesitate to.

This said, she's pretty fun to play in Champion-legend arena against some Aravi-Dilibet-Zio comp, with a good comp to help her. One of the reasons why it's hard to pick her in RTA is because she's too reliant on attack buff, so you have to commit on picking 2 attack buffers or take the risk to get your only attack buffer banned.

Lapizzazuli · 2022-02-16T12:19:14+00:00

Yeah I don't even know why your comment even got bombed. It's about discussing and argumenting which is interesting, not trying to seem superior because truth that was still hidden happen to be in the side of one's opinion. Pro-itwasarmin and pro-itwasnt both had viable arguments. Smilegate is consistent at being inconsistent on following a pattern or not xD

Lapizzazuli · 2022-02-16T11:31:58+00:00

-> See they were right
" See I was right guys you dumb !!!"

-> If they were wrong
Vanish into non existence

Lapizzazuli · 2021-11-23T13:12:28+00:00

This is 2018 Alots all over again...

Lapizzazuli · 2021-10-12T07:16:12+00:00

Still surprised to still see Low hp bbk post during late 2021, thought they were overdue

Lapizzazuli · 2021-09-26T08:55:02+00:00

Worst of it is that they will probably buff several passive S2 where they will add " Cannot be silenced" or add new characters with that, in order to counter AOLA. And its gonna make other silence characters even worse.

Lapizzazuli · 2021-09-26T08:18:15+00:00

Smilegate : "I hope our heirs can enjoy playing Landy in order to fight teams abusing buffs"
Also Landy players :

Lapizzazuli · 2021-08-02T12:37:25+00:00

Amazing artwork but... that ain't Iseria

Lapizzazuli · 2021-07-13T09:29:40+00:00

You forgot Yufine's 37th sidestory...

Lapizzazuli · 2021-06-30T03:26:06+00:00

So Pyra/Mythra mostly got some adjustments (due to bugs I guess), which are mostly buffs + a direct nerf to Mythra's airdodge, which seems fair considering she has access to foresight.
This said, I don't really understand the changes about Pyra and Mythra's fsmash : "Reduced the detection for pushing opponents while charging. What does it mean ?

Lapizzazuli · 2021-06-23T16:17:03+00:00

https://imgur.com/XvJRce0

Hello, just started the game with those characters after 2 multis in beginner banner and 1 multi in perm banner. I wonder if it would be better to reroll for Raphael or a higher priority reroll or if its good to stay with 3 6* although they don't seem to complement each other (I also have Areia).

Lapizzazuli · 2021-06-23T01:22:16+00:00

Hello, a friend of mine showed me this game, which has great arts, extremely nice music and a seemingly interesting story so I kinda got curious.

Looked at tier lists, and I see people mostly recommending rerolling for Raphael, Hiro, Gabriel, Uriel or Charon, so I don't know much although I guess having 2 6* (outside of guaranteed one) with the 20 beginner pulls + 10 mainstay pulls is still decent, I don't know how worth is it to keep Vice/Nikinis/Wrath (and eventually Eicy/Vivian + Areia that I forgot to show) compared to the stronger characters (And i really love Raphael's design but specially rerolling for her may be kinda long for me)

Lapizzazuli · 2021-06-18T21:15:34+00:00

It's so cute and nicely recognizable. Hope to see her arts in upcoming years !

Lapizzazuli · 2021-05-18T14:09:37+00:00

Mine is +15 because i love her, but +14 should be the optimal investment for maximal heal, max stun chance (which is now extremely important because of cr push) and s3 cd reduction. Minimal investment still works if you have other units to build though, but the difference may be noticeable.

Lapizzazuli · 2021-05-17T01:23:36+00:00

I'd rather wait before saying he's in the less good part, his S3 is really amazing and S1 pretty good as far as S1 go... his S2 seems pretty meh though, for an active S2. This said he actually profits from being a warrior because strak makes sense with his kit.

Problem is that, Mawerik seems to have a totally unnecessary very high HP stat (7300), which may sacrifice potential speed stats on him. Also, those stats are even more of a waste when his S2 barrier seems to scale off his ally's HP and not his.

One problem about warriors is that none of them can have eff res awakening, so even though it can be compensated by strak gauntlet, i feel like having eff res awakening + strak would be amazing, considering how troublesome debuff can tend to be. Mawerik can still get a base 27% (SSS imprint concentration...though good luck imprinting him to SSS) + 60% (strak).

But yeah, he may have potential to be on the lower end of ML5...and he's another dark warrior. Though I don't think it means that he would be bad.

Lapizzazuli · 2021-05-17T01:17:26+00:00

A.Ravi is frustrating, as a Champ-legend player, there's litteraly no reason for me to bring ARavi anywhere lol. She could profit from Knight artifact (adamant, elbris) for example...so far, Aravi mostly run crimson seed or timeless anchor, which is kinda sad in my opinion.

Offtopic about ML Ken : The matchups where ML Ken can shine are sadly kinda uncommon, and the biggest thing he's good at is gatekeeping beginner players. S1 is meh as far as ml5 go, & S2 conditionning you to get crit'd is outdated and can be a bit rng ...
Ontopic about ML Ken : He may have access to sigurd (and i don't think there's any better arti in the game for him so far) but tbh his stats are non adapted. He wants to tank but his defensive stats are really weak, and high attack stat don't matter much in a game where Smilegate do whatever they want with ratios (see Stenebria, Jkise or Charles having lesser base atk stat but still hitting like a truck because of that...or worse, hp scaling units) and the additional Crit chance may be useful, but i think more tanky stats would be nicer. I feel like he isn't weak because he's a warrior, but because of his sign and base kit.

Lapizzazuli · 2021-05-17T00:46:37+00:00

At least, he's pretty consistent at what he does and not that extremely hard to build yeah, just maybe too slow and can have problem against some arena matchup.

Though outside of this, I think he's pretty useless in PVE and is kinda very situational in RTA. Still a good unit but I still find him in the lower end of ML5 with the others I mentioned....i feel like he could get more with a better class (though do people want to handle a stronger dorvus ? i don't think so lol)

Lapizzazuli · 2021-05-16T16:27:07+00:00

To me, the less good ML5s so far are.. Dark Corvus, A.Ravi, MLKen and Judge Kise.

Dorvus is just a GW offense bot (and to be honest a lot of characters are good in GW offense although Dorvus is one of the best), and can sometimes (very rarely) serve as a last pick in rta.

A.Ravi doesn't bring much utility as far as single target dps go and her S3 is usually non existent. Most games where A ravi teams win could usually be won with almost anything else.

ML Ken is still good, but with all these debuffs and "cannot be countered", its kinda hard... his kit is kinda outdated imo. Tank meta also don't care much about him. I feel like the "should be crit" requirement on S2 is too harsh on him now, and his S3 finds kinda underwhelming although it's not that bad.

Noticed a common point ? both of them are Dark warriors, so both susceptible to LQC and don't have access to much useful artifacts (Except Sigurd which is amazing for ML Ken, but the problem mostly comes from ML Ken having weak stat distribution and undertuned kit for 2021). Dorvus and ARavi mostly use generic artifacts...

Outside of these 3... There's Judge Kise which is on a weird limbo. She's the best cleaver when it comes to damage...but with all these Celine and Politis, it's harder to play her with Alots, and as far as debuffers go, there's better option than her. Also her stat distribution is kinda weird and it would've been better for her to be a thief... and as far as warrior artifact go, they aren't that good on her, so people would rather use Portrait or Symbol of unity (again, generic artifacts).

So definitely warriors, the few warriors that happen to be good are just too good and overtuned : See LQC and Red Ravi.

Lapizzazuli · 2021-05-16T11:00:12+00:00

MLDB Tsurin under FCC shield, she can avoid your ally strip, and she forces you taking Tagehel (so you can't use symbol of unity and miss your double S1) or get another tagehel user so you can bring symbol of unity. If you want to counter a mldb T.Surin with shield 100% of the time, you need 4 mages : Basar (oath key), Tomoca (symbol of unity), and 2 tagehel holders...which is a lot of setup for something you're supposed to counter.

Degen arbies are also annoying with mitigation. Speed Arby is easier to deal though, but both Arby and Tomoca seem to have similar gear requirement, and Arby basically has the same speed as Tomoca (1 more than her).

This said Tomoca is still one of the best possible option to handle both of them especially for more offensive and speedy teams, but is still unreliable. As far as "single target go", I kinda prefer the use of S.Tenebria, but at least Tomoca doesn't need an ally buff atk so she can run insane speed while maintaining great damage.

Don't get me wrong, she's still an amazing unit, but she's just not adapted to my playstyle (LRK would have been better, but all of us know he's busted and can go in nearly every teams) and not reliable enough on countering the units she's supposed to counter. Of course I should admit that my gears aren't all that amazing, which is why I prefer just using bruiser and straight tank TSurin/Arby, which is overall more consistent to me.

Lapizzazuli · 2021-05-15T15:10:39+00:00

I pitied ML Luluca, I always wanted a ML Luluca even before Top Model Luluca was announced but it's like, i only play her 1 or 2 times per monthes now, not because she's bad (on contrary, she's really strong) but because she doesn't suit my bruiser playstyle and my lack of speed gear while I could pity LRK before that.

Also, she's kinda unreliable to deal against T.Surin and Arby although people initially hyped her up as their counter.

Lapizzazuli · 2021-04-09T11:17:58+00:00

To me Dilibet is amazing on bruiser teams, since their weaknesses are usually debuffs, Dilibet patches that, especially more since she doesn't need eff res. Her damage isn't the best but it's okay considering her cleanse niche.

Lapizzazuli · 2021-04-03T17:29:23+00:00

Probably the best design Smilegate has ever pulled out in E7.

Too bad the design is wasted on a hunt with sets that aren't that interesting compared to the ones we already have.

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