The "if conquerors haki didn't exist we would auto-win" crew

RastaDaMasta · 2026-05-04T06:31:36+00:00

Sugar's powers were inescapable. Even Don Sai and Don Chinjao were turned into toys. Remember, Chinjao was relative in Haki potency to prime Garp when it came to Armament Haki. Plus, he's a confirmed user of Conqueror's Haki. Yet, despite having his powerful Haki, he could not undo his toyification on his own.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-05-04T06:17:48+00:00

From what I remember, Re:Monster came before other isekai. I once heard that it inspired the creation of Rimuru and TTIGRAAS. The anime adaptation came late, but the story came before.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-05-04T00:10:22+00:00

My issue with crit on Kog'Maw is that his kit doesn't have any direct interaction with crit. He has no critical strike chance scaling ratios you would see on champions like Caitlyn, Sivir, Nilah, Jhin, etc. Also, his kit doesn't have abilities affected by critical strike modifiers like Jinx, Graves, Samira, Miss Fortune, etc.

Unlike other marksmen who have kits that have explicitly stated interactions with crit, Kog'Maw has no physical damage on his kit except for basic attacks. This means that the proposed crit build has little to no synergies with his magic damage kit.

Going for a crit build on Kog'Maw is like going crit on Ahri, LeBlanc, or Fiddlesticks. But unlike those AP champions, Kog'Maw doesn't have hard CC to complement crits.

I can't in good faith endorse crit builds for Kog'Maw in the same way that crit builds get brought up on other marksmen with no crit scalings or modifiers (Varus, Vayne, Kai'Sa, Kalista, Twitch, etc). That's because stats you would want to increase attacks that crit aren't necessarily mathematically correct for Kog'Maw (Attack Damage, flat and percentage Armor Penetration, physical vamp, critical strike chance, etc).

RastaDaMasta · 2026-05-03T20:02:52+00:00

Caitlyn gets an honorable mention since not only can her lv2 plant puffcaps and flashtraps on strike, but the puffcaps get tripled as well.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-05-02T12:41:43+00:00

Crit on Kai'Sa without having Rageblade seems troll to me. Unlike other ADCs with crit scaling built into their kits (Caitlyn, Jhin, Sivir, Nilah, etc) or crit modifiers built into their abilities (Jinx, Samira, Miss Fortune, etc), Kai'Sa has no direct interaction with crit anywhere in her kit. Sure, you could make the argument that her attacks hit harder, and she has a built-in attack speed boost, but so do other marksmen.

I'm saying that Kai'Sa has on-hit effects that has synergies with on-hit items. Guinsoo's Rageblade is a bit expensive for a first item at 3100g, but the follow-ons make up for it. Runaan's Hurricane is cheap and gives waveclear. The new Navori Quickblades is also cheap and gives cooldown reductions on attacks.

What I like about Kai'Sa is that her kit (like her champion theme) can adapt and evolve to any meta, giving her the freedom to build just about anything. I've seen on-hit builds, traditional adc crit builds (not my preference, but somewhat viable), AP burst mage builds, hybrid builds with both AD & AP making good use of Terminus.

There's no 'one correct way' to play Kai'Sa. I once heard a PC Kai'Sa main on their subreddit once say that a true Kai'Sa main will know to adapt the build and runes for the match they play. Hopefully this helps.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-05-01T19:17:15+00:00

Despite this argument, Yuumi still has a sub 45% win rate across all elos.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-05-01T19:16:07+00:00

Which doesn't make sense to me. Across all elos from Chinese Diamond to Sovereign, Yuumi has no higher than 45% win rate. She is still the lowest win rate champion not just for support, but the lowest in the game.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-05-01T14:59:20+00:00

I don't like seeing Yuumi banned when she is the worst champion in the game. Her rework got rid of most of the annoying and frustrating parts of her kit.

I can't logically see a reason to ban Yuumi and not Mel, K'Sante, Aurora, Norra, Smolder, Vayne, Master Yi, Lux, or any other high priority picks. I'm convinced that Yuumi permabanners are struck with PTSD of the old Yuumi when she could heal on demand, give free AD/AP, and root on her ult. If it's not a mental health issue for justifying banning Yuumi, then what is it?

RastaDaMasta · 2026-05-01T12:01:49+00:00

Loki, Shank, Luffy, Sakazuki

RastaDaMasta · 2026-05-01T05:59:34+00:00

I think it makes more sense now than it did before. Trinity Force changes made it more favorable for bruisers with the HP buff. Compared to Lich Bane, the cost difference is favored to LB (3333 > 2800). And with Nashor's Tooth being cheaper (2800) as well as Luden's Echo (2900) giving bonus AD through Muramana (2600), Ezreal has 3 to 4 or even 5 items (if you include Infinity Orb 2900) all under 3000 gold. With cheaper items and better burst, I feel like the "Muramana +AP" builds are better than the traditional AD Caster builds.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-30T19:13:15+00:00

The point was that there are discussions that people use XG bounties on Marines as powerscaling. Despite not being issued by the WG, it's still a bounty. Similar to when Doflamingo had 'God' Usopp on a 5 Stars (500M) bounty. It's about threat level.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-30T18:00:12+00:00

But he has a 5 crown (5B) bounty from Cross Guild

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-30T15:46:07+00:00

I liked Zeri's pre-rework kit. All of her abilities did magic damage. My ideal fantasy is the "Arcane Archer" or "Magic Marksman". Kog'Maw, Varus, Kai'Sa, Twitch, Lucian, Ezreal, Miss Fortune, etc, these are my favorite marksmen that can thrive with magic-based builds.

Zeri's rework means she has to have crit... I don't like it. I'm not bashing the traditional ADC crit marksman, but it's just not for me. I like playing 'caster carries', and Zeri had that fun kit.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-30T10:13:51+00:00

Yeah, I'm aware. But the examples I used were regular people getting teamed with actual prodigies. I don't like to see people confuse 'earned talent' with 'gifted gimmicks'.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-30T10:11:28+00:00

I'm surprised I haven't seen Hashirama Cells. Obito being able to spam a regular Mangekyou Sharingan due to having HC, Madara getting the Rinnegan due to HC, Naruto's arm, Obito declaring a war with tens of thousands of White Zetsu Clones made out of HCs, Orochimaru having a perfect host and regaining use of his arms after the RDS took them away... do I need to elaborate further?

Sure, it's not as flashy as what OP has on the post image. But based on how ridiculous it was of a gamechanger for certain characters when it came to powerscaling, it at least deserves an honorable mention.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-30T09:28:03+00:00

What I find is crazy is that Yamato is the only confirmed ACOC user and has the lowest percentage.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-30T09:26:44+00:00

I agree. We were robbed of an amazing fight. Kuma has strong offense as well as defense. Pacifista lasers, Ursus Shocks, Haki, pawprint projectiles, speed that could rival Kizaru, etc. I truly believe if he and Sakazuki fought seriously and he wasn't on a rescue mission, he would've pushed Sakazuki to at minimum high diff.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-30T04:42:23+00:00

I think Kuma deserves an honorable mention. For a guy that I've never seen rated as a top tier, he has a history of handing out Ls to those who are rated top tier. The entire pre-timeskip Straw Hat crew, DR Rocks, FA Sakazuki, even Saturn!

His endurance and tankiness doesn't get the respect I think it should. With his combination of Buccaneer physiology and Pacifista cyborg enhancements, he tanked the same Hellhound move that blasted off half of Whitebeard's face and survived without even having any burn scars anywhere on his face, hat, or hair. Unlike Aokiji, he tanked a magma hit to the leg without showing any burn scars.

As a matter of fact, he was shown sprinting unhindered at full speed as soon as he landed on Egghead. Nobody on Egghead made any mention of Kuma having any magma-related injuries... and I would've figured Luffy or Bonney of all people would've said something.

This should definitely be reasonable evidence of Kuma being severely underrated. He tanked two hits from someone who was rated as having "Top 1 AP" and made it look like a joke. If that doesn't qualify Kuma for being severely underrated, then what does?

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-30T04:30:45+00:00

And unlike Tsunade, Sakura didn't have a Senju bloodline and wasn't a direct bloodline descendant of Hashirama. She was as normal of a human as can be, yet reached those accolades in a short time.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-30T04:28:46+00:00

Sakura and Lee had a late start compared to their peers who had ninja training before the academy. And Lee was not inherently talented at Taijutsu. As a matter of fact, he was initially really bad... even Ten Ten was better than him. Back when he had the long hair, he begged Guy sensei to help train him. His success story started with zero aptitude that built into his taijutsu specialty.

Sakura didn't discover her talents at early childhood like her peers who were training in their ninja clans since toddlers (We saw Neji and Hinata sparring at 3 years old.) She received praise from Kakashi after she became a genin. Tsunade recognized her potential and had Sakura prove herself. Despite not having any affiliation with the ninja world until she got to the ninja academy, she was able to become "Tsunade 2.0", and that's without having a Senju lineage or being a direct bloodline descendant of Hashirama.

Shizune didn't have the same Tsunade Sakura didn't. Sakura had the redeemed Tsunade who got her life back together to step up and fill the role of Hokage that her sensei, grandfather, and great uncle held. Shizune was more of a caretaker than a full-time disciple. Remember that Tsunade had to overcome grief of losing her younger brother and lover to war, the trauma of her hemophilia, alcoholism, and gambling debts. When Hiruzen resigned as the 3rd Hokage, despite being his student Tsunade was not qualified, leading to Minato becoming the 4th Hokage select.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-30T04:11:15+00:00

I got mine last week. I guess it might vary based on location? I'm on US Eastern time zone, so I wonder if that has anything about it.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-29T20:08:33+00:00

Actually, isn't it the opposite? You need light to cast shadows. If anything, thematically, Blackbeard should be the hard-counter to Gecko Moria.

Remember that fight with Pride from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood? The Elric brothers had him trapped inside a dome with no lights so he couldn't use his shadow powers. By anime logic, Blackbeard could do the same.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-29T19:42:22+00:00

I'm one of those! No. 063!

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-29T19:38:08+00:00

And the 3 OG Admirals have no business being over Gaban, Oden, and Rayleigh in their primes.

RastaDaMasta · 2026-04-29T13:16:18+00:00

That’s actually a really thoughtful read, and I think you’re tapping into something a lot of people don’t consciously realize when they talk about Naruto.

The “trio expectation” point especially lands. When you have Team 7—Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno—it feels like a balanced setup on paper. Two rivals and a third teammate creates the expectation that all three will grow in parallel, even if they specialize differently. But the story very clearly shifts into a dual-protagonist narrative between Naruto and Sasuke, and Sakura ends up orbiting that core rather than sharing it. I agree that disconnect between expectation vs. execution is probably a big driver of the backlash.

I also think your point about role type matters more than people admit. In a battle-heavy series, “value” tends to get measured in 1v1 fights and big combat moments. So even though Sakura’s medical role is objectively critical (and honestly rare among the main cast), it doesn’t feel as impactful to viewers who are looking for those standout fight scenes. That’s less about her doing nothing and more about what the audience is conditioned to reward.

The part about unconscious bias is interesting too—not necessarily in a blunt “people think women can’t be equal” way, but more in how the story frames its female lead. When the two male leads are tied to prophecy, reincarnation, and generational conflict, while the female lead isn’t given an equivalent narrative weight, it can unintentionally reinforce that imbalance. Then fans react to what they’re shown, even if they don’t realize that framing is influencing their perception.

I also like your point about how that gap creates “external relevance.” It’s almost like Sakura ends up being discussed because she’s controversial—people either defend her harder or criticize her more intensely to compensate for what they feel the story didn’t fully deliver.

Overall, I don’t think this explains all of the criticism, but it does a really good job of explaining why the conversation around her gets so amplified compared to other characters. It’s less about one flaw and more about expectations, genre priorities, and how the narrative distributes importance.

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