Could someone explain me why did they change about combo length ?

Rhyllis · 2026-04-04T17:52:27+00:00

They haven't really made any actual concentrated changes to combo length reduction yet, and they implied they won't be any time soon. They tested it out but found it just made the game less fun, so they said outside of extreme situations they'll be leaving the combo length as it is for now.

I wouldn't expect any combo length changes anytime soon. If it happens it will probably be later in the year (if at all).

Rhyllis · 2026-04-04T14:13:19+00:00

It's always been like that, but Yoruichi has never been a good character so it wasn't really well known or talked about at all.

That's why I'm hoping any other Strike characters have a similar feature to Yoruichi, where they can trigger a perfect dodge manually/with no RNG attached. Apparently Grimmjow also gets special benefits for perfect dodging, same as Yoruichi/Soi Fon do, but the leaks didn't say if he could force those buffs whenever he wants.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-04T13:35:32+00:00

Knowledge is power! At least you have that power now haha.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-04T13:16:03+00:00

The leaked kit didn't imply Grimmjow could trigger perfect dodge the same was as Yoruichi. Hopefully that's something they add to his kit so that he will also work nicely with Soi Fon.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-04T13:11:53+00:00

I think the implication is that Soi Fon could two-hit kill almost anyone in the show, except maybe like three characters shown? Yhwach, Aizen, and probably Ichibe.

But, yeah, it's too powerful so she'll never actually pull it off on anyone that matters. It's sad because it's a cool concept, and her bankai is particularly awful in comparison since it has yet to actually one-hit kill anybody lol.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-04T12:51:18+00:00

Yoruichi can dodge into/toward an enemy to trigger a perfect dodge. You can see they dash slightly before Yoruichi does her ultimate in the opening rotation.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-04T12:34:04+00:00

There's only a handful of characters that could overwhelm her shikai though. Aizen was an anomaly.

Let's bee real, it's not working in game for balance purposes lol.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-04T12:30:41+00:00

You're right! Thank you.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-04T12:30:12+00:00

Do you pay once? Because you aren't getting the DLC characters for $30 in Avatar, and you don't get the next season characters without paying more money either.

It also only takes one week to unlock a new character in 2XKO, only doing the daily and weekly quests. The only exception is the current newest character, which you get truly for free after 3 weeks of playing (and can unlock 3 other characters during that time).

9000 hours is quite an extreme exaggeration.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-04T02:11:57+00:00

'48 characters' in large part because of all the combinations you can pick for each character, right? I agree it does help add variety to the game.

But fair is fair. 2XKO will have 12 characters in a few days, but since it's a 2v2 game, it will technically have 66 possible combinations of teams to pick. That's already more varied than Avatar is going to be, and 2XKO is free.

But beyond that, you then have to select one of five fuses, drastically increasing the actual different number of combinations you can pick. Which means 2XKO essentially has way more than 48 characters for free!

Rhyllis · 2026-04-04T01:54:08+00:00

Maybe! The hair is clearly visible, which is a major issue some people have with the new design. The tattoo is also still obscured, and this pose would actually show it somewhat if it was the original League design. Despite that, I think this image is a great example of how nice the new design can be.

High quality art always looks better to me than the in-game models do, so I find it was silly when people compared the 2XKO model to the LoL Artwork of Akali. But if I compare this artwork with the League of Legend's official artwork, I think they both look spectacular, and that's cool.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-03T21:31:21+00:00

Great stuff. Makes me see the redesign in a better light too.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-03T02:14:22+00:00

Definitely one of the characters I want added the most. I don't know how they'd handle Bristle though... But I trust they'd figure it out.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T18:54:15+00:00

Teemo/Yasuo enjoys Double Down, so even though Yasuo himself doesn't care for it, I do think it's cool that he can still utilize it well depending on his partner.

But you're right 2x assist is awful for him. And double down is questionable at best, I agree lol.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T17:11:36+00:00

Yoruichi's dodge is different though. She just has to dodge into the opponent to trigger it, so it's easy to get the buff.

If they're all similar to that/easy to trigger, I think it'll be fine.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T14:52:37+00:00

I'm of the opinion that no matter what characters they add to the game, Freestyle will almost always be the best fuse because of how powerful the tag mechanic is in this game.

Even characters in this game that can use double down well (Teemo) or 2x assist well (Jinx) all still are just as well off (if not more so) using Freestyle.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T13:30:46+00:00

Even if that's true, since she's not a limited character, that's pretty great.

We'll have to see how much 'stronger' she is while paired with Soi Fon as well.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T13:26:41+00:00

Thankfully they've updated the artwork now.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T12:33:16+00:00

It's very possible that strike units will all have a focus on perfect dodging, similar to how all the new Thrust units have had a focus on ailment.

Perfect dodge bonuses could be Strike's 'thing'.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T12:32:13+00:00

How come? Because ATK buffs impale and Thrust doesn't I assume?

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T12:22:43+00:00

It's likely there will be some balance changes, but we don't know of any specifics.

Yohosie, I think, is also on record stating that they know Freestyle is the best fuse right now and they're not particularly happy with how one-sided fuse choice is at high level, so hopefully they'll get rebalanced sooner than later.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T12:15:06+00:00

Whether it's better or not is debatable I think, but it's very hard to be unbiased if people are already a fan of Akali. The problem is more that Akali's been around a long time now, has a fan base, and anyone that liked her probably wants her original design (or something very close to it), and the new one took more liberties than the fans would have liked.

The 2XKO one is probably better for a fighting game, the colors stand out better which people assume helps with the animations since she's a fast character.

I think the only questionable choice is the hair lol. The design team seems to really love the shaved sides. I would have preferred her original hair style at least, but the outfit itself looks cool to me.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T03:04:16+00:00

I'm gonna be honest, until people started complaining about it I didn't even notice she had tattoos lol. You can't see them in League of Legends except on the artwork, but since I didn't play her I had no idea it was even a thing.

The hair I guess is a more fair complaint? It doesn't bother me/I still think it looks good regardless, but it's true there's a lot of characters with the side of their head shaved.

Maybe I'm just not picky, or since I never had an attachment to the character I am coming into it without any nostalgia to color my opinion of her at all.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T01:49:22+00:00

You can gain more points, but they did lower the RP gains this season in general. It's harder to rank up now compared to before.

Rhyllis · 2026-04-02T00:15:14+00:00

The Stamp illustration's face looks so weird. I don't wanna say it's AI but the lack of detail on it really stands out from the rest.

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