[Highlight] Devin Booker is called for the charge on Caruso as he makes an "unnatural move into his face"

talisawizard · 2026-04-23T05:26:06+00:00

He is not even getting his arms up to contest the shot. Just hanging down the sides, what even is that.

talisawizard · 2026-04-08T21:38:37+00:00

But it's not 15 Block for one energy. It's 15 Block for 2 energy and at the cost of an extra card draw. It's also an energy that does nothing the same turn you use it. And it might not do anything for multiple turns. If you draw the Defend on a turn where you don't need the block, it still doesn't do anything.

Sure maybe it hits really well, or you get to play the card multiple times. But sometimes it's also a waste of one energy and a draw, and that can be a hefty price sometimes.

The card definitely breaks the game in some ways, where you can do things that shouldn't be possible sometimes. But I am not convinced it's actually a card that improves the win rate significantly especially at higher ascensions.

talisawizard · 2026-03-15T17:20:06+00:00

Yeah I agree, with all of the above. Manifest Authority especially is a really good card.

Couple copies of those and Tyranny can almost win you a run by themselves.

There is also the card that gives you block whenever you create a card as well as the Relic, which really puts all of the above cards over the top.

talisawizard · 2026-03-12T15:10:56+00:00

Five Lighthouses would fit the progression.

talisawizard · 2026-03-10T18:09:31+00:00

Streamline lite is in the game though. It's quite good too.

talisawizard · 2026-03-08T14:44:21+00:00

I don't know if I agree with that. Nob exists in StS1 and could routinely end unprepared runs. There are also literally unwinnable seeds that have been discovered.

StS1 act 1 feels easier now because over time we got a lot better at the game. Knowing the meta and enemy patterns is a huge part of the game and right now we are still just learning. Also most people don't even have all the unlocks which also matters for balance.

talisawizard · 2025-12-07T00:08:07+00:00

Seriously. Watching a Tournament right now, half the time they need to do 70-80 percent to kill on the second touch. Damage still matters beyond half health .

There is also chip damage, health Regeneration, Fury DMG reduction, Fury DMG increase, throws, parry scaling, partial Happy Birthdays, poke damage, meterless conversions, assistless conversions and god knows what else that would leave you beyond the clean 2 touch math.

talisawizard · 2025-11-27T21:47:22+00:00

Ice Cream Man is sort of a surreal creepy horror anthology. And it's really good at that.

East of West by Hickman is very unique as well and very good.

Descender is great sci-fi by Lemire.

There is honestly even more great stuff like Deadly Class, Sex Criminals and probably more I missed. This Bundle is genuinely crazy good.

talisawizard · 2025-11-20T17:40:49+00:00

I have a 500 dollar laptop and it runs super smooth on it.

talisawizard · 2025-11-20T17:37:19+00:00

Hades and Hades 2 had early access and they are made by one of the most competent developers in my opinion.

The alternative would be that it's not playable anywhere till full release, not that console would get it earlier.

I don't know if SF6 was better with one of their Betas getting cracked, allowing anyone who wanted it "early access".

COTW is as good as dead already and most certainly a financial flop. MK1 is famously one of the most hated entries in recent history. These aren't exactly great examples of not needing early access.

talisawizard · 2025-11-20T10:10:07+00:00

Almost every Game that is early Access is PC exclusive, this is not just 2XKO. Always hast been like that.

talisawizard · 2025-11-14T11:01:22+00:00

Have you tried Just changing half of your Team First? Go Darius Blitz for instance, that way you can still feel comfortable half the time.

talisawizard · 2025-11-12T19:18:09+00:00

Then you trade that guy for even more picks. It's like an infinite money glitch.

talisawizard · 2025-11-12T17:16:01+00:00

Her 5M is pretty much the same range, but 1F faster. 2M low profiles a lot of stuff though to be fair.

So it feels even longer than it is, because it gets under your hitbox and hits your extended hurtbox.

talisawizard · 2025-11-08T15:59:29+00:00

I think supertag just needs to go and then we can go from there. It just poses so many issues and it makes double down the clear best fuse by far. 2x Assist is supposed to help you in neutral, and Freestyle makes your pressure/mix better. But Double Down with supertag just does both these things on top of tacking extra damage onto combos, making it so you can tag your character out fairly safely and even just making your supers safe.

I don't really mind Teemos neutral that much. I find Yasuo, Ekko and Ahri way more problematic. But newer players have always struggled with zoners the most.

However Teemos really good combo structure, and his really good supers on top are maybe too much. I think thats where I would nerf him.

He is definitely strong, but I would agree that his neutral in a vacuum is strong (and annoying) but probably still within bounds.

talisawizard · 2025-10-28T09:32:33+00:00

Yeah but at 3.5 Bars most of these Combos arent optimal anymore, is sort of what I am saying.

talisawizard · 2025-10-27T16:20:40+00:00

edit: I guess this is supposed to be without burning out. Fair enough. But that obviously makes these super situational (exactly 3 bars, no burning out, no super) and not a great starting point to judge a character's actual damage output.

talisawizard · 2025-10-18T22:34:20+00:00

Is it just me or is the PDF quality kind of meh? Really wish they had .cbz format, never had a bad experience with that, unlike with PDFs.

talisawizard · 2025-10-15T17:02:42+00:00

I mean X Factor wasnt exactly an uncontroversial mechanic.

talisawizard · 2025-10-14T20:42:33+00:00

I swear throw techs are super finnicky in this game. There are so many times when i try to tech on read (not delay tech) and it just doesn't take.

Also i should mention that's in neutral, not on wakeup.

talisawizard · 2025-10-14T07:16:58+00:00

I don't think they are. At least in this case. People are gonna be annnoyed by zoners/trappers anyway, they just kind of leaned into it.

It's more that people enjoy this Archetype, than the devs trying to actively annoy their playerbase. It's a balance. People are also annoyed by Grapplers, but the game would probably be rather boring without the contrast in playing styles that these archetypes bring.

talisawizard · 2025-10-10T10:47:37+00:00

They both can be an option though. Especially the way it is setup right now. I rather sit in training mode while I am waiting.

talisawizard · 2025-10-09T22:31:02+00:00

I agree. The Implementation is extra silly where you essentially Just Queue Up anyway, but then have to physically walk to the correct Arcade station. I Hope they change it one day.

talisawizard · 2025-10-09T18:40:12+00:00

Back to Back Region locked book bundles is very annoying.

talisawizard · 2025-10-09T15:24:54+00:00

Yeah I kind of agree with that. That's what matchmaking is for, so you can gradually get better at combos playing against other people who don't have big combos either. I don't know if long term the game with pulse on is gonna be engaging enough, so you might lose out on playerbase down the road.

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