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[dekot11]

Are devs even talking about it?

I'll be happy if they just made his dash attacks safe on block. And maybe give him a little more stamina. And if they're feeling generous make it so his dash attacks go into combos even on block. That last one might be a little too much but he will still be weaker than top tier.

[Dizzy4213]

Are devs even talking about it?

I'll be happy if they just made his dash attacks safe on block. And maybe give him a little more stamina. And if they're feeling generous make it so his dash attacks go into combos even on block. That last one might be a little too much but he will still be weaker than top tier.

No doesn't seem like it. I don't even play Kensei, but even I couldn't help but facepalm when they said a free GB by blocking Kensei's dash attack is fine. Damien even admitted that it's probabaly not the best choice to main Kensei. Yet they think the Warlord is perfectly acceptable in his current state when he has no downsides at all.

I don't think this game will ever be balanced properly. Especially when they keep going on about this stupid win/loss matrix. You cannot judge a character's effectiveness purely based off of that, and doing so is simply idiotic to say the least. There are many more factors that come in to play. The biggest one being the skill of the player that uses that hero.

[Antonioj26]

They haven't said anything lately about him. Since they recently buffed him I doubt it will be anytime soon. I'm guessing they are going to be keeping an eye on how the two new characters are going to be first. They've also mentioned how conq isn't in a great spot.

[Antonioj26]

No doesn't seem like it. I don't even play Kensei, but even I couldn't help but facepalm when they said a free GB by blocking Kensei's dash attack is fine. Damien even admitted that it's probabaly not the best choice to main Kensei. Yet they think the Warlord is perfectly acceptable in his current state when he has no downsides at all.

I don't think this game will ever be balanced properly. Especially when they keep going on about this stupid win/loss matrix. You cannot judge a character's effectiveness just based off of that, and doing so is simply idiotic to say the least. There are many more factors that come in to play. The biggest one being the skill of the player that uses that hero.

This is a good point. If what the say is true about the shinobi being the most technical character in the game then I can easily see him having the worst win/loss ratio while still being one of the strongest. That type of character also attracts a certain type of person regardless of difficulty, think hanzo and genji mains.

[Netcode_err_404]

No doesn't seem like it. I don't even play Kensei, but even I couldn't help but facepalm when they said a free GB by blocking Kensei's dash attack is fine. Damien even admitted that it's probabaly not the best choice to main Kensei. Yet they think the Warlord is perfectly acceptable in his current state when he has no downsides at all.

I don't think this game will ever be balanced properly. Especially when they keep going on about this stupid win/loss matrix. You cannot judge a character's effectiveness purely based off of that, and doing so is simply idiotic to say the least. There are many more factors that come in to play. The biggest one being the skill of the player that uses that hero.

No wait, they really said warlord is "acceptable" ?

That explain a lot about the current issues.

[Dizzy4213]

This is a good point. If what the say is true about the shinobi being the most technical character in the game then I can easily see him having the worst win/loss ratio while still being one of the strongest. That type of character also attracts a certain type of person regardless of difficulty, think hanzo and genji mains.

Yes especially with that low health pool. If I had to guess, he has 90HP. If that's the case he can easily be two shot by Raider, Berserker etc.

Unfortunately as you say, this character attracts certain types of people. It's a shame he's probabaly going to get a lot of hate since I'm looking forward to playing him the most, as I have yet to level up any of the assassins. Mainly because none of their movesets really appealed to me. I have to find the character fun otherwise I just lose interest. That's also why I have yet to level up Warlord.

[Dizzy4213]

No wait, they really said warlord is "acceptable" ?

That explain a lot about the current issues.

They didn't say that exactly, but the impression that I got from them, was that they think Warlord is fine. They don't want to touch him, but instead, bring other heroes up to his level.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUWlvhHW3rU

Skip to 1:31:55 to see their response to the Warlord.

[Zhantay]

This is a good point. If what the say is true about the shinobi being the most technical character in the game then I can easily see him having the worst win/loss ratio while still being one of the strongest. That type of character also attracts a certain type of person regardless of difficulty, think hanzo and genji mains.

Yea really looking forward to playing him love using challenging characters. "Oh you guys say this is bad, let me make it work and show you wrong" Got Nobushi to work and kicking heads everywhere i go and after getting her to Rep 26 i think Shinobi is my next step. If I'm not challenged I just get bored so hopefully Shinobi can keep me excited and from looking at his kit and health pool he looks like a high risk high reward hero which sounds thrilling.

[Kitsune..]

Are devs even talking about it?

I'll be happy if they just made his dash attacks safe on block. And maybe give him a little more stamina. And if they're feeling generous make it so his dash attacks go into combos even on block. That last one might be a little too much but he will still be weaker than top tier.

Swift Strike is working the way they want it to work. It's unsafe on block because otherways we will spam it. Probably the way wardens spam SB, valks spam sweep, PKs spam lights etc. lol.
/sarcasm

While we haven't talked much yet about a potential Kensei update, if we see that he is suffering relative to other heroes in terms of win-loss ratio we'll definitely take a closer look at him and see what needs to be done.

That's the most recent statement on Kensei I believe. A very polite "fck off". Statistics, you know, and all that jazz.

[JamaasK]

No doesn't seem like it. I don't even play Kensei, but even I couldn't help but facepalm when they said a free GB by blocking Kensei's dash attack is fine. Damien even admitted that it's probabaly not the best choice to main Kensei. Yet they think the Warlord is perfectly acceptable in his current state when he has no downsides at all.

I don't think this game will ever be balanced properly. Especially when they keep going on about this stupid win/loss matrix. You cannot judge a character's effectiveness purely based off of that, and doing so is simply idiotic to say the least. There are many more factors that come in to play. The biggest one being the skill of the player that uses that hero.

Agreed. At least when ranked comes out, the effect will be mitigated, or be more precise. Balancing based off of the high skiledl playerbase instead of the whole playerbase.

Swift Strike is working the way they want it to work. It's unsafe on block because otherways we will spam it. Probably the way wardens spam SB, valks spam sweep, PKs spam lights etc. lol.
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Kensei side dash attacks are always free parries unless they're dodging my attack and I'm in recovery, and even if they spam it, I can feint to bait the light dash for a free parry. I don't think the unsafe on block is necessary.