Shinobi Leg Kick = what were the devs thinking ? | Forums

[Jarl.Felix]

So, let me state it clear : My main now is conqueror. I know, he's pretty useless hero, nobody plays him, he's, low tiered and shield-spam ONLY option.

Now here comes the new toy : Shinobi , a tool for the newbies, I can understand that. Ubisoft desperately needs more players so they got this crap for kids who think this game is some Mortal Kombat game. They even gave him "supowers" like teleporting with invisible animation, a total nonsense crap that kills game immersion.

I can also understand that not everyone is skilled in this game, many are just casual players who like to press 2 buttons and rekt all the players.

Some of us might like to play harder and much more punishable classes.

Scenario : Dominion match, 2 conqerors vs 1 shinobi.

The Conquerors play aggresive and try to catch the Shinobi. The Shinobi uses leg kick . It's super effective !Better then a ninja, not a single hit on him.

The Conquerors try to let the Shinobi attack. Shinobi use leg kick. The Conq dodges it. No problemo ! Shinobi uses it again in mileseconds later.

Free guardbrake the Shinobi and try a heavy attack ? Bad luck ! He blocks it before you hit him !

Run and shieldbash him ? Bad luck ! Shinobi get's up before you can hit him !

Shinobi runs, uses leg kick, runs uses leg kick, both Conq are dead.

....I look at other posts and laugh about the punish you can inflict to a shinobi and how others think it's so damn easy to dodge a leg kick...

Now comes a valid question : what were the devs thinking aside the facts stated before when they made this op move ?

How do you counter such leg kick followed by 4-5 unstoppable hits ? Shall we all switch to more spamfiesta characters because Ubisoft wants so ?

[CoyoteXStarrk]

....I look at other posts and laugh about the punish you can inflict to a shinobi and how others think it's so damn easy to dodge a leg kick...

Thats because it IS easy to dodge.

[Jarl.Felix]

Thats because it IS easy to dodge.

Yeah, I saw your last 50 posts, with link to the same thread. Woohoo, because all Shinobi engage and use leg kick like in that GIF =)) OOOK

[CandleInTheDark]

Warden shoulder bash, warlord headbutt, shugoki headbutt, conqueror shield bash, valkyrie leg sweep, lawbringer shove. The kick itself might need looking at but the mechanic is not new.

[CoyoteXStarrk]

Warden shoulder bash, warlord headbutt, shugoki headbutt, conqueror shield bash, valkyrie leg sweep, lawbringer shove. The kick itself might need looking at but the mechanic is not new.

As usual Candle gets it. Despite being a PK main.

[UbiNoty]

We've definitely seen a ton of talk about it and we'll be taking a second look at it. But no changes planned for it at the moment until we've had a bit of time to gather more information.

[CoyoteXStarrk]

We've definitely seen a ton of talk about it and we'll be taking a second look at it. But no changes planned for it at the moment until we've had a bit of time to gather more information.

Thank you.


I don't want the Devs to make a snap decision due to the players jumping to ridiculous conclusions about the new characters.


If they react too strongly they will break them like they did the Conqueror.

[CandleInTheDark]

As usual Candle gets it. Despite being a PK main.

You learn to keep the mind working and to keep cool for blood pressure sake when you're a pk main with all that hate

[Dr-KaBoom]

I think the main problem with the kick is he can immediately back flip to safety after it if it misses/opponent dodges. I think some characters might be able to counter this but I'm pretty sure many can't and that makes it broken.

[CoyoteXStarrk]

I think the main problem with the kick is he can immediately back flip to safety after it if it misses/opponent dodges. I think some characters might be able to counter this but I'm pretty sure many can't and that makes it broken.

Now the BACKFLIP I cannot defend.


That is an EXTREMELY safe way to avoid a fight. Nobody has anything as safe as that.