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[Gwynbradd]

You are playing on PC. That problem does not exist there. You are just too slow to react, sorry dude. I have played vs an MLG Pro Raider and some really good LB's, they could block EVERY Light I threw at them. Had to go for the feint game to get some Attacks in...

There is in fact a guard switch penalty on some characters for consecutive guard switches in a row. The devs have already stated that they're going to adjust that in a future patch. Basically, if you switch your guard more than once than the switches after the first one will take longer. In combination with other strange mechanics in this game like being unable to dodge while you're still changing your guard it results in behavior like Valk's spear sweep being guaranteed if you failed to block the second light in time on a slow guard switch character. Similarly, it makes blocking the second light of PK very tough if you tried to block the first attack but failed.

[Sincerity117]

He said that he played PK before she received her numerous nerfs. If all he could manage was a 65 % win rate with a character that was way, way better than anyone but Warlord, then in my opinion you were just an average player that relied on a crutch. In comparison to other characters release PK required very little basic mechanics, you could solely rely on light and ZA spam on her and do very well.

I wouldn't call PK necessarily broken in her current state but she's definitely stronger than the majority of the characters. Before the release of Shinobi she easily was top 2 after Warlord. Now it's debatable, she counters Shinobi but doesn't do as well against most other chars as Shinobi does.

Wait she counters shinobi?

[Gwynbradd]

Wait she counters shinobi?

PK has very fast attacks, really high damage on GB and very high mobility at a health pool of 120. In recent tourneys people that would usually main Warlord would switch to PK when facing a Shinobi as Warlord doesn't actually have a reliable way of dealing with Shinobi's kick mix up while PK has much better options.

[PanzerShrekonin]

You are playing on PC. That problem does not exist there. You are just too slow to react, sorry dude. I have played vs an MLG Pro Raider and some really good LB's, they could block EVERY Light I threw at them. Had to go for the feint game to get some Attacks in...

Yes it does exist. The problem is, you have to be a god tier player to fight a PK. Its why I dont respect anyone who plays PK or ShiNOOBi. Easy to play, hard to play aghainst. -shrug-

It's like in WoW catacylsm.... the easy mode characters were rogue and mage and htey dominated the arena scene.

[Charmzzz]

Yes it does exist. The problem is, you have to be a god tier player to fight a PK. Its why I dont respect anyone who plays PK or ShiNOOBi. Easy to play, hard to play aghainst. -shrug-

It's like in WoW catacylsm.... the easy mode characters were rogue and mage and htey dominated the arena scene.

You Sir have no idea what you are talking about. The Guard-Switch penalty only affects one Guard-Switch after two full loops, have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSWm4YIPd1U

And no, you do not have to be God-Tier to fight a PK. I fight them too and most of them only spam Light's and ZA. Those who only spam these moves are pretty much always easy kills for me. They do not use the full Kit, I do.

PK easy to play? Well, Ok, PK is a Noobstomper. Just like Shinobi. If you cannot evade the Kick or CGB his ranged GB -> you are dead. And probably just bad at the game. Oh wait, I can see in your profile that you have really high winrates on Conq and Valk. CC spam, right?

[Aarpian]

You Sir have no idea what you are talking about. The Guard-Switch penalty only affects one Guard-Switch after two full loops, have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSWm4YIPd1U

And no, you do not have to be God-Tier to fight a PK. I fight them too and most of them only spam Light's and ZA. Those who only spam these moves are pretty much always easy kills for me. They do not use the full Kit, I do.

PK easy to play? Well, Ok, PK is a Noobstomper. Just like Shinobi. If you cannot evade the Kick or CGB his ranged GB -> you are dead. And probably just bad at the game. Oh wait, I can see in your profile that you have really high winrates on Conq and Valk. CC spam, right?

PK is a noob stomper, I guess that explains her ludicrously good performance in the competitive scene since her inception.
PK is overpowered. Not as disgusting as she used to be certainly, but still head and shoulders above most other classes, and will continue to be so long as she has an option select in the form of 400ms zone attack parries, as well as zone flicker.

This was all explained to you ages ago - make no mistake, you are using PK as a crutch. Let's just get that out there so you don't have to defend PK to indirectly imply you're not a bad player.

[Kahnjul]

Why is a 65% Winrate even bad? And why is PK still broken in your opinion?

Everything above a 65% Winrate is in the Top 20% of all For Honor players.

Geez seriously ? I have more than 75% with all my characters (and i don't play vs AI...)

[Salty_Saltcreek]

Wait she counters shinobi?

On top of what Gwynbradd said PK also has a gap closer that tracks the back flip and she also has side attacks when she does a kick. PK is very strong against Shinobi.

[Take..Five]

I play peacekeeper since beta, rep 30, and what i can say, ubisoft nerfed light attack speed (silently) now pk light attack same as valk light, bastards. i should feint 1-2 or 3 times to start my attack cuz pk lights now so easy to parry. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK U UBISOFT. thanks.