coming kensei buffs | Forums

[nyrue]

so kensei's getting a buff, I personally think its unnecessary I think kensei's problem is every heroes problem "the def meta", that said its coming and I wanted to know what other people thought,

basically if I've understood correctly they're buffing his side dash light attack (again), so now its uninterruptable on block and of course not punishable by GB on block now, the second half I like but to me this seems a little half baked, if its just for the moment until they fix the def meta i'm fine with this but as a long term fix I think this is again cheap and doesn't fit the kensei's play style, what do you guys think

[Pestilence1X]

so kensei's getting a buff, I personally think its unnecessary I think kensei's problem is every heroes problem "the def meta", that said its coming and I wanted to know what other people thought,

basically if I've understood correctly they're buffing his side dash light attack (again), so now its uninterruptable on block and of course not punishable by GB on block now, the second half I like but to me this seems a little half baked, if its just for the moment until they fix the def meta i'm fine with this but as a long term fix I think this is again cheap and doesn't fit the kensei's play style, what do you guys think

While you are correct that the defensive meta is the biggest problem when it comes to hero balance, you need to understand that most heroes at least have something to break through a turtler, exceptions being zerker, orochi and Kensei. Kensei doesn't really need a general buff since he deals good damage and is a solid hero in general, but he needs a buff when it comes to breaking through defenses. Yeah, you can go ahead and say that if the meta was fixed then he wouldn't need any turtle-breaking buffs, but what about the rest of the heroes? Would Ubisoft remove their turtle-breaking moves since it wouldn't be fair for those other 3 heroes if they received none?

Those buffs aren't going to do anything for Kensei. Not in high-level play, which is where he struggles the most. He will certainly become much stronger in low-level play, but low-level play should never be focused on when it comes to balance. Helm splitter is still rarely used and is a TERRIBLE opener, so buffing that will do nothing. Swift strike will be somewhat nice, but again, it's not an efficient opener and is, by far, one of the easiest moves to parry, so you shouldn't even have to wait to block it anyways. Again, this also does nothing. These buffs were simply quality of life buffs, but not the ones he needs. If anyone seriously complains about this, then they should be looking at most of the other heroes in the game and rethink their poor opinions.

[nyrue]

While you are correct that the defensive meta is the biggest problem when it comes to hero balance, you need to understand that most heroes at least have something to break through a turtler, exceptions being zerker, orochi and Kensei. Kensei doesn't really need a general buff since he deals good damage and is a solid hero in general, but he needs a buff when it comes to breaking through defenses. Yeah, you can go ahead and say that if the meta was fixed then he wouldn't need any turtle-breaking buffs, but what about the rest of the heroes? Would Ubisoft remove their turtle-breaking moves since it wouldn't be fair for those other 3 heroes if they received none?

Those buffs aren't going to do anything for Kensei. Not in high-level play, which is where he struggles the most. He will certainly become much stronger in low-level play, but low-level play should never be focused on when it comes to balance. Helm splitter is still rarely used and is a TERRIBLE opener, so buffing that will do nothing. Swift strike will be somewhat nice, but again, it's not an efficient opener and is, by far, one of the easiest moves to parry, so you shouldn't even have to wait to block it anyways. Again, this also does nothing. These buffs were simply quality of life buffs, but not the ones he needs. If anyone seriously complains about this, then they should be looking at most of the other heroes in the game and rethink their poor opinions.

your absolutely right, this isn't going to help kensei in high level play, but those aren't the only heroes, there's also lawbringer nobushi even PK too some degree, super easy too turtle and the more unblockable spam you add too the game while it might help 1v1's your just gonna make 4v4's worse

[Pestilence1X]

your absolutely right, this isn't going to help kensei in high level play, but those aren't the only heroes, there's also lawbringer nobushi even PK too some degree, super easy too turtle and the more unblockable spam you add too the game while it might help 1v1's your just gonna make 4v4's worse

With For Honor's combat system, the game was not meant to be balanced around 4v4s. If you want 4v4s to be balanced, then Ubi needs to do something else about that. You can't just refuse to give heroes the buffs they need just because it might make them slightly more powerful in 4v4s. Those modes are chaotic messes because of how Ubi designed them. Other heroes might have problems as well, that I'm not denying, but Kensei is still the worst hero when it comes to turtling.

I'm not saying that Kensei needs "unblockable spam," but just something to help with breaking defenses. I don't know exactly what kind of buff that would be, but he just needs something more than Ubi is giving him.