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He is not weak. He is completely garbage.Originally Posted by Franleonhart Go to original post
Beeing parried to death is fun tho.
You cannot even feint a parry attempt, because is too slow. You cannot heavy feint into GB because is too slow.
You cannot mix up nothing except curse and the occasional caber toss.
If you face an assassin, you have literally 0 chances to actually win, because they can light spam you to death even before hyper armor gets up.
After the mistake of the centurion is clear they were afraid this season, but creating a so weak hero but leaving cent untouched is even absurd.
Waiting the occasional pro playaer that will say that he is the HL god incarnate.
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Originally Posted by one.Autumn.Ieaf Go to original post
He is. Your mixups are ****, and is too slow to do anything, on pc you will get parried non stop. Considering your feints are slow.
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He is just one stampede charge away from greatness actually.Originally Posted by Error0004000025 Go to original post
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The vid above would be my "ideal" Highlander combat. Basically everything I preached in HL related discussions is right there.
(http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...hlander-combat)
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Alright I have gotten more use to him but I still feel he needs a tad bit more damage! He is kinda meant to trade but trades poorly with most since his strongest move is 40 damage. Even with a bunch of gear it barely helps, I know he should have crazy damage but I think just a bit more to trade with since he loses most trades damage wise. I like the mix ups but it takes a lot of stamina. Honestly he is kinda overshadowed by the rest because his giant sword is weak his stamina is gone too fast to do those mix ups and the trades most of the time don't favor the highlander due to the lackluster damage!
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So, after even more time with this hero, my "final" thoughts for now. Still a lovely and ultra-fun concept. One that deserves to be taken apart in a duel and dominion section.
With Dominion, I will start.
All right, what we don't get::
Speed. We will arrive everywhere rather late. That's not too bad actually, but it still feels weird. Even the warlord runs faster.
Help: People are scared due to our large swings interrupting them. For good reason. If your allies don't get into your opponents back, they will let you handle the fighting by yourself. Highlanders are tricky teamplayers to jump in and help them.
What we do get:
Awesome top heavy damage. When your first top heavy connects, often so does your second. And now, you just dealt a wooping 80 dmg at the very least.
Celtic curse mixup into kick / toss: Very helpful to open up enemies to your team mates, stamina usage here is fair too.
Being able to help: You know that when you join in, its important to choose your angle right. No surprises here, a hero with his nice damage and mixup potential can be rather helpful in any situation.
Crushing Counter Strike: Heavy spam in Domion is common. Crushing Counter is lovely against it. Its actually very, very handy!
Overall: Highlander is nice in Dominion. Not overly powerful, but useful still. The more chaotic it gets and the more controlled you play, the better for you and your team.
Now to duels.
After having played through a few tournaments, I noticed one glaring weakness like never before. He is almost unable to fend off any decend assasin. You can handle the not so good ones with feinting and distance by moving backwards, when they fall for it and go for a dodge attack, you needn't even parry, you can simply hit them because the attack won't reach you.
Against the good ones, feinting is useless. They just attack you. Parrying Highlander lights is rather easy. Parrying his heavies - or waiting for a late dodge/deflect is too. But you can just hit him before the hyper armor. You can even guardbreak. Feinting is somewhat worse even. It too is hellish slow. Its hellish vulnerable to everything. Like Guardbreaks, lights, even a lot of heavys. Then there is his nice celtic curse mixup. Utterly useless. Gets parried almost all the time. Overall, I'd say he really is very weak against all very fast characters and parry punishes hurt him hard. You can only turtle up and go for parry punishes. Very bad style.
Now comes a special: Shugoki. Damn, thats hard too. This guy not only is a better trader, but he drains your stamina when he gets his lights in. His guardbreak hurts as well, so do his heavys - like everything that gets through. Highlander being as slow as he is, really has a hard time dealing with this slow guy.
One thing though, I really have to admit at this point.
I have absolutely no idea how to make him like really balanced. His damage potential is very high and his possible utility versatile. He is just too god damn slow. He needs be able to deal with assassins. He needs be able to trade more efficient. Maybe some very fast feinting might help. Maybe better / earlier super armor, though that alone won't even help too much against assassins.
So, whatever you guys at Ubi Soft decide to do with him. Don't go for some overkill, don't make the community hate this char.
The Highlander could be one of the most Iconic characters for this game. The design is incredible, the sword simply amazing. The complexity and choice of moves when playing him is awesome, some really good design. So treat him fairly.
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