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[Roseguard_Cpt]

It is quite obvious with the new characters that have joined the Frey that there is an extreme focus on aggression in fights. This is a step in the right direction but many are struggling versus the Shaman, after having played her a little I can say that while she is a strong character and very good at opening up turtles, her big weakness, especially with everyone being new to this "OP" hero, is the recklessness. Much like with Centurion heavy into UB spam in season 2, you just need to keep a level head and look for openings in her moves to shift the momentum on her. Shaman is good at dealing out damage but not so good at taking it. My only major issue is with Shaman ganks being much like Cent ganks with all the UBs and pins (still trying to figure this one out). Otherwise just stay calm and be aggressive and they're nigh helpless in 1v1 situations. Hope this helps a little, we'll see how things go as the season progresses, just keep the pressure on them.

Side-note: It seems you can get a free GB is you block her light bleed

[subdude1974]

Sorry, but no. She is complete And utterly OP with moves coming out of every orifice. Insanely OP. Strength, speed, bleed, unblockables, misdirection, feints, range, regains health with certain moves, her attacks track like a bloodhound and regens pretty quick. Probably other perks to her as well that I don’t know about but I don’t have her. She is so stupid OP that it isn’t funny. Anybody arguing she isn’t is using her and enjoys destroying Rep 100 players with a level 1 rep 0. Absolute fuqqing joke.

[We.the.North]

She is not balanced.

First, Shaman has nearly every moves in the game :
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitive...c_in_the_game/

Second : Go and check the damage charts. Despite copying other characters' move, she'll deal more damage with it. Just check the crazy damage of her dodge attack for instance. Other than damage, notice the superior RANGE on her leap attack ... and the superior tracking of her pounce.

Third : Some moves are "similar" to other moves in the game, but so much better at the same time. Check this comparison between Shugo's Hug and her bite
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitive...emons_embrace/

Fourth : Check her feats. Flesh wound as got to be one of the best level 2 feats in the game, throw axe is nice and second wind might just be the best 3rd feat in the game beside sharpen blade, and SCOUT (for those brave enough to have ever played Valkyrie) is extremely strong.


If after all this you still think Shaman is balanced, there is no point arguing with you.

[Dude_of_Valor]

She is not balanced.

First, Shaman has nearly every moves in the game :
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitive...c_in_the_game/

Second : Go and check the damage charts. Despite copying other characters' move, she'll deal more damage with it. Just check the crazy damage of her dodge attack for instance. Other than damage, notice the superior RANGE on her leap attack ... and the superior tracking of her pounce.

Third : Some moves are "similar" to other moves in the game, but so much better at the same time. Check this comparison between Shugo's Hug and her bite
https://www.reddit.com/r/Competitive...emons_embrace/

Fourth : Check her feats. Flesh wound as got to be one of the best level 2 feats in the game, throw axe is nice and second wind might just be the best 3rd feat in the game beside sharpen blade, and SCOUT (for those brave enough to have ever played Valkyrie) is extremely strong.


If after all this you still think Shaman is balanced, there is no point arguing with you.

This^^ It is insane when you break down everything that the shaman can do.

[Tyler-Durdin]

Many of you should try practicing against the shaman bot.
Many of her so called Op moves are dodgeable and punishable.
Every new character that has been released has had the hate put on them (this time in the 1st couple of hours of release) because everyone thinks there skill is absolute.
The days of the turtle meta is drawing to an end , time for everyone to upskill otherwise you will all be back here crying again.

[Devils-_-legacy]

No I think the hate is to do with the hero's them self as someone already stated she has almost every move but they gave her a better version she's a hybrid of all the classes but marked as a assassin she has the strongest kit in the game and they say to they aim to make the game balanced but everyone new hero pushes far away from that goal why do you think they get hate shinobi (kick spam) cent (jab spam) glad(toe spam) highlander (he needs a buff tbf) ronin (lights spam can be gb ed out of lights wtf) and now shaman (bite spam light spam heal on bleed shinobi tier 4 feat tweaked and given to her as a natural ability) to say her kit isn't amazing is a huge understatment I'm not sure how the devs are going to bring the rest of roster on to her level

[subdude1974]

There are so many problems with the character it is insane. I hear what you say but what I truly hear is, “After Shaman has dropped a hydrogen bomb on you and are lucky, and are still alive and have some stamina left, try to guess which one of the hundred different moves she can make from there, and if you guess right you can shoot her with a B.B. gun before she finishes you off with her grenade. Guess wrong and it is an even quicker death.” Truth is that with every other new character has come out, there has been an adjustment period for sure. I didn’t start playing the game til after Shenobi and Centurion was released. Gladiator and Highlander were tricky at first but they never decimated me like these. I still say that the Aramusha is OP as well due to speed alone. I truly believe that once people actually learn to use him, he will be truly sickening to deal with. But Shaman is ridiculously OP and it isn’t even close. The fact they put so much into this character and the other changes but didn’t fix other issues proves to me that either UBISOFT is a bunch of idiots that have the IQ of a hammer or don’t give a damn about its customers.

[Tha Dr Pigeon]

You literally keep relying on the same point, over and over again. She is strong, but also easy to counter. Aramusha can almost directly counter her if you play her right, as well as our lord and savior Lawbringer. Block her attacks, and throw a light out when you know she will feint the attack. Only her dash attacks have hyper armor, nothing else.

[Netcode_err_404]

You literally keep relying on the same point, over and over again. She is strong, but also easy to counter. Aramusha can almost directly counter her if you play her right, as well as our lord and savior Lawbringer. Block her attacks, and throw a light out when you know she will feint the attack. Only her dash attacks have hyper armor, nothing else.

LB block shove shoudn't even exixt lol

[SirFersMcSchwag]

i can easly beat most shamans i have fought. even with valk. figure out her moves in arena training. you don't need to buy her for that.