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I was playing vs AI duels earlier and fought both a berzerker and a gladiator with the Conqueror. Their heavy attacks went right through his superior block and they were able to chain them while doing small amounts of chip damage, just like with a normal block.
In short: What the hell?
In long: the conqueror is only somewhat usable at the moment because of his superior block. Without it he's not got anything going for him that other characters don't. All his attacks are slow and weak compared to other characters. He dodges extremely slowly. His guard stance is useless because they can just guardbreak it. The heavy shield bash is very easy to punish, and it's punished hard. The only viable move is the dash shoulder bash, which people can just guardbreak you out of, or dodge and get a free light.
No point playing the conqueror until this is fixed. I get that he's getting revised soon, so you might not want to work on him too much but the revisions are coming with the start of the next season, which is about a month or so away (as mentioned in the livestream last week). I'd rather not play without my favourite character for a month and I'm sure others feel the same way.
I do have videos of this but youtube says they'll take 1 hour 45 minutes to upload, so stuff that, hahaha.
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I think an unintended partial release counts as a bug. :P
I do quite like it though. I mean, you still get your superior block on dodge and on your heavy start up. Just not normal blocking. Before, when fighting against a conqueror you just couldn't go for heavies unless they were absolutely guaranteed, otherwise you'd just get wrecked. Now you can take the chance because it's down to parry timing rather than just blocking. Plus, people ***** less about you turtling when you beat them, hahaha. Though I did get called a hacker yesterday. I'm sure it was meant as an insult but really it's pretty much the best compliment you can get. :P
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The conqueror without the superior block is nothing. The Shugoki does more damage with a charged heavy in less time than the conqueror. The highlander even has much more effective attacks that come out much quicker. The kensei can even dodge and cause damage that leads into a combo. The conqueror, when he dodges, gets a shield bash which builds revenge but doesn't do damage and a singular light with out much follow up for any kind of combo other than another light. The kensei's unblockable heavy is much more effective than the conqueror's charged heavy. The conqueror is literally nothing without superior block. I am willing to give suggestions on ways to improve conqueror without touching his superior block. Give him the option for a trip after a shield bash repost, similar to velk, change his zone so it is not a defensive maneuver but instead an opener mixup, maybe even start his zone with a bash like the glad. Give his light attacks a slight damage and speed increase and heavies just a damage increase and he is ready to go. I would be willing to talk more, but please bring back the conqueror's superior block, that is his heavy special defensive mechanic, just like shugoki's hyper armor and warlord's all gaurd stance that deflects and from which he can attack. Please bring it back on Monday with your maintenance.
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Brolylag top 10 conqeuror on ps4 for kills and fhscore on fhtracker, so I know conqueror inside and out and I know what people believe he actually needs, removing his superior block is not it, without it he has no special defensive machanic to signify him as a heavy like the other heavies, he is just an awful highbrid with low damage and speed.
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