Warlord has been nurfed every season. | Forums

[Prior_Heahmund]

Lets talk Warlord for a minute:

First, let me explain my title. With the exception of Goki all the other original heroes have been tweaked and retooled
to compete with the newer heroes. (For those of you saying "but Lawbringer" they had adjustments. I was there and it was
massive). However WL has had hard changes to its mechanics but no adjustments to keep competitive. Currently the only
way to be relevant with WL is to use unlocks to mix up your shield charge with GB or AOE (shield charge took a hit to tracking).
WR is labeled as a counter-attacker but since parry has become less relevant his options are limited to a light attack counter.
It was good in the old meta but now that a majority of all classes can feint there is not enough reward to risk it. While, Conq
has a guaranteed attack off of full block WL has nothing. Valks can knock you off your feet and smack you hard and (if I remember correctly)
bleed you. WL... nada.

Shield charge can ledge or get a heavy. IF it is done perfectly otherwise its just a waste of stamina. With his short sword
he should be able to have some nice mixups. His entire identity was built around defense but that meta has been ended.

One other note: People can use self heal is a second or so. WL has a big long animation for the juggernaut feat (which is very brief in duration)
and now that revenge does not cause a knock back on activation it cannot be used in a pinch. Add that WL can only walk when he uses it and you must
preplan due to a long activation and if people see you using it they can stand and wait. You cant attack them since you walk slow as heck.

WL is now just a big minion left to rot on the roster next to the goki. With new charters coming out next season I feel zero hope
that my beloved WL will see any attention before year 3. We have been left to rot and forced to play a different hero to stay relevant.
I hope Ubi is working on something.. anything for him.

[Neon_WiDoW]

You know warlord is one of the better 1v1 characters in the game? He can whittle people down by playing super defensively.
Shugoki on the other hand is bottom tier in every game mode.
Warlord is in a much better spot than shugoki right now...

[NikolajSlav]

Just give the guy a rework.

he needs 2 more basic combos, and a soft feint. Increase the heavy damage by 3 points too.

[Tyrjo]

You know warlord is one of the better 1v1 characters in the game? He can whittle people down by playing super defensively.
Shugoki on the other hand is bottom tier in every game mode.
Warlord is in a much better spot than shugoki right now...

Yes, he can whittle down the enemy, by playing an excellent defensive game and landing 12 dmg headbutts.

The thing is, those 12 dmg headbutts are worth absolutely nothing with the insane offensive kits they have been giving the other heroes, reworks or season pass heroes.