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Can warlord be the next to get the rework?
He only has 2 combos atm and most of his kit is simple and weak in addition to him having almost no range.
His parry punish is the weakest in the game and his knock down punish also doesnt do much damage compared to what other heavies get.
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I agree that Warlord needs a rework, but probably not any more than Lawbringer or Shugoki (the other 2 heavier characters, interestingly). All 3 of them desperately need more to their kit and options while also finding ways to balance their strengths/weaknesses.
Shugoki needs more options to be aggressive with his hyper armor. His feats are mostly fine and useful, but may need to be looked at for more feat options.
Lawbringer REALLY needs more aggressive options because currently he has zero that are worth using. His feats need to be seriously looked at because having that many grenades in different feat tiers is not healthy for game balance.
Warlord used to be significantly stronger compared to how he is now, but he used to be considered OP so he did need a bit of a nerf back then. Now, as other characters (and new ones) get reworks/buffs he has fallen short of the balance standard. He needs more combos, his headbutt can probably stay how it is because it IS punishable but it is also fast and doesn't reward way too much. His shield charge knocks opponents very far back (usually into walls) or onto the ground of they're OOS. This is a very strong mixup tool and he speeds up to his max running speed once he begins the charge, so it can mess people up. He really doesn't make too much use out of his hyper armor except for the fact that his combo heavies are pretty quick. Don't do much damage, but they're fast.
His parry counter needs to be better because currently it's not useful for much besides stamina drain. Let it lead into a mixup that IS blockable/dodgeable, but difficult because of the stun effect from the parry counter.
I personally would like to see the charge NOT knock down OOS opponents, but that's simply because it's a bit cheesy. Could be kept simply because it's what we're used to.
He's a tough one to balance because he has a ton of things but they just aren't individually that good, you know?
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