Alright, we know enough now
Now that the 99% of people who answered "we need to wait until we figure BP out (:" to ANY concern about the character can't say that anymore let's discuss this hero:
Without question the best char in the game, anybody who says otherwise is either idiot or based (note: you can be both !) but I wanna discuss here why, and go over what has not been said but first: his bash
The 2nd most ridiculous move in the game, and certainly the most unskilled, we all know that, they all spam it and it will never get nerfed we all know that. With that out of the way let's go over the rest
Bulwark: the most OP move in the game, but not the most unskilled, litterally counters anything but gb, makes him invulnerable and all, this one does not shine yet since SB will take care of 99% of players with ease. However please note that when we will see some actual good BP, this move will be unstoppable. "good" BP here means someone with above average reflexes, aka the only way you are "good" at this game. So this one needs some time to shine but take my word for it, its even worse than the SB in the "right" hands
Damage: Above the rooftop, disgusting, and it all comes down to the SB punish, 20dmg per 500ms lights, compared that to LB 600ms and you understand how unbalanced this game is
recovery time: non existent, on anything he does, even his roll is fast as hell, not bad for a "heavy", the main problem here comes down to the 0 recovery from getting out of bulwark and ESPECIALLY the SB, which you cannot punish
tracking and range: God this one is maybe the worst of it all when fighting him, undodgeable attacks with waaaay more range than the size of his sowrd may appear. I was not used to not being able to run away from a heavy, also his attacks all feel like zones, always hitting anyone in a teamfigh. Special shoutout to the range on the shieldbash from heavy softfeint, disgusting
feats: the best of the best, topping even the wu lins, his level 1 shield has such a short cd you don't believe it at first and it's range is disgusting tbh, you can shield teamates from below them or through walls, the bulwark healing prevents bleed and fire dmg, as well as some great sustain if used right in a 1v1 situation (which most people dont do yet, i'll give you that), I won't comment on the shield deleting and we come to his 4th ability. Lots (and i mean LOTS) of people told it would be super weak and so balanced since it had limited range compared to phalanx, However It is actually waaay better here's why: most people will use phalanx to save their *** or in a teamfight, almost never to save teamates from across the map, and it refreshes the shielding multiple times, making all your team virtually unkillable for the duration, and the radius is plenty enough to cover any teamfights you'll get yourself in, on the bright side, couldown seems somewhat decent, not like the 1st shield
How does he perform ?
Well in duel and brawl it's just SB spam and free win into trashtalking obviously but it is in 4v4 that the cancer really spreads everywhere
BP gank squad have only one counter: quitting out, pure and simple, you will get SB to death, and won't even get your revenge to compensate. They will shields each other to death at a rate of about one shield every 12sc, and you will get harassed by undodgeable attacks from all sides.
It is worse than season 2 centurion, it is worse than current goki gank squads (which are already a 10/10 when it comes to being unfun to play against
Conclusion: as expected by the 1 in a 100 player who is not high on crack, BP is totally OP, unfun to play against and is just another cashgrab from Ubi, which succeeded spectacularly, like ANY other op char he will likely never get fixed since Ubi doest care about the state of the game since they realised it would not become a competitive game. It will stay like this forever minus possibly 2dmg taken off his light which will change nothing since all light attacks should do <10dmg in the first place.
Please do try to tell me otherwise or tell me if I missed something about this WONDERFUL and FRESH hero
note: he is also such a damn edgelord its embarassing
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