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So Devs, what is the point of deflect if doing this high risk low reward move is just to trade? I ask this because it seems HA and uninterruptable are being thrown out left and right. It does dmg in line with and easy Dodge heavy from kensi and even the heavy deflect isn't as strong as Highlander heavies, so why? As the title says, What's the point? It's part of who the assassin's are and the reason they have reflex guard, less health lights are even across the board as far as speed, but not dmg, feel deflect should work like a parry, at least it's worth trying to do it. And with the sides being a fluke if you do get one with the I frame BS. I ask the devs to take a day and look into this because I really want an answer.
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I don't think a deflect should ever be comparable to a HL heavy as far as damage is concerned, but I do think a deflect should stop an attack just like a parry. I don't play any assassins, but I think that sounds pretty fair.
With the abundance of HA in the game, these risky moves just aren't worth it, I think HA is starting to have the opposite effect that it was intended for, when you fight a hero with a lot of HA you have to sit and wait for a parry or until you get a shove in, when fighting the Hitokiro or Zerker especially. So much HA that attacking is just a bad strategy.
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Oh I don't think a deflect should do HL dmg I was just comparing easy vs hard, risk vs reward. If a deflect hits a HL and does 50 all it does is trade and his top heavy is like 65, yet I'm the one who did the harder move? Give it a parry window, no confirmed GB just the hit, at least then the GB cancel on rochi heavy is still an option but the hit can be dodged, not trade for a massive disadvantage.
