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[Vakris_One]

That is a fair point. Considering the usual pace of work though, it doesn't matter, neither will happen.

Ps: might be for minion clearing, maybe even for antiganks. For ganks and rotations, Raider is still superior.

Most heroes are better at ganks and have faster rotations than Kensei. They're both good at different tasks but Kensei excels in mid whereas other characters have equal to or better ganks and rotation speed than Raider.

Kensei's strengths are safety when clearing mid, anti-gank and team fighting. Raider's strengths are ganking and he has decent roaming.

[Goat_of_Vermund]

Yes. Still a better duelist, better feats, stampede charge, long range neutral unblockables, higher HP.

Vakris: I don't play at high level, and mostly Breach, there I find more potential in Raider overall (they clearly have different roles). I think Kensei also has better alternatives for antiganks, midclearing and teamfighting (Lawbringer is the first coming to my mind, even after the nerfs, maybe JJ too).

[Siegfried-Z]

I love Kensei and he is a very good 4s pick.

But Raider is still superior in 4s IMO because he is better in :
-Rotation (easy to be better than Kensei)
-Gank (Better UB access and stampede)
-Group fight (Kensei is still a good group fighter but even after the dmg nerf Raider zone is the most terrifying group fight tool)

Now i see Raider in an equal level than Kensei for Anti gank because.. Kensei has better ranger, good zone, Dodge attack and HA lights but Raider has high damaging HA heavies, also a good aoe overall and 15HP more.

About Mid.. Kensei is shown as the best héro but honestly Raider can clear very fast as well with his side heavy chain. Raider also has body count and 2nd/3Rd feats selection boosting soldiers and even making them quit. And again more HP.

At the end the only area where i do think Kensei is atm better than Raider is for 1v1 while Raider still has some weird advantages as poor lights animation or 140hp . But mooveset speaking Kensei is actually better.

[Vakris_One]

I mean to each their own when it comes to casual MM but in comp Dominion Kensei is a better pick than current Raider for a bunch of reasons some of which I have already mentioned. Join FH Trials and discover why that is so if you're really curious.

[MAGNAROK-YT]

R u serious? Hitokiri has every attack uninterruptable. He has too much. And not just Raider but all vikings has the weakest form of unblockables. Which does mean that the vikings is the weakest faction, which insults me and my culture

[Qoissant]

R u serious? Hitokiri has every attack uninterruptable. He has too much. And not just Raider but all vikings has the weakest form of unblockables. Which does mean that the vikings is the weakest faction, which insults me and my culture

Raider has probably the best zone in the game thanks to its AoE, absolutely ridiculous tracking, and lock switch tech in ganks. Also, raiders chain heavies all have generous amounts of hyper armour where he is allowed to soft feint to GB or storming tap. Have you even played the character or are you just trolling at this point.

[Goat_of_Vermund]

R u serious? Hitokiri has every attack uninterruptable. He has too much. And not just Raider but all vikings has the weakest form of unblockables. Which does mean that the vikings is the weakest faction, which insults me and my culture

Lol, weakest faction, right? Orochi, Nobushi, Shinobi and Shugoki vs Raider, Berserker, Shaman and Warlord, who would win? And if that's the cost of having a better quality game, insulting you and your culture is not a big cost. If it depends on a naked caveman's unfair performance in a fighting game, it must say some things about it anyway.

Just accept you actually need effort now to win.