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Can ubi do something about his unblock 50/50 ? Its very annoying to play against yet he is to safe. CC is his biggest dunno how to say it in proper english...stupidity? He can just unlock and run away and when you will try to chase him and do attack he will do a cc. Same thing to back dodge light that is also very safe yet can give a cc.
Then a 400ms but with latency 350ms pokes in offencive stance...just come on... And he can dodge everything...even afte rhis misses
Just dodge on red
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Highlander is harder to play than you think, if youre being beaten by a highlander then 9 times out of 10 he would beat you on almost any character. Highlander's 50/50 is one of the worst in the game, you can unlock roll safely from it as he has no roll catch on reaction. Highlander has the slowest movement speed in the game so i dont know what you mean by he can just run away. You said something that seemed like english wasnt your strong suit. Every 400ms offensive stance light leaves highlander frame disadvantaged so theres no issue there with them in my opinion. Also with how OS dodging works, there is no dodge on red. Every dodge has to be timed to dodge correctly and in the case of a wavedashing highlander, there still is a degree of timing into it and a hell of a lot of button combos to do so.
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So is shinobi, Tiandi, and other heros. Plus Highlander does have frame disadvantage on his spammable lights. I be watching YouTube and seeing people abuse his hyper armor light attacks.Originally Posted by Saint_YeetsXB Go to original post
Light, Light, fient heavy, light, light
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Other than hyper armor mid chain light, which we all agree should go, there is nothing exceptional about highlander's kit, He is beaten out in terms of speed both movement and attack speed, damage, as well as health. His hyperarmor is slower than other characters as well. Other characters have light light heavy chains. other than his mid chain hyper armor light there is nothing special about it. Also when you usually lose to the hyper armor light is when youre hit out of an attack. otherwise there is no point to the hyper armor on it.
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Highlander is one of the worst heroes in the game at this point by far. If your complaining about getting your butt kicked by one, that means that player is really good. He is a very hard to use hero by the fact that he is so vulnerable in offensive stance. Also his lights are very predictable since crushing countering an incoming attack is the fastest and safest way to enter offensive stance.
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What the hell is hard to play in Tiandi? He is an extremely simple S tier Vanguard hero. Shinobi is not hard either, but his kit is made to suck, so not sucking with him is the hard part. Also, he does not have frame advantage on his lights, if he does light-light, and you light back, your light will come out before his first defensive light. However, it is not a chainfinisher, it chains and the recovery is canceled into offensive stance.Originally Posted by MastlyCJ Go to original post
Highlander is indeed the hardest to play hero, you must be perfect with your reads. Bad ones fall like leaves. He needs some balance, but he is struggling against bashers extremely hard, so it is not like you can just take from him without giving back something.
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Berserker should not have hyperarmor on his 400ms lights. But that is an other story about an indeed too powerful hero.Originally Posted by FoxyVi Go to original post
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Berserker plays his own game it feels like at times, 400ms feinted hyperarmor lights with the 100ms hidden indicators from the CCU almost feel instant at times on console. Granted higher average latency and input delay are probably a huge factor here.
But back on topic, Im glad theres others here that see that highlander isnt as big of an issue as people are making him out to be. Hes a bottom of the barrel hero that has so many nuances and tech associated with him that people who buckle down and truly learn his kit can kind of compete at higher tier play. Light spam on highlander is nothing exceptional. he doesnt have frame advantage on any of his lights, whether they are the 400ms offensive stance lights or his singular light light chain in defensive stance. Frame advantage only exists on him after any of his heavies and thats it. Just like what was intended with the frame changes with the CCU.
His 50/50 is not a true 50/50 in my eyes, you can dodge on kick timing and reaction roll the grab, you can backstep light the mix up and hit highlander out of his bashes since they have no hyperarmor and if you do get hit by a highlander with his celtic curse when you dodge rolled, that was a hard read and he baited your roll to land that. Highlander cannot punish rolls on reaction. He must predict everything.
Highlander is a hero that technically has something in his kit for almost every situation, but the highlander player must correctly predict and make hard reads with almost everything he does. This automatically puts highlnader in a uphill battle vs almost half the characters in this game (characters with dodge attacks), hes neutral and has 50/50 match ups with another quarter roughly of the heroes, and hes only dominating a few match ups and only when played optimally just to clarify.
