To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rook's gameplay. The timing is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of theoretical physics most of the knockbacks will go over a typical player's head. There's also Ashka's autistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Pompeii literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these balance changes, to realize that they're not just funny- they say something deep about PUBSTOMPING. As a consequence people who dislike Raigon truly ARE subdiamonds- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the humour in Blossom's existencial catchphrase "Are you in heat?" which itself is a cryptic reference to Count Rumford's Laws of thermodynamics. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as SLS genius matchmaking unfolds itself on their screens. What ols... how I pity them. And yes by the way, I DO have a dabbing Croak tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the grand champions' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they've as much pride and acomplishment as me (preferably higher) beforehand.
James Murphy
nice dead thread anons, i might as well ask some questions to get some possible thread activity going. how often do patches come along in battlerite? is the new ice chick worth dropping 5.8k tokens on? can thorn get fucking nerfed yet?
Owen Watson
champions and events every month, other - look up roadmap in OP. ice chick is fun, try her in practice see if you like her. thorn is fine.
Tyler Ross
>is the new ice chick worth dropping 5.8k tokens on?
no
just spend them on destiny if you don't have them yet
Henry Murphy
wew lad that's a pretty hot picture
Robert Bennett
Destiny is bretty gud
Cameron Hall
>xbox launch what the hell? playing this game on a console controller sounds like a very bad idea desu
is destiny that good? i regularly see raigons and croaks shitting on her if she appears on their screens.
Jayden Hughes
Thorn is the most broken melee in the game Destiny is the most broken ranged melee support in the game. Poloma is the most broken support in the game.
>thorn is fine
spotted the thorn apologists
Cooper Cruz
microsoft game them money to do it. Ofc they couldn't refuse
Wyatt Stewart
>Poloma is broken xddd I want this bad meme to end already.
Nathan Flores
She's one of the few ranged champions that can easily kite both Croak and Raigon, while also having absolutely absurd damage output. Her space is straight up broken, its only weakness being that it has no iframes, and don't get me started on the wall.
Jackson Cooper
>t. guy climbing with Poloma out of gold
Jason Butler
>destiny is broken new ebin meme
Caleb Martinez
>Throwing back snipes all days >Denying access to orbs like a champ >Bursting melees down like it's nothing Why aren't you maining Oldur /brg/?
Tyler Rodriguez
Destiny has the most absurd ability kit in the game. She gathers everything wrong with several champions in one fine package.
You are either blind, low elo, climbing with Destiny or a contrarian.
William Perez
>Poloma is literally fine for 1+ years >f2p shitters arrive >lol panic OP i cant play croak or the anime man xdd
Brandon Howard
t. 2v2 shitter. The fact that Averse can use her against NA shitters only proves how much of a joke NA scene is.
Isaac Gonzalez
>implying that Poloma counters those 2 only >implying I even play them
Yeah, yeah, you play with a broken character to climb it's ok user.
Jack Ortiz
>Go into 2v2 >Raigon and Croak every game >They just mongo my ranged out
Ah, yes, nice game.
Matthew Wright
I just realized Bakko is the Anti-Cancer. He counters Poloma, Thorn, Raigon, Destiny and Shifu.
Zachary Cook
Yeah bakko is fun, he requires a bit more finesse to play than most other mongo melee due to his lack of sustain. He's one of the best champions in coordinated play for a reason.
Aaron Cox
I just destroyed a croak 1v1 3 times in a row. He is my main from this day onward.
Justin Cox
>33% damage reduction for his team >Aoe incap >Aoe Shielding >Amazing peeling with his ex skills >Amazing reflect shield that you need to respect
Jayden Cook
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Benjamin Thomas
I bet he'll have the smuggest MVP quotes ever.
Connor Watson
> yet ANOTHER fucking ranged character
why can't sls into supports? all you need is a m1 basic attack, a heal, a shield, a displace and an unique ult BAM
Angel Hughes
>Not mentioning how hilarious it is to charge someone into the far edges of the Death Vortex
Josiah Walker
he reminds me of david bowie rest in peace
Oliver Gray
>Destiny and Jade in 2v2
Seriously, what to do in this situation.
Kayden Campbell
Where is the porn at? Do devs feel they're entitled to my money if they aren't even willing to commission some hardcore pornography?
Zachary Gutierrez
Simple, don't play 2v2.
Gavin Lewis
Everybody keeps telling me this but isn't it flawed by design? Why is the mode there then?
Logan Williams
1 - it's easier to get into and easier for new players to understand 2 - it's more fun for casual players to pick up a single friend and go fuck around in 2's than it is for them to do 3's, and they CAN'T do ranked 3's with just two people by design of the game 3 - games are quicker due to needing to find less people for a match, though this one is a self-perpetuating problem, since 2v2 existing is why 3v3 queues are longer
Christian Jenkins
Nah he's probably a support
Wyatt Jackson
Because some of us only have 1 friend
Lincoln Rivera
>we have to datamine the new champ because SLS has gone silent since F2P sad!
Gavin Johnson
mainly for variety sake and being able to fuck around with unbalanced combos with a friend if you're waiting on a 3 man team. matches are quicker too, and it's possible to pull off 1v2s easier than doing them in 3v3s. there's really no point in removing it currently unless you want battlerite to bleed even more players than it does nowadays.
Matthew Nguyen
I keep forgetting her name. Can someone help?
Isaac Cox
Then why is the balance so poorly done there? Is it so hard to do 2 sets of champion balance like in League with the old dominion mode?
Christopher Clark
Pilongo
Jaxon Fisher
Polmar
Owen Myers
who is this artist?
Landon Lewis
My _main
Lincoln Mitchell
Melee tend to be stronger in 2v2 because when they fuck up, there's less people to punish them. If you blow all your defensives as Rook in the middle of a Jade, Shifu and Pestilus, you're probably going to die. Less Likely to happen in 2's.
Flowcharting happens much more often. If he does X, I do Y, which means I do X, and now I have a chance to do Z for a brief window if I played my cards right before we start over. There's still lots of room for outplaying, but it can be very predictable after a while.
Less combos happen, and certain characters /almost/ don't work in 2v2. Lucie into two melee with a ranged ally is almost a death sentence.
There's a lot of mechanics to learn in 2's, you can still set up combos with other players, and learn how to outplay/time your abilities, but it's much more comp dependent than 3's is (though 3's can still be very dependent on actually getting a support in solo queue, which doesn't always happen).
Jeremiah Peterson
Piromba
Leo Campbell
>Want to play coordinated 3s >All my retarded friends can't into this game >Same people who say fighting games are "just button smashing" mfw
Lucas Long
The power of
S W E D E N W E D E N
Camden Martinez
It's all because there is less characters in the game.
One less person on your team means you are likely to get no healer, or get stuck with a character your character does not mesh with. You get Alysia Jumong vs Shifu Sirius? Too bad, get fucked.
Melee itself is stronger because they need to have multiple gapclosers/iframes/sustain to function in 3s, but when there is less people on the enemy team, you are punished a lot less for overextending.
Some characters rely on their team to be able to save them, or have skills that benefit a team better. This means some characters simply have less value in 2s, or don't work at all there. Jumong vs Double Melee, Bakko's supporting skills are less valuable with one less teammate to shield or AoE incap is less likely to hit two people. 2s is much more about the overall powerlevel of your specific character, rather than utility or supporting skills. It's why Freya can absolutely dominate in 2s, but in 3s she is hardly seen.
Leo Davis
>>Same people who say fighting games are "just button smashing" these are the same people who will, in the same breath, say you must play too much when you beat their invincible strategy of mashing buttons repeatedly fuck you kevin
Connor Rivera
best cat
Jace Rodriguez
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Sebastian Ward
Does Alysia's F battlerite affect the ult or her entire kit?
Jacob Howard
Just the ult
Zachary Evans
>Angelo f Poison
Noah Roberts
>Has polymorph >His Ult I swear it better be a mass map change
Chase Carter
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Christian Morales
Palomora
Charles Bennett
>Has the same Try not to pee yourself line >Might give lucie a sexy assistance skin >Turning people to sheep
Juan Turner
Alright /brg/ will he have an epic legendary skin that gives him a mask?
Jace Garcia
>New skin >Lovely Assistant Lucie
Grayson Ortiz
> obvious attack M1 > some randumb shit probably buff/debuff > illusion > smokescreen > polymorph > another polymorph > what the fuck is this even
no
Lucas Thomas
Why only crook has legendary pose with music?
>Rook blows up all defensives, trying to hit based Jade >Sirius, Ashka, wtf guys, why didn't punished? >we did not agree on that in chat True story from the middle of gold.
Liam Peterson
ok but real talk who gets the bunny suit costume
Blake Murphy
Pipima
Nicholas Gonzalez
Ashka's gaming pose has sfx too
Jackson Thomas
that'd be p cool
Jose Barnes
>m1 >m2 literally has 2 cards one for healing on for damage >Probably makes a clone of himself and goes invisible or its a counter that makes him invisible >Ex just makes him teleport >Turn a motherfucker into a sheep >Turn your ass into a bunny and gain iframes >Change the map
Caleb Campbell
>focus "x" >take "x"
Aaron Campbell
>Raigon 8/10 matches S T O P T O P
Landon Roberts
>Focus the healer >Healer is pearl >He gets angry why I won't attack pearl when she has everything up
Levi Johnson
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Ian Gutierrez
this is stupid and you should feel stupid
Elijah Gutierrez
>Newer players never go for the orb
Colton Green
Why is he allowed to remain as it is right now?
Nathan Thomas
>Raigon You stop seeing him in diamond/high plat and see a fuck ton of ranged character like a lot of jade,destiny, and poloma
Thomas Roberts
So I need to climb to that amount of elo before I start enjoying the game?
Luis Walker
because outside of silver/gold he gets trashed by a lot of ranged characters that can kite him
Connor Carter
Retard
Cooper Baker
>orb spawns >someone ignores everything to get the orb while taking tons of damage or leaving the team behind
Hudson Walker
>Having trouble with raigon Tell me where do you have trouble with him because he is atm the 2nd weakest melee
Nathaniel Smith
In 2v2 mostly. >2nd weakest
Not a millestone considering Thorn is twice as good as any melee in 3v3 and nobody can beat Shifu 1v1.
William King
I'm playing in 3v3 against Destiny+Thorn+something else every game what the fuck is this shit.
Ryan Robinson
As much I hate to say it Destiny and thorn are fucking amazing solo que climbers because if they are played well they can very easily carry a team
John Morales
Luckily I'm just playing Bakko and making their life a honest nightmare tbqh but it's just boring to play against them all the time.
Joshua Lopez
draw genderbent raigon or jumong pls
Nolan Scott
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Parker James
is she going to sneeze
Luke Bell
>genderbent raigon >Not genderbent rook
Jose Sanchez
ashka is the cutest
Gavin Morgan
At this point if they made a female Croak skin she better have a duck face pose
Jack Reyes
>all this focus on fluff and skins and SLS still hasn't made any genderbent ones pls
Julian Wood
EU Battlerekt in like 10 minutes get in here fags twitch tv/nge
Jeremiah White
Is this a tournament?
Xavier Hughes
like fem pestilius yes?
Mason King
Darth Obesitus
Connor Collins
Alright, thanks. I'm curious to see how the game looks at a high level.