Ratchet or Wheeljack to r5?
MarkGrayson
Posts: 33
I'm leaning Ratchet right now because i have OG Prime and Ironhide already at r5. I like his regen too.
If Wheeljack is better, make the case...
If Wheeljack is better, make the case...
Ratchet or Wheeljack to r5? 35 votes
Ratchet
34%
12 votes
Wheeljack
65%
23 votes
0
Comments
Great question!
Yes. Both are duped at sig level 5. I also have 7 additional signature upgrades to give the one I r5.
No. I do not have the nano repair mastery. In fact, I have zero mastery points on defense.
I only have 1 T4 Tech spark from Fog of War. So the other bot could be a long time before upgrading.
Ratchet has Shocks, Stuns, and a Repair/Power Gain when he’s at half health. His Shocks and Stuns are strong but infrequent, and he can’t maintain high health, just low health. And his base stats are so low he can’t take or deal much damage.
Wheeljack has Attack Buffs, Resistance Buffs, Power Rate Buffs, Shocks, Stuns, Power Leaks and Repairs. He does everything except affect Critical chance/damage, Nullify and Evade.
His signature is way better too. You’re guaranteed at least 3 mistakes against high level opponents, more if you have the Repair mastery and use his special 3 enough. Ratchet just has a chance to Undo damage over a few seconds, so a strong multi hit attack like Ironhide or Optimus Primes special 2 can still screw you on the off chance it even works.
Ideally, they’d both be on your team, but if you have to pick one, pick Wheeljack.
In this case go for Ratchet of course
Rat can still be quite fun.
On the contrary, it is reliable. Though it may not happen all the time, it's very useful. Especially on low health. Plus, you wouldn't aim for getting hit anyways.
Oh, I think a lot of the people voting for Ratchet would agree with you (myself included)... if we were talking who the better bot is individually. The key here is the synergies that Ratchet brings to the table that help OGP and IH. NJ can add armor to OGP, but that's it. Ratchet provides the armor and melee damage boosts to OGP and IH, plus he also provides repair to OGP and IH to help keep both in the fight. That's what makes Ratchet so valuable to upgrade in this situation.
At a certain point, when you have built up your bots, certain synergies become critical to helping you win tough battles. Beast Purification, the Enforcers, the Bay Decepticons, an army of Sharkticons, etc... you put the right combination of bots together with similar PI, the synergies help you go further in the game than without them. I would love to have OGP, IH, and Ratchet as R5 5* Bots (as it is, I have them as R5 4* Bots... and they do pretty well in AMs).
👍 this is an excellent rating feedback, this is what I meant about Ratchet and Wheeljack in the AMs
This.
This also makes clearing content in special missions easier because you save so much energon from damage from Sharkticons except the red one. But he makes the green shark easy even if he dodges like crazy and hits you in the face. You also can't get one shotted from strong opponents unless they have damage over time abilities or Relic of Obedience in play.
I fully expected this to be 99% in favor of WJ, so it was nice to see I wasn’t crazy thinking Ratchet. Ratchet has 1/3 of the votes and even had 40% for awhile.
Ultimately, I went with Ratchet. 👍👍
I used to use him a LOT, so I’m efficient using him. Plus, it came down to masteries and synergies. In order to get nano repair I’d have to give up my 5 pts in deep wounds and my 5 pts in stupefy plus more. Which really benefits Windblade who will be my next r5 (unless Megatronus gets released). “Stupefy” also really helps Ratchet’s stuns too, so he blends more with my team that way as well.
Oh damn I thought you meant 4* XD
You made the right choice. Good job, ratchet is a good tech. Definitely an underrated bot compared to some other techs.