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Bot Rebalance: Who's on the List?
Kabam Miike
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Hey Everybody!
So, as we've mentioned before, we're aiming to do a Rebalance of some of our Bots surrounding the 2 year anniversary. While we're still not totally ready to give you all of the details just yet, we wanted to give you a heads up on who we're looking into right now, so you can make educated choices going forward!
Our goal in this rebalance is to bring all Bots closer together in terms of performance, with an emphasis on raising up some of our lower performing Bots.
What we are sharing with you is an early look, and that means that this information is not final and is subject to change. This is a large endeavour, and while we're making every effort we can to get to all of these Bots, we can't 100% guarantee that we will be able to complete the list as we hope.
Hound
Mixmaster
Jetfire
Kickback
Starscream
Galvatron
Megatronus
Grindor
Sideswipe
Dinobot
Bumblebee (Dark of the Moon)
The Shieldmasters Synergy
Some of these Bots will see more adjustments than others, and some will only get very small tweaks.
As for Megatronus, this Bot does not need a buff. We recognize Megatronus as one of the most effective Bots in the game. We don't want to dethrone him, especially after many of you have worked hard to acquire and upgrade him. We're looking at balancing him a bit by targeting his core stats (base Health and Attack) and without touching his abilities, which ensures none of his unique functionality is compromised.
Again, this list is not final, but these are the Bots that we are targeting in this Balance update. Now, discuss!
So, as we've mentioned before, we're aiming to do a Rebalance of some of our Bots surrounding the 2 year anniversary. While we're still not totally ready to give you all of the details just yet, we wanted to give you a heads up on who we're looking into right now, so you can make educated choices going forward!
Our goal in this rebalance is to bring all Bots closer together in terms of performance, with an emphasis on raising up some of our lower performing Bots.
What we are sharing with you is an early look, and that means that this information is not final and is subject to change. This is a large endeavour, and while we're making every effort we can to get to all of these Bots, we can't 100% guarantee that we will be able to complete the list as we hope.
Hound
Mixmaster
Jetfire
Kickback
Starscream
Galvatron
Megatronus
Grindor
Sideswipe
Dinobot
Bumblebee (Dark of the Moon)
The Shieldmasters Synergy
Some of these Bots will see more adjustments than others, and some will only get very small tweaks.
As for Megatronus, this Bot does not need a buff. We recognize Megatronus as one of the most effective Bots in the game. We don't want to dethrone him, especially after many of you have worked hard to acquire and upgrade him. We're looking at balancing him a bit by targeting his core stats (base Health and Attack) and without touching his abilities, which ensures none of his unique functionality is compromised.
Again, this list is not final, but these are the Bots that we are targeting in this Balance update. Now, discuss!
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here you go buddy
I think I'll just wait actually ....
I see nothing wrong with it. Used him in Master for quite a while as a 4* and only switched him out due to less synergies with my current team.
If he could just backstep and keep buffs he would easily become op.
@Darm0k I assume that, by saying this, he did not just meant the numbers were to change, but also the list of the bot. But again, nothing is certain, so just wait and see
Unless I misunderstood that ... Which I hope not
Take Blaster and Sideswipe for example. Both have practically no good or unique synergies when there is a lot of opportunity to get creative. On paper sideswipe isn’t bad but he has almost no synergy so why choose him over Jazz who has excellent synergies. Same with Blaster. You could easily give him something unique like providing a one hit shield to teammates like Rhinox’s or a buff to team projectiles.
Hopefully you look at ones like Jazz and Jetfire for some unique synergy examples.
I agree, I don't see the need to touch Galvatron, he's one of my favorite to play and to me very well balanced in terms of damage output and fragility. Hopefully it's not a nerf.
For mv bee I hope it's like his shock debuffs nullify armour and replace them with a stack per nullify, would make him a VERY good primal counter.
In regards to hound... BUFF THAT BOI!
Haha. Damn. I’m not as skilled as you for sure. He would get beat up quickly if I brought him in master with me.
I don’t think he should keep his buffs when he back steps, but maybe not lose all. I bring him on raids once in a while and sometimes he back steps when I’m trying to sidestep and I lose all the buffs I carefully tried to build up without getting beat up. (Plus sometimes I back step out of muscle memory and that messes it up too) Maybe if he loses one buff or two instead?
You’re are probably thinking right. Things could change or maybe not. I guess I’m happy that at least they’re doing something.
Why don’t you just change the title to: Nerfing Megatronus & don’t know what else
They probably addressed it because that was going to be the most controversial Bot on the list. Better to explain it sooner than later.
He is a much more unique style and you have to learn to use his block to go unstoppable. The thing I often see though is that people aren't necessarily measuring things accurately. He does start to suffer because if you're blocking in master as a 4* you're going to take a lot of damage. If you are using a 5* then blocking is more balanced. Same goes for a bot like UM. For Tantrum I will usually try to block after a heavy knockdown and regain some distance.
I hope so too, but I don't see what they can buff with him.
Maybe an increased chance to Dark Burn or increased Dark Burn Damage?
Just like everybody else on the List, Megatronus is not final. I wanted to touch on him because he is the only one that we are considering Adjusting down and wanted to make sure you're all aware ASAP. The rest of these Bots are looking at getting some Buffs. Some minor, some more significant.
Clearly you did not read, and only looked at the list.
They aren't touching his abilities, just core stats, which is perfectly reasonable. He is a monster and could be dialed back a bit in this regard.
Has more attack and health than brawlers right now, which are supposed to be the most robust class.
I can see possibly making Mixmaster the focal point, similar to Primal where he MUST be in the squad in order to activate the synergy.
How it works and what it does for JF and Dino should be maintained though. Makes them shine.
The idea of a stackable permanent Crit debuff on S3 should be the bare minimum, as it plays directly into his skillset.
I would even go so far as to give him equivalent power rate when attacking through block during Crit debuffs.
Basically, 18% block penetration per Crit debuff should grant 18% power rate per Crit debuff as well.
Allows him to gain power slowly while utilizing his skillset.
His Sig could use a slight buff as well, increasing return damage on concussive blocks as the Sig level goes up.
Right now, only his block proficiency increases with Sig level.
A few weeks ago you mentioned a rebalancing of "lower-performing" bots which clearly indicates buffs only. Unless this potential Megatronus nerf is a recent development, you held out on delivering certain info.
"April kicks off with a brand new update! The 8.0 Anniversary Update has some great surprises in store, including a long requested Bot Rebalance for some of our lower performing Bots, a new temporary Challenge, and an update to Alliance Missions!"
SS I’m happy about. If he gets shock and is like arcee I’m all good with that.
Galvatron- if the first few range shots do no damage that’ll make him an instant god!
Tac bee- glad to see on the list. He fell behind the tacos
Dinobot- he could use a slight damage boost buff. Without Sm he’s average. His sp2 doesn’t really add much to crit rate.
It's still a nerf, any reduction is a nerf.