I feel like Hel absolutely did not need that buff, as it's going to just be an absolute spam fest. If you thought hel was hard to face in assault, it's instant GGWP now.
But it's a meh patch, most of the changes were miniscule. I can get behind some of them though, nothing sticks out as bad aside from Hel's to me.
(If anyone says Hel isn't OP that's fine, it's a personal bias. I simply don't like her. Sorry TT)
@radishbbgrl - Came here to talk about the Hel buff. It's interesting that Hel has not had a single change in patch notes for quite a while, so I assume that means HiRez feels she's in a good place. The buff is actually a revert - before her change in October of 2013, there was no lock for casting spells when switching stances. It will be interesting to play her again next time I open up Smite, it's certainly going to make her feel more responsive and is a much better change than buffing damage values.
You kidding me? Free casts, good survivability with the shield, and the ability to lock down casters like crazy makes her a great counter pick. Also, that double-damage AoE is not "low damage" :P
@radishbbgrl - Came here to talk about the Hel buff. It's interesting that Hel has not had a single change in patch notes for quite a while, so I assume that means HiRez feels she's in a good place. The buff is actually a revert - before her change in October of 2013, there was no lock for casting spells when switching stances. It will be interesting to play her again next time I open up Smite, it's certainly going to make her feel more responsive and is a much better change than buffing damage values.
I know but it's going to literally be 1-2-3-4-3-2-1 in the span of about .6 seconds. I know that's not actually true because there are situational spells but the point is she's just gonna be a faceroll spammer...I feel like all stance-type champions/gods/heroes/etc in any game should have a bigger delay unless the spells are very specifically tied together like Nidalee's spear-pounce or something.
Idek.
I'm just infuriated from playing 4 straight assault matches against hel :P
She's a control mage that has barely any CC or control abilities, and instead has durability. I don't think HiRez understands what control mage means. Isis and Aphrodite are better control mages than her.
Also, her damage is incredibly weak outside of using her silence. So in other words, you're going to be 2-3 combing just like every other smite god. Do they honestly have to make every single champion in this game combo-based?
I don't like her ultimate, because it deals about the same damage as a Nu Wa ultimate, only with multiple proc's. It's also a burst skill disguised as a control skill. Tell me, when people get hooked on this thing, how would most people react?
They'd use an escape to get away, breaking the link since you have no mobility to chase. So it might as well deal 300/320/340/360/380 damage +150% of your magical power. Ah, and I don't like the base damage scaling, either. It's an incredibly awful way to encourage players to level this after their basic abilities.
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