Scylla Reaction Thread

I feel like I should provide my input.

All of her stuff is RIDICULOUSLY dodgeable. Sic 'Em hits the first person and is slow, so it's worse than Spirit Arrow, a comparable spell, in every way. Crush is a huge radius, but unless cast point blank, actually very difficult to land. Thirdly, the wind up and area on I'm a Monster is so long and small that it's impossible NOT to dodge. Only saving grace is a rank 3+ Sic 'Em into an IMMEDIATE I'm a monster for a guaranteed hit. Finally, having a spell that doesn't damage leaves her very reliant on her 1-2 combo, however Agni, Poseidon, Chang'E, Ra, and more are *basically* in the same boat.

On this note, a bad Scylla will utterly suck, while an average Poseidon can still wreck with an Ult or what not.

Verdict: Scylla has a medium-high skill FLOOR. It takes a lot to learn to play her well.

Now let's move on to veterans, who assumedly know her speeds, damage, and combos. If you get caught in a Sic 'Em, you're done. That instant ult combo may be a one shot. And she is EXTREMELY safe wtih Sentinel, making it possibly impossible to kill her. She is THEE safest mage in the game right now. No one has both the ability to go over walls AND the speed in which she does it. Combine this with Crush's max rank protection debuff, her Sic 'Em's root AND cripple on THREE gods for a very very solid amount of time (basically an Ymir freeze at that point), and her ults ability to NUKE anyone she wants when aimed well, especially in the very narrow spaces near fire giant, and you have a ridiculously good teamfighting mage. She has NO downsides outside of slow projectiles, which professionals will take ridiculous advantage of, and lack of built-in sustain, which many mages do not have anyway. Her cooldowns are average length, so that's not necessarily a downside, just not an upside.

Verdict: She has a high to very high skill ceiling, but when achieved, I find her a ban or pick at least 80% of the time in ranked. There's not even a comp she doesn't synergize well with. Her ult provides ridiculous all-in ability, her Crush, while slow, is sure to help in a poke comp, and she can stall very well for a sustain comp with a Ra.

IMO, she is very strong, but only in very good hands, in which case she shines over other mages. At lower skill floors, she is underpowered. This means to balance her, she should be able to hit things easier for less damage. However, I do not believe that's how she's intended, she's meant to be high risk high reward, so she's fine where she is.