Well, that is a thread I wasn’t expecting to see.
I’ve noticed he can be a little irritating to focus down, but that is about it. I don’t think a nerf is needed on Boldur, but maybe a buff on other attacks in the game. As mentioned above, Shadowfire Pillar should damage Boldur and possibly other AOE abilities in the game.
… why didn’t you guys shift fire somewhere else. If he is in a corner he’s doing literally nothing and the other team can curb stomp your sentry.
CC, hit him behind his shield, shift fire, something else than fall into being distracted.
It’s a level 10 helix… deal with it.
AOE should damage the player, but it’s not hard to get behind a Boldur when he’s low on health, focus on his other teammates because by focusing your fire on him you’re helping him fulfill his role.
Lol i love it when people under estimate my Boldur. Went 14-1 and 16-0 incursion last night.
Also people feel boldur is broken until you actually pick him up and realize it can be hell pre level 5. But Boldur is made not to die so chances are he’s doing his job right.
Are any of you guys PSN? These stories sound to familiar?
I sometimes go in fights @40% health cause i know it makes attackers go for me. We end up taking out 1 or two, sometimes even three as the result, then i just tele back to town while their fighting at smaller numbers
That’s pretty much the solution, " git gud". Boldur is nothing like ISIC as a tank, ISIC’s shield is his last line of defense, Boldur’s shield is his ONLY defense. As a tank Boldur is meant to stay in the fight and soak up damage with his shield regardless of his health and attack people that ignore him with his shield up, it’s a risk-reward in that if you get CC’d while low HP you’re pretty much dead.
He’s basically the Berserker archetype in tank form.
He is THE Tank.
Yup.
Actually, Attikus is far worse pre-5, IMO. I tried to learn to Boldur recently and found it was a lot tougher than it looks, so I respect those that can.
I think his shield is fine. To me, what needs to be looked at is how all shields can be brought back up in about 2 seconds after you break them.
Go play him. Then come back here and ask for one of his most defining features to be turned into the same shield the other two have. May as well also get rid of Benedic’s flying. How am I supposed to melee him when he is all the way up there?
Galilea can’t give her shield upgrades it’s a lot easier to break
Isics shield is pretty much a last resort
Boldurs level 10 helix makes him have an unbreakable shield and I usually don’t go for this I go
for the mutation at level 10. Also it’s horrible trying to level him up to that point especially pre-5.
Also I messed up on that quote my bad
Holy cow!!! You guys used teamwork? And won??? That boldur must have been way OP! To harass you guys and be a TANK like that… Phew…
Galilea’s shield upgrade is a 35% reflect chance, which is pretty nice. I’d take that over 2000hp shield, since 35% reflect probably means not taking the hit you reflect.
Okay i guess you’re too jaded to have seen the point. I never said he was op. I said his shield is ridiculous. He can run at you with shield up and if you have no cc and apparently aoe has no affect on him, then whats the answer? Nice contribution.
a character that has the ability to actually at you with an unbreakable shield, and your solution is to just deal with it? Or LET him run around in our spawn sentry? I don’t want him unplayable but, what is half the cast supposed to do who don’t have a stun? Sometimes your team simply isn’t there and you have to engage in 1v1. Just take the L and feed him is your solution…
He was probably taking damage from any aoe effects, but since so many people were hitting his shield you were healing him as well so it didn’t seem like he was being affected.
Ha Lftstrafe, i watch your channel.
I don’t want to kill the character, but something needs addressed. Im interested to see what lvl 10 isic with right helix missiles can do to him. Bouldur can literally run straight up to you while shield is up while isic can just hammer him and probably do nothing. When isic is at that lvl can take a sentry ALONE under 30 seconds
If he’s tanking the sentry then deal with the guys attacking the sentry and not boldur. If he’s tanking shots he’s not attacking so don’t bother with him
What are you talking about. When benidict starts to fly, hes already made him self an easy target. He’s slow as hell in the air. Easy to hit with projectiles. As for melee character, most of yall have a move to close the distance. Benedict has never been a threat. Or just don’t chase.
Like i said i wouldn’t chase bouldur. I know he has a stun. But apparently if i play oredi or characters similar to her damage ability, i cant do anything. So you ultimately have a character who can run free. It makes no sense. As far as leveling up is concerned. Progressing is difficult for most melee early game. Minions are destroyed easily or you’re out gunned. But its not impossible for you to reach levels.
RUN!! RUN FROM BOLDUR!
Seriously though, Boldur is an example of a perfectly balanced tank, IMO.
He has an amazing kit, but all of his moves are tied together, so he simply can’t do everything at once.
His shield regening his health is tied to both his Ult and his dash. If he wants to stun someone, or gain an over shield (via helix) he has to lose the regen part. Likewise his speed boost is tied to his axe throw, which lowers his overall damage, and consumes the Rune from his Ult which could’ve been used to regen even more health (with a level 10 helix)
He’s got a lot of options, and a good Boldur player can utilize these to great effect. But a good opponent will recognize these, and know that once he dashes, his shield no longer regens health. Once he throws the axe, his strongest asset is speed, so any slow will massively hamstring him.
He’s good, and has areas where he’s great … but he’s certainly not too powerful, if you know how to deal with him.