Please let those buffs come soon. Dead on analogy with Galilea, she laughs in Attikus’ face currently. Montana is also a problem due to damage output at range and that shoulder rush move which stuns you out of ult. Those two were in almost every match…
No idea how I got this Beta topic into the battleborn forums, i was copying pasting the title and then it showed up here. I thought everything was locked and archived.
Worst defender in my opinion just played as him did all the lore so mainly did pve it which he is a beast but pvp he sucks. Unlike most i know he not a tank but he not even a good disruptor. He jumps in deals damage then he is dead. he abilite to survie comes from life steal which already means you have to put points in there. hes skill which have long cooldown so you cant get life steal very often for them and he melee are slow not painfully slow but means he not good at gets life steal from that either.
Looking at all the other defenders
Tody has sheild skill to help him
Burdol sheild and rage
Montana damage restence from hailstrom
Kelvin sheild passive and health gain
Isic sheild and wards skill
Galilea sheild and life steal
Thats what have have from level 1 not including helix attikus has got nothing to help him survive i really wanted to like him as well.
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I have basically switched to mainly mastering Attikus at this point. At first I thought he was trash tier but having put a lot of work in with him I think he is at least B rank if not higher. His design is strongly tied to constant use of his third melee ability to charge around (he gets a melee charge ability instead of a melee knock back ability like everyone else). If used constantly it puts him at about the same speed as everyone else. Played properly he really ends up feeling like a predator constantly leaping around. I’ve been playing solo mostly go positive K/D with him but that can vary depending caliber of my teams mates and enemies. He definitely has a big learning curve. You can’t just go in there and facroll.
The two main things I don’t like about his kit are the DoT melee ability and his passive. The DoT ability is does not fit with the rest of his kit with no logical synergy. The passive is also too clunky in that you either ignore the stacks and just use whatever abilities you need (the benefit is just too insignificant) or you save the stacks for the ult (which is annoying too because you have to avoid using other abilities to not waste it).
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I really don’t think he needs a buff, just some kit changes in his helix. Currently he can only excel with a few very specific builds, while other characters can pull a new, fun playstyle out every game through different combinations. His skills aren’t bad and a ton of fun to use, he just needs a little versatility thrown in. I’m not even to concerned about his speed, I always end up doing just fine with him at the pace he usually goes at.
Definitely has a learning curve too, but not to the extent of Whiskey or Benedict.
That just goes to show dumb the melee knock back in the game is. Giant demon with a bionic arm is flicked away as easily as a skinny elf with a bow.
Wut?
I use gear to bulk up his attack speed and movement…you can use all kinds of other stuff but if i’m pumping a 40% total bump (including the 20% in the helix) to attack speed i can put out some stupid dmg on a single guy. I think ppl forget about the gear entirely…use it to fix your weakness or buff your strengths.