New people are coming into the game and already are complaining. You have people saying Nightcap is op?? How?? Nightcap was already nerfed before ONLY because everyone had no clue how to fight her. Now that the games been out a while, most of the founders are able to deal with nightcaps rather easily. She's honestly one of the easiest characters to kill in the entire game. Citrons shield is another thing I keep hearing about. Is it so hard to walk behind him or jump over him? People that are new are upset that they can't vanquish people extremely easily. Given time, you will definitely learn how to play around these characters. Nerfing Nightcap or citron would just delete them from the game. Some people are upset with potato mines not being completely invis. THAT'S TOUGH! PUT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE! Chomper is not garbage, you just have to learn how to play him since hes been drastically changed since the previous games.It's getting ridiculous how many people are complaining about characters not being "viable picks". Give the character some time before you say its completely useless. Currently, the only characters that are OBJECTIVELY overpowered are Scientist, Super Brainz and the Engineer. These zombies have almost no counterplay whatsoever. Plants however are hideously underpowered in comparison. Relying on sunflower heals to help them tank the ridiculous dmg output from the zombies. Corn for example simply cannot 1v1 any of the zombies without getting the jump on them or using an ability. With all that being said, here is a list of characters that are complete dumpster trash and should not be played until buffed (or engi, scientist and sb are nerfed) 🙂Nightcap - "Wow rly fung is op tho". She does a 1 second ballerina twirl before casting it, even then you can just walk out of it. Fung fu has been nerfed already, and its her only dmging ability. Learn to walk away and bam. You now know how to beat every nightcap player with extreme ease.Rose - I don't care what you have to say because after getting her to master, I've found that shes got to be one of if not the most useless character in the entire game. Picking her is pretty much begging to lose. I could go on forever on how shes so useless but thats not what this post was really about.

@chogath_player That's exactly what I've been talking about in here. But in another way.I agree with you. I've seen many Nightcap players play Kamikaze around the objective, when you're supposed to be flanking as her, hiding in the sides, taking down enemies by surprise. Yet you see people playing her as a Peashooter or Kernel Corn. I'm fine with however you play your favorite heroes, but if others can outperform you using the same exact hero, then you probably should start thinking about getting better and stop blaming the character.Same thing applies to Chomper too... I see many Chompers burrow, swallow a Zombie and end up 1v4 in the middle of nowhere, having zero allies to back him up. "What are you trying to achieve?!" is a question I always ask myself. What's the point, really? if you're going to Kamikaze all the time, rinse and repeat...I have interesting data from "another game"... It's Overwatch's Competitive Ranking and I think it can apply to most players in different games as well:Bronze - 8%Silver - 21%Gold - 32% <- Bronze, Silver and Gold combined = 62% Platinum - 25% <- Acceptably good, where most players should be at after playing for longDiamond - 10% <- Excellent (This is where most solo players end)Master - 3% <- Master and above can be achieved easier with coordinating teammates or parties, not saying it's impossible for solo, but it can be a lottery sometimes.Grandmaster - 1%Ranks from Bronze (not knowing what the hell the game is about or how to use the abilities at all) to Gold (not understanding how their heroes function properly or have poor aiming/positioning/ability triggering skills) counters for 62% of the whole game! That means the chances of your team being unreliable in any game are high and not even 50%.In Platinum, we have those players who get it. They understand their heroes, but have few mistakes here and there. Diamond players over-achieve, they get the maximum potential of their heroes very well with high experience. Master/Grandmaster ranks reward players who communicate and rely on the whole team to win, rather than the individual performance while also having high skills of diamond, in most cases that is. That was all just my personal analysis of those ranks, watching many videos of YouTubers coaching other players.I assume when they made BFN; the developers balanced the game mostly around Platinum players (assuming play testers at PopCap have experience with other games and understand what's going on) and that's why most players struggle to achieve better. They don't understand the heroes as much as the play testers/developers do. And I won't say or dictate that you should play hero ABC this way, it's all up to you! But in other games, there are "optimal ways" to use certain heroes to achieve their maximum potential.I'm afraid, in most case scenarios, Fung Fu had just become the new Impkata. A useless ability that endangers you more than benefit you. I prefer using the main weapon than restraining myself for a few seconds and having nothing to do about it.About Rose... She.. umm... err... uhhh.....ee..... nevermind! *remembers "I don't care what you have to say"*But seriously, what are you trying to achieve as her? What's wrong with her to you? Begging to lose? I think you should "LEARN THE GAME BEFORE YOU WRITE CHARACTERS OFF"!No offense really... She's one of the heroes I don't understand why people struggle with or think she's pointless when she has too much usability and can have a huge impact in games when used correctly.* Edit: Format

Nightcap is a flanker... her main job, usually, is to clear enemies on the sides (left/right) allowing her teammates to capture objectives. She can also take on enemies from behind to distract them, especially Deadbeard. She's not ideal for defending because of her low HP, unless you have a good reliable Sunflower that can overheal you.But yeah, you can contest the objective when no one is doing that. I'm not saying don't do it. But it puts you at a huge risk to be around the objective since you're a squishy character and bound to die eating damage from multiple sources.In some games, you might not get the best score/vanquishes... But if you tried clearing out enemies successfully while having a team that have the will to capture points, then things can go smoothly for everyone. I see many plant teams struggle in Turning Point when all what they can do is just switch to Nightcap and surprise enemies from the back to distract them. It works like a charm. I just don't like Fung Fu because it's an ability that can get you killed with high risk low reward. Especially since most zombies can evade and also kill you during it. I'd rather have full control of Nightcap if you ask me.My other problem with Nightcap is Peashooter... Why does Peashooter, who is "slightly" taller than her, has 50 more HP? Peashooter is a hard target to kill and I assume he's one of the main reasons people want sprinting nerfed.

@chogath_player Sorry, I think I replied at the same time you posted yours so I haven't realized you said anything about that...Ah... It always comes to that in discussions, Rose vs Engineer... It's interesting because most attack heroes aren't parallel either. yet people like comparing Rose to Engineer. Yes, Rose is not Engineer and you said it yourself... Yes, you can compare them, you are free to do so, of course. Even though they are "Support" they are entirely different since GW2 (aside from her building teleporters in there). And the developers know that very well. They could've made them identical if they wanted, but that's not how it works with PvZ.Rose's Time Snare upgrade can win you most 1v1 against most heroes. It completely immobilizes enemies, denying them the chance to do anything. Rose has a weird small hitbox, and she's a difficult target to hit while moving and hovering. So she can win most fights if played carefully. Time Snare ALSO snares nearby zombies, it's not limited to one Zombie only... In grouped fights, you deny a group of zombies the chance to escape. This assists your Chompers/Snapdragons significantly as they can get closer to the enemies. (She synergies well with both)Her main weapon is excellent because it's homing and if your aim was good already, you can make use of all the shots you have without wasting any... Buffing her weapon damage might make her OP and broken. If you can't get Top Asissts in most games, then you're not shooting enough or dying too often to be effective. She is one of the easiest heroes to get assists with. But you can still get many vanquishes if you play her well and be among the top 3 players. (It usually depends on who you're playing with or against when it comes to being top anything.)Goatify can be used this way:Enemies who camp around Engineer turrets. In Turning Point, for example, when attacking, you can easily goatify half of the team, disorient the enemies and make them scatter. This allows your teammates to push, destroy the turret and eliminate those who were camping or defending. Even if the enemies didn't get goatified, they will still scatter from around the turret.You can turn Deadbeard's barrel to a goat. This would deny him the ability to detonate it in your allies' faces.You can deny, if I'm not mistaken, Space Stations and Mechs the freedom to eject (and also use any abilities). If Space Stations had 25% HP left, you can use goatify, then shoot them... they won't be able to eject this way. As for the imp, they won't be able to self destruct (when used at the right time when they have little HP left then you take it down).It can help you defend objectives single-handedly. Use Goatify on the objective and then go there... Even if you couldn't vanquish anyone, you are still contesting while your teammates arrive. You can, after the duration of Goatify ends, use Arcane Enigma to further stall objectives and get your goatify cooldown back.It removes all Overhealing and also stops health regeneration. (not 100% sure about the health regeneration).It can be used from behind walls... I know that you might know about that... But I see many people use it out in the open and complain that it keeps missing... If you played Overwatch, and familiar with Hanzo... You'd know how to use Goatify like a champ. Although it is glitched when you hit walls at super close proximity. You need to keep a short distance before using it.Arcane Enigma:It can be used to help your teammates evade Crater Maker, Deadbeard's barrel, Super Brainz, evade 80s Action Hero rockets... etcIt can assist your teammates move batteries in Turning Point or with the Gnome Bomb.You can move Oaks faster to help them evade certain abilities they can't avoid themselves. (I know, this is related to #1, but Oaks should be prioritized because they can't sprint)You can aid and help Chompers during digestion after they swallow.You can revive others while using it. Like you said.In Peachy District, Loggy Acres.. you can assist your teammates by moving them to objectives faster. (Do not use Goatify on bomb carriers... I always thank Roses who do that! lol "Thank You!! you made my life easier"... Although I think goatifying bomb holders should always force them to drop it... so they have to pick it up again)JinxThis is an OP ability no matter what you say. It makes zombies melt like butter. It can also keep certain enemies away.You should prioritize using Jinx on bigger targets with higher health like Super Brainz, All-Stars, Mech, Space Station. You'd be wasting it on Foot Soldiers, Scientists, Imps... Unless the circumstances needed you Jinxing those low HP heroes. (e.g. you're at half HP and they are at max, and you need to win the fight, so you use the Jinx on them)Jinx is most effective when you're around other players. Getting damage from multiple sources is the most optimal usage.If there are annoying enemy players with high vanquishes, you should prioritize them regardless of any of what I said before. You have to assist your teammates taking down the best enemy players... That is to ensure that you don't end up being a # in their vanquishes.Rose is actually a difficult hero to make use of due to her high cooldowns. I noticed that most players "just spam" abilities without having priorities or understanding when to use what or how to use them properly. She is a Support hero, so most of what I mentioned is more benifical when you are around your teammates. You shoulnd't go flank on your own or go astray using her, that is not your role (although I do it sometimes, but I know what I'm doing and what I'm getting myself into). Your optimal position is behind other players and not at front because you are a 100 HP hero and need your teammates protection. She is not a sniper or a long range hero, those targets aren't for you to deal with. Although you can shoot stationary turrets from afar if you wanted, since they won't move and you can hit them most certinaly. You can take down parrot pals with ease and that should also be one of your priorities when you play as her.They need to give her more score/XP for playing her cleverly. E.g. using Arcane Enigma while an enemy player using Crater Maker should give you more XP.All I want to say is... that she is useful and can punish players while also helping your team evade many highly damaging abilities. She is a great hero that leads to winning and succeeding in Turf Takeover or PvP, regardless of the score/vanquishes, which isn't an accurate method of measuring a hero's usability.That's all what I can think of...for now

@chogath_player Thanks for reading and writing a long reply.I'm fully aware of all what you're saying and I think my win-rate, if I can see it, could be around 70 ~ 75% as Engineer. The speed pad when defending does wonders especially with its upgrade. I see more teammates around the objective whenever I play Engineer and for that we usually win and contest faster. The Speed Pad being infinite is "weird" it should have limited usages and then breaks after that. Because you can spam use it to get your cool downs faster.The thing is... If enemy players are gathering around turrets, you can use Nightcap to punish them all since she has piercing shots. That's what I usually do and I get multiple vanquishes from afar. If I'm not mistaken, Heavy Helper can't target you if you shadow domed it. I wish they'd remove the weapon buff from Heavy Helper. The Zombies already deal massive damage + Heavy helper itself damages targets... There is no need for damage buff at all. I rarely use it to buff my main weapon because it works as a great distraction if you were on the opposite side of it. The plants would try to shoot it while you shoot them and then replace it again to your location when it's almost dead =p rendering all of their efforts to destroy it useless lolEngineer’s stun is actually “fine”… I know you’ll hate me for saying that... But, the real problem with this game is “hero stacking”. When the enemy team has 5 Engineers, you can’t really breathe with all those stuns. If there was only 1 Engineer, then it would be fine and manageable.But for that, I think they should change it and rework it. Especially if they insist on allowing players to stack heroes in BFN. Everything should be balanced around that. Although I wish they’d introduce a new mode with “no hero duplicates” and balance the game around that instead. This way, you know there would be 1 Peashooter, 1 Super Brainz, 1 Scientist, 1 Sunflower… and that would make the game more strategic and fun. Now, even if you vanquished 1 Scientist, there will be 3 others lurking around =p so your efforts to vanquish healers mean nothing.Some people think stacking heroes is more fun... I don't think so, really... We are back to what people used to do in Overwatch exactly when it first got released.. All of your team would switch to Torbjorn, the turret guy, and place turrets everywhere... This happens exactly in BFN, especially in Turning Point when you try to get the batteries. You see too many turrets everywhere, and all of those Engineers would stun you, giving you no chance to do anything...Anyway, even with Rose under performing vs Engineer, for the reasons I told you, I still think I have a relatively high win-rate as her and that makes her "useful". The only buffs she needs is in her utility. Arcane Enigma could be better, she could leave roses on the ground to speed boost plants, for example. Otherwise, I think she's a powerful hero who’s useful to the team.I don’t think she’s “a throw pick” in the hands of good players. I’ve played with very few good Rose players who get it, but they’re a rarity.

I think the mines from cactus could be tweaked a lil to be less noticeable not invisible. I found the only way to earn a vanquish is planting them on ramps or in a middle of a skirmish in which players can’t be as careful when they are fighting other players

LEARN THE GAME BEFORE YOU WRITE CHARACTERS OFF

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Wwardlord1995
6 years ago
I think the mines from cactus could be tweaked a lil to be less noticeable not invisible. I found the only way to earn a vanquish is planting them on ramps or in a middle of a skirmish in which players can’t be as careful when they are fighting other players
shurikeninja
6 years ago
I enjoy Rose, fun support damager, especially when playing in a team. Sure she's not especially strong, but I can have fun playing as her and tend to do okay most games. Sunflower though, sunflower needs a buff.
GammaX6
6 years ago
@chogath_player That's exactly what I've been talking about in here. But in another way.
I agree with you. I've seen many Nightcap players play Kamikaze around the objective, when you're supposed to be flanking as her, hiding in the sides, taking down enemies by surprise. Yet you see people playing her as a Peashooter or Kernel Corn. I'm fine with however you play your favorite heroes, but if others can outperform you using the same exact hero, then you probably should start thinking about getting better and stop blaming the character.
Same thing applies to Chomper too... I see many Chompers burrow, swallow a Zombie and end up 1v4 in the middle of nowhere, having zero allies to back him up. "What are you trying to achieve?!" is a question I always ask myself. What's the point, really? if you're going to Kamikaze all the time, rinse and repeat...
I have interesting data from "another game"... It's Overwatch's Competitive Ranking and I think it can apply to most players in different games as well:
Bronze - 8%
Silver - 21%
Gold - 32% <- Bronze, Silver and Gold combined = 62%
Platinum - 25% <- Acceptably good, where most players should be at after playing for long
Diamond - 10% <- Excellent (This is where most solo players end)
Master - 3% <- Master and above can be achieved easier with coordinating teammates or parties, not saying it's impossible for solo, but it can be a lottery sometimes.
Grandmaster - 1%
Ranks from Bronze (not knowing what the hell the game is about or how to use the abilities at all) to Gold (not understanding how their heroes function properly or have poor aiming/positioning/ability triggering skills) counters for 62% of the whole game! That means the chances of your team being unreliable in any game are high and not even 50%.
In Platinum, we have those players who get it. They understand their heroes, but have few mistakes here and there. Diamond players over-achieve, they get the maximum potential of their heroes very well with high experience. Master/Grandmaster ranks reward players who communicate and rely on the whole team to win, rather than the individual performance while also having high skills of diamond, in most cases that is. That was all just my personal analysis of those ranks, watching many videos of YouTubers coaching other players.
I assume when they made BFN; the developers balanced the game mostly around Platinum players (assuming play testers at PopCap have experience with other games and understand what's going on) and that's why most players struggle to achieve better. They don't understand the heroes as much as the play testers/developers do. And I won't say or dictate that you should play hero ABC this way, it's all up to you! But in other games, there are "optimal ways" to use certain heroes to achieve their maximum potential.
I'm afraid, in most case scenarios, Fung Fu had just become the new Impkata. A useless ability that endangers you more than benefit you. I prefer using the main weapon than restraining myself for a few seconds and having nothing to do about it.
About Rose... She.. umm... err... uhhh.....ee..... nevermind! *remembers "I don't care what you have to say"*
But seriously, what are you trying to achieve as her? What's wrong with her to you? Begging to lose? I think you should "LEARN THE GAME BEFORE YOU WRITE CHARACTERS OFF"!
No offense really... She's one of the heroes I don't understand why people struggle with or think she's pointless when she has too much usability and can have a huge impact in games when used correctly.
* Edit: Format
jnicol1975
6 years ago
Interesting post. I don’t agree with all of your assessments of specific characters, but I appreciate the main thrust of your argument.
I think players coming from GW2 are finely adjusted to how characters play in that game, and are upset when a play style that used to work for them is no longer effective.
I went through this with chomper and came out the other side believing that the new chomper is an improvement. It is fairer to play against, while still being a very effective attacker.
I’m not a great player by any stretch, so the question I ask when I struggle to play a character is: has someone wrecked my game playing the same character against me? If the answer is yes, then it must be that I am the one at fault, not the character.
P.S. I don’t believe Nightcap is dumpster trash. Fung Fu is good and all, but I believe shadow sneak is her true superpower. You can sneak right past a zombie, attack from behind, and then sneak out again. I stay alive longer with Nightcap than any other character, thanks to her excellent escape act. Her primary isn’t stellar, but it’s good enough to get the job done, especially when you are shooting an unsuspecting target. Fung Fu is a great finisher, but you have to know when to use it.
chogath_player
6 years ago
@jnicol1975
Shes not useless, but shes definately out gunned by pretty much all the zombies should they know how to play the game. Im not a bad nightcap myself, its just I find her to be really fast to kill. Even if shes invis an electric slide can still hit her by simply shooting plants near her. Theres currently too many ways to oneshot her. Fungfu is nice and all but you could honestly be of more use to the team playing someone who can take more hits... so any other character
chogath_player
6 years ago
@GammaX6
"She's one of the heroes I don't understand why people struggle with or think she's pointless when she has too much usability and can have a huge impact in games when used correctly."
The plants have nothing like him. You could say Rose is like engineer but honestly shes not. Rose has lower dps compared to the engi, even without the turret next to him. Rose can't do anything offensive with her speed boost as all her abilities are completely disabled while doing so. "but its good for speeding up teammates to the objective". engineer is allowed to speed boost allies for what seems to be as long as the boost pad lives. He doesn't need to be near the zombies to give them speed boosts, and he can attack while speeding them up. The turret aimbots everyone, and in a game where some of the zombies on ur team can't hit anything, engis turret usually out dpss them anyways. IT ALSO INCREASES THE DPS OF ALL NEARBY ZOMBIES. Rose jinx can actually be dodged if they go around corners. Even if it misses it goes on cd. Engis turret is on a god damn 10 second cd WOT. Roses goatify is complete buttcheeeks compared to the stun grenade. its heavily telegraphed, easy to dodge, and actually helps zombies in mallow mortar + gnome bomb, as it makes them smaller, faster and harder to hit. Stun mines dont have a big wind up animation, covers up a massive area (essentially blocking that area off unless a plant tanks all the mines), and completely immobilises the plant.
In short rose is like a bad version of engineer with a bad version of space cadets primary fire. She is a liability to the team in most cases and is better off being avoided until buffed or Engineer, Scientist or Super Brainz are nerfed.
You would be much more useful to your team if you were to play a n y o t h e r c h a r a c t e r (for now).
I know how to play her, as I managed to get her to masters. Took me 11 whole years because she can only get assists even if she does 98% of a zombies health in. She gets no xp for goatifying or speeding someone up aswell. I don't lose games with the character. Its just surprisingly more difficult to do good in a game while playing Rose compared to any other character in the game. Which is so weird seeing that her primary fire is a homing weapon. I suppose you could say the trade off for having a homing weapon is less dmg output than someone who has to aim? But then you have space Cadets and homing peas ]:P

The only viable in her entire upgrade tree is Time snare. Everyone uses it. Because all the other upgrades are useless.
I would have to say her only saving grace atm is her Arcane Enigma. Despite it being a worse version of engis speed boost it does have its uses. She IS aloud to revive players while being completely invincible and it IS handy for stalling capture points while the team is respawning or something. That's about it though honestly.
I know I said I don't care what you have to say", but I'm very interested in hearing about what you think makes her so good. After playing her for 8 hours I'm honestly lost as to what makes her useful. Surely you play with mates or something. A coordinated team of plants may be able to make some use out of her. But coordinated play in bfn aint commonplace ]:P
GammaX6
6 years ago
Nightcap is a flanker... her main job, usually, is to clear enemies on the sides (left/right) allowing her teammates to capture objectives. She can also take on enemies from behind to distract them, especially Deadbeard. She's not ideal for defending because of her low HP, unless you have a good reliable Sunflower that can overheal you.
But yeah, you can contest the objective when no one is doing that. I'm not saying don't do it. But it puts you at a huge risk to be around the objective since you're a squishy character and bound to die eating damage from multiple sources.
In some games, you might not get the best score/vanquishes... But if you tried clearing out enemies successfully while having a team that have the will to capture points, then things can go smoothly for everyone. I see many plant teams struggle in Turning Point when all what they can do is just switch to Nightcap and surprise enemies from the back to distract them. It works like a charm.
I just don't like Fung Fu because it's an ability that can get you killed with high risk low reward. Especially since most zombies can evade and also kill you during it. I'd rather have full control of Nightcap if you ask me.
My other problem with Nightcap is Peashooter... Why does Peashooter, who is "slightly" taller than her, has 50 more HP? Peashooter is a hard target to kill and I assume he's one of the main reasons people want sprinting nerfed.
Wwardlord1995
6 years ago
If a peashooter has the homing upgrade and they use pea suped. They are a freaking nightmare to deal with when they start jumping.
Iron_Guard8
Legend
6 years ago
On cactus mines. I have no issue getting a lot of vanquishes with potato mines at all. I especially enjoy planting them in the AI summoning piles on TT and in the corners of objectives where zombies go to hide and then set the mines off. I'm currently specced on my cactus so that they act as scanners for my team too which I find highly useful.
I was one who wanted Nightcap nerfed but they may have overdone it. She is very vulnerable to damage and despite her small size isn't that hard to hit unless the person jumps around a lot, a feature they share with Imps (a good Imp player with the current general aiming issues is insanely annoying). I too use Fung Fu far less than her normal spore strike attack as even with the fact that it drops down at long range, as it puts me at less risk than getting stuck in and trying to use Fung Fu.
Butter Beacon for Kernel Corn is so underrated. It's more useful in PvP than PvE, but the ability to highlight enemies, even through walls, and giving you bonus damage to your attacks is something you should want to use a LOT. It makes him far more useful than he otherwise looks like. Not saying he's in an ideal spot, but I've been able to do well with him, and use the beacon often.
Rose is in a weird place. Her utility is incredible, but the way her shots go nowhere when they should be hitting makes her frustrating to play. It's annoying to be on the winning side, constantly jinxing and goating the zombies, and still being low on the team. I'm still waiting for them to improve some of the core shooting/moving/aiming mechanics before I can truly judge her, but she seems to be the worst affected by this problem right now.
There are a few other things that I really think need to be looked at; Scientist, Super Brainz, and Engineer all feel strong with few weaknesses, the space station definitely gets too good with many cadets onboard whereas its not such an issue when and Oak has acorns aboard (Super Sap Trap is still a problem though), and the drone/parrot situation is off. There may be other things that need to be looked at as well (Citron shields and Deadbeard's barrel for example), but we'll have to see what the early November patch does and go from there.
Screion
6 years ago
Super Sap Trap is still disgusting. The only times i had to respawn in recent Ops was because of a sudden plop. For whatever reason Barrel and Beans deal less damage but Super Sap deals full damage in Ops. Oh you wanted to react to it? Well... 0.3 seconds was clearly enough and you are just too slow. Don't mind it sticking to you, nobody in your team will remove it anyways. 😞
But what is this with Nightcap? Mushroom is fine now. These projectiles are super strong. My personal favourite Nightcap skill is actually that shadow grenade. I even think that one could use a slight buff to make i last longer. Its useful to help allies, to disrupt groups of zombies and even to revive plants in the middle of a fight. Since anybody is so busy fleeing from it you can just go in and revive somebody. Also good luck running from it when under fire by a Pea Gatling~
What i noticed with Rose is that her homing does not work on the Space Station. I would generally say they overdid her to ensure GW2 does not repeat. But her primary weakness is the speed of her projectiles. Which funnily enough is more of a general problem with all characters in this game.
She gives also an interesting insight into Popcaps design of BFN. As they scratched Time Snare as ability. Time Snare has a strong sudden impact on enemy movement. And that did the development team not want to happen. In favour of running, they degraded it to an upgrade that requires multiple hits to activate.
Anything that stops opponents is super strong in BFN.
Thats also why Super Brainz Jump Thump is so strong. Its a Rocket Leap that sucks enemies in. Followed by Super Ultra Ball its broken. They should change that to a knockback.