Hey everyone, I wanted to bring up a discussion about Bane's current state in the game. As we all know, Bane is a Conquest unit, and naturally, these units are supposed to be exceptionally strong . He was primarily designed to be a lifter. Given that Bane and SEE together can only be effectively used as an offensive team, it's fine if they can beat almost any team.However, I've noticed that Bane is able to take down nearly every Galactic Legend and almost any other team on his own, even with a useless Sith companion. This remains true even though his Datacron is no longer active. In my opinion, this is simply too overpowered!I believe that Bane should not be nerfed as a lifter unit, as that was his intended role. Instead, his solo performance needs to be addressed. Perhaps a nerf to his leader ability could be a solution?What are your thoughts on this? Does anyone else feel the same way or have any alternative suggestions?

No thanks. Huge nope. Many many players have invested in both Bane as well as a second (generally Sith Assassin) in the what, six months they've been in the game without any indication of a nerf on the horizon. The good part about his kit is that he cannot be placed on defense in a team of two, which is the key to his strength. IMHO having an inexpensive offense only unit that can otherwise clear any other GL or team that may have otherwise completely blocked a GAC/TW off from progressing is a good thing.

Now that his Datacron has expired, a number of matchups are decidedly more dicey. I think the balance is just right as-is.

Bane is actually still bugged, his AOE attack is supposed to dispel buffs twice before dealing damage, but foresight still messes the attack up

As others have said, Banes advantages are great but he cannot be on Defense in most meaningful game modes. He's good as is imo

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WookieWookie2E
Rising Scout
4 months ago
No thanks. Huge nope.

Many many players have invested in both Bane as well as a second (generally Sith Assassin) in the what, six months they've been in the game without any indication of a nerf on the horizon. The good part about his kit is that he cannot be placed on defense in a team of two, which is the key to his strength. IMHO having an inexpensive offense only unit that can otherwise clear any other GL or team that may have otherwise completely blocked a GAC/TW off from progressing is a good thing.
Surgical_dan
Seasoned Traveler
4 months ago
Now that his Datacron has expired, a number of matchups are decidedly more dicey. I think the balance is just right as-is.
- nottenst
  Seasoned Traveler
  4 months ago
  Yes, just check the GAC counters use of Bane this season. The % success have fallen quite a bit from what they were with his Datacron. Not reliable against many GLs anymore
ScoundrelRui
New Novice
4 months ago
Bane is actually still bugged, his AOE attack is supposed to dispel buffs twice before dealing damage, but foresight still messes the attack up
- MasterSeedy
  New Ace
  4 months ago
  This is not a bug. The attack has to hit in order to dispel buffs. Foresight causes the attack to miss, so buffs are not dispelled.
Ravens1113
Seasoned Rookie
4 months ago
No.
GRANDOLAKEV
New Adventurer
4 months ago
As others have said, Banes advantages are great but he cannot be on Defense in most meaningful game modes. He's good as is imo
ccmoose
Rising Novice
4 months ago
CG did nerf him, just as a SEE lifter rather than as a leader in his own right. If CG feels the need to nerf him so he isn't a viable lead with a trash Sith, they should update his Unique omi to function as it was originally written.
- FragR8b00st3R
  Seasoned Novice
  4 months ago
  That was the nerf on release, right 🤣 Dude has been bugged from the start because they didn't qc it right. Now that we're using him this way, and not as a Wat replacement, there's no need to nerf him again.
Hieroglyphics87
Seasoned Novice
4 months ago
he's fair now without his datacron his win rate against a lot of GLs has drastically dropped when his datacron cycled out.
f2dbefbd29d8a79d
Rising Adventurer
4 months ago
He already got nerfed....his cron expired lol
Annihilate_1109
New Rookie
4 months ago
No thanks brother, now that the Bane DC has expired, he can only be used consistenly against SLKR, JML and LV, you cannot do Bane against JMK, Rey or Jabba anymore because It's an rng fest and Leia with the new tank DC's is really complicated so, I think he is okay, also he is a Conquest character and is supposed to be good (ignoring the other Conquest characters that sucks like BFSOJ or Trench w/o DC haha)
- FragR8b00st3R
  Seasoned Novice
  4 months ago
  I still use Bane against Rey with 0 issues. Because there are so many different ways to mod him, I'm thinking that might be the issue. A lot of people go for health or CD, but I went for a whole defense set.
- ikl8zwlfcup5
  Rising Rookie
  4 months ago
  I fully understand that conquest characters are overly strong. But you have to remember that other conquest characters still need a complete team to be that strong. Bane can basically do that as a one man team (with a useless sith).
naarabi
New Rookie
4 months ago
Bane is actually nerfed because of a bug, his first special does not handle foresight properly.