Feedback on Old Ben (Obi-Wan Kenobi)

"Breetai;132926" wrote:
I am sorry but I see no issue with old Ben at all. Not all toons should be good defenders. Some should be good attackers, some good defenders, some both good at both but not great in either.

Leia is also a bad defender. She stealths 1st turn. Today's meta that can easily be the difference in a win or lose.

A team of qgj (lead), Yoda, Rey, anakin, old Ben is devastating. All will go before you except old Ben unless your running a speed leader toon. Even if you drop Rey and Yoda ( the 2 lowest health), old Ben does his mind trick and now it's hard to drop the other 2 before they drop you. By the time his debuffs wear off the game will be decided.

I have a person in my arena bracket that runs this team, and more than once mind trick was the deciding factor in the fight.

Ask yourself this: Have you ever worried about killing him first? Have you ever SEEN him killed first?

So then what is the point of that 4th ability?

With Yoda, you can easily counter Ben (or any debuff character) for your first 2 turns. A properly used Yoda completely destroys any Ben viability, and makes him pointless. He just sits there all match and autos, while you kill off the other 4 characters on his team.

Even without Yoda, anything about 50% Tenacity on a character makes it hit-or-miss. He will almost never hit Sidious with Mind Tricks because of the Dodge.

Which leaves him with a Leader ability you probably won't use, and a passive that will never be used since he becomes very ignorable.

And since you can SEE him in Arena before you fight him now, you can literally plan around him.