Am I the only one who believes SLKR needs to have his ultimate nerfed? No other GL can drop their ultimate back-to-back-to-back-to-back and essentially be completely invincible from the moment they first pop their ult, all while dishing out obscene amounts of ever-increasing damage.I would love to see some sort of balance here, perhaps at least a two turn ult cooldown, or make SLKR susceptible to debuffs such as armor shred even during his ult, or a slower initial charge rate, or SLKR gains ult charge at half the rate after the first use... really anything to break up his infinite cycle of indefinitely being in his ult. IMO, he wasn't that great in the movies (see SLKR defeated by an entirely untrained Rey) and he certainly shouldn't be top dog in the game.

I don't think he needs a nerf. Once his allies are dead, and his kit does nearly nothing to stop this, the supply of crits for his ult decreases.The stats on gg don't look like he's invincible to me. He can be beaten by every other GL and Bane. Starkiller and jedi can beat some comps. Other GLs have less counters than him.I just disagree.

Nerf?! LMAO! He needs a buff or a booster character if anything. Too many of the other GLs ignore taunt and have insta kill characters. That makes GLs like SLKR squishy and other GLs like JML castrated. JMK is the only GL that truly needs a nerf.

SLKR being OP (with our without his ultimate) against regular teams is kind of the point. He's a GL, therefore he's supposed to be tiers above most teams (at least until DCs come into play, but that's a separate issue).Thematically, SLKR's kit makes sense. He doesn't care that much about the First Order, he just sees them as a means of becoming more powerful (and getting revenge against Luke). Gameplay-wise, especially against other GLs? Look at JMK for example. SLKR has very few survivability mechanics, and the ones he does have (boosting the team's max health and protection) are nullified because of JMK and his leader ability. SLKR's ultimate charge is based on the team landing hits, especially critical hits, against the enemy, which is decreased severely against JMK, who gives critical hit immunity to anyone who has protection up, which JMK grants at the start of the battle, through his DI special, and through his ultimate (which charges incredibly fast compared to other GLs). SLKR's kit focuses mainly on offense and very little on defense, while JMK is crazy when it comes to defense and very good when it comes to offense, especially since he has ways of partially or completely (i.e., allows the whole team) to ignore taunt, and once they start targetting SLKR it's over. Look at Jabba as another example. Boushh disables all assists on your characters for a few turns, which severely decreases the amount of charge you get toward the ultimate. Meanwhile, they assist like crazy, have decent survivability mechanics (Jabba inflicting Blind and granting Protection up on his basic, protection recovery once his contract is fulfilled), deal lots of damage (especially when Boushh uses her special while you have TDs). Another example, JML. Like I said earlier, SLKR relies on critically hitting the enemy, which is practically disabled when JML uses his AoE to ability block and slow down your team while also granting critical hit immunity to his own, after which JKL stuns everyone but SLKR, further decreasing your progress toward the ultimate. And depending on the enemy team comp, they have good survivability (e.g., HYoda, Shaak-Ti) and decent damage (mainly through Luke's granted ability), they reach JML's ultimate fairly quickly, and once that happens the entire team ignores taunt, while Luke himself is able to use his specials back to back, which dramatically hinders your chances of even partially reaching the ultimate, let alone completely filling it up.TL;DR. There has to be at least some balance. SLKR is a powerhouse as he continues siphoning mastery, but has the survivability of a wet paper bag compared to other GLs, especially when said GLs have ways of hindering or outright disabling the things that allow SLKR to become a powerhouse.

Yes, you're the only one who believes that.

NERF SLKR! | EA Forums

17 Replies

Whatelse73
Seasoned Ace
5 months ago
He's a Galactic Legend, he's supposed to be powered up. CG said, "Galactic Legends are the top tier character."
You should be complaining about the 3-star marquee character (Great Mothers) that can take out GL's. CG keeps power creeping "new shinies" for the purposes of revenue. GLs have way too many "off meta" counters at this point, even without the datacrons they make us rent for 4 months at a time.
MasterSeedy
Seasoned Ace
5 months ago
Hard agree.
Making a new team competitive with GLs through a special Datacron is just fine.
Making a new team overwhelmingly more powerful than the GLs is just a Scotch Bonnet pepper right to the eye.
FragR8b00st3R
Seasoned Traveler
5 months ago
My only counter to SLKR's "survivability" is modding. So many people mod him to be fast and hit hard, but nobody mods him for slug fests. CD and def/health sets with health primaries do wonders for him and he can definitely last a while. The other option for others is to just choose your matchups better. Not everyone reads the kits, and then they complain when they get smoked
mr_mallor
Seasoned Novice
5 months ago
I agree with just about everything you've said. However, SLKR's survivability goes through the roof once he gets his ultimate off and, more often than not, he will be in his ultimate for all but the smallest of windows once he gets to it the first time.
I think a small tweak here is what I would like to see. If the only thing that changed was a slight decrease in the rate of ultimate gain after the first use of it (even 10-20% slower) I would be happy. The fact that he can build towards his ultimate at all while actively in his ult stance seems silly to me. GL or not, that seems a bit much imo. But, again, even this slight adjustment could be the nudge that makes sense to me.
vladpozitiva
Rising Novice
5 months ago
Also Leia needs a nerf.
Kamelr3d
Seasoned Novice
5 months ago
Crit immunity stops SLKR in his tracks from chaining Ults. They actually nerfed LV because SLKR had no chance otherwise.
riklass
New Scout
5 months ago
Yes you are the only one.

Forum Discussion

NERF SLKR!

17 Replies

About SWGOH General Discussion

Recent Discussions

Doctor Hemlock Character Concept

Darth Marr Character Kit Concept

Character Trio Idea: The Force Wielders

Legendary Vanguard

Darth Nihilus's need for a Touch Up!