Overpowered: Rey (with details)
This thread isn't meant to cry or whine, I want to look at exactly why Rey has become a problem. Misconceptions 1. The common thing I hear about her is that she's easy to kill so she's allowed to...
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"Swartzkov;434332" wrote:"NicWester;434315" wrote:"Swartzkov;42596" wrote:
1. All attackers are squishy. While Rey has some of the least HP of all attackers, she's actually one of the most durable with multiple ways to gain foresight and blazing speed. A little more HP doesn't make you durable in this game... dodging full attacks from other attackers does.
Darth Vader, Luminara, and Kylo Ren are attackers that are not squishy.
She has multiple ways of dodging, but you have ways of removing it without wasting a turn--namely, AoE. Also eating buffs with Ventress or similar, but that's basically AoE of another stripe.
You have the luxury of seeing your opponent's roster before you pick the battle. You have the ability to tailor your team to counter their team. You have a dozen characters at your disposal, use them. You keep throwing rock at your opponent's paper, and then calling for balance when you could just throw scissors.
This argument ignores everything I mentioned. Obviously there are ways to beat her - that doesn't mean she isn't stronger than every other attacker by a wide margin.
Also realize that most players don't have a dozen characters at their disposal that are arena ready. The gear / leveling requirements in this game are steep.
Lets also realize Vader sees no top tier play because he isn't farmable, he deserves no mention in comparing attackers stats and damage distribution. Lumi is not a tank and she has terrible speed, her only use is in utility for heal and block, not damage. Not a fair comparison to Rey who is pure DPS. Kylo is a different class of bulky attacker, trading health for damage clearly has not served him well because he is not viable at all. Same goes for Anakin and Kit.
Bottom line is OP is correct, there is a problem with Rey because she performs so much higher than any other unit of her class. Attackers with utility like Lumi can see a damage reduction in comparison, but Rey even blows other pure DPS out of the water, she is still better than the likes of GS and 86. She has an amazing kit, high speed and multiple foresight gains to protect her low health. This can remain the same because you CAN counter it with AOE dispel and such. The damage output is another thing, combined with her excellent kit makes her broken.
Sadly we will never have a positive and healthy discussion with all the players whom have worked hard to get Rey through tedious farming and gearing because they would be massively upset to see her nerfed. Yeah, she is great and popular, but for the overall health of the game balance must be achieved and sometimes nerfing is necessary. I sure wasn't happy when Anakin was nerfed, but we all have to get over it and play on. Even if Rey gets the attention she needs, I highly doubt she will be unplayable because again, her kit is still top tier.
