Kylo Ren: The worst franchise character
Kylo Ren, the main protagonist of The Force Awakens and the leading villain for the current trilogy, is without a doubt the worst character in the game with respect to his notoriety and popularity in the franchise. There are many reasons why I think that he needs to be buffed...
Kylo Rens rival, Rey, is currently the strongest DPS character in the game. I am all for gender equality but Kylo is arguably as strong as Rey in TFA and surely this should be represented in SWGOH as well.
Kylo is listed as an Attacker but at max level, gear, abilities his basic can only achieve 2322-2566 damage, Lash Out 2557-2825 and Outrage 4667-5157. To give you an idea his basic is the 5th weakest in the game only surpassing B2, Barriss, RG and Gam Guard.
Lash Out is frankly useless. It does pitiful AOE damage and only provides a single turn of retribution, the only benefit to upgrading the ability is added damage which is virtually insignificant.
Outrage has potential but is not in useful in the current meta. Kylo needs to be below half health in order for it become stronger (which is effectively qtr health if you consider protection to be an extension of health). Due to his poor speed there is almost no way that he would be able to get a full power Outrage off before his demise.
Kylos kit is so deeply flawed that he's a liability to any team (including FO teams!) Kylo has been designed to take hits which in turn makes his hits stronger. Opposing teams entirely disregard him because he isn't threatening in early stages of a battle (due to lack of damage, speed and utility) and only when he is almost dead can he be relatively threatening. His ability to apply debuffs (healing immunity and DOTs) is limited due to average potency (as well as being largely irrelevent debuffs) and is severely hampered by poor tenacity.
Kylos only redeeming qualities is his large health pool and protection and his affiliation with FO which still cannot compete with many other factions in the game (Jedi, Rebels, Resistance, Droids etc).
TLDR; It's time EA put some respeck on Kylos name.
Kylo Rens rival, Rey, is currently the strongest DPS character in the game. I am all for gender equality but Kylo is arguably as strong as Rey in TFA and surely this should be represented in SWGOH as well.
Kylo is listed as an Attacker but at max level, gear, abilities his basic can only achieve 2322-2566 damage, Lash Out 2557-2825 and Outrage 4667-5157. To give you an idea his basic is the 5th weakest in the game only surpassing B2, Barriss, RG and Gam Guard.
Lash Out is frankly useless. It does pitiful AOE damage and only provides a single turn of retribution, the only benefit to upgrading the ability is added damage which is virtually insignificant.
Outrage has potential but is not in useful in the current meta. Kylo needs to be below half health in order for it become stronger (which is effectively qtr health if you consider protection to be an extension of health). Due to his poor speed there is almost no way that he would be able to get a full power Outrage off before his demise.
Kylos kit is so deeply flawed that he's a liability to any team (including FO teams!) Kylo has been designed to take hits which in turn makes his hits stronger. Opposing teams entirely disregard him because he isn't threatening in early stages of a battle (due to lack of damage, speed and utility) and only when he is almost dead can he be relatively threatening. His ability to apply debuffs (healing immunity and DOTs) is limited due to average potency (as well as being largely irrelevent debuffs) and is severely hampered by poor tenacity.
Kylos only redeeming qualities is his large health pool and protection and his affiliation with FO which still cannot compete with many other factions in the game (Jedi, Rebels, Resistance, Droids etc).
TLDR; It's time EA put some respeck on Kylos name.
