knotty cedar
Izuku Midoriya OFA is an extremely well-rounded character who is able to dominate lobbies with his array of tools, which has been frustrating for most of the player-base. But what is it that separates Midoriya OFA from the rest of the high-tiers, and most importantly... why is he so fun?
For a little bit of credibility, here's what I've been doing to people all season. This isn't for promo, the video is unlisted. If you've seen ZEN Kamko's videos, you've probably seen things like this before. I'm well aware of the horrors of this character.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2hVzXed488&feature=youtu.be
Why He's Broken
This is mostly because of how forgiving his kit is. I'll highlight a few of the aspects of his kit that stand out.
Now this isn't to say that all of these should be removed. Every character should threaten a certain amount of tools that should force everyone else to play around them. I'll send my proposed changes shortly.
Why He's Fun
Fitting the Rapid archetype, these are the aspects that Midoriya OFA should excel at.
Deku has extremely agile combos and routing, allowing him to do tons of damage when he's left un-interrupted. This is an aspect of him that I'd like to keep, as there are lots of anti-dive characters that can prevent him from doing this, as well as teammates on every team to help break out of his combos. Here's the tech that I like about him:
Why He's Annoying
This characters kit appeals to people who want an easy way out. You'll see an endless amount of Midoriya OFA players that don't even utilize the loop combos, and only use Trance Blow melee and Overdrive, since they can still achieve results and a lot of the cast can't do very much about it. Players like this are completely untouched by the nerfs while top players are less effective in their lobbies. Everybody is still overwhelmingly annoyed by the Trance Blow Overdrive epidemic so... what will change in season 14?
Character Tech Erasure
This game's developers have a habit of removing tech from characters with their changes, making them less fun overall. The last victim of this was Shinso, who can no longer hit double beta by hitting the first one backwards, which I thought was enjoyable to pull off. This could have been solved by simply changing damage values, but the character became less complex instead.
I think that Midoriya OFA has an incredible amount of melee tech and that nobody else in the game can do what he's doing. If I were to balance him, I would keep his melee combos so that he becomes a formidable dive opponent, but remove his options that allow him to completely control fights outside of diving. To remove Midoriya OFA's melees is to remove a large amount of what people have been building up over this season, and what people who appreciate the character actually enjoy about him.
Finally, Proposed Character Balancing Fixes
Here are my overall proposed Midoriya balancing fixes. They aim to establish Midoriya OFA as a fast and agile dive character, who is no longer able to spew instant-knock down projectiles all over the battlefield and deal damage without even having to aim. They also aim to shorten Midoriya OFA's combos to allow opponents at least 2 interactions per fight when Midoriya is left un-interrupted.
v Grounded alpha projectile size decreased
v Grounded alpha takes 2 stocks of ammo to fire at all levels
v Grounded alpha no longer has armor on startup
v Beta (Quintuple) now consumes all remaining beta ammo
would like to hear feedback on this i saw the proposed changes and saw that trance blow deku isnt going anywhere and a shudder ran down my spine
jagged sonnet
would like to hear feedback on this i saw the proposed changes and saw that tran...
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