Boosts, Commanders and Defenders OH MY!

Everything looks good except defender i can't imagine people running armorer at above 50 something nora i think i am the only one who runs him now even. On the other hand skeletons would be crippled and so would beasts, i rather just see boost 3 dealt away with.

 

Though I generally like the idea of Race and Class being on each of the abilities, you have to be really careful which champions get which abilities. For example, Archer Commander currently has Command: Archer. With this change, she'd affect all KF Archers and all KF Elves. Like I said, I do generally like the idea but you'd have to be really careful about which champions get which abilities.

 

Defender 3 might be a bit much. +3 defense is an incredible amount, particularly at that range.

 

To be honest, I have been angling for Sermon for the Human Paladins / Inquisition theme for ages so I may be biased but I feel that conditional or temporary stat boosts are alright. Abilities like Battledrum and spells like Draconic Benediction keep the game moving and help counter turtling. Without them you run the risk of both players building up their forces and waiting for the other player to make the first move.
Abilities like Sermon are conditional and should force decision making as well as having avenues of counterplay. Forgive me if it already works this way but Sermons CD should be somewhere around 3-4 but not begin counting down until the champion moves. This forces the player to decide whether using the ability is a good idea or not. Using the ability gives a strong boost but doing so locks the unit down, unable to move without losing the buff for a while. The opponent should also be able to "break" the ability by forcing movement either through pulls, knockback or removal.

 

I'd much rather see Aidefense get a range tacked on rather than total removal. Firk are rather squishy without it altogether for starters.

 

ahhhhhh now I get it. Pox doesn't have set rotation but it CAN have ability rotation. pretty sneaky sis.

 

Agreed. Should be something like:
Defender 1/2/3: Champions within 2/3/4 spaces that share a race or class with this one have +2 Defense.
or
Defender 1/2/3: Champions within 3 spaces that share a race with this one have +1/2/3 Defense

 

Sermon Change to this champion gains Boost, Commander, Defender until moved?

 

I like the idea of the stat bonuses being stagnant but the range increasing with their respective ranks.

 

Defence is stronger than damage, and shouldn't cost the same.

+3 defence in AoE 5 is a big no-no. Current defender is strong, yours is a super buffed version.

Reduce the range of buffs. Force good positioning tyvm.

2 ranks would be enough so that you wouldn't overbuff stuff.

 

Looks much better.

 

So, are you aware that this solution brings skeletons to a point of revamp or bury them, right?

Another question: what of resilient aura? Will it be axed? Resilient aura+ defender will be quite impactful given that cone and single target abilities were toned down.

 

I'm in favor of separating/consolidating boosts. I just hope that themes and champions designed around (or quite recently altered because of) multiple stacking boosts will get a fair deal.

 

Bear in mind that when/if these get implemented, we can give them to different champs in different themes.

So in skellies, tomb lord could get commander, bonewing could get boost, something else could get defender... and the potential buffs would actually go up.

that's just an example to illustrate the point.

 

Skeletons already have a hard time setting up. Splitting the boost into several different champs makes them even harder to set up.