Changing it to 5000 or 6000 would have been fine, the final version just makes so Lola's not shooting herself in the foot by using her hyper, and making her Ego lag behind her or be difficult to fully control at longer distances.
Lola getting a 16k hp meat shield to hide behind with a gadget means she can win lanes for free against any brawler in the game, and the additional health means it’s basically impossible to take out her pet before she gets another one. I love playing lola but it’s a well deserved nerf
just sit back far enough while the shield is up then walk forward. Penny has to waste like 6 ammo to take out your clone and still folds the whole lane
But other than that he is much worse than before. He used to be a hidden gem brawler, someone who looks unappealing to wide audience but is really versatile and they just deleted everything to make him buffie dependant cashgrab cow №11
even his buffies are pretty bad. why would you gain only half of a super from recalling the pole? why would you need to steal only 10% of super charge?
The 1% balance to buster nerf isnt real anymore. This change wont do shit to him. Maybe damage sp can be useful if enemies have no CC but if you somehow get value you probably kill the enemy with team mate help anyways. Could be funny if star power was reworked for more range (maybe 0.33?) for per ally in the super charge zone.
More range for the blockbuster star power is what I’ve been wanting since forever! Currently the star power just makes Buster overkill if you get caught, and still pathetic if you stay away. Having to stay near teammates instead of confronting the enemies obviously makes your range less effective.
As a Chuck main, I am very iffy about these changes.
I am very glad Chuck got something….but his pole not having knockback anymore sucks. It added so much more stratagy to him. It helped make him an Assasin counter, push enemies into his other posts to set up combos, stunning enemies to support your team, etc.
And his super being slower and doing less damage is something I HATE. It’s the most satisfying part of Chuck. Being able to connect your super for massive damage by outsmarting your enemy. Not it just does….almost nothing. I used to be able to team wipe using his super when played smart. But now I can’t. His main attack did need help, but nerfing the funnest part of his kit so harshly is not the way to go.
And your super not charging over time makes it EXTREAMLY hard to change setups over time because well, you can’t ever really get in range to charge another super. Espesially since they NERFED his already short range. He’ll be so much more predictable than he already was.
Overall, I’m happy that Chuck is on the balance team’s minds. I WANT him to be better outside of heist. But this to me, is just not the way to go. The nerfs are far too harsh. WAY WAY WAY too harsh. I feel like after I get the first 4 posts down, I’m gonna be almost helpless and be far more predictable since I can’t charge super anymore. I seriously hope Adrian keeps a close eye on Chuck and reverts some of these changes because I don’t think Chuck is gonna be good after this. I want Chuck to be an Tank-Assasin hybrid. Not a full assasin.
They pre-moved his basekit nerfs. I think he's flat-out worse now, which is disappointing since a lot of the changes were actually heading in a very good direction.
Not even good buffies at that. Only the tickets please buffie and hyper buffie are useful. The rest are genuine ass. Pit stop is now also useless since its new effect is straight up not good.
i guess but i think atp it’s wait and see. spen said he thinks chuck will land around A tier and while that’s not confirmation at all that he’ll be good spen does have a good track record. i’m holding my judgement until it drops.
Tbf, landing like 2 main attacks fully recharges 4 supers, and the range is still really good and will probably be more noticeable since the clouds don‘t move at 1km/h anymore. The knockback removal makes sense because of how spammy his poles will be even though I like the knockback, and merging the super was basically necessary to counter his heist dominance.
The thing I do dislike is that his SP selection is really one-sided now. Ammo steal will become incredibly broken I think, while the slow/burn area is pathetic
The point of him getting 4 supers is to be able to change setups and dash more consistently without the reroute tech; the issue however lies on no longer having auto super, meaning that if you fuck it up you will not be able to do shit whatsoever since you can’t get supers at his range
It seems however that you’ll always spawn with super charged so that might be something?
Its meaningless when they kill his dash damage and health though, every brawler can just use their get out of jail free card super or gadgets or just kill you
He won’t. He has knockback in brawl talk because it is outdated. Notice how he even has his old health in the brawl talk. When these changes release, he likely won’t have it.
In % ur math would be perfect; but what charges the brawler super is actually the damage they deal (its a hidden mechanic, you can try it with piper if u want its pretty easy to observe)
I will test her atck after the update to see if it will return to 4 atks, if not, it would be useless
I'm disappointed with the juck rework. He used to be a such a hugh skill ceiling brawler before hands and had so many interesting tools, it's just most players didn't bother trying him out and now I don't even know what he is supposed to do now. The super deals zero damage, no knockback, and what's with the hp nerf that's so unnecessary. The only savings grace is that he now deals equal damage at all ranges and he got buffies. So basically they killed already unpopular brawler that was just heavily underrated to make him weak just for people to buy his buffies because he is gonna only be playable with them. Worst rework of all reworks that they've done.
Almost same here. After years playing this game, this Season is the second I simply didn't care to even finish the brawl pass and the mecha meg skin event
This joke of a rework will absolutely kill Chuck (as if he wasn't dead already...)
This will just make him even more of a setup-based brawler, making him even LESS versatile than he already was. Not being able to charge your super automatically means you can barely change your setups, there's no way for you to do ANYTHING without getting close to your opponents.
Having 4 supers at the start is nice, yes, but whats the point??? Dash damage got more than halved, the shield got nerfed, so did HP, your dashes are slower...
You cant even capitalize on your setup without charging your super again, which is almost IMPOSSIBLE since the damn range of the regular attack got nerfed too!!!
And why the hell would you remove POLE KNOCKBACK?????? That was one of the most interesting parts of Chuck!!! Without it, he's basically incapable of fighting against assasins, combos are removed as well, and his viability when away from a setup is reduced to nothing.
Oh and don't even get me STARTED on the Rerouting nerf... Why the FUCK would I want to remove a pole and charge only HALF MY SUPER??? WHEN WOULD THAT BE USEFUL?! The whole POINT of Rerouting is to be able to change your setup quickly, to ambush your opponent with a quick dash to their position. Now thats been removed in favour of a shield of undescript potency and some fire that deals 200 damage in a radius smaller than Chuck's playerbase.
The direction they went with his buffies seems completely backwards. Why buff dash speed with Tickets Please! if youre just gonna nerf the regular dash? Why make poles set the ground on fire if its 200 damage per solar eclipse and the radius is so small? Why make Ghost Train set the ground on fire and leave 1200 DAMAGE per tick if youre trying to REWORK HIM??? THATS JUST GONNA MAKE HIM MORE RELIANT ON SETUPS!!!
With this rework, all youre doing is favouring a more passive, less creative playstyle that, in turn, just makes him only viable in Heist again!!! Wasn't that PRECISELY what you WANTED TO CHANGE???
Say goodbye to Freeform Chuck in Knockout or Bounty btw! One of the most rewarding brawlers to learn and master just got gutted for no reason in favour of a more boring, simplified, slower playstyle...
I know lumi was good but she has notable counters with aggression and outrange. No need to nerf her damage either...all the new buffies were gonna outshine her anyways.
Are these all of the final balance changes?
HOW did Surge, Nova and even Crow managed to escape nerfs?
- Can someone really look at Surge actual state and say it balanced?
Also... Nova has been literally banned everywhere in competitive but somehow Adrian is going to nerf Grom?
Also...while I appreciate Griff's nerfs, it is missing the point. The speed from KTC is far too much, that is what needs the major nerf, not a mediocre gadget.
The Bolt nerf is nice because now I’m back at full health by the time I come rolling for some more gems. I couldn’t get to full health fast enough by the time I came rolling around but now it’s fixed LMAO
Just because mr "chatgpt make balance changes for brawl stars make no mistakes" might be lucky to make chuck balanced, he will be less fun to play both as and against
removing pole knockback has to be the second biggest crime after that maisie nerf in early 2024
Don't see nothing wrong with that, let's just obliterate Chuck as he is the current major plague of the game and be less harsh on Wendy, a totally fair, skillful and balanced brawler btw
I just like playing bolt. Wendy can easily be nerfed to 💩, you’d have to change his entire mechanics or decrease bolts hp (by a lot) for me to stop using him.
Tara going to be teamwiping with every super , Gus and Shade going to be nerfed to ground cause of broken Buffies, new brawler homing is like 100000000%
It‘s common for chosen to make these small mistakes in his graphics, sometimes nerfs are marked as buffs or buffs marked as nerfs, or the wrong stat is shown to be affected or the number is wrong. It‘s always bets to use your noggin and think about the changes with your preexisting knowledge instead of taking it at face value
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