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"The concept of party comp mostly shows up in games like D&D, where it's common for players to balance the character they want to play with the problem-solving role the party might need them to play."
"Rubick is busted. This seems exceptionally good."
"As a day one Apex player, I can only remember a few times where we have had as big of a meta shift as we have had here for Season 14 of Apex Legends."
"I really like how the MCU Spider-Man has to balance being a normal kid and being a superhero."
"Champions like Irelia may not be the highest pick or win rate in champion, but once you master some of these champions they're broken."
"She is in desperate need of a nerf and of a flaw because not only did she break free of people telling it what to do she wasn't wrong about any of it things just work out for her when she's solely following her own ideas."
"Especially if you're mid-level, low-level, or pure shit, you can find success with nearly any character on the roster."
"Thunderbird is literally game-breaking and she needs a nerf... give her two kona stations and make it to where instead of doing 20 hp heels it does like 15."
"You don't want your old heroes to overshadow the new ones, but you also don't want the old heroes to seem pointless or unnecessary."
"They had struck the perfect balance between Bruce Wayne and Batman."
"Orisa and wrecking ball... absolutely insane."
"Erisa doesn't just instantly kill you so that's actually kind of nice."
"Tracer's an A tier... especially now, I think they finally found that spot damage-wise they want with Tracer."
"There was a blissful period in Smash 4 where we genuinely did not know who the best character in the game was."
"Caustic gas is immensely strong, I don't actually think it needed the buff it got."
"Fox is broken I've always thought Fox is broken he basically forces guesses on to you and if you guess wrong you take 60 sometimes the reason he's not higher is because he does have some pretty bad matchups."
"His character is ridiculous, the flaws of this character are sometimes you can get walled out."
"I don't understand why people don't think this character is broken. This character is insane. They have the best neutral in the entire game. They have an insane punish game."
"Every single time Varus is buffed we become optimistic as bottom dwelling days are over but are disappointed every single time."
"Base magic resist dropped from 32 to 28 so Taric now becomes more vulnerable into double range matchups."
"Retribution is a wonderful all-rounder with reliable DPS and a dynamic pace."
"Warlocks are [expletive] ridiculous... they're always going to be ridiculous."
"Pantheon's ganking is unfair as hell... very not recommended for passive players."
"There's a delicate balance of being a lunatic and being entertaining"
"I think that people just hear invulnerability and their brain just turns off and they think damn that's broken."
"So many matchups that were in Wario's favor or even are just gonna like not be like that anymore."
"Pikachu is the most well-rounded character in Smash Ultimate, he has literally no flaws."
"Don't believe Peach players when they say that she's terrible."
"Preseason 11 introduced the strongest version of Jhin that we have ever seen."
"Anyone who says otherwise, they're trying to scam you. This character is broken."
"He perfectly walks the line between relatable Everyman and Immortal space God."
"I think pokemon trainer is the most well-rounded character in this entire game because they have no bad matchups, no bad stages."
"The reason that Anivia has gone mostly unchanged... is because her design is just flat-out good."
"Nami is League of Legends' most fair champion."
"The goofy pirate is the perfect balance between comedy and seriousness here."
"This change alone might actually be good enough to bring back Rumble."
"What made her so strong in average Joe soloqueue was also kind of the very thing that made her less popular in competitive play: snowball."
"This champion is like actually thanos i don't know what they did with their buffs but like she's the best champion in the game now bro."
"It's a very fine line between smug prick and confident and kind of a buffoon and he manages to walk that line."
"No cap because he had a bad team comp the other day, but no Aurelion Sol is actually broken."
"I think there are only two possible routes: the first one is to buff its Health, the stats of the wizard have barely changed since its release but the health is the one stat of the wizard that has never been changed."
"If I was gonna like change the Overseer I'd like jack up his damage a bit more and give him like a 20 second torn and slow off on the heavy man that'd be crazy crazy good."
"You need a good balance of old and new characters."
"Don't nobody use Kenny online alright, it just won't be fair, it just won't be fair."
"On Aatrox's buffs: 'Aatrox has tended to be a low win rate Pro play Problem Champion... I applaud going for late game fairly inoffensive buffs overall.'"
"We reduced the cost of his Berserker cancels during Instinct by 30%."
"Caitlyn is an oppressive lady carry that it feels like a lot of people are under appreciating lately."
"Whenever you are trying to nerf a champion, you need to attack their strongest point."
"Yuumi is already getting picked despite her previous nerfs before this buff coming back in and obviously this is just going to make it a little bit better."
"Heroes and villains are equally matched because of the Guild of Calamitous Intent."
"Heroes should have clear strengths and weaknesses."
"I think changing Yasuo is probably too risky. The way his current kit fits together is honestly pretty genius."
"Lulu Chompers was a little bit strong, like Jinx aggro with a bit of elusiveness."
"It’s a perfect balance, and one that I think other shows should aim to emulate with their queer characters."
"The big roadhog rework has been a huge victory for the balance team."
"Do not ever do that again. Too many characters have counters."
"Tom Holland strikes the perfect balance of normal everyday kid and superhero."
"It's remarkably balanced in its depictions of both its titular geeks and the rougher-edged burnouts."
"Sombra is solid. She got some small buffs, and the EMP buff is actually really, really good."
"Champions like Riven, Renekton, Jayce, and Rengar get a lot more power back."
"Touch of death characters are the worst designed because they play by an entirely different set of rules than other archetypes and force those other archetypes to play by them unless they get mized in the blink of an eye literally."
"We were looking for what can we implement for the rogues to make it as rewarding to play a rogue as playing the wizard."
"Nina gets a lot further with her cheese and no skill than most other characters."
"Overall, White Mage has its issues currently but the foundation is still very solid."
"I think the current direction riot is taking with marksman is the right way to go what they did with the felios samira gin and senna is the healthy middle ground."
"What makes Gragas so OP is... he's just so well-rounded."
"I love King even yeah is he overtuned in Tekken 8 his throws are way too strong his heat is way too strong I don't care I [ __ ] love King."
"Shao Kahn in Mortal Kombat 9: extremely cheap, absolutely ruined the ending for me."
"Diddy Kong... you can't make a character with that sort of aerial game and banana bad."
"Both Cooler and Goku, the two new LR's that have come out, are ridiculous beyond belief. They're utterly ridiculously stupidly broken characters."
"Moira's coalescence is the fastest charging ultimate in this game... it's not even close."
"Malphite... he's kind of Opie at the moment so overall it's kind of unfair to place him on here but he's also a hard counter to several champions."
"The Russo brothers did a remarkable job balancing characters and story."
"Developers have confirmed in interviews that the new characters or at least Yun and Yang were top tier by design apparently they thought having deliberately overpowered characters would foster competitive spirit."
"I could absolutely make a bad balance video on Yang sometime down the line for the record even with everything I've shown Yun is probably still not as good as vanilla Sagat so I might cover him next time."
"It's likely he'll need some more in future patches... when karthus is good he is really good."
"Calista changes are nice, but it's not gonna change any of the spots where you pick Calista."
"And then I would nerf her by making her second blink a special attack instead of a basic attack."
"There's nothing wrong with having moves that are similar. What matters is every character having their own place in the game."
"I definitely could see like uh damage reduction coming down his way, especially since the change to her basic attack being able to land that consistent long-range chip damage a little bit easier."
"That's the right kind of marketing, especially for a character that's not overpowered."
"Fortunately, Horikoshi seems fully aware of the pitfalls of having overpower characters..."
"This is a very broken low-level killer build especially on this tileset."
"We're just trying to slowly remove those things that made it frustrating to play against Loki but giving him new things to help him out with instead."
"We've got a ton of balance, ton of awesome skins, and of course what you all have been waiting for, the long awaited Loki rework."
"Zenyatta hasn't been nerfed since 2020, slowly he's been getting better and better."
"Akali dips into this new low, almost as low as her pre-update play rate as a result of these hard nerfs."
"Boa strikes the balance of comic relief and heartfelt much more effectively than a lot of other examples in the show."
"Fatality Johnny Cage is op as [ __ ] too."
"Overwatch was so busted. Bastion in Siege? That'd be insane."
"So we Garo gets actually a nerf in a way, but at the same time, he gets a massive cosmic buff."
"They do a great job of balancing the badass and the dumbass at the same time."
"So you can be nice but still just have a backbone."