u/Adazahi

Credit to u/wot_a_mess for the discovery. Not really sure when this happened, but at some point, regular Ao Jun has its ability duration buffed to match UE Ao Jun.

To account for this change, I raised it from F tier to D tier on the tier list. It's still a pretty bad robot due to the cooldown, lack of stealth while rising and falling, and all round mid stats, but it's a lot less bad then before... which is a step in the right direction.

As we all know, there's a big rebalance on the horizon. A lot of people have been asking me "will XYZ get nerfed? should I invest in it?" so I thought it'd be fun to discuss what I think is going to change. Take what I say with a bathtub of salt, however, because this is a guessing game and Pixonic is extremely unpredictable.

I'll be separating my predictions by tiers from 0 to 4, with the highest tiers being the one's I'm more confident will happen.

Tier 0 - "If this doesn't happen, I will send u/HighflyerWR 1,000 dgems, I am that confident."

• UE Revenant nerf -> They already said UE's will be the focus of these nerfs, and UE Revenant released with one of the most overtuned abilities in the game numbers wise. It literally has prime dux levels of grey healing, there is no way it stays this way.
• UE Nodens nerf -> Similarly to UE Rev, this shit has WAY too much grey healing and there is no chance that they allow it to stay as is right now. Also, so many people got one from that shipyard that had actual decent rates.

Tier 1 - "This will almost certainly happen"

• UE Typhon nerf -> This is another very dominant UE bot that will probably see changes in this patch
• UE Sword & Arms nerf -> A collab item that they announced will be going away forever and then conveniently made available? Could they even be more obvious..?
• UE Lancelot nerf -> Just now had a comeback, and it's a pretty strong UE.
• UE Hawk nerf -> Has way too long of an ability duration to stay this way
• Ammit & Scales nerf -> The grey resistance on ammit will definitely be reduced, and scales' DMI ability might get an actual cooldown
• Anaksor & Myia nerf -> There are so many ways to make this bot suck, starting with nerfing the grey healing on Myia
  • Machiara family nerf -> I'm thinking something like the nerf to Gladius + Pilum. Or maybe an accuracy nerf.
  • Venire & Vincere are also definitely gonna get toned down, but not by so much that they suck, they'll still be among the best titan weapons in the game. Think like the first Arbiter/Equalizer nerf.
• Rex & Bull nerf -> Rex is at the perfect age to get another nerf, not a devastating one, but one that will make it barely an upgrade from Ochokochi
• Hastatus & Princeps nerf -> I expect that Stasis barrier will get demolished, perhaps by reducing the stack count but increasing the stack duration
  • Venire & Vincere nerf -> Will most likely get a small nerf that doesnt change much, kind of like Arbiter

Tier 2 - "I'd be surprised if this didn't happen"

• UE Ravana nerf -> Just made available through tournament, so...
  • UE Cryo nerf -> Same reasoning as Ravana
• Atlas nerf -> It's been a while since we got a new brawler titan. I expect Atlas to get completely shit on in order to make way for its replacement.
• UE Storm, Redeemer, & Shredder nerfs -> These are some very powerful UE weapons that could very well get nerfed simply due to Pixonic's claim that the focus of this patch will be UE nerfs.
• Stealther nerf -> Stealth duration will probably be reduced, healing will probably be gimped
• Bifrost nerf -> If they nerf Stealther but not Bifrost (who is also conveniently now obtainable easily though the shipyard) then an OLD (bleh!) mothership will become the best ship in the game.

Tier 3 - "This could happen"

• Void & Chasm nerf -> I'm less certain of this one because their usage rate is probably being dragged down by Venire/Vincere
• UE Havoc, Devastator & Scatter nerf -> These are some very powerful UE weapons that could very well get nerfed simply due to Pixonic's claim that the focus of this patch will be UE nerfs. A bit less likely though, as one statistic that Pixonic uses to nerf is damage per match, and Sonics naturally do less damage than many other weapons since they prevent healing.
• Seeker & Showdown nerf -> Players have caught on to the fact that these drones work on almost any robot ever as a best or second best option. Pix likes to sell bots as a package deal that requires every puzzle piece to work - being able to shove a cheaper puzzle piece where the drone should go is bad for their paychecks.

Tier 4 - "Meme Bingo Card"

I wonder how much of it we can fill out.

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This week we’ve got 7 Tensors up for grabs. Any lucky Vector owners who don’t have a Tensor - now’s your chance - put your ID in the comments to enter!

Tensor is also decent on other reflector bots like Raptor, though its awkward grey resistance ability makes it hard to justify on non-brawler reflector bots like Siren/Harpy/Hawk.