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Still no nerfs/tweaks to Alchemist Ring

syain
syain Member Posts: 444
in General Discussions

Why again?

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  • Myla
    Myla Member Posts: 1,551

    Good

  • ShinobuSK
    ShinobuSK Member Posts: 5,279

    Probably not enough people using it to warrant nerf

  • IronKnight55
    IronKnight55 Member Posts: 3,114

    Who knows? I'm sure it'll probably get a nerf in the future.

  • Altarf
    Altarf Member Posts: 1,046
    edited January 2022

    I think it's because with McLean's departure, the "godfather" of Blight, they're probably hesitant to touch him too much in case they break something/make him worse. Buffing Adrenaline Vial is fine, because nobody uses it and it's a bad add-on, (unless you're on console) but Blight's widely considered one of the best designed killers in the game. They probably don't want to do another Hillbilly and nerf him/his add-ons into irrelevancy, the community still (rightfully) complains about Billy's nerf.

    Still, Alchemist's Ring is too strong to not have some downside. I think it should deplete all Rush tokens if you miss a swing, and increase the time taken for Rush tokens to recharge by 2 seconds or so. It'd actually have counterplay that way.

  • Labrac
    Labrac Applicant Posts: 1,285

    Probably because the addon isn't exactly easy to use. I know people here on the forum s like to pretend that using Alchemist Ring is the equivalent of an automatic win, but the addon is only oppressive if you're good at Blight and can hit consistent rushes. If you M1 and then Rush, there's no Alchemist value; if you Rush and then M1, there's no Alchemist value; if you miss the second Rush, there's no Alchemist value.

    It isn't the same as things like Nurse double recharge, Huntress extra hatchets or even Marvin's Blood that any player can get value out of. It's not an addon that any Blight player can slap on and win games, you need to actually be good at him. I still remember when Otz tried to prove how oppressive the addon was and only got to use it once because he spent most of the match M1ing.

    Ofc the addon should be toned down a bit (maybe recharge 2 tokens instead of all 5), but I disagree with how people think it's a huge problem. Considering most people who play Blight aren't even that good at him, probably the devs are looking at raw data and decided the addon isn't overperforming 🤷

  • Phasmamain
    Phasmamain Member Posts: 11,543

    Because flask of bleach needed a nerf first obviously