2012-07-26, 01:44:50
I think the attempts to nerf/balance the Raider finally broke it...
The Raider ultimate spell fails to deal any damage (either to creeps or to hero tanks). No damage dealt for either early recall or waiting for the countdown to reach 0 to auto tele back. See Replay attached starting at 22 minutes, 25 min, 26:50, 28:00, etc.
At 36:45 i cant even kill a lone ballista after tanking damage from an airship that ran away from me... I should have tried with no guns carried to verify but i didn't think to do that till just now.
On a side note, even if it did work correctly, the Raider Ulti is one of the worst out of all the tanks.. lvl 1 deals 1200dmg SPLIT amongst ALL targets in range??? assuming 2 enemy creeps with enemy hero tank, thats 400dmg per target...What happens if you want to kill just creeps, a single lane wave...that's 1200dmg/5 targets= 120 dmg per target MAX. Don't even try middle lane creeps, you wont make a dent, for an ultimate spell on a 1.8k tank, im better off getting tinker and doing more dmg with grenade launcher.... The cheaper light tank and heli ultimate deals 800 dmg base to ALL targets affected....Light tank has larger AoE and heli has longer cast range than the mere 750 AoE on the Raider....
Either way Raider becomes outgunned hella fast since you without an effective way to deal damage you need poison or other high dmg gun, i found it hard to save for earth robot even with leaver gold.... Nerfed Heal spell and other raider spells i can deal with, but nerfing the ultimate makes it barely better than tinker....at least you can farm with tinker, buff towers and teleport away from danger....If your not fed with raider, you are screwed long-term, but thats just my opinion.
The Raider ultimate spell fails to deal any damage (either to creeps or to hero tanks). No damage dealt for either early recall or waiting for the countdown to reach 0 to auto tele back. See Replay attached starting at 22 minutes, 25 min, 26:50, 28:00, etc.
At 36:45 i cant even kill a lone ballista after tanking damage from an airship that ran away from me... I should have tried with no guns carried to verify but i didn't think to do that till just now.
On a side note, even if it did work correctly, the Raider Ulti is one of the worst out of all the tanks.. lvl 1 deals 1200dmg SPLIT amongst ALL targets in range??? assuming 2 enemy creeps with enemy hero tank, thats 400dmg per target...What happens if you want to kill just creeps, a single lane wave...that's 1200dmg/5 targets= 120 dmg per target MAX. Don't even try middle lane creeps, you wont make a dent, for an ultimate spell on a 1.8k tank, im better off getting tinker and doing more dmg with grenade launcher.... The cheaper light tank and heli ultimate deals 800 dmg base to ALL targets affected....Light tank has larger AoE and heli has longer cast range than the mere 750 AoE on the Raider....
Either way Raider becomes outgunned hella fast since you without an effective way to deal damage you need poison or other high dmg gun, i found it hard to save for earth robot even with leaver gold.... Nerfed Heal spell and other raider spells i can deal with, but nerfing the ultimate makes it barely better than tinker....at least you can farm with tinker, buff towers and teleport away from danger....If your not fed with raider, you are screwed long-term, but thats just my opinion.