quote: If there are any doubts whether Outlaw needs buff, here you can see it failing against cornered Glaives.

I've requested this several times, but the shield faction should be in the trash

Different units from the same class (in this case riots) have different strengths and weaknesses in different circumstances. One of Outlaw's characteristic weaknesses is that it is not strong when used on its own and it does not surprise me that a single Outlaw would lose to five Glaives running at it. Shieldbots as a whole may not be doing that well at the moment, but this game does not move me in the direction of thinking that specifically Outlaw needs a buff.

I doubt they would be good against Blitz (too much hp) or Kodachi (autorepair). They might work against Pyro, but Bandits backed by well placed Snitches or Racketeers would probably work better.

Could we maybe get more damage and less slow? Raiders are very fragile and friendly shields do the job of shielding the outlaw. There are quite a few units that suffer heavily from being slowed, but raiders are fairly unique in how fragile they are. So damage might achieve a more focused anti-raider role while also making Outlaws much less annoying to play against.

If you think slow is the "special strength" of Outlaw that should be buffed according to Quant's rule, couldn't that be the ability to shoot through allies, having no teamdamage and affecting everyone in a radius? Slow is not very unique and always very annoying since it removes tactical options from the opponent.

More damage and less slow would be a route I would take if it looked like Outlaw needed a buff specifically against raiders, or a nerf against non-raiders. Possibly in conjunction with a bit more edge effectiveness. The edge effectiveness parameter is hard to get a feel for.

Yes, but my aim isn't to make all riots have the same usefulness profile across all tasks.

Outlaw isn't a unit that should be used alone.

I mean the whole concept of the shield factory turns around clustering the right combinations.


Also i don't think shields are weak at the moment.