1. A skirmish match that is endless. People would come and go without penalty.

Maybe with potentially feats full from the start and low damage to allow for people to play against real players for extended fights and promotes group fights to help people learn their characters including feats.

2. A 6-6 or 8-8 dominion match on one portion of breach maps

And also skirmish would be cooler but I'll bet dominion would be more popular

3. Free for all

Either on a duel arena 4-4 players or objective map also 4-4 players but basically just one big fight

4. Keep away

something where someone is leader and they have extra health and feats and whoever kills them becomes leader. (Potentially maybe getting revenge for a moment so they can not immediately get annihilated by competitors who helped take down the leader) you'd gain points off of kills and extra for leader kills and also for however long you can hold leader by points per incriment of time.

Just some ideas and especially practice mode would be my choice if you did think it was a good idea

Ps one last thought would be that maybe make a random game mode playlist so it switches the game mode each match

In Duels he is outclassed by every character with more than 2 unique moves, he loses every Orochi fight and anyone who knows how to dodge immediately counters any bash attack he does. He is outclassed by Warmonger and Centurion (Maybe even Shinobi) and any other character with a bash or dodge attack. He is the worst Hero in this game and needs a stamina buff, rework, or new moves because I am tired of trying to play this fun character but getting outclassed by every other Hero in every mode.

Like the title says Aramusha feels way too slow and sluggish and for someone with "Fast Attacks" in his description bro should have smoother and a faster animations and shouldnt feel like he is underwater and out of stamina permanently

I'm so sick of fighting this sutpid overpowered crap character! I can't attack him I can't block I try to light and he just super armor through EVERYTHING I try to do

He throws uninterruptable lights and then KNOCKS ME INTO A WALL WITH AN UNBLOCKABLE AND THEM ANOTHER HEAVY AND ANOTHER UNBLOCKABLE!!! HOW IS THIS FAIR?!?!

If I play Dominions and run into one of these screamers my death is all but guaranteed. They throw that stupid lottle hammer at me and gut punch me and all the other jorms and Roman's simultaneously gang bang me all ay once and I'm deleted. This character is stupid! Not to mention the lightning fast and UNDODGEABLE LIGHTS.

Please ubi nerf this character or better yet DELETE HIM!!

that [censored] hole of a raider that is dared call "hero" needs to be sorted. I WILL not put up with this any longer sort out his stamina he has too much, sort out his armor, this is not a game called "who has the most hyper armor" I've already established that the Berserker has all the armor and accepted it, I'm not accepting raider though.

you improvise adapt to your enemies WELL I'VE IMPROVISED AND ADAPTED ENOUGH. I should not be killed because some noob picked up the game and just so happened to pick raider. (hint, hint matchmaking is not the best?)
AND LET'S NOT EVEN GO TO THE GANKING STAGE

now I'm normally chill ask any member of the community on here and they'll say "yeah I guess he's pretty chill" but enough is enough I've protested quietly now I'm going to turn into those idiot heads that uses no logical reason or sense and just ask for nerfs just because.

if it isn't sorted out then I want shinobi rework as compensation, let's see them try and hyper armor through al those bashes!

where was I? Oh right nerf raider

have a nice day 😄

They should remove it because it literally does nothing cause you cant use it while in a match like I was in a match and I had to join a friend but that damn button is there to say you have two options jump 60 feet or continue playing our game it's just [censored] that they would waste time coding those letters in when they could have used the time working more important things

Plenty of the characters in this game sit in the "bad" bin of heroes when in reality they are just on the cusp of being good, redeeming qualities that are kind of ruined by outdatedness. Valk is one of these heroes. I have been having a blast with her but I cannot help but notice a few bits of her kit just don't work under select circumstances or require really janky use of "tech" to get optimal punishes. The goal of this post, besides to put to page my thoughts and get told I don't know what I am talking about by the internet, is to suggest some small changes to her kit that still maintains the entire character and identity, while improving flow and consistency.

Observations of her kit:
From what I can see in her kit, Valk has a lot going right for her defensively. She is the only hero in the game currently with a crushing counter, full block, and deflect in the same kit. Most will have any 2 but not all 3. Her crushing counters are also some of the fastest in the game, which has some use in 4v4 modes. Defensively, a good Valk has advantages to defend herself with unique blocks and counter attacks that actually have a decent number of options at their disposal to turn the tide of the fight. The issue is when you look at her offense, which is designed similar to Kensei with the finisher mindgame and 3 hit chains, with ways to shortcut to those finishers. The problem is she has a lot fewer options and lacks the means to force reactions besides her bash, which is intended to make the opponent dodge so they eat her heavy attacks but even then it doesn't always work and is dependent upon matchup. She also bears a few mindgames in her kit that flat out don't work due to being far too slow, like her zone. Couple this with a few baffling ways some parts of her kit work and she falls short of some expectations

The Changes:

Guard

-No longer disappears while Valk is dodging in any direction.
Reasoning: Valk's guard is a weird halfway between fixed and reflex, remaining there while still but disappearing with a deflect window when she dodges. This makes back dodging super dangerous with Valk, counter intuitive to her full block input. This also means if you neutral dodge and miss the window, you eat the hit. Other heroes in the game possess superior guard "deflects" like Zhan Hu and Kensei, and still maintain guard when doing so without it being game breaking. This change would standardize that for Valk.

Full Block:

-Now has dodge frames during startup
-Now maintains fullblock during initial portion of forward bash
Reasoning: Valk's full block is unique in that its input is not down in the guard input but a back dodge guardbreak input. Back in the day this was fine as back dodge was much more useful than it is now, as it possessed better dodging capabilities and was harder to grab. Now however this just makes Valk's full block one of if not the worst due to that input alone, couple this with her guard vanishing on dodge and she ends up eating more attacks than she should. Many ask for her ability to dodge out of it back, but I personally think that giving it i-frames would allow it to act as a defensive tool and still be countered as normal, while also remaining unique without much abusability that the dodging out of it might bring. Maintaining the fullguard for a small portion (100-200ms) would allow for a bit more leeway when bashing into a foe who might hit you.

-Now costs significantly less stamina to activate
-Now is free to feint/end to neutral
-Now is free to guard hits
Reasoning: Her full block also costs FAR to much stamina to use effectively, resulting in upwards of nearly half her pool to counter one attack. Cutting the costs to use it and standardizing things like feinting out of it (which I am not 100% if that costs anything but I swear I have gone OOS doing it) and guarding free. If it still ended up costing too much, the cost of maintaining it could be reduced.

-Now guarantees a Shoulder Pin on guard of an opponent's attack
-Forward Move speed/speed of bash increased slightly
Reasoning: Her bash, outside of her feint tech (which requires super precise timing on the Valk's end by this point, and is almost an exploit really) lacks any significant punish or unique punish. Giving only a guaranteed bash (or the gb with the aforementioned tech) which only gets a light, for half your stamina. Allowing a shoulder pin from this counter strike would not only be not too hard to implement animation-wise seeing how shoulder pin looks, but would bring the punish in line with her "deflect" without having to create and entirely new move. The movement speed or speed of the lunge bash I really only see as a possible change to make it work better at range and likely isn't needed.

Zone Attack:

-Stamina cost is now divided between the two hits, rather than paid up front
-First hit speed increased to match heavy attacks speed, allowing it to be guaranteed in the situations a heavy is.
-Second hit is now undodgeable
-Possible tweaks may need to be done to the speed of the second heavy and damage numbers to compensate changes
Reasoning: So I am not perfect and have been avoiding stating exact numbers in a lot of places, as I lack the means to test any of this for unintended interactions. Her zone, and really her kit, is perfectly fine damage wise as she doesn't seem to do too much for what she gets, it's all pretty standard. The issue with the zone attack is that it has a useless mindgame attached to it. The first hit is FAR too slow to get any reaction, most players above the low brackets just parry it. This negates entirely the possibility of the second hit mindgame of bash or swing. Bringing the speed up to par with her heavy attacks, possibly even slightly faster, would allow for it to be more usable and land more often. The stamina cost changes would be in place to allow the mindgame to not cost more than it should, given it is a 2-stage zone. The second hit being undodgeable would allow it to land consistently when the opponent made the wrong read. Speeds are the major thing I am unsure of here and would require some testing.

2nd Chain Side Lights

-Now are enhanced
Reasoning: This change would be to further build into Valk's focus on finisher mindgames, and would help her get to that point. Couple this with her soft feint bashes and she should reach finishers pretty consistently. HOWEVER: I am perfectly fine if this is not implemented, given the other changes it might not be needed.

Heavy Chain Finishers:

-Are now undodgeable
Reasoning: Valk's entire spear sweep mindgame is based on the opponent dodging to avoid the lights or spear sweep and eating her heavy finisher. This is a fine mindgame and most of the time works just fine, the issues are that there is almost no reason to use the top finisher heavy because it doesn't track and under certain interactions she actually misses this punish, despite the opponent making the wrong read. Making the finisher heavies unable to be dodged would remedy both issues. NOTE: I avoided making the finisher lights undodgeable because I feel that would be too many things on one hit for the lights (throw, blind, AND undodgeable? No.)

Spear Sweep

-Speed increased to make it less reactable
Reasoning: Spear sweep is just a bit too slow, and can be reacted to by higher level players almost 100% of the time. Bringing it into the range of "unreactable bashes" would force the opponent to make a read, and thus facilitates the finisher mindgames, and by proxy could allow the side lights to land more often. If adjustments to the heavy finisher speed would be needed to ensure its landing in a wrong read situation then those changes would be applied as well. Also for consideration would be her punishability, which likely she would have to be made punishable by guardbreak on miss of sweep with this change, to ensure the move isn't unfair. Damage wise though the move is fine, quite similar in a lot of ways to Gryphon's kick.

Dodge Attacks:

-No longer vulnerable to guardbreak
-Increased speed
Reasoning: I am of the firm belief that dodge lights should be guardbreak invulnerable and dodge heavies should be vulnerable. Furthermore a lot of Valk's best punishes and openers are locked behind a dodge or dodge attack. The increase in speed is to make the attack less easy to counter and to guarantee it off of the deflect, so Valk is not punished because she landed a deflect when she wanted to dodge attack.

Wild and Wacky Ideas:

This section is for the ideas that I have mulled over but honestly am not 100% on, as they may be too much or just not work for the feel of Valk's kit. Just things to think upon really.

-Allowing for spear sweep to be used at any point in a chain.
This could result in too many spear sweeps being thrown and too easy access to a 26 damage grounding attack. It would enhance the move's effectiveness though.

-Allowing to chain into a zone attack
Kind of along the lines of what Nuxia can do, this could add variety to mixups, at the cost of greater stamina cost. However I am unsure if it would really be at home in her kit or even useful.

-Allowing dodging out of full block
A lot of people ask for this to be put back, as Valk could do it before. It is an option but I did not include it in my buff idea because I felt it would be too much and too safe with the i-frames idea. Plus I have already gotten a taste of this type of thing with the tg conq, though his was far worse than what this could be.

Things I Did Not Address:

I wanted to conclude with some things that I feel I did not address, or chose not to due to lack of intricate game knowledge. First would be core kit costs and damage numbers, which I feel are in an alright place but I could be entirely wrong in that assumption. Furthermore my suggested changes could break some of these values, but I have no way of knowing that. Another thing I chose not to address would be the "Valk tech" as she has some frankly janky things that she can do with her kit, specifically the guaranteed guardbreak on the full guard. Which from my research and practice requires you to land an early full guard block before she "full squats" then feint out and immediately guardbreak. The timing is tight, and I am unsure if it should stay, given I added a dedicated counter. I am fine with her animation fooling with the left light/right heavy into sweep being a different animation as I feel that is much smarter play with the hero and feels more like in depth knowledge of them rather than a possible exploit. Plus it has decent counterplay given it's specific. I also avoided creating new moves, as that could get messy and I feel Valk's kit works for what she intends to do as is, and really I don't see a point where she needs a new move. Lastly, I likely failed to address some of the things I may be unaware of, because I lack knowledge of their existence. I don't spend much time researching meta with this game and doing frame checks, despite playing nearly every day.

Thank You For The Read!

Feel free to let me know what you think of this suggestion, whether you agree with some or all of it, or you just want to call me a big dummy. Either way thank you for reading my post, my intent was to keep Valk's identity while also improving her viability. I did not want to just crank her to S tier or remove her identity by just giving her better mindgames that work, and instead opted to improve what she had. I hope I achieved that. Thank you again!

Getting right to the point. HL needs to be 100% punishable after whiffing a kick. He already has the strongest attacks, hyper armor and crushing counter lights and hyper armor heavies, Great tracking, fastest lights, crazy range, BY FAR more soft feint options than any hero, and has movement far superior to any assassin along with recover cancels. The list of how many categories HL is number 1 in is ridiculous. At least let us gb a god after he misses a kick instead of getting smited with a 30 dmg heavy I beg u 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Ok so this is quite s controversial suggestion but, I was thinking, it might make for a unique game mode similar maybe to breach or even just adding the the existing game mode, where you each have a unit of troops, such as the ones that accompany the battering ram which you can personally command around the battlefield, for example telling them to push forwards, accompany you, defend you, protect the ram etc. It seems to make sense because our character seems to be a sub commander or at least higher ranked than the troops on the battlefield so surely it'd make sense that we could give basic commands, although as to not take away from the dueling experience this should probably be limited to breach

So, I don't want to be overly negative here, but the game is kinda falling apart since the last update. I don't know if it is just a problem on my side, but the audio is all over the place. There are no shouting, voice lines, heavy breathing when OoS, groaning etc. Or sometimes the voice line begins, but suddenly cuts off, like AD MORT....

Plus, standards of the new Lawbringer chest armor is missing cloth animations, they are completely still on my end. The new Kensei chest armor makes female Kenesei look fat.

I don't know... it's getting weird.

While matchmaking is not completely broken but it is very flawed and, for me, it's been that way since Year 3. I'm a rep 1000+ player on PC in the UK/EU and too often I get matched with rep 0-50 players that are lacking in skill, experience, game sense, or a combination of these. I've won and lost matches because of this. Breach matchmaking is the worst but other game modes like Dominion can also be bad at times. I'll be keeping a diary in this thread mainly with screenshots. Others are free to do the same here. If you do submit a screenshot please try to give the following details:

Note:
I've had more bad matchups than what is shown here but I'll try to keep up in the future.

Solder_of_Dawn
PC, EU/UK
14th Sept 2021 @ 12:27, Breach

sorry ubi, pls just make him unique and actually hard to play again, i wanna have fun while playing shino

I'm just a fellow Gryphon main who are tired of so much pain that is to play this character, so I've created that tweak/rework list for Gryphon and expecting some feedback, so let's this the idea:

1)Normal finishers:
•Light attack finishers is no longer undodgeable, but now deals 15 damage (from 14 damage);
•Heavy attack finishers no longer have hyper armor on side heavy finishers, but side heavy finishers are now undodgeable, top heavy finisher is now unblockable and the hyper armor starts at 300ms into the attack (from 500ms, too late in my opinion).

2) Dodge attacks:
•Helm cleaver (foward dodge light attack) now is enhanced;
•Mind cleaver (foward dodge heavy attack) now deals 25 damage (from 22 damage), but still unfeintable and not undodgeable, unblockable or with hyper armored, none of those are really necessary;
•Soul cleaver (side dodge heavy attack) deals 15 damage (from 14 damage) and the block recovery gets reduced (like Hitokiri and other characters, who can dodge attack and will not take a hyper armored heavy attack, unless if it's a unblockable).

3) Bashes:
•Gryphon's shove now can be input between 300ms to 500ms into a foward dodge (from static 300) and the "PARA TE" voice line should come when the bash is FINISHING, making harder to people react to his scream timing;
•Veteran's kick no longer will pause stamina, Veteran's slash will become a unblockable and target swappable attack (already is, but not unblockable) that will now deal 15 damage (from 24 damage, still a heavy attack, so it still can execute) and now the recoveries are 800ms for Guard break (from 1000ms), 800ms for blocks (from 900ms) and 800ms for dodges (from 900ms), meaning it is no longer vulnerable to a Guard break if someone dodge the Veteran's kick.

4) Animation (TEST / Can be ignored):
•Left side light opener will now use Nobushi's light opener animation;
•Top light opener will now use Raider's top light opener animation instead of Lawbringer's top light opener.
The reason is to make the double tap light animations more interesting with only one follow up light animation being used, the left side Lawbringer's Light riposte animation, than the trash that it actually is with the left light double tap making the shaft to pass through Gryphon's body and top light to use the pommel to deal 12 damage and the blade to deal 3+ damage, those are interesting ideas, but as I said before, this part can be ignored.

So, what you guys think of those changes? I really think this would surely make Gryphon a stronger character without adding so much, because in general, those are basically numerical changes, not anything substential. Give your thoughts to me.

I knew Pirate was annoying but couldn't specifically find out why. This guy completely put it into words and is 100% right. The new FH devs really don't seem to understand the flow the original devs were going for... and it shows.

Below is a link to a YouTube video about a rough idea for a new “Honorable” execution. I do not own this video nor do I know the person who made it. I just thought it was cool and should be added

So because matches got so unstable (my ping is always on 19 ms) I can't play ranked 'cause I get kicked out and lose % rank 'cause of penalty. Speechless.

You know for honor will shut down once im done withs use full force of the law vs these noob devs...

Lets buff xp & steel in other game modes to encourage activity there, yeah? Might help keep the game interesting.

Doninion gets boring & i like elim, skirm & breach. The events are always 🔥 i wish event mode was permanent & they just rotated which one it was.