I got tired of all those Nerf Quan threads and want to come up with "normalisations" that will make Summoner a more balanced variation over all. I am not saying the changes I am about to suggest are an answer to all the complaints about Summoner's brokenness, but I want to know the opinions of Quan players and others on these. What I was thinking about is this:
What if an EX version of Bat Summon was introduced into the gameplay? It would cost a bar maybe have a little faster start up but what important is it would change the mechanic of how bat works:
- when bat is summoned normally (without using Ex Bat Summon) dL2 or a low bat will hit MID now;
- when bat is summoned normally (without using Ex Bat Summon) all the bat attacks will have increased scaling so you can no longer gain those insane corner combos with that;
- Ex Bat Summon costs a bar of meter grants you a low bat option which actually hits low and the bat attacks scale the same way they do now;
Now this suggestion will probably be the most controversial but here I go:
- Ex Summoned Bat does not go away when Quan is hit, like Sinestro's or Zod's Trait. You still can not use it while blocking and you also can not use it while being in hitstun (so interrupting comboes performed on you isn't possible). But you can use it while being knocked down. It will give Quan options on wake ups. Like going into Ex Bat Summon and even when you get hit at start up the bat still stays there, so when you are knocked down AGAIN and IF the bat hasn't expired while you were comboed you can use it to get your opponent off of you.
Now I ask everyone to think about it, and not just crucify me for this blasphemy) Quan will have to use meter to create pseudo unblockable set ups, to make them or normal 50/50s safe he will have to use another bar for MB Rune. All the 40%+ combos will be only possible with the use of an extra bar spent either on Ex specials or Ex Bat Summon. It will make him more meter dependent, limit his options without it and to compensate for that will give him a much stronger defensive options which will also require a bar of meter used preemptively. Without meter he will still be destroyed in the oki game.
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