I think the million dollars question in here is: What was the purpose of ice puddle after the patch to the reset?
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NRF CharlieMurphy do you think a damage buff to his BnB would of done the trick*
For the last patch? Not really
The major nerf was all the armor that was gained by a majority of the cast.
He needed the puddle reset to come back
He needed his standing 2 to hit every crouching character
He needed exClone to absorb armor
This let him play roughly the same game he was doing pre all nerfs while letting the other characters do their stuff as well.
Regardless of any patches, he still would of lost to the same cast members.