Is Blitz Shield just outright bad, or am I missing something?

[MrEntity]

The very bouncy shield was AMAZING if you could put any kind of effect on it. The Blitz Shield isn't even vaguely effective as a distance attack. I am very confused as to how this is meant to be a PERMANENT upgrade. I may just be my play-style, but this seems drastically worse.

[Nellvan]

First of all, every " your special does x" works with the Blitz Disc too. Maybe not ideally suited for everything, but great for e.g. chill, hangover, doom + stacking doom.

It sure needs a bit of practice but you can do a lot with it. You can attack, block and bull rush while the disc is doing it's thing. When you're not recalling it, it can stay stationary for quite some time. When you do recall it, you can outrun it and have it hammering any enemies chasing you.

[Morphic]

Blitz Disc is great, especially if you have On Hit effects like Zeus or Poseidon Boons. E.g. have Poseidon knock back -> throw it -> enemy keeps getting knocked back ... Shield stops and now locks enemy into place as it keeps getting knocked.

Really just takes practice and knowing what can combo with it. Personally I like trying to go for a Zeus Build with it to emulate SMITE's version of Zeus.(he can throw his shield, it pulses for dmg and he can chain lightning off it) You can make for some powerful combos and you can still Bullrush while the shield is out, which is awesome. Throw out the shield, Bullrush people into it.