Why does NO ONE play Steven?

[Netsa]

He's been the character I've seen the least by far, and I play mostly Teams. I even see Taz and Arya more often. Steven has been almost completely absent, he's like finding a Lance user in Monster Hunter.

He's not a bad character and you only need a few matches to get up to speed with him. He's also the main character of his franchise which is, as far as I know, not unpopular. But you'd think Garnet was actually the main character, since I see her way more often. I know it's not related to his tier list position, since I see Lebron all the time. Is it because he has that little "Expert" tag next to his name? I would think so, if only I didn't see someone lazily trying out Iron Giant every few games.

So what's up? What's your excuse for playing everyone except Steven Universe?

[Dregora]

He looks lame.

[ele]

Steven is great, he's just from an unheard of show and looks incredibly dumb. Also too hard for most to play effectively.

[Faefu]

for now people just want to smash smash, Steven is more of a support kinda guy and people don´t know how to play him. been seeing him in action by tournament dudes, and i haven´t really seen us casuals using that play style yet.

[Netsa]

Originally posted by Dregora:

He looks lame.

Originally posted by ele:

looks incredibly dumb

Comments like these make Steven cry. :(

[Cottoneyes]

He has an unconventional playstyle that doesn't have the power to compete with other supports like Velma active hitboxes and killing power or Reindog AoE and life saving abilities. He has a good bit of setup that most people feel isn't worth the effort.

The shorter answer tho is that he's Steven from Steven Universe and at most he's some people's punching bag.

[Sayla Massochist]

Originally posted by Netsa:

Originally posted by Dregora:

He looks lame.

Originally posted by ele:

looks incredibly dumb

Comments like these make Steven cry. :(

He does have the worse character model in the game. He's way more big and chunky and blocky then he should be from a character design standpoint.

[Knee]

Originally posted by Netsa:

Originally posted by Dregora:

He looks lame.

Originally posted by ele:

looks incredibly dumb

Comments like these make Steven cry. :(

no thats what my shaggy knee is for >:(

[Cottoneyes]

Originally posted by Sayla Massochist:

Originally posted by Netsa:

Comments like these make Steven cry. :(

He does have the worse character model in the game. He's way more big and chunky and blocky then he should be from a character design standpoint.

The off modeling is references to his own show.

[Dregora]

Originally posted by OceanArtist:

Perhaps the show he is from having things like forgiving space nazis for their crimes, trying to make toxic relationships look good, trying to make keeping humans as pets in a slave pocket dimension look acceptable, among many other things. I dunno how he even got allowed into this game with all of that.

Be glad you weren't born in the 80s/90s. Cartoons were ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up. And amazing.

Snowflakes like you couldn't handle it.

[Knee]

Originally posted by Dregora:

Originally posted by OceanArtist:

Perhaps the show he is from having things like forgiving space nazis for their crimes, trying to make toxic relationships look good, trying to make keeping humans as pets in a slave pocket dimension look acceptable, among many other things. I dunno how he even got allowed into this game with all of that.

Be glad you weren't born in the 80s/90s. Cartoons were ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up. And amazing.

Snowflakes like you couldn't handle it.

hey arnold where it looked like everyone was inbred was my show i miss it

[Dregora]

Originally posted by Knee:

Originally posted by Dregora:

Be glad you weren't born in the 80s/90s. Cartoons were ♥♥♥♥♥♥ up. And amazing.

Snowflakes like you couldn't handle it.

hey arnold where it looked like everyone was inbred was my show i miss it

Ren & Stimpy was wild too, lol.

[Legion]

Steven main here:

HE'S HARD AF
but really, it's because he takes a lot of game sense to use properly, and you have to sort of maximize every property of his moves to get him feeling even halfway decent. Once you get to knowing how to operate with him, he's extremely strong and fun.

But I do think he has a steep learning curve, and he's definitely not a character you can learn by just watching other people play him and then going straight into him without labbing.

Edit: Also, he's the only melee-based Support in the game.

[Id]

because Cal Arts Animation is trash just like the adventure time

[Scratch Hare]

Plus, Steven needs a lot of setup and partner synergy to maximize the wall combos. You will generally not see him in randoms for this reason. Any premade 2's with Steven you might see some sick nasty shield wall setups.

Oh and the elephant in the room: Steven costs 3,000 gold.

Most players will not a bet on a character that feels terrible to start and tough to use. When you can just buy Reindog/Velma (cheaper and easier supports), or Tom/Iron Giant (for the same price).

[Fehlschuss]

I'll never see a Steven again.. I play mostly Iron Giant and I had once a Steven as partner, I got trapped into his shields and the enemys just smacked me in under 3 sec over 250 damage.. it felt like I'm playing 1v3 in this game xD

They need to change something about the shields, that your mate isn't affected on it or something like that..