Is Kibellah supposed to be this broken ?

[eXact]

She just kills everything.
My other companions just look at her leaving them scraps.

[=DeadShot=]

Like Cassia or Argenta were at the start. And Cassia is still OP. And Officers were bonkers.

[Imperialus]

Yes and no... As far as No is concerned, they likely did not intend for the player to be able to build her in such a way that she can jump around the entirety of the battlefield like a crack addled Edward Scissorhands on a pogo stick leaving a dozen bodies in her wake over the course of a single combat round. The mechanical systems for the game have a lot of moving parts that can interact in some strange ways. Sort of like how they probably didn't intend for Argenta to be able to fire a 300 round belt from a heavy bolter over the course of a single combat round when the game first released.

As for yes... Owlcat built the system in a way that made it very easy to break.

[ayrtep]

My impression is that Kibellah gets weaker as the game progresses in contrast to the way Argenta gets stronger as the game progressed.

Stronger enemies means Kibellah's chain of attacks are more likely to get stopped.

[Nether]

Originally posted by ayrtep:

My impression is that Kibellah gets weaker as the game progresses in contrast to the way Argenta gets stronger as the game progressed.

Stronger enemies means Kibellah's change of attacks are more likely to get stopped.

Huh, strange. I had the exact opposite impression of Kibellah, with Executioner granting our dear goth a ridiculous powerup.

[Martialis]

She's only OP at first glance. IMO you can build a DW melee operative/assassin which is equivalent to her.

[Mordikan]

She is currently broken I would say. I just watched her perform 13 attacks (mostly multi-enemy attacks) in a single turn. As long as the killing hit on an enemy isn't from the "pogo stick of death", it just gives her more free pogo actions. Then using the last AP to do Acrobatic Artistry and repeat every pogo attack you just did. I would have been able to land up to like 24 attacks in one turn if I had used that (everyone was already dead... there wasn't any point to using it).

[Metrod125]

I'd say she is quite strong given how Bladedancer works (including Executioner if you go that route)
On the other hand, I've seen situations where she is downed hard before doing anything meaningful (Her last companion quest)

[Moldon]

Taking into consideration that I witnessed her killing a certain really difficult boss in act 1 in one turn (I managed to do her ulti in turn 2), I'd say yes, she is completely broken.

[Amardarial]

She def broken, can easily one shot most bosses, can full screen clear without jumping around, she solos most content.

[ayrtep]

Originally posted by Martialis:

She's only OP at first glance. IMO you can build a DW melee operative/assassin which is equivalent to her.

Really? Do you have a build?

Kibellah is OP in act 1, broken action economy, I can't see an operative melee matching that. In act 3 I guess the operator's greater direct damage might become a factor?

[limith]

Definitely not as good on unfair compared to other options past Act 1.

You have near infinite shooting Ulfar in Act 3 with the right equipment (guaranteed crit on pistol, free attack every pistol crit and refund AP). AoE burn pyro psycker that does 100+ burn damage globally on round 1 (momentum gain from Black Ring + Argenta into instant Executioner Heroic global burn). Sanctic which applies +50 damage globally to entire team with an officer to give resolve.

[SpockEndil]

She's powerful. I don't think she's OP, because I like games where not every companion is equally strong. That being said, if you feel like setting up the movement puzzle optimally, then acrobatic artistry might be too much. I'm probably forgetting something, but I can't think of another ability that for one AP, lets you repeat one of the most powerful attack chains in the game on the same turn.

[vadersson]

I just started a new play since the DLC came out and she is crazy OP. In my first play (not that long ago, I came in late) getting more than 2 attacks a turn was kind of hard (Argenta being an exception.) But I just watched her in one turn take out 9 enemies scattered across the map. That is crazy. The game was at least something of a challenge before. She just makes it way too easy. I do hope they rebalance her some.

[limith]

Guys try this on unfair, your Kibellah will die before you can do any of this in late Act 2/3 and/or far underperform Pyro/Sanctic/Bolter/Sniper strats.

[Aranador]

In my game - it is utterly down to who goes first. RT, Argenta, Kibella. Any one of them will annihilate the enemy force. So no, she isnt broken, everything is 'broken'. And so much fun !