Storm - Does not need a change

[Desert Leaf]

i pasted this from another post for all to see, and I hope it clears up the complete misunderstanding of the character, and why it is exponentially critical that we do not make her even better.

Lord Storm main here. TLDR - Critical Info.

Storm does not need a single modification. She is perfect.

The only changing that needs to be had are the players’ dumb dead brain opinion about the character’s abilities. Although storm is a 3 star(?) difficulty character, she is actually a 5 star difficulty due to the nature of her basic attack, animation wind ups, and fluctuating movement speed. Her poor performance is almost always because of the “Storm Curse”.

The Storm Curse is when teammates give up at the sight of storm chosen on their team. They deliberately throw.

The storm curse - defined by real experience

1. choosing not to heal you to watch you tally the most deaths to humiliate storm further

2. Healers begin to act as primary dps, failing to heal the entire team to rig blame on storm for team’s overall performance

3. Breaking Team composition by over saturating the team with dps, absent of tanks or healers

4. Over saturating team with healers, 3 or even 4 healers and blame storm that “this storm thing isn’t working” - referenced from actual experience and direct quote from some player.

5. Choosing not to participate in the match all together. They chat more than they play, idle in a hiding spot or spawn.

6. Avoid storm’s aura. This isnt exactly part of the curse, but still a lack of understanding her dynamic. Players will run out to the fight in all directions as usual not realizing they are canceling storm’s effectiveness. If no one is in storm’s range, storm is absolutely pointless. Either the storm player needs to find the best spot, or team mates need to stop dragging you to your death.

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I’m not obligated to share the benefits storm provides but I am sharing it because i’m overly sick of the hate and voice chat arguments and down talk.

Storm provides:

1. Enables Black widow to headshot kill in 1 bullet

2. Enables wolverine to kill on pounce combo.

3. Enables magik to kill in 3 strikes instead of 4 (not yet tested)

4. Enables hulk to become an even greater threat

5. Doubles Dr. Strange’s kill count

6. Enables scarlet witch to melt people even quicker

7. Gives hela even more insane damage

8. Turns iron man into a God.

9. enables Thor to destroy

10. She makes everyone kill faster, and do things they normally couldnt.

11. Makes Namor’s octupi damage a force to recognize (kills spider man in a full speed swing)

There is so much untested potential but these are things i have noted in my much hated experience.

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Storm can solo (and have done so) hela, hawkeye, starlord, iron man, all the other dps except for spider-man, all healers except for mantis.

Storm can grab MVP with top kills exceeding 35 (49 is my highest) and top damage exceeding 20,000 (32k is my highest).

++++ i cant stress this enough. To play storm, it takes physical skill and intelligence. You need to consistently make sure your aura is reaching to a majority, if not all, your allies. Her damage is reduced because her actual damage is spread among how many teammates she boosts. Storm is best played 3 steps back from the 2 tanks. This is the best spot for healing to pass through storm and onto tanks.

Storm is not an attacker, she is offensive support. She NEVER CHASES! A bad storm has low assists. A good storm has high assists and low kills. The best storm has both equal kills and assists. A Lord Storm has High kills, high assists and top damage.

[Dr. Gerbz]

I'm also a Storm player.

Originally posted by Desert Leaf:

Storm does not need a single modification. She is perfect.

I don't agree with this. Yes, she is way better than most people make her out to be, but there are quite a few things that really do need to be improved—and hopefully will, the 10th:

Her speed (needs a dash, or fast flight like Iron Man), her projectiles (...Windblades? That need to be reloaded? Is she chugging a can of beans every reload or something? And why no inherent chain lighting?), projectile damage falloff and penetration (to get the full benefit of this, you need to be at ground level, within 15 meters of multiple opponents... Not a position you want to be in as Storm), etc.

The 'Storm curse' as you call it is because of three things: no role queue, everyone assuming she's weak after trying her for less than 10 minutes, and teammates not having the situational awareness to look up.

Everytime I play Storm, I copy&paste: "Healers: your best defence against divers = staying in my aura, and (preferably) keeping me alive".

Originally posted by Desert Leaf:

Storm can solo... all the other dps except for spider-man,

Just pop your thunder-boost the moment he engages, and hit him with everything you've got. Of course, if he has the Venom team-up (and your healers don't look up) and your boost is on cooldown, he can murder you within 2 seconds.

Originally posted by Desert Leaf:

To play storm, it takes physical skill and intelligence.

Oof. Putting it like that is a bit cringey. You could've just said you need to be able to aim and have situational awareness.

[Hitori]

She's slow af, perma in the air so easiest to kill, no dmg for a duelist. Shes needs a buff

[Desert Leaf]

Originally posted by Hitori:

She's slow af, perma in the air so easiest to kill, no dmg for a duelist. Shes needs a buff

Slow compared to who?

Go to practice Range and traverse the measured distance in meters. She moves identical speeds to a majority of duelists. She is even faster with her triggered Wind Boost. She moves as slow as the tanks in Thunder Mode.

Easiest to kill compared to who?

Get out of Attack Mode and switch to Wind. You move equal to iron man.

No Damage for a Duelist, compared to who?

HALF of her damage is given to her teammates when she is in attack mode. She can double this passive even further by triggering the buff when teammates are in her field.

[Desert Leaf]

Originally posted by Dr. Gerbz:

Oof. Putting it like that is a bit cringey. You could've just said you need to be able to aim and have situational awareness.

No I said it as clear as it should be.

Intelligence is more than situational awareness. You are positioning yourself to influence every ally yet this is only a 3rd of the goal. You still need the skill and wit to encompass both allies and enemies to make the Boosts perfect.

If you see an ally chasing a kite, you need to make the split decision to give that ally speed. Situational awareness is just observing. Making the right response is intelligence.

[Raileks]

She might not need a buff but she does need a rework. The character isn't fun to play and it doesn't make you feel like you're playing the same character from the comics. Someone with storms powers makes more sense as damage/control. Zoning areas out with weather effects and she is need of a least a temporary speed burst. The current proximity buffer doesn't make sense and isn't that entertaining.

[Desert Leaf]

Originally posted by Raileks:

She might not need a buff but she does need a rework. The character isn't fun to play and it doesn't make you feel like you're playing the same character from the comics. Someone with storms powers makes more sense as damage/control. Zoning areas out with weather effects and she is need of a least a temporary speed burst. The current proximity buffer doesn't make sense and isn't that entertaining.

Try this if you ever get the chance or the opportunity.

When Mantis or Luna Ults on your team, if they ever choose to push to the enemy team with that ultimate, turn on your Goddess Boost in attack mode. You will be amazed at the OMEGA level of power. It will deal damage like a mini storm ultimate -its also epic to see.

[SoloQ]

I still think she needs a Mantis style passive where she gets a move speed increase and bonus health when out of combat. No healing and since she can fly it doesn't have to be as fast.
I'd also love to see her lose her reload time, considering Namor has infinite magical spears to throw.

[Roland's 2nd]

I'd like to remind everyone that this is the same guy that swore aim assist was a problem on PC when it doesn't even work correctly.

And as a Storm Lord, and her being my first Lord (of 3 currently) : she absolutely needs a movement speed buff. When she's up high for any reason it takes her too long to reach cover or descend.

And you "beating hela, hawkeye, Star-Lord, etc" players just means you faced bad players. All of them can beat her easily and I do so with Star-lord regularly.
The fact that you haven't beaten a spider-man is very telling, considering melee characters are my highest kill counts thanks to her AoE lightning and me using it whenever they dive my team.

Lastly you comparing her movement speed to ground characters is farcical. They can use the terrain much easier than she can, considering she can't even touch the ground, which makes her about as "tall" as Groot. (and we all know Groot is an easy target, that's why he gets walls)

[Desert Leaf]

The same guy who isnt telling lies.

I never show off, but since you are trying to label me as some scumbag. Here is proof of a Lord Storm.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403131288

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403131411

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403131483

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403131577

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3403135278

My Conquest MVP is no longer available.

I can already see people complaining that I am not 100% killing everything to justify the kills. One most truly understand that Storm is not an attacker. She enhances the team to do better. If you do not enhance the team, Storm's assist count will be low.

Storm's attack and damage is the team - not her solo effort.

Storm is a 5 star difficulty (imo).

[Desert Leaf]

Originally posted by Roland's 2nd:

I'd like to remind everyone that this is the same guy that swore aim assist was a problem on PC when it doesn't even work correctly.

And as a Storm Lord, and her being my first Lord (of 3 currently) : she absolutely needs a movement speed buff. When she's up high for any reason it takes her too long to reach cover or descend.

And you "beating hela, hawkeye, Star-Lord, etc" players just means you faced bad players. All of them can beat her easily and I do so with Star-lord regularly.
The fact that you haven't beaten a spider-man is very telling, considering melee characters are my highest kill counts thanks to her AoE lightning and me using it whenever they dive my team.

Lastly you comparing her movement speed to ground characters is farcical. They can use the terrain much easier than she can, considering she can't even touch the ground, which makes her about as "tall" as Groot. (and we all know Groot is an easy target, that's why he gets walls)

First of all what is your Current Rank? I am Platinum 1 (3 more wins to diamond) with Storm ALONE using no other character. I would be higher if people didnt give up on storm pick (Storm Curse). I say 70% of my losses with storm are flat out Storm Curse. If I cared enough to save every nasty verbal conversation, I would be rich.

Storm cannot beat spider-man. He is gone before 2 seconds triggers. I think you are fighting rookie spider-man players.

Storm is the same speed as Iron Man's default. Her Goddess Boost in Wind mode is double Iron Man's After-Burner.

Advice to solo beat hela, fly out of a wall to surprise her. Never fly head on to someone who can kill you in 1 - 3 shots. AGAIN, it requires intelligence.

[ReylinaTV]

Originally posted by Desert Leaf:

i pasted this from another post for all to see, and I hope it clears up the complete misunderstanding of the character, and why it is exponentially critical that we do not make her even better.

Lord Storm main here. TLDR - Critical Info.

Storm does not need a single modification. She is perfect.

The only changing that needs to be had are the players’ dumb dead brain opinion about the character’s abilities. Although storm is a 3 star(?) difficulty character, she is actually a 5 star difficulty due to the nature of her basic attack, animation wind ups, and fluctuating movement speed. Her poor performance is almost always because of the “Storm Curse”.

The Storm Curse is when teammates give up at the sight of storm chosen on their team. They deliberately throw.

The storm curse - defined by real experience

1. choosing not to heal you to watch you tally the most deaths to humiliate storm further

2. Healers begin to act as primary dps, failing to heal the entire team to rig blame on storm for team’s overall performance

3. Breaking Team composition by over saturating the team with dps, absent of tanks or healers

4. Over saturating team with healers, 3 or even 4 healers and blame storm that “this storm thing isn’t working” - referenced from actual experience and direct quote from some player.

5. Choosing not to participate in the match all together. They chat more than they play, idle in a hiding spot or spawn.

6. Avoid storm’s aura. This isnt exactly part of the curse, but still a lack of understanding her dynamic. Players will run out to the fight in all directions as usual not realizing they are canceling storm’s effectiveness. If no one is in storm’s range, storm is absolutely pointless. Either the storm player needs to find the best spot, or team mates need to stop dragging you to your death.

++++++++¥
I’m not obligated to share the benefits storm provides but I am sharing it because i’m overly sick of the hate and voice chat arguments and down talk.

Storm provides:

1. Enables Black widow to headshot kill in 1 bullet

2. Enables wolverine to kill on pounce combo.

3. Enables magik to kill in 3 strikes instead of 4 (not yet tested)

4. Enables hulk to become an even greater threat

5. Doubles Dr. Strange’s kill count

6. Enables scarlet witch to melt people even quicker

7. Gives hela even more insane damage

8. Turns iron man into a God.

9. enables Thor to destroy

10. She makes everyone kill faster, and do things they normally couldnt.

11. Makes Namor’s octupi damage a force to recognize (kills spider man in a full speed swing)

There is so much untested potential but these are things i have noted in my much hated experience.

*********
Storm can solo (and have done so) hela, hawkeye, starlord, iron man, all the other dps except for spider-man, all healers except for mantis.

Storm can grab MVP with top kills exceeding 35 (49 is my highest) and top damage exceeding 20,000 (32k is my highest).

++++ i cant stress this enough. To play storm, it takes physical skill and intelligence. You need to consistently make sure your aura is reaching to a majority, if not all, your allies. Her damage is reduced because her actual damage is spread among how many teammates she boosts. Storm is best played 3 steps back from the 2 tanks. This is the best spot for healing to pass through storm and onto tanks.

Storm is not an attacker, she is offensive support. She NEVER CHASES! A bad storm has low assists. A good storm has high assists and low kills. The best storm has both equal kills and assists. A Lord Storm has High kills, high assists and top damage.

This is great i agree! I have watched higher ranked players play storm and she is very strong n the right hands!! Thank you for the summary