She’s pretty much banned 9/10 ranked 5v5 matches in SEA.
Her late game prowess is AMAZING, and it is what I personally envision captains should be: strong, but you can definitely still throw- the same goes for the other top captains (Churn, Yates, Ardad). Now I wish the same treatment would be given to Captain Lyra She’s not potato, just outclassed.
The only thing I disagree with SEMC’s direction on Captains is their base damage. No. Nonononono. No. They should not be damage dealers besides Churn (because his kit revolves dealing damage).
I personally feel that Lyra has been a meta captain for too long. I am sure she will be meta captain soon again.
It just that she is been nerfed in her captain path make her less weaker than the others
IF they manage to make captain Lyra better while keeping CP Lyra the way it is, they would have found the “perfect” (IMO) balance of decent base damage as a captain with the capability of being a viable carry when built differently.
Captain Lyra’s early base damage is good enough to harass, but it clearly falls off late game and depletes her energy quickly (ahem ahem hi, Lorelai). To be defensive or not is a distinct choice. If they don’t bring back her healing, at least buff her Bulwark. Hell, Silvernail’s tripwires are stronger and more reliable.
I have been busy playing the One for All Mode during weekends and being with the family for most of the days.
I must say that if the stun boosted by the pool lands, it’s nearly impossible to survive with that duration of stun she gains from just a level 6 epic Talent.
The only hero that may be more op is Magnus, who is gifting penta kills to everyone. I honestly don’t understand why they decided to buff lorelai, she was already top tier.
The only impression I get why Lorelai was buffed was because Celestial Shroud mitigates her pool’s slow entirely.
Though, to be fair, I think the item is overrated. Sure, it counters a decent amount of initial heavy hits of CC and/or damage, but is otherwise easily triggered.
Lorelai to me, if they ever want to make her overbearing but weak stats wise is to actually just give two charges of her B. It makes it easier to trigger her abilities extra effects.
One of the reasons I love her Rare Talent most of the time.
Break
@TadashiN0.5 seconds base stun + roughly another 0.5 seconds boosted stun + health boosted stun + an extra 2.4 seconds of stun duration at max Epic Talent = GG, AFK.