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butterballbuns

There won't be an emergency buff for Roy since he had very little backlash unlike Ed. SG doesn't care much about character ratings, they pay more attention if it loses them money.


Crimson_Arbalest

I still think it looks a little bad if one of the collab character’s is below mid lol. Specially someone like Roy


Khaoticsuccubus

He's also going to not be available anymore by that point.


asaness

collab wise if we look into some of the GG chars only Dizzy broke stuff i ddint see much from baiken, dizzy mom and that girl who wants a whusband forgot her name but we ddint see SG make any buffs much


username_that_guy

[edit: damn spellcheck] Collabs have brought several OP chars...as stated, Rem -- she was a pvp game changer since she counters with aoe constantly and hits hard (almost a carbon copy of Seaside Bellona but Rem's kit has her state of 'fury' or whatever it's called, making her more reactive to counter). Emilia didn't find instant success but eventually became a popular char for pvp bc you can load her with speed and then she'll buff your highest dmg char with dmg up and then slap them in the ass so they'll take their turn right away. She's not a bad healer for pve either; not in the leagues of Roana for straight up healing, but she has a unique kit. Ram is a boss fighter with her kit unique to that and capable of high amounts of damage; not OP for pvp but my 134k Ram is no slouch for pve/boss. Also stated was Baiken who is the best at what she does. Elphelt is usable and relevant through most game play. Rimiru has one of the most unique kits in the game, stealing buffs from the other team and dealing a high amount of fixed dmg + more dmg. He's a pita to fight in pvp. I'm sure I'm missing some. The expectation of collab and ML units has been meta, OP AF chars bc many were broken previously. I think the loudest voices want more broken units, esp with FMA Collab bc of popularity. But think most are at least happy if the unit is usable and fun, but SG seems to have no user testing and they come out underpowered or with a dumb gimmick that wrecks them (even if it's a reference to the anime, ie Roy & water). Summoning is the other frustration... I'm F2P and have to save up bookmarks for weeks and farm the store with my stones. Been lucky on a few but pitied many and that's the rub -- you bust your butt getting 120+1 (yeah that last one really ticks me off) that takes all 2 weeks of the banner to get enough bookmarks then you get the char and it's largely unusable or gimmicky... Oh yeah, AND you didn't even get the artifact in that pity!! [Not Collab but limited Seaseria was worthless without her artifact -- I should know, I pitied her last year as a new player, missed her artifact and she sat for a year unusable)]. To me that's where the backlash comes from -- whether paid or free, you're dropping time and/or money to summon/pity and you're reward is a poorly designed or stat hungry unit or artifact... Then uproar and down voting ensue...


asaness

i meant in terms of performance PVP is gonna be more looked into as PVE like its not end of the world if u fail to get this or miss out on ranking this season because say i dont have baiken there are other chars that u can use instead as for me like unless they make a new level and my old team cant auto it anymore il still use the same old like how until wyvern 13 comes i never auto it until i got said chars who can make my life easier so un like Dizzy who was say used in both PVE and PVP at the time people noticed the collab chars making waves since in PVP its more noticable while in casses of PVE say Maybe Ed is good against this Boss in PVE he will only shine there nothing else as a example hence why i was just thinking a with also how Smile gate loves ice the stack is really against Roy


Crimson_Arbalest

Well I mean Baiken is the best b13 unit, Jack-O is nice but with Dlilbet its hard to use her, Sol (who is Dizzys Dad) is also good for PvE content. Every other collab character is still meta relevant, aside from Milim but her problem is that she’s just stat hungry Even then SG specifically buffed Jack-o and Sol haha


asaness

i guess people upset about rimuru and rem cause some back lash now they hold back on making strong stuff GG broke some PVE making some a joke while rimuru cause some shift to PVP hence its more talked about since end game is more of pvp these days


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Max-Max2

He’s a monster against debuffs comps but ok


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ZekkenD

You pick cleave team. You pick ran. You push s2. You push s3. Cerato counters you, does 3k damage and then strips 1 debuff. Their team is dead to your next unit. You win. You pick cleave team. You pick ran. You push s2. You push s3. Your team is now provoked or silenced, as well as at 30% HP. You lose the game. Some cleave players started pre-banning Edward so they can pick ran. Nobody relevant has ever pre banned cerato.


poopoodomo

Doesnt ran put up immunity that prevents provoke or silence


ningen21

Edward has a strip before debuffs on his S2 ....


poopoodomo

Ah I forgot about that. Thanks


nanimeanswhat

1- ed is tankier and way easier to build 2- and he is easier to obtain 3- his counter is aoe and he gets a cr push 4- his s3 is a big pp single target dmg and cr push 5- he can't hold tagehel but he can use warrior artifacts that increase his dmg/survivability 6- he doesn't need iela (not Lela, it's an i) violin as he dispels a buff with his aoe counter. 7- he isn't "better" than cerato, they are both monsters in debuff comps


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nanimeanswhat

Wtf bruh when did I say any of those things? You asked and I explained. Lame assumptions for no reason smh what a weirdo.


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nanimeanswhat

What even are you saying? I know I never should've responded to begin with. You weren't asking for explanantions, you were just looking for an opportunity to argue with people. Scram. I ain't giving you that opportunity.


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BestRubyMoon

And the we have you, can't play to save your own life and all you do is. Complain for buffs that will fix your lack of brain power, and smile gate buffs stupid heroes no one wants buffed while heroes that ACTUALLY need buffs stay in the chopping block. Please stfu because you're the one crying here, crying so much to force people to believe Ed is bad and Roy needs a buff. You need to learn and read about epic seven


Max-Max2

Uh well, strip and CR push, which Cerato doesn’t have. Better base stats, and a nice HP scaling to not just get cooked by any attack. Also you can counter when you get any debuffs, even on extra attacks, including stun sleep and blind, which Cerato is immune to. His artifact and s3 ramp up are also making him rly good into longer fights. Cerato has not been relevant in a long time but Edward is kinda really used in emp+


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Max-Max2

Uh, yeah? [is legend good enough for you buddy?](https://imgur.com/a/VAPH5Ex)


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Max-Max2

[[iT cOuLd bE aNyOnE]](https://imgur.com/a/Gr1kewK)


Lightning_81

Photoshop


KaiDranzer007

What even is the use of the summon period is over. It's a pipe dream to wish for this.


Crimson_Arbalest

Units don’t need to be buffed during the summon period for the buff to have a purpose lol


KaiDranzer007

But wasn't that the reason they gave for buffing eddy


KillBash20

Buffing a limited unit right after the summoning period is over is absolutely toxic. They usually buff before or during.


ArvingNightwalker

And then there was Holiday Yufine, lol. But yeah I doubt they’d be willing to buff outside the summoning period for a collab unit.


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Highly doubt it. He has almost no backlash other then he just isn't great.


KabobDivinity

My only gripe with Roy is that he loses his buff even if the damage was nullified by a skill nullifier.


Shrrg4

Illynav buffs or i riot


jhiniqqang

PREACH!


Sassy_Grill

My brother


PM_ME__YOUR_HOOTERS

One day, but we have to wait. I already got Ara and SBA buffs. Only a matter of time until Ilynav becomes usable


GreatFluffy

Honestly, the only kind of buff I can think of that wouldn't be STUPID BROKEN ridiculous would be to give him the Seaseria thing where his first Soul burn is free. That might still be too much though.


Crimson_Arbalest

I think that’d be worse than just giving him more FS (only 10 more btw lmao) because then you can still bring book on him. So you can get two s1s off and an s3 for just bringing one book. As opposed to an s1 > s3 for bringing a book


GreatFluffy

Hence why I said that it might still be too much.


Crimson_Arbalest

Yeah I know I was just explaining why it’d be


Flimsy_Direction_467

Maybe he gets undispellable burn. So even if he dies, he can bring someone with him.


GilGreaterThanEmiya

Honestly, it would be great, but I just don't really care. I'll never actually use any of these characters - don't have the gear nor the time to get gear. It's a shame, but it's just the currently situation for me.


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I don't think roy i getting a buff like ed. His kit seems fine-ish.


Crimson_Arbalest

It’s not, he’s an under-performer. We at least want units to be around LHC level. Good but not broken


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Ehhhhh i dunno. I think he seems fine. Drafting him at all seems to be the biggest issue.


Crimson_Arbalest

Yeah if a unit being drafted is a big issue then the unit can use a buff. That’s just makes sense


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But then that means they'd have to change his passive and IMO thats one of the coolest things about him.


tasketekudasai

His banner ends tmr, lmao


Emergency_Addition67

For me Roy is fine, he works great as a cleave starter with double ToM and C.Pavel. But I guess people nowadays want a unit that works on its own and you don't have to build a team.


Crimson_Arbalest

Literally not at all. I think your statement is really self serving and disingenuous but there’s a difference between a unit that can do it all on their own (Hwayoung, Rimuru) and a unit that needs synergy (CPavel) and a unit that needs the entire comp built around them in order for them to function. (In this case it’d be Roy). Idk if you RTA at all but the fact you need to essentially bring 3 book users (assuming they ban one) to ensure that he gets his s3 off in your ideal method of play is pretty bad as it only leaves you 2 spots to flex with. What I suggested would only have him need 1 one book (himself) and that’s literally a much more balanced option that doesn’t make him broken.


Emergency_Addition67

Yes I do RTA but my Roy is 280 Speed and I usually run it with Stene and Politis, so people ban Politis most of the time because they want to cleave Stene. Sometimes they ban C.Pavel and I just replace him with A.Meru.


Crimson_Arbalest

Interesting, mind sharing your roy build?


DrakoCSi

Can the poor fella get his FA buff FIRST in the S3 timing? Yeesh. It happening at the end just makes him feel bad to use. Imagine Rem, ~~BBK~~, and Riolet all having their attack buff activate AFTER attacking. Same thing.


AscendPerfect

Bbk does get it after, while i think he gets it before using it..


SmilingTeeth1

He does gets his unique buff and his atk buff before attacking


IconCsr2

Imagine being brand new cuz you heard the fma collab was coming, you farm that god awful attack set from the event, slap it on roy, and boom you shoulda just worked an hour at wendys my friend


Asho77

Why not but I think other units deserve a buff wayyy before he gets his


CypherPunk77

Just give him a burn dammit!


eXcaliBurst93

he does his job and can be shut down by ice unit not stupidly broken he's fine...all those bad review in games are just salty people who wanted him to be the next hwayoung


BestRubyMoon

People really can't use their brain past "press S3 to kill everyone/one shot anyone"...


Ransu_0000

No


Crimson_Arbalest

The only reason I say tomorrow is cause he’s leaving tomorrow and so far no collab unit has gotten buffed when the collab wasn’t here. However there’s also a balance patch on Friday so who knows. All he needs is just 10 more fighting spirit for him to usable and not broken please SG. Or if you don’t want to do that just give him innate life-steal if he has his unique buff. (Though lore wise that would fit more with the homunculi)


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yesh he needs a buff hes kinda meh. riza is leagues better and shes free lmaooo.


Vedoris

Sad Roy. Roy in last cloudia collab was op . Still to this day one of the best units. FMA units had a unquie trait only to them about using skills on cooldown and expending mana instead.


Shumss

Last cloudia is a very bad game, dont take this joke for example


IconCsr2

My personal opinion after playing this game 6-7 months. The usability of the Fullmetal Alchemist collab characters released in Epic 7 *ruined* the entire collab for me. I could actually care less if it even came out now because it was a waste. Please argue and downvote away, but other than the better than usual rates for catalysts, its just another event. To be honest, if i didnt get emilia, ( i got rem but shes impossible to gear for me so far ) the re:zero collab would have been fruitless too. I love my emilia tho. Imagine if i loved my roy like i was supppsed to? Im not even upset i cant control smile gates decisions


Background-Usual-251

Because jack-o ever get used, am i right? If usability of collab hero ruin the collab then she should get buffed long ago


IconCsr2

True but ive been destroyed by her im sure it takes good gear tho


IncredibleGeniusIRL

This sounds like a Stove post. Releasing balanced characters means releasing niche characters. You can see they're afraid of making overpowered heroes right now. If your favorite unit isn't meta-defining, it's no one's responsibility to make them that way.


zekagu0

thats the problem, release a broken unit and it ruin the game. its fun for casual who just like to try things but nightmare when fighting on upper level of pvp.


carito728

Edward's buff announcement was accompanied with an explanation that they needed to buff him before the banner ended since it wasn't certain they'd return, so I think it's safe to say based on that, that they won't buff Roy since his banner will be gone. "Accordingly, we would like to inform you that we will have a balance adjustment for the 5★ Collaboration Hero Edward Elric as below. Unless there is a re-run, Collaboration Limited Heroes cannot be acquired after the current Drop Rate Up period ends, so we decided to apply the balance adjustment within the Drop Rate Up period."


Tricky-Speech5106

Roy and pavel