Mok has a few significant upsides, one definite negative and one debatable negative.
His AoE damage is significant - 250% at average mana is very very high.
Extra damage against holy can also be significant.
His stats are fairly well balanced - heās beefy enough that youāll normally get him to fire (average mana helps here too) but punchy enough to do real damageā¦ This contrasts with Grimble (who is beefy but is ineffective unless minions are on the field) and Quintus (who hits like a train but is just too fragile to fire reliably at slow).
The inability to hurt dark is a definite negative, thereās no getting around thatā¦ But you pick your battles with him.
The damage to allies is a mixed bagā¦
Itās easy to assume itās a 100% negative but it can be made a non-issue in a mono or it can be turned to your advantage.
Pair up with a beserker like BK or Khiona plus Wilbur and he raises the attacking power of 3-5 of your team - no other hero can do this.
This isnāt necessary in raiding, but it makes beserk more potent in map/event play.
Heās not good on defence generally.
Heās excellent in attack if you build your teams right for him.
Itās easy to look at him and think heās just a slightly poorer version on Ursena - same average speed, similar AoE output, extra damage against holy but without the reflect and with minor damage to alliesā¦
There are two things to say to this:
Even if it were accurate, being a slightly poorer version of the most OP hero in the game doesnāt make him a bad hero.
Heās his own little beasty. Unlike Ursena, his damage output doesnāt drop once enemies are hurt (this is significant once you get up against highly emblemed enemies with huge HP even at 49%) and as mentioned earlier that self harm can actually come in handy if you have the right teammates.
Ultimately, heās only a poor manās Ursena because sheās beastly on defence and he isnāt - theyāre both potent attackers.
Absolutely yes, but even with Wilbur the attack on dark heroās doesnāt land - spirit link just spreads 4 hits across the 5 defenders (but then one of those is against holy and therefore boosted, if youāre up against a rainbow defence).
I agree - Mok has significantly enhanced my enjoyment and Iāve got great performance out of him (as mentioned above if you have Wilbur and BK, which I do, heās a boon!)
Different on attack - in some ways more effective (almost double the SS power Vs half-health enemies; synergies with beserk heros) and in some ways less (no holy reflect, SS doesnāt hit dark).
Iād give him a slight edge in attack. She has a huge advantage on defence.
If you were only going to ascend one of them, youād choose Ursena for flexibility and defence.
If you were going to ascend one for attacking only, itās a much harder decision.
Lots of people slam him without even playing with himā¦ Heās a long way from the joke heās portrayed as, heās an excellent attacking hero.
But by all means if people want to demand a buff for him, Iāll enjoy him becoming seriously OPā¦
I have recently pulled Mok-ar, and I know I much rather would have pulled someone else, but something about him makes me think heās actually decent in some roles.
I imagine him flanking a purple tank to punish yellows stacks for example.
Does anyone have any experience with Mok? I personally believe he might be under-rated and actually quite good with his high damage.
Or is he really that bad? Iād hate wasting tabbards.
Only usable on offense as a part of a dark stack team. Never on defense and less effective than you might think vs holy titans. While itās true that the best heroes are the ones you have, there are definitely better options than the shark.
I saw him couple of times in defence and went mono darkā¦ He did nothing and I could focus on the rest of the team.
I can imagine he can be used in offence, but have no experience with him.
Heās actually one of the heroes I want. But, Iāve been playing almost 3 years, have a fairly deep bench including enough leveled 5*s for a mono purple stack, and tabards to spare to level him. I also like off-the-wall, hated heroes. (I leveled Atomos before he was goodā¦).
If this doesnāt sound like you, then donāt level him. Heās a specialty hero that will be sitting in your roster that youāll regret leveling every day.
I definitely do not regret maxing mine, he hits like a truck and is a staple in my purple stack. I leveled him over Sartana, Grimble and Quintus. I might have done Sartana instead, but already had 2 Seshats. Still donāt regret it.
Yup, another fishmonger here. Just have mine in the middle of the 4th ascensionā¦tried him at 3.7. with my āUltimate Mono Teamā with Costumed Rigard, Costumed Kiss guitarist, Guardian Panther, Seshat and this marine habitantā¦and there is only little life left after one round of specials. So I decided to finish the Shark, and even emblem him (donāt have another 5* barbarian) to result in no life left. Plain & simple.
Apart from that, I am also starting to experiment with him and another dropout Guardian Chameleonā¦oh, how it will be satysfying to wreck all those doubters and critics with all those unwanted rebels
Iām sure many will discourage you and depending on your roster there may be better options; but if you like to play mono then heās definitely worth taking to 3.70 and giving him some consideration.
