Back to topic:
I had a token from the Event… should I try Valeria? Ok, Let’s try, just this one…
I’ve been following the Neith’s thread since the beta beat @zephyr1 so kindly put together, liking pretty much all complaints about the over nerfing they did to her damage and all polemic that thread ensued.
I still think her damage was way too toned down, they could’ve settled for ~185%, one more turn of inaccuracy…
That said, with Neith at 1-32 (slowly working on her as I finish Kingston up), she was a good surprise doing Frostmarch (I did it with a testing rainbow team with my still unleveled heroes)
She’s sure getting darts (I’m terribly dry on Holy), but I get why she’s getting so little love from people with deep rosters or those who run mono. Until they launch a Holy Panther, Neith’s secondary skills (which one is truly secondary? With the nerf, the damage seems more secondary than the other effects) do not stack over other Holy stuff and leave her in a tough spot.
For someone like me, who started playing post-Onatel, she’s very welcome though.
On a design perspective:
Good color choices, she’s toned down on yellow, a refreshing approach from the very bright likes of most Holy HOTMs. The palette is pretty.
The pose is very active, unlike the pin up style I sorta grew tired of. Her proportions are good, I like the feminine and grown up (as opposed to an Elena for example) tighs.
The title/description is good, matches the sickle she’s holding. The animated figure is improving a lot from earlier HOTMs where you can see weird movements and they look like cutoff paper dolls.
And the special skill animation is neat, short, matches a sickle and the sound isn’t absurd.
Some people say they don’t care about the looks, just the cards. Sorry, but the care they take to design a character is a great part of its appeal and I think it should match the special. We don’t spend our money to play with tofu looking cards