I agree with your assessment, will be “nice” in a blue stack but not a Titan hero.
For those that chase heroes I can’t see Skarn being a high priority.
Players that have limited rosters and luck into a Skarn may find Skarn very useful (small EDD is better than no EDD, V Fast damage with DoT can add up) because he enhances his blue team mates.
The Corrosive Core is CLEARLY the standout feature of the hero and at V Fast mana some mana slowdown can be applied to the enemy fairly regularly.
He is very weak, but he can be used in tandem with another blue hit all card which can leverage his EDD and the Dot adds up. He is not useful at meta level, and he is not a defender. I have used him at 3 70 along with Fizz and Toon Richard. They level the enemies for a quick clean up after they 3 fire and that DOT makes it easy.
We all have our luck color - I have a insane que of dark heroes - and nothing waiting in holy/nature/fire
But back to the topic - I have this guy at 3/70 currently and really wish they had just given him abit more EDD so that he atleast could fill that spot in a titan team… would help justify going to 4/90-25 which would make him pretty nasty
I feel you. I have Starwalker, Jolt and Adalinda (dupes}, Gladius, Areax , Thanatos, and Frida all waiting at 1/1 and Lord Loki sits at 3/43. Now Skarn joins that long line…
Why do people think he’s so bad? With a charged core his total DoT (damage over time) is like 430 each round to All players and reduces their mana generation at Very Fast? Sounds pretty decent.
Seems to be a sleeper. Anyone actually test him on defenses or attacking?
Yeah, you are totally right. Was playing around with his very fast corrosive poison to make it harder for the attacker to get charged, and Pophit will hit even harder than he already does
He isnt bad, but with the plethora of ailment blockers (Hathor) and ailment immunity on LB2 and the Toons, he is a non-starter. Outside these scenarios he is definitely useful. I paired him with Fizz and the results were pretty decent. But he is strictly for players who use mono blues or 3 2 blue - non blue setup.
I have him and havent really used him outside the last war attack with Fizz and Toon Isarnia.
I levelled him just to throw into a team of Roc Jr, Matilda, Franz, and Jean Francois. His special damage and edd could be a lot better, but I hadn’t got a water or frost damage heroes to pair with sand, poison and burn. I’m just farming with it as he’s not maxed yet. I also haven’t really calculated the dot damage, but it looks quite a lot and it’s a pretty fun team.
I pulled this 1 from the Black Friday event. Seems quite underwhelming but also a counter to the VS red gramma that paints pictures. I don’t think this 1 will age well
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