Post by Juris on Jul 9, 2018 20:11:34 GMT
No, she's bad and needs fixing. He made top 4 with her anyway. Good players can do that sometimes.
Made top 4 international masters and all he claimed was "decent enough if you practice" (paraphrased) and your answer is no? I'm not saying she's good, but with such a basic "endorsement" as that and given that great players are able to get notable successes with her, I would say that he's right.
Some tweaks to make her better would be nice, definitely, but "No, she's bad and needs fixing." seems pretty unsupportable.
Since you want me to show my work, here, consider this list of reasons why Constance Blaize is a bad warcaster:
1) In too many MU's, she has no feat. Electroleaps don't trigger the feat. Models with Takedown don't trigger the feat (see popular theme forces in Skorne, Retribution, Trollbloods, as well as popular models in Cryx, Minions, Legion). Models with RFP don't trigger the feat (See Circle, Skorne, Cryx, Minions, etc.). Abilities like Trick Shot and Richochet don't trigger the feat.
2) She has a practically dead spell on her card, because the only good Morrowan models you can bring are Harlan Versh and Gallant.
3) Given the opportunity cost, the rest of her kit is mediocre and not unique. Crusader's Call is a mediocre Desperate Pace. Repudiate is better on Haley3. Her personal survivability is good, but not great. Her personal offensive output/threat is good, but not great.
So why are you playing her? To play Precursor Knights? First of all, they are bad, don't play them if you want a competetive list, but if you do play them, Constance Blaize is not the best caster for them. Is it because you want a melee caster who has personal threat? Play Stryker2 in Cygnar, or Siege2. Play Ashlynn or Magnus in mercs. Is it because you want a strong infantry support caster? Play any of a number of other casters in either faction.
Constance is bad and needs help, for obvious reasons. The fact that someone with a specific interest in playing a caster (Brandon Andrews enjoys playing her; so do I when you find one of her rare not-bad MU's) succeeds with said caster in their pair is nothing new. It doesn't change her status.