Orochi
Posted: Mon Dec 29, 2014 1:21 pm
For first time In months I played against a player with Orochi as one of his last picks. Not only was it a surprise it was actually a solid play. In the past Orochi has been an awful epic due to the fear of a creator deck. Now that the new Santa card is out this has been one of the best cards ecb has created in terms of balancing out creator. It's also made many other epics much more playable like Phoenix and goddes of war. These are cards that are blown away fast by creators but Santa and shadow bolts has restored value to these cards.
As for orochi he is very strong but I feel like his ability is not quite epic. For example, I will compare to other heavy hitters like Jenn and slayer since that's the category he falls in. Jenn gets her bonus making her attack effectively 1200+ right off the bat. She also has a 9 cd so she can avoid traps easier and is better in keeping a deck away from an arcane blast. Also vs an ultimate seal it's chump change to if you seal an orochi. Should Jenn be chaos or smaller boost ratio or just be changed to epic card instead of legend?
So what suggestion would I make. Here's just a few.
1. Attack value 400-500. Attack boosted by number of current hp doubled. This would allow him to avoid trap like seal and be strong right off the bat. In fact there are many similarities to panda as both get attack modifications based on current hp.
2. Hit points. Increase his hp. Other epics start with 2000+ hp. Orochi starts low at 1600. Panda man starts with 1800.
3. Change his attack type. This could make him highly desire able if he could target or reach specific units that are hard to reach. For example like Jenn gets a boost vs heavy armor and targets maybe orochi gets a boost vs unarmored or some other hard to reach unit that is a current problem.
Example: targets the unit with the lowest hit point ratio and attack is doubled (400-500 normal attack). In this way if opponent does play a creator orochi still has chance to avoid hitting him on first attack.
Currently there is very little solution for non hell legion decks to deal with succubus queen. I could see some combo like wrath and orochi quick killing a succubus queen in the #1 spot.
As for orochi he is very strong but I feel like his ability is not quite epic. For example, I will compare to other heavy hitters like Jenn and slayer since that's the category he falls in. Jenn gets her bonus making her attack effectively 1200+ right off the bat. She also has a 9 cd so she can avoid traps easier and is better in keeping a deck away from an arcane blast. Also vs an ultimate seal it's chump change to if you seal an orochi. Should Jenn be chaos or smaller boost ratio or just be changed to epic card instead of legend?
So what suggestion would I make. Here's just a few.
1. Attack value 400-500. Attack boosted by number of current hp doubled. This would allow him to avoid trap like seal and be strong right off the bat. In fact there are many similarities to panda as both get attack modifications based on current hp.
2. Hit points. Increase his hp. Other epics start with 2000+ hp. Orochi starts low at 1600. Panda man starts with 1800.
3. Change his attack type. This could make him highly desire able if he could target or reach specific units that are hard to reach. For example like Jenn gets a boost vs heavy armor and targets maybe orochi gets a boost vs unarmored or some other hard to reach unit that is a current problem.
Example: targets the unit with the lowest hit point ratio and attack is doubled (400-500 normal attack). In this way if opponent does play a creator orochi still has chance to avoid hitting him on first attack.
Currently there is very little solution for non hell legion decks to deal with succubus queen. I could see some combo like wrath and orochi quick killing a succubus queen in the #1 spot.