Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-26542077-20150628212406/@comment-26542077-20150629005251

TheMrSnacks wrote: Omega is Purely a matchup-based class that does too well in its favored matchups, and is bad at everything else. Omega is naturally good at spacing because of his abilities that he needs to rely on (Defense reduction coming from his X+S and V) are really hard to punish unless you are a class thats meant for punishing, or flat out easily gets around that with kiting and range.

Now, while I am going to say that omega is defenitly OP, its not OP in the same way you guys think it is.

Omega is OP because it does too well in its matchups, Omegas that spam V are going to lose because V has very very low base damage and will eat up all your mana, smart omega players will use Omega Stance into Slam for defense reduction so that they can deal heavy damage after using it a couple times while not being punished because not only is it a leap, but its also AoE. V is more for a bursty output, X+S V C is one of its best bread and butter combos because, since C is the only move that has a good base damage on it, you save it for last because It will deal a lot of damage after reducting their defense.

The way to beat Omega is really really unclear, but I can easily give it to you guys right here since I mostly play Omega.

Omega's biggest gimmick is his ability to space from opponents and Sheild attacks when they get up close. A lot of people dont realise this, but Omega's shield will only lose 40 shield if the attack staggers you or if its a few certain attacks, for example, Vulcas V will eat Omegas shield but it will not stagger Omega, but protos Ethereal blades will not reduce Omegas shield, he will only block the damage.

So, you need to use moves that eat up his shield, the few I can think of off of the top of my head are

Vulca V, Proto Reaping, Frigrost C and Commander X, and Ichor Z

Now, the reason I put Frigrost C and Commander X in there is because you both will get staggered if they land correctly, but at the same time, the omega is going to lose that trade. As Frigrost, that means Omega cant block anymore, and as Commander, that also means omega cant block anymore, especially good for Commander because Commander relies on its basic attacks (Which for some reason Fenrier nerfed really hard and I still dont understand why but lets just keep commander hitting people for 6 damage with dmg boost, K? ) Ichor Z I threw in there because Ichor Z will not be stopped untill after the Z is finished unless he gets tunned, not staggered, you will get staggereed after but Omega wont be able to shield anymore and if Omega follows up, which he shouldnt be able to easily because he cant space out ichor since Ichor is a strong rushdown class, its Free blood for you.

Another thing that I will use finally is to Stay on to the Omega. Omega can not outlast any class in the game except renegade and vulca, he can not. He has to wait and burst them when he gets the oppoutunity but he cant outlast any other class but the two mentioned. If you can get rid of his block meter, and make him lose all of his mana by trying to use V or X+S or C to try to stop you from rushing down on him, or even if hes smart and used his Z to outtrade you, he will not outlast you ever. Keep agression on him always throw out attacks when you get the chance and it wont punish you.

So, what I would say to nerf omega is

Defense reduction doesnt stack, V only usable two times in a succession, if he lands both, he wont get the debuff, but V wiill have the only defense reduction that can stack, but, in trade, tone up his base damage a little bit so he doesnt get nerfed into near uselessness.

Also, most basic attack combos are strong, Omega is really no exception, but his basic attack isnt what you really should be complaining about, i mean, look at vulcas and obsids, they get free dashes lol

Also if you want I can try to give my best tips on any class you need to beat omega Agreed, but it's really frustrating for me because I main nether (as most people know) and with their shield being usable at 50, it drives me insane. I can't even get in close, and when I do BAM there is a stagger, I get a V then a C and im already down half health. Making the shield usable at 75 would be really nice for me C: