Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-29377254-20160817230506/@comment-14761947-20160828044832

i also think that Obsidian can go toe-to-toe with Nether. it can catch kiting Nethers with its obelisk' knockback upon summon (which pulls enemies to Obsidian itself). again, most of Obsidian's moves are AOE. if all three orbs of Z hit Nether, its over. X and V are also specially useful against a Nether, having quite a large radius themselves and can deal nifty stun. and yet again, Obsidian has an advantage if it is near the summoned obelisks. not to mention, its going to be difficult taking an Obsidian down with full armour (especially when around obelisks). take that all into account with Nether's passively reduced defense and movement speed, and the debuffs Obsidian can deal.

Nether's Z and C makes it an easy target (they cannot move) and deals quite weak damage. X, EZ, EX and EC poses some problems for Obsidian, but there is nothing an Obsidian couldn't do against them. EX and EC is easily parried, Obsidian's V can be used if knocked away by X, and that all of Nether's E moves will directly bring itself into Obsidian's obelisk zone if used willy-nilly.

Nether's V also will be a problem for an Obsidian, but C can be used if they do pop the ult.

but make no mistake, a Nether can beat an Obsidian with proper timing and strategy. it also has the advantage of speed against Obsidian. most of its moves can easily break an Obsidian's armour and EZ ignores defense. Obsidian is also not the only one that has annoying bullshit knockbacks.