Quote (GoD-Viper @ Feb 7 2022 12:18pm)
3 downside of Fort:
1. It will promo even more defensive playstyle due to the fact of +7rl.
2. CA and higher damage / lower dr will increase RNG.
3. ZvZ GM atm has very similar rules to PCL/DCL which has Forti banned for 1v1/2v2 and due to this fact many DCL players (almost all from EU) joined the ladder and there few more to come (they can use almost 1 setups to fit to both rules).
I'm not completely again Fort. I just love oldschool Zon with 160/60 but with Fort unbanned we may get more new players.
With Fort available nad Nos banned, 2 viable setups is coming to my mind:
1. Gaze (Ber) + 160/60 + GMB -> more dr
2. Gaze (40/15) + Forti + MB -> more rl, CA
DPS are almost the same.
yeah i think there are good arguments on both sides of it. we could keep the 22 rep limit which would largely prevent fort users from using rep rings. they'd have to use a shield jewel or get some rep from their gloves to reach 22.
i was concerned about rng until i realized fort would give players the flexibility to use diamond bow or shadow bow (diamond being much more consistent than gmb.) i think the best fort build would be diamond or shadow, dungos, ss, rare diadem with 2zon, 30frw, 2os (40-15) and other useful mods
i ran some numbers a week or two ago and i think chilling armor provides ~15% higher odds of multishot missing. if we unban fort around the time the new patch comes out, GA will gain 5% damage while multi will lose ~5% of its efficacy.
in our current meta with fort banned, there's one build that's decidedly, objectively superior (by a wide margin afaict): 160-60, gmb, 9 rep ring, ber'd gaze, ber'd swordback
unbanning fort allows for more creativity/flexibility with itemization. maybe someone will find a new build and climb with it. if players are able to switch to shield to tank the vast majority of their hits, this new build could perform well, but it's hard to give up so much dr bowside (esp when fighting against invis arrows) while losing 50% open wounds. the rng with CA is a tradeoff, especially if players opt for diamond over shadow.