@@HateIncarnate You can't do it on reaction. You have to do it on prediction. That's because highlander can't perform an action momentarily after feinting his offense stance attacks. They don't react to your attacks and feint parry. They predict when you will do an attack and feint early to parry it.
In good hands, a Highlander can be intimidating. But I have more of an issue with the heros who carry the players like Afeera, ocelotl, VG, shaman, and orochi. I can respect taking a sub par hero and making them S tier, rather than being a sub par player and having your hand held simply because of character pick.
@@oracleink3208 never said I couldn’t fight them 🤔. I apologize if you felt attacked by my comment though. Edit - your very last comment was complaining about shaman. “Learn to fight them or get better.”
@@Sir_PantsareoffYT attacked that's funny🤣🤣🤣🤣idc either way I find it funny when people say carry heros though you are either good with a character or garbage
@oracleink3208 they are good characters with plenty of options unlike someone like nobushi. So yes you absolutely are getting your hand held by characters.
sup, guys. this is me, the gladiator from the first battle. I noticed that here many people are inclined to the skill issue and the other stuff, but I want to clarify the fact that I am an ordinary player with 60 hertz and 100+ reps. You're right, it's really hard for me to play against such characters, especially when they are played by above-average players with good monitors. But still, to say that HL is not strong is nonsense. Not fan of Havok, but it was fun to play with him.
You just admitted that havok was better than you and are still trying to blame it on the character he used lol, and nobody is denying he's strong but you said op which he isn't
@@camb3284hey re tar did kid. Dude said nothing about Havoc not being a good player. You have a working brain? All he said was that the hero is strong to which... yes he is. There’s a reason so many players have “suddenly” started picking up Highlander even on Console. It’s for the same reason they always buy the new heros that come out or stick to certain ones like Orochi... because their ez to play and take no brain cells to use. Stop denying Upisofts blatant favoritism of specific characters and how op and broken they make them at times. It’s why most casual players get turned off to the games because hardcore 🥜 sacks like you are obsessed with so called “skill issue” when in actuality you just like not having to think while you play a special needs hero that someone who’s literally blind could succeed in. (Gryphon being a legendary example of this) Ubisoft is known for making characters ridiculously strong and the new meta with every update. Same with reworks. Stop denying reality.
@@smrbult269to which is just a semantics game. OP literally just means stronger then others in its pure definition. So I guess Havoc is just wrong then?
Hl definitely doesn't need a nerf, he just happened to finally reached closed to his singularity point. Claiming hl is op is like claiming Shaman is. Is shaman really strong? Yes, but very counterable. Anyone will notice that intelligent place on most assasins counters hl well.
Short answer, no, he still lacks from neutral even with his zone as an opener, and is susceptible to light interrupts on majority of his offense unless youre in heavy hitstun. He wasn't broken before, and he isnt now. And thats coming from a hl main who hates the rework because of the huge nerf to wavedashing and techs. He's better than he was, but he's not orochi, pirate, or ocelotl. And those aforementioned issues are more prominent in duels
Then why are there more hl players now then there ever was before?? He literally has too many mixups and options .. people realize he’s broken . Don’t get me started on how janky his dodge attack is especially in ganks ..
@@MkOnthaGame because they made his skill floor way lower. You don't have to learn the techs to get him to function properly or effectively anymore, so the people who wanted to try him but couldn't be bothered to learn anything can now give him a shot as he functions similarly to other heroes starting out. Bad highlander players, which is 99% of the people who picked him up post rework, still dont do any better than they were before pre rework, and it's blatantly obvious when someone doesn't know what they're doing. In turn, they're easy to beat because they don't know the fundamental flaws of HLs kit Plus, what kind of a question is that, whenever a hero gets a rework people will try them and play them regardless of who it is. Conq, LB, kensei, etc, all had their time in the spotlight and we all well know they're not meta despite people complaining they were not too long after the rework. Highlander is better than he was, he has a much lower skill floor and ceiling than he did, but he still suffers from the same problems he did before outside of roll catching, so no, he's not overpowered. Funnily enough, a hero I can guarantee you'll say has far less mixups than highlander and isn't op: cent. Actually has the same amount of mixups that highlander does. I'd just advise fighting good highlanders, find someone to duel with who knows him pre rework and spar with them, you'll figure out the weaknesses easily enough
@@sydious_s_snake highlander is one of those heroes that you need to play a specific hero in order to stand a chance against him . The only thing you can do is catch one of his light openers before he gets into his super Op mixups . If you so happen to miss a light then you either get hit with hyper armor , kicked , grabbed or hit with an extremely janky looking dodge attack . I appreciate you for trying to make highlander sound like he’s some super easy flawed hero to beat but that’s not the case .. he’s a nightmare and makes the game unfun
@@sydious_s_snake I can’t even decide who’s more annoying ocelot , medjay , or highlander they all reward bad players for messing up .. oh you missed a heavy!? oh that’s ok you can still throw another hyper armored attack that guarantees a ridiculous amount of pressure and damage ..
@@MkOnthaGame he is a hero with flaws, you're just not good at fighting him. Everything from neutral is reactable, he can't backstep light to get into offense anymore so he got much worse in that department, his zone can be interrupted out of on reaction which stuffs his hard feint into offensive and a gb, Keltic curse is reactable, which if you aren't respecting you're gonna eat as you would any hero with hyperarmour. Once he's in chain, an early or late dodge attack counter kick to grab and kick to GB, so that's his most potent mixups covered, you're making a read on it like any other two step/feintable bash, and the offensive dodge attack is no faster than any other, so if you cant react to that then you mustnt be reacting to any other dodge attacks. His strongest tool is offensive lights, which if he decides to do anything different out of can be interrupted as kick and heavy both don't come out quick enough. If you miss a light and they continue the chain, you block the heavy, like any other in chain hyper armour A hero that has multiple flaws getting into their offense is a fundamentally not overpowered hero. Ocelotl, has next to no flaws and can counter correct reads without worrying about an interrupt, and medjay hasn't been an issue since his damage, hitbox, and hyperarmour nerfs last season. HL is very good, better than he was, but he's not overpowered and far from it if you don't know how to play him properly (which again most don't unless they played him pre rework), and throwing that term around for clickbait is such a youtub-y thing to do
He's annoying to fight for sure. But if you actually play him and go against someone with strong reactions, you'll find it can be hard to get out of neutral as you don't have any dedicated opener. However, once HL is in his stance and has a full head of steam. He might be the scariest character in the game
No people need to just stop complaining on highlander and learn to fight them cause I find rep 1500 people with rep 80 highlanders all the time and I 9/10 win
Same goes for Hito then. She’s extremely easy to counter if you know how to fight her. It’s my personal favorite matchup because I usually win. She has objectively way less going for her too.
@@THELASTDUSKX wall pin is still there, you just need a light parry, wall pin heavy parry was unbalanced af, which is why im surprised warmonger still has hers
@@THELASTDUSKX that and giving berserker an ACTUAL rework instead of adding a mediocre and easy to parry dash forward light, just so i stop hearing people whining about a hero i love to play as
Highlander is at his best when he's in Offensive Stance. Funnily enough thats where he's the most oppressive. All of his tools in that stance make him a menace. 400ms lights, feintable UB and bash mixups, etc. The only problem is getting into OS. With back step light gone, he has no reliable way of getting into OS. For a competent player, keeping HL out of OS is not that difficult
I feel Highlander is right in that sweet spot where he's stronger than a lot of heroes, but weaker than others. Right in the middle. I'm not 100% on it, but that's how I see him perform in my experience.
Unrelated to the question this video asks or the gameplay but Havok your commentary during this video was hysterical, especially within the first two minutes. Love the content dude don’t ever stop, this was so funny and fun to watch
5:05 hello Havok. Can you explain how you parried his light here after canceling the kick? I don’t understand how that's possible, but tbh haven't played the game in 2 years
as a highlander main for the past 5 years i can happily say that he's an actually viable character to play now you can do more than 2 mix ups and honestly he's fun. to say he's op i think is exaggerating yes he's good but in no way do i think he's OP. I mean look at VG, and Afeera they're op P.S. I took a 2 year break and like 2 weeks after i got back highlander got a rework so.
Same boat. Stopped playing when Pirate was released because trying to deal with that on HL was just not fun anymore. Came back and HL has a dodge attack AND top heavy off of guardbreak? Hallelujah. Much more balanced now and fun to play again, but definitely not OP.
I always have trouble with his kick and kick feinted to grab. It seems like whenever I react and dodge, it doesn't matter because they track my ass anyway. It's so absurd, I sometimes wonder if they have a secret undodgable property. Or I just suck.
That ledge kill made me smile with malicious joy. See, Havok? DO YOU SEE?! It is the way. Coward Tactics video coming out soon, I hope. The entire community demands it. Trust me.
Honestly highlander doesnt need a nerf its all about whos using him and if you can use him good its really not easy to get highlander down playing him is a pain in the ass but you just have to make good reads like with shaman, orochi, etc.
They need to fix the lock on system. When youre fighting someone & unlock to maneuver but lock onto a guy on the behind you when hes no where near your vision is stupid but when u need to lock onto someone infront of of you spam the lock till you either just get it or die.
Nah, fuck Highlander. One thing to have a faintable bash, but to have a faintable bash into another, borderline tracking bash is insane. One of his previous buffs stays, the others should go. Either he gets the bash changes, or the dodge attack in offensive stance, or the heavy on guard break. Maybe 2 stay and one goes, but one should definitely go.
HL is the same as before. F tier if you play braindead S tier of you put the time in but, just with better mix. I may get this term wrong so i apologize if i do but i believe all the rework did was just lowered the skill ceiling and uped the skill floor.
He's definitely a fantastic character for skilled players, offering a perfect mix of power and strategy. I have 100 % win rate with him tho i’ve only played seven matches with him.
The offensive stance lights need to lose enhanced property. The fact that you can chain them into each other is BS. And why is the kick unpunishable by guardbreak on whiff??? It guarantees a heavy and is feintable
I have one main issue with hl and that is that the ub resets hitstun it allows for some really stupid ganks other than that he is fine pretty solid ones except for against the top tiers and a meta pick for dom also average 2s
all highlander is is a big buff guy with a big sword, of course he hurts alot but has a high stamina cost and somewhat of a skill cieling needed to use him due to the stances
I feel he’s brain dead now, got 50 reps on him then the rework hit and I haven’t played him since. Feels too free. He can attack nonstop for so long now. And all you have to do to get kills is press buttons. Wish they just gave heavy on GB and feintable kick. (and I guess remove backstep light and wave dash) would’ve been so happy, actually winning games because of skill and game knowledge.
Yes but he still has that skill ceiling that i loved about him. Im just glad not many people play him so i dont have to face his unlimated options that all do like 30 damage
I mean his offence is no better than the top hero’s right now yet there offence isn’t locked behind a stance so I’d say he’s alright. That’s his design philosophy crazy insane offense but hard to access
In my opinion a nerf is not necessary For me it is balanced and I don't use it but I have a lot of fun fighting it and if they are good even better (I say it from Main PK). The only thing I would nerf is the almost invisible guard breaker of which I would increase the milliseconds a bit, if it were more reactive to counter it would make everything even more fun than it currently is
can be strong in good hands but far away from being broken. The only hero with absolutely no neutral pressure at the moment, not even backstep. If he could enter os faster from neutral and softfeint into os faster, it would help him a lot imo.
In my opinion that is a well balanced character. He has an amazing advantage state but suffers in neutral and disadvantage. If he never got a neutral opener it wouldn't be the end of his viability or fun. Unlike some lower tier characters who absolutely need that and more
I dont think Highlander is broken or needs a nerf. Im not that good at the game, but I can when I die because I just didnt play well. Highlander's got a nice moveset available to him, but I dont ever feel like I was bullshitted. I just know that I dont really understand the nuances of Highlander.
I’ll be 1000 percent honest I’ve been having an easier time fighting HL now than before the rework. Don’t know if maybe I’m just getting better at the game or what but the only thing that gets me is the kick feint every once in awhile. Kick vs caber is pretty easy to differentiate and get a free gb.
Ik i haven't really played in forever cuz the shugoki rework right after their continuous downfall of constant updates and reworks with all characters... (literally replaced everything for moves on shugoki tho, fuck them) but Highlander was the shit. Every video I've seen, and everytime I get back into it, and played with friends who have stayed up to date with the game... it's gone to shit. But, glad to see people are still passionate about these characters. Regardless if Ubisoft is trying to yank the ball bag of the consumer.
Highlander mains are just something else man 😂😂😂😂 But I don't think he needs to get nerfed to oblivion. I like a good technical powerhouse in a fighting game
@@Banditqueen13 you said the answer to your own question bro. You have to leave neutral stance to actually do things. neutral stance is annoyingly bad, which is unfortunate because big ass claymores like HLs can be brutally quick without sacrificing power. If anything he needs a buff to be more lore accurate (I'd prefer a kit rework in all honesty, stop making greatswords slow hunks of steel in games, they're actually hella graceful and quick weapons)
The only thing I think is op is his 34 DMG (I believe it was 34) dodge forward bash. Medjays bash only does 20 ... Other than that he seems alright. The reason they made Medjays 20 DMG is because in 4v4, everyone can throw a top heavy to add to the DMG. So why's isn't Highlanders 20. Even 25 wouldn't be too bad. I'm not saying Highlander is op, because I have yet to lose to one, but the DMG is just kinda over tuned a little
It does make it hard but I feel with how many options he has, having a neutral opener would make him potentially op. Maybe in the future they could play around with the idea in TG but for now we needa do something about dodge cancels because they carry some people to win games that they shouldn’t win
I think his ceiling is pretty damn high people love to discredit the character cause he’s got an annoying kit for new/novice players. The real high level landers change between stances like no one’s business and it’s NOT fun as a warden main 😂😅
Lightlander isn't OP, just very annoying. Most people who play him don't even use the new stuff in his kit. They just spam bashes and unblockables. I've only seen less than a handful use the neutral grab, kick feint, or his offensive stance dodge attack.
I do not think Highlander is OP. I main Tiandi, Warlord and Shinobi and can easily defeat it. What happens with these heroes that have a great amount of mixups is that you have to "listen" more to them. You have to observe and find the patterns, take your distance and interrupt them or get out of the way when appropriate. Happens the same with the Centurion. In fact, they have exactly the same amount of mixups, in a similar fashion, kind of. You cannot expect the same tactic to work against every opponent. For Honor is about adaptation and pattern reading. I even think that Highlander's side-dodge into heavy should be buffed with more s. This character is pretty weak against any well managed hero with dodge recovery skills (pirate, orochi, tiandi, shinobi, etc). You can punish with lights almost any single opener and get out of the way before the following damage comes, then punish that move as well 😂 So HL is not OP. We're just not used to fighting him as much as we were because no one was playing him in the sorry state he was before the rework, in my opinion. It is a funny hero to use and I will pick it up soon to put another 10 reps on it 🎉
I don't play this game anymore because of the bloated kits on the newer characters. But I'd rather fight Highlander instead of that one Asian hero with the long katana(?) that has unblockable light attacks.
Conq is just not viable anymore. The damage he gets from his full block is ridiculous for the risk taken. Take aramusha and varangian full block as comparison... so sad
The game died when the immersion in the game died, idc if he’s a master of that weapon he shouldn’t be this fast with a huge claymore, a guard break shouldn’t guarantee a normal heavy and he shouldn’t have a offensive dodge attack he’s literally a assassin now 😂 The balancing in this game is pathetic.
As annoying as the new Highlander is, I really need to stop trying to guess fifty mix ups and throw a light.
You throw a light now you’re getting hit with a hyper armored heavy
A good highlander will feint their chains to parry your light.
@@ireaperv3you’re correct I was about to say this🗿
@ireaperv3 therefore highlander is broken because 0.01 % of people are reaction gods
@@HateIncarnate You can't do it on reaction. You have to do it on prediction. That's because highlander can't perform an action momentarily after feinting his offense stance attacks. They don't react to your attacks and feint parry. They predict when you will do an attack and feint early to parry it.
In good hands, a Highlander can be intimidating. But I have more of an issue with the heros who carry the players like Afeera, ocelotl, VG, shaman, and orochi. I can respect taking a sub par hero and making them S tier, rather than being a sub par player and having your hand held simply because of character pick.
Or maybe stop complaining about afeera oce, VG etc and learn to fight them or get better and just play the game
@@oracleink3208 never said I couldn’t fight them 🤔. I apologize if you felt attacked by my comment though.
Edit - your very last comment was complaining about shaman. “Learn to fight them or get better.”
@@Sir_PantsareoffYT attacked that's funny🤣🤣🤣🤣idc either way I find it funny when people say carry heros though you are either good with a character or garbage
@@Sir_PantsareoffYTyou caught him. The only thing you can do about toxicity is ignoring it. It feeds on attention.
@oracleink3208 they are good characters with plenty of options unlike someone like nobushi. So yes you absolutely are getting your hand held by characters.
sup, guys. this is me, the gladiator from the first battle. I noticed that here many people are inclined to the skill issue and the other stuff, but I want to clarify the fact that I am an ordinary player with 60 hertz and 100+ reps. You're right, it's really hard for me to play against such characters, especially when they are played by above-average players with good monitors. But still, to say that HL is not strong is nonsense. Not fan of Havok, but it was fun to play with him.
You just admitted that havok was better than you and are still trying to blame it on the character he used lol, and nobody is denying he's strong but you said op which he isn't
He doesnt deny highlander is strong. He denies he is overpowered
Absolutely agree
@@camb3284hey re tar did kid.
Dude said nothing about Havoc not being a good player. You have a working brain?
All he said was that the hero is strong to which... yes he is. There’s a reason so many players have “suddenly” started picking up Highlander even on Console. It’s for the same reason they always buy the new heros that come out or stick to certain ones like Orochi... because their ez to play and take no brain cells to use.
Stop denying Upisofts blatant favoritism of specific characters and how op and broken they make them at times. It’s why most casual players get turned off to the games because hardcore 🥜 sacks like you are obsessed with so called “skill issue” when in actuality you just like not having to think while you play a special needs hero that someone who’s literally blind could succeed in.
(Gryphon being a legendary example of this)
Ubisoft is known for making characters ridiculously strong and the new meta with every update. Same with reworks. Stop denying reality.
@@smrbult269to which is just a semantics game. OP literally just means stronger then others in its pure definition. So I guess Havoc is just wrong then?
Hl definitely doesn't need a nerf, he just happened to finally reached closed to his singularity point. Claiming hl is op is like claiming Shaman is. Is shaman really strong? Yes, but very counterable. Anyone will notice that intelligent place on most assasins counters hl well.
Ngl I personally never heard a single person claiming shaman is op
@namenotrequired2858 I've heard a lot of people claim it
@@namenotrequired2858
She isn't OP, but she is very very strong
Agreed. One of the best responses in the video.
Third fight of the video, you are the FIRST HL I’ve seen that seems to realize you can fake the kick into the grab
Short answer, no, he still lacks from neutral even with his zone as an opener, and is susceptible to light interrupts on majority of his offense unless youre in heavy hitstun. He wasn't broken before, and he isnt now. And thats coming from a hl main who hates the rework because of the huge nerf to wavedashing and techs. He's better than he was, but he's not orochi, pirate, or ocelotl. And those aforementioned issues are more prominent in duels
Then why are there more hl players now then there ever was before?? He literally has too many mixups and options .. people realize he’s broken . Don’t get me started on how janky his dodge attack is especially in ganks ..
@@MkOnthaGame because they made his skill floor way lower. You don't have to learn the techs to get him to function properly or effectively anymore, so the people who wanted to try him but couldn't be bothered to learn anything can now give him a shot as he functions similarly to other heroes starting out. Bad highlander players, which is 99% of the people who picked him up post rework, still dont do any better than they were before pre rework, and it's blatantly obvious when someone doesn't know what they're doing. In turn, they're easy to beat because they don't know the fundamental flaws of HLs kit
Plus, what kind of a question is that, whenever a hero gets a rework people will try them and play them regardless of who it is. Conq, LB, kensei, etc, all had their time in the spotlight and we all well know they're not meta despite people complaining they were not too long after the rework.
Highlander is better than he was, he has a much lower skill floor and ceiling than he did, but he still suffers from the same problems he did before outside of roll catching, so no, he's not overpowered.
Funnily enough, a hero I can guarantee you'll say has far less mixups than highlander and isn't op: cent. Actually has the same amount of mixups that highlander does.
I'd just advise fighting good highlanders, find someone to duel with who knows him pre rework and spar with them, you'll figure out the weaknesses easily enough
@@sydious_s_snake highlander is one of those heroes that you need to play a specific hero in order to stand a chance against him . The only thing you can do is catch one of his light openers before he gets into his super Op mixups . If you so happen to miss a light then you either get hit with hyper armor , kicked , grabbed or hit with an extremely janky looking dodge attack . I appreciate you for trying to make highlander sound like he’s some super easy flawed hero to beat but that’s not the case .. he’s a nightmare and makes the game unfun
@@sydious_s_snake I can’t even decide who’s more annoying ocelot , medjay , or highlander they all reward bad players for messing up .. oh you missed a heavy!? oh that’s ok you can still throw another hyper armored attack that guarantees a ridiculous amount of pressure and damage ..
@@MkOnthaGame he is a hero with flaws, you're just not good at fighting him. Everything from neutral is reactable, he can't backstep light to get into offense anymore so he got much worse in that department, his zone can be interrupted out of on reaction which stuffs his hard feint into offensive and a gb, Keltic curse is reactable, which if you aren't respecting you're gonna eat as you would any hero with hyperarmour. Once he's in chain, an early or late dodge attack counter kick to grab and kick to GB, so that's his most potent mixups covered, you're making a read on it like any other two step/feintable bash, and the offensive dodge attack is no faster than any other, so if you cant react to that then you mustnt be reacting to any other dodge attacks. His strongest tool is offensive lights, which if he decides to do anything different out of can be interrupted as kick and heavy both don't come out quick enough. If you miss a light and they continue the chain, you block the heavy, like any other in chain hyper armour
A hero that has multiple flaws getting into their offense is a fundamentally not overpowered hero. Ocelotl, has next to no flaws and can counter correct reads without worrying about an interrupt, and medjay hasn't been an issue since his damage, hitbox, and hyperarmour nerfs last season.
HL is very good, better than he was, but he's not overpowered and far from it if you don't know how to play him properly (which again most don't unless they played him pre rework), and throwing that term around for clickbait is such a youtub-y thing to do
My mans Highlander looks like a Duracell Battery
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He's annoying to fight for sure. But if you actually play him and go against someone with strong reactions, you'll find it can be hard to get out of neutral as you don't have any dedicated opener. However, once HL is in his stance and has a full head of steam. He might be the scariest character in the game
No people need to just stop complaining on highlander and learn to fight them cause I find rep 1500 people with rep 80 highlanders all the time and I 9/10 win
Rep dosnt matter I'm 1500+ and im washed 😂 it's all you young reps with the reactions and reads. All we have left is reads
@@monthekey7Like the Sensei in a Martial arts film.
Same goes for Hito then. She’s extremely easy to counter if you know how to fight her. It’s my personal favorite matchup because I usually win. She has objectively way less going for her too.
Get ready for this one bcuz this might blow your mind, your experience doesn’t reflect everyone else’s 🤯🤯
@@_.trichael._ No! How could you!? You’re a monster!
Highlander doesnt need a nerf there other characters that are too good that need a nerf IMO
How bout people talk about giving back Lawbringers wall pin that’s the hero that needs help and nerf tech like remove that shit
@@THELASTDUSKX wall pin is still there, you just need a light parry, wall pin heavy parry was unbalanced af, which is why im surprised warmonger still has hers
@@THELASTDUSKX that and giving berserker an ACTUAL rework instead of adding a mediocre and easy to parry dash forward light, just so i stop hearing people whining about a hero i love to play as
@@EmberTsuji stfu tech is broken that’s why ur trash and use a bug to win
damn people still keep forgetting nuxia didnt get a proper rework since her release lmao
He’s pretty good, but I think he just has a cracked player base from the pre rework days so
Highlander is at his best when he's in Offensive Stance. Funnily enough thats where he's the most oppressive. All of his tools in that stance make him a menace. 400ms lights, feintable UB and bash mixups, etc.
The only problem is getting into OS. With back step light gone, he has no reliable way of getting into OS. For a competent player, keeping HL out of OS is not that difficult
I feel Highlander is right in that sweet spot where he's stronger than a lot of heroes, but weaker than others. Right in the middle. I'm not 100% on it, but that's how I see him perform in my experience.
Unrelated to the question this video asks or the gameplay but Havok your commentary during this video was hysterical, especially within the first two minutes. Love the content dude don’t ever stop, this was so funny and fun to watch
5:05 hello Havok. Can you explain how you parried his light here after canceling the kick? I don’t understand how that's possible, but tbh haven't played the game in 2 years
Yeah highlander can feint his kick now, so all I did was very quickly feint and then immediately parried, simple as that 😁
as a highlander main for the past 5 years i can happily say that he's an actually viable character to play now you can do more than 2 mix ups and honestly he's fun. to say he's op i think is exaggerating yes he's good but in no way do i think he's OP. I mean look at VG, and Afeera they're op
P.S. I took a 2 year break and like 2 weeks after i got back highlander got a rework so.
Same boat. Stopped playing when Pirate was released because trying to deal with that on HL was just not fun anymore. Came back and HL has a dodge attack AND top heavy off of guardbreak? Hallelujah. Much more balanced now and fun to play again, but definitely not OP.
I always have trouble with his kick and kick feinted to grab. It seems like whenever I react and dodge, it doesn't matter because they track my ass anyway. It's so absurd, I sometimes wonder if they have a secret undodgable property. Or I just suck.
Late to the party but yeah, canceling the kick into a grab does have slight tracking, dodge too early and they'll grab you 90% of the time
I think highlander is perfect right now , whoever says nerf him just need to get good
Havok is playing very patiently! Love to see it
That ledge kill made me smile with malicious joy. See, Havok? DO YOU SEE?! It is the way. Coward Tactics video coming out soon, I hope. The entire community demands it. Trust me.
Honestly highlander doesnt need a nerf its all about whos using him and if you can use him good its really not easy to get highlander down playing him is a pain in the ass but you just have to make good reads like with shaman, orochi, etc.
They need to fix the lock on system. When youre fighting someone & unlock to maneuver but lock onto a guy on the behind you when hes no where near your vision is stupid but when u need to lock onto someone infront of of you spam the lock till you either just get it or die.
Highlander does not need a nerf, however bowlander is 100% op
The most OP this about HL is that bowl cut
He’s the best duelist in the game and there is absolutely nothing you can do against a good Highlander who can use his kick well. He needs a nerf.
Bro has never fought a warden
Highlander is actually a hard character to learn.
rarely come across highlanders.
and just like every hero, it depends on the person playing it
Nah, fuck Highlander. One thing to have a faintable bash, but to have a faintable bash into another, borderline tracking bash is insane. One of his previous buffs stays, the others should go. Either he gets the bash changes, or the dodge attack in offensive stance, or the heavy on guard break. Maybe 2 stay and one goes, but one should definitely go.
Thank you people saying he is in a sweet spot is genuinely tweaking. Being able to have some many feints is insane
HL isn’t easy but he def has one of the strongest mix ups
We literally have to exact same 2 executions equipped brotha I love them both
HL is the same as before. F tier if you play braindead S tier of you put the time in but, just with better mix. I may get this term wrong so i apologize if i do but i believe all the rework did was just lowered the skill ceiling and uped the skill floor.
He's definitely a fantastic character for skilled players, offering a perfect mix of power and strategy.
I have 100 % win rate with him tho i’ve only played seven matches with him.
Yes brother your right if a player is good he can make ANY hero good even the lower reps some people hop on the game and are just really good 😅
The offensive stance lights need to lose enhanced property. The fact that you can chain them into each other is BS. And why is the kick unpunishable by guardbreak on whiff??? It guarantees a heavy and is feintable
The ginger bowlcut has to be the best one yet 😂
I have one main issue with hl and that is that the ub resets hitstun it allows for some really stupid ganks other than that he is fine pretty solid ones except for against the top tiers and a meta pick for dom also average 2s
all highlander is is a big buff guy with a big sword, of course he hurts alot but has a high stamina cost and somewhat of a skill cieling needed to use him due to the stances
No need to see another day
For everything is just the same
My mind is doomed to burn on fire
My heart is dying from desire
Couldn't write something better but that will do
Bro i was the musha, u just beat my ass
It’s just that the heavy finishers are flying. Every Highlander I play, the heavy is so fast, and the animation is so wack.
I feel he’s brain dead now, got 50 reps on him then the rework hit and I haven’t played him since. Feels too free. He can attack nonstop for so long now. And all you have to do to get kills is press buttons.
Wish they just gave heavy on GB and feintable kick. (and I guess remove backstep light and wave dash) would’ve been so happy, actually winning games because of skill and game knowledge.
Yes but he still has that skill ceiling that i loved about him. Im just glad not many people play him so i dont have to face his unlimated options that all do like 30 damage
They removed his backlight, wavedash, reduced his dodge recovery...He needs a buff actually not a nerf, this is ridiculous
Highlander is op. He has a lot of mix ups and cancels plus he's too fast compared to other characters.
Hahaha
You talking about orochi for sure
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
I mean his offence is no better than the top hero’s right now yet there offence isn’t locked behind a stance so I’d say he’s alright. That’s his design philosophy crazy insane offense but hard to access
You would definitely make it on For Fashion
In my opinion a nerf is not necessary For me it is balanced and I don't use it but I have a lot of fun fighting it and if they are good even better (I say it from Main PK). The only thing I would nerf is the almost invisible guard breaker of which I would increase the milliseconds a bit, if it were more reactive to counter it would make everything even more fun than it currently is
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can be strong in good hands but far away from being broken.
The only hero with absolutely no neutral pressure at the moment, not even backstep.
If he could enter os faster from neutral and softfeint into os faster, it would help him a lot imo.
In my opinion that is a well balanced character. He has an amazing advantage state but suffers in neutral and disadvantage. If he never got a neutral opener it wouldn't be the end of his viability or fun. Unlike some lower tier characters who absolutely need that and more
I dont think Highlander is broken or needs a nerf. Im not that good at the game, but I can when I die because I just didnt play well.
Highlander's got a nice moveset available to him, but I dont ever feel like I was bullshitted. I just know that I dont really understand the nuances of Highlander.
That thumbnail 😂
Maybe just pure 50/50s need a nerf in general.
Thats crazy you found a pic of my stepmom and put it as the thumbnail
I’ll be 1000 percent honest I’ve been having an easier time fighting HL now than before the rework. Don’t know if maybe I’m just getting better at the game or what but the only thing that gets me is the kick feint every once in awhile. Kick vs caber is pretty easy to differentiate and get a free gb.
Lander isn’t Overpowered. The BOWLCUT😍 makes him BROKEN
I love the wait for orange ahaha toe stabs and zones all day from Glad
Ik i haven't really played in forever cuz the shugoki rework right after their continuous downfall of constant updates and reworks with all characters... (literally replaced everything for moves on shugoki tho, fuck them) but Highlander was the shit. Every video I've seen, and everytime I get back into it, and played with friends who have stayed up to date with the game... it's gone to shit. But, glad to see people are still passionate about these characters. Regardless if Ubisoft is trying to yank the ball bag of the consumer.
It's a shame you don't have blood enabled like Nova King, does he not struggle with UA-cam by having blood on?
Shame? 🤣
Highlander mains are just something else man 😂😂😂😂
But I don't think he needs to get nerfed to oblivion. I like a good technical powerhouse in a fighting game
What is tha armor i look it up and cant find it
Never ever uploads losses even if they’re good fights 🤣 nice parries tho
Since his neutral is worse than Nobu its fine his offence is so strong
Agree
Is his neutral really worse than nobu? He can 50/50 from offensive stance which is accessible from neutral?
@@Banditqueen13 you said the answer to your own question bro. You have to leave neutral stance to actually do things. neutral stance is annoyingly bad, which is unfortunate because big ass claymores like HLs can be brutally quick without sacrificing power.
If anything he needs a buff to be more lore accurate (I'd prefer a kit rework in all honesty, stop making greatswords slow hunks of steel in games, they're actually hella graceful and quick weapons)
@@liambrasier6590oh im not disputing his neutral is bad I just don’t see how it is even worse than nobushi in the comparison
You did it again havok
The only thing I think is op is his 34 DMG (I believe it was 34) dodge forward bash. Medjays bash only does 20 ... Other than that he seems alright. The reason they made Medjays 20 DMG is because in 4v4, everyone can throw a top heavy to add to the DMG. So why's isn't Highlanders 20. Even 25 wouldn't be too bad.
I'm not saying Highlander is op, because I have yet to lose to one, but the DMG is just kinda over tuned a little
I believe all his offensive heavies are 26 dmg tho the dmg was 30 which got nerfed with rework
Why is highlanders second heavy so damn fast
I argue he still needs a neutral opener.
Yup that's definitely where he suffers hard especially against good players
It does make it hard but I feel with how many options he has, having a neutral opener would make him potentially op. Maybe in the future they could play around with the idea in TG but for now we needa do something about dodge cancels because they carry some people to win games that they shouldn’t win
Not many people know you can quick flow into offensive stance from a feint. That’s your opener
You're missing the horn. How can we touch horns now? 😢
I think his ceiling is pretty damn high people love to discredit the character cause he’s got an annoying kit for new/novice players. The real high level landers change between stances like no one’s business and it’s NOT fun as a warden main 😂😅
Seeing this dude fight reminds me I suck at game 😂
Why havent the given him a guts costume yet, or better yet, just put guts in the game
The character has 0 neutral pressure the answer is no
I just spam bash when I fight a hyper armor character
Does his damage need to be that high tho
yes he needs some aspects to his kit nerfed
Lmao you just need to dodge if you see glad's orange mix up. And why didn't he light to get havok off of offensive, we will never know
I have no problem with ledge kills. in any mode.. part of the game. but I'd only do it in certain instances. Just my opinion though....
Almost every character is so easy to play now lol
Lightlander isn't OP, just very annoying. Most people who play him don't even use the new stuff in his kit. They just spam bashes and unblockables. I've only seen less than a handful use the neutral grab, kick feint, or his offensive stance dodge attack.
Pirate is unfair. Period.
I do not think Highlander is OP. I main Tiandi, Warlord and Shinobi and can easily defeat it.
What happens with these heroes that have a great amount of mixups is that you have to "listen" more to them. You have to observe and find the patterns, take your distance and interrupt them or get out of the way when appropriate.
Happens the same with the Centurion. In fact, they have exactly the same amount of mixups, in a similar fashion, kind of.
You cannot expect the same tactic to work against every opponent. For Honor is about adaptation and pattern reading.
I even think that Highlander's side-dodge into heavy should be buffed with more s.
This character is pretty weak against any well managed hero with dodge recovery skills (pirate, orochi, tiandi, shinobi, etc). You can punish with lights almost any single opener and get out of the way before the following damage comes, then punish that move as well 😂
So HL is not OP. We're just not used to fighting him as much as we were because no one was playing him in the sorry state he was before the rework, in my opinion.
It is a funny hero to use and I will pick it up soon to put another 10 reps on it 🎉
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Is still to early once people get used to it they wont complain as much
noooooo he doesnt, bro has good mix up
he’s good but not broken. ever as lawbringer if you bait out the dodge attack you can light parry his ass
Hl nees buff. His damage needs to be buffed.
I don't play this game anymore because of the bloated kits on the newer characters.
But I'd rather fight Highlander instead of that one Asian hero with the long katana(?) that has unblockable light attacks.
Nah highlander is fine in my opinion, annoying sometimes? maybe. but I don't think hes broken, I have fun fighting highlanders not gonna lie
Not OP considering he’s only usually good in the right hands
Nah just spam lights where theyre in offensive stance 90% of people cant feint to a light parry any way
Highlander has telegraphed moves hes easy to counter if you can pick up on the animations and know how to dodge properly dudes just a crybaby
old man stop leaving everytime i fight you :(
Conq is just not viable anymore. The damage he gets from his full block is ridiculous for the risk taken. Take aramusha and varangian full block as comparison... so sad
So he has a dodge light , cause I’m on ps4 and he ain’t doing it lol help please ……
But I’m on ps5 and I don’t see it
Highlander is definitely not balanced, but I also only have 100 rep so..
I think his kick damage is too high
The game died when the immersion in the game died, idc if he’s a master of that weapon he shouldn’t be this fast with a huge claymore, a guard break shouldn’t guarantee a normal heavy and he shouldn’t have a offensive dodge attack he’s literally a assassin now 😂
The balancing in this game is pathetic.
NAH the most broken character is ROACH right now. Braindead character that needs Nerfs.
Also Hito and VG are terrible too.
yes
Nerf Bp and Hito and buff warden ...why does highlander get crushing counters in all directions but warden only gets tops its not making sense
Nerf BP is crazy
Nerf PK
@@Mystic1038-u5u u gotta be trolling with nerf pk lol and mainly his oathbreaker perks gotta go its fun breaker
@@supermotarded3 how do you nerf oathbreaker??
@@Mystic1038-u5u remove it completely and replace with a diff tier 3
Bro people are just bad at the game pre rework lander was more op than current one we have
Pre rework was trash af