Another note. Your feelings about sword is how I felt about dagger. Nobody did step tech. But they removed it. It wasn’t meta but it was removed. It killed the skill ceiling for it and boy was it high. I had ways of making it a guaranteed kill. I had ways of dashing around corners through walls and hitting someone and flying away from them in one motion. I practiced that weapon for 2 months to get where I was at. Just for them to remove it and “fix” it and everyone’s all “oh it’s better than ever now” like stfu. No it’s not. It never will be until they return it back to pre 2.6 values. Even the menu animations for it suck now. Sword too. We used to hold it with PRIDE. Now we look like we’re trying too hard to look cool. Dagger just looks weak af and both are objectively not as intimidating as they were pre 2.6. I’m so tired of things getting nerfed all the time. Tell the fans of your game to grow tf up and learn how to counter people instead of bending to their whining and bringing talented or determined players down to their level. Just like dude from incredibles said “when everybody’s super, nobody will be”
I think it's only raised the skill ceiling also you forget the stab angle on the back has been vastly improved you can even double kill with back stab maybe even triple haven't been lucky enough yet find out. You can still dash round opponents and swing stab it was broken being able to face stab. I know we have two different views on this matter but I still think your two months of practice weren't for nothing. Change your angle of approach and you may still find joy in the dagger as I have if you want some clips of the double stab hit me up. Peace homie hope our blades cross in the future!
@@kywhy734 I stand by what I said. It was way better before they touched it in 2.6 and still isn’t as good or reliable. Better than 2.6 but not pre 2.6
embark really out here nerfing an already weak weapon and letting heavies get away with charge n slam/rpg. im a sword main but this shit is too discouraging im about to swap off
THEY NERFED SWORD NOOOOOOOOOOOO I SPENT 800 MULTIBUCKS ON THE DANG BAT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I COULDA BOT THE LISTEN IN STEREO EMOTE FOR 300 INSTEAD NOOOOOOOOOOOO😭😭😭
All reviews based on purely competitve perspective. Also this is just the early access and pure first impressions so who knows what the actual season 3 is going to bring. Dont really fk with TA but I gotta grind rank, maybe play more valorant. idk man
Nah this can not be permanent, embark knows how much skill expression means to the community and especially light players. They will make up for this in some way. i do believe that
Damn, and I just learned the weapon swapping mechanic with the sword lol. Anyway, I've been playing sword during season 2 and I made it worked without tricks in casual gamemodes. I think the best way to make the sword work is the positioning and learn how other weapons work, specially the melee ones.
Embark: "We notice that not a lot of people are picking light class, so we have decided to significantly lower the skill ceiling of one of the most viable weapons on the class"
Gadget canceling is an exploit and I dont enjoy having to resort to abuse exploits in order to make the most out of anything. The fair compromise is to shave off some recovery time for the sword attacks tbh. The whole skill ceiling thing is just dumb tbh. Performance and skill should be tied to intended mechanics, not some voodoo magic whose knowledge is also barred behind people in the know aka 1% of players
I can see why people think gadget canceling is an exploit but IMO I see as like doomfist from overwatch where casuals can play him like normal but advanced players would use him fullest by implementing other techs. These mechanics are not intended to the character but keeping it in the game shows the difference between doomfist players. Are they "exploiting" when using these techs? i don't know. But just like how you think that gadget cancelling's only purpose is to shave off recovery time, it not only does that but connects to a bunch of other combos the sword is capable of. so removing that removes the skill ceiling of the weapon.
prolly not riot lol. don’t really fk with the review bombing. but there’s some questionable balance changes. i like embark but sometimes they do questionable things.
Sword in TA is the best. When everyone walk around with capped 100 hp, 1 lunge is enough. Also as a light you have 66% hp(100/150), which is normal for sword light dashing around
@@roryv.bonaventura1296 It depends if they remove the piercing or not. Sword no piercing, no animation cancels of any kind is an F tier weapon. It's the truth.
Same. Using sword with all the techs was really fun and engaging. Without GS or EC sword feels much more slow paced and boring. And being a one trick sword gameplay was the one thing keeping me in the game, so now Im out.
So glad I’m not a gadget swapper. Just lunge n dash baby I’m forever winning. Unless they do sword like they did dagger. In which case I will quietly cry and just not play video games anymore.
crazy how people (like ottr) are crying for phantom striking to be remove from the game... sword is so much harder now and they want one of the hardest things removed?? i feel like not a single person who is complaining about phantom strikes has ACTUALLY been killed by a phantom strike, its super easy to counter as well since dashing or sliding during a phantom strike is SUPER difficult and i havent seen a clip of anyone but me being able to do that against actual people, not just practise range bots. EDIT: gadget swap as well? another skilled thing that requires you to think about which gadgets to use, when to use, which ones you have, which slots to put them in etc, and it only makes it slightly faster... crazy how so many people cry about being outskilled, the finger dexterity for pulling it off as well is insane, combined with every other tight and precise timing, aiming, EVERYTHING but nah
nah don’t get discouraged. this is just based on my perspective because i don’t enjoy TA that much and swords playstyle is different in TA as well. on top of removing gadget swapping so i’m just not gonna play the weapon as much. season 3 looks great tho. good cosmetics but the new weapons are okay i think.
I don’t know why you have to rely on an exploit (gadget swapping) to have fun. Its buggy and unfair and not really possible on controller. Im also a sword main btw.
First off ive seen good controller sword players pull it off. If you've never experienced it, you just don't understand the depth of sword mechanics. You might have fun dominating casual lobbies but I want to play sword competitively. People view "fun" differently. Maybe it is an exploit maybe its not, they already patched it so im just gonna move on to something else.
Gadget swapping isn’t nearly as strong as emote canceling, it requires way more skill and timing for not even half the benefits.. its not really an exploit Iv seen gadget swapping be a thing in other games its something people master and people who call it an exploit just don’t understand the game.. gadget swapping is far af away from a crutch it makes the sword viable to play
Even that, with no canceling anymore the phantom slash becomes inconsistent. I tried creating a script that did phantom slashes for hours, tweaking and everything and was never able to get it consistent, maybe 80% at best, and the others would do a normal slash instead. Obviously I only used that for testing in range because it's easily detectable, which I even got kicked out of a lot.
@@natebarton2259I can pull of it consistently, timing feels a little later this season, I do it without gadget swap, try to chain it in a lobby one after another, and also use not just normal slash after lunge to kill heavy but also left click into shadow slash-lunge And don't be scripting, that can be easily monitored, if you value your account That said we could be banned just for sh anyway
Would be cool if the sword lunge had a lower reset time if you hit someone. That would keep some of the skill ceiling and wouldn't rely on janky mechanics. That being said, after the S3 reveal I don't think embark cares about competitive players at all...
thats why didnt based my gameplay based off this tech knew this would happen still sucks though , dont understand how the heavy isnt nerfed , rpg charge and slam is busted no skill
They hate medium class that’s why lights and heavy’s got two things but medium gets one. A new ability would be nice for medium something to help close gaps just my opinion. Lights seem to be favored more than anything
Season 3 messed everything up so much I'm not sure If I want to keep playing anymore. Removing ranked cashout sucks. Heavy got stronger but light is still weak. HHM will probably still be meta in cashout and HHHHH will probably be meta in TA. This is probably the most stale state the game will be in and it's sad.
@@JohnathenPorkington Removing cashout ranked for 1 whole season is still removing. And that's not even my main complaint, which is the balance/meta. They did not even acknowledge the balance is still very much wack.
@@fastdagger4005 World tour is not ranked though. It's progression-based, not skill-based. You earn points by winning but doesn't lose points if you lose.
@@crypix tru, but it’s still the same game mode, and if it’s what we need to get casual players then so be it, you still get cool rewards, and there is the theory that top 500 world tour players will be in a big tournament so you can grind if you want
It raises the skill ceiling of the sword not lowers it. It's great to see exploits be removed from the game, will help people who are actually good at using it as intended get less hate. I got to diamond 3 with no exploits sword only.
it lowers the skill ceiling man. because you have less things to do as the sword. but it is harder to pull off of course. definitely will help sword players get better but sometimes there’s just nothing you can do because the ceiling is capped. getting to diamond 3 without “exploits” is impressive but let’s be honest no hate but d1 and d2 are where actual diamonds are at. the rank system is inflated not saying its not impressive to hit d3 but everyone can agree that this games rank system is pretty shit.
@@pullkia Just a question but are you the highest ranked sword player, because they should have no reason to nerf a weapon that the best user of it is rank ~300.
@@Atom1cAtom i dont even know lol. Havent seen any other sword players pass the top 200 mark but who knows. I don't think these guys ever played against a Top 500 stacked team with HHM. It feels so hard to play against as a sword player. So I don't even know the reason why they are removing gadget swapping.
@@pullkia The skill ceiling is lowered when a the weapon doesn't need to be played around. With animation canceling anyone who knows how to cancel can just face check every corner and win any 1v1. I'm sorry but that's a lowered ceiling. 1 move to use in every encounter except against lights requires less skill.
No it lowers it because theres less mechanics to use therefore there's less things to do which lowers the ceiling. Just raises the skill floor of the sword.
you clearly don't know what a skill ceiling is, it's not how hard the weapon is to use, but it's how good the weapon can be when used skillfully. Sword isn't any harder to use, but now it's just an F tier weapon.
embark keeps trying to make the game casual oriented, this is so pointless. you were top 1 sword user i have not seen anyone better than you and they nerf you. i honestly don’t understand what embark is trying to achieve and this is starting to really get annoying. i loved this game since the first glance but why do they keep doing these decisions, i feel like at some point we will just have enough of this bs and leave the game, they have to stop doing this
bros yapping about how the swords skill ceiling dropped bc of gadget swapping when it wasnt even an intended feature and made the sword do way too much damage way too fast. Like it was a bug that made the sword almost insta kill lights a mediums thats not fun to play against at all
light instakill is still in the game using intended features only, and gadget swapping increased the ttk on a medium by less than a tenth of a second on an already slow weapon
you acting like sword still can’t kill mediums in a second. good players are still gonna be able to do that. removing gadget swapping is just removing the skill ceiling to play in high ranked. think ur confusing gadget swapping with emote cancelling but what do u know
if this video gets 200 likes, ill release an advance sword guide.
we need the 1:40 tech video
You sounded so defeated when the sword got nerf🥺
@@Bay-Lee08 nah it was pretty late at night. but it is pretty sad to see it go.
Another note. Your feelings about sword is how I felt about dagger. Nobody did step tech. But they removed it. It wasn’t meta but it was removed. It killed the skill ceiling for it and boy was it high. I had ways of making it a guaranteed kill. I had ways of dashing around corners through walls and hitting someone and flying away from them in one motion. I practiced that weapon for 2 months to get where I was at. Just for them to remove it and “fix” it and everyone’s all “oh it’s better than ever now” like stfu. No it’s not. It never will be until they return it back to pre 2.6 values. Even the menu animations for it suck now. Sword too. We used to hold it with PRIDE. Now we look like we’re trying too hard to look cool. Dagger just looks weak af and both are objectively not as intimidating as they were pre 2.6. I’m so tired of things getting nerfed all the time. Tell the fans of your game to grow tf up and learn how to counter people instead of bending to their whining and bringing talented or determined players down to their level. Just like dude from incredibles said “when everybody’s super, nobody will be”
well said
I think it's only raised the skill ceiling also you forget the stab angle on the back has been vastly improved you can even double kill with back stab maybe even triple haven't been lucky enough yet find out. You can still dash round opponents and swing stab it was broken being able to face stab. I know we have two different views on this matter but I still think your two months of practice weren't for nothing. Change your angle of approach and you may still find joy in the dagger as I have if you want some clips of the double stab hit me up.
Peace homie hope our blades cross in the future!
@@kywhy734 I stand by what I said. It was way better before they touched it in 2.6 and still isn’t as good or reliable. Better than 2.6 but not pre 2.6
embark really out here nerfing an already weak weapon and letting heavies get away with charge n slam/rpg. im a sword main but this shit is too discouraging im about to swap off
What's the problem with charge N slam ?
Haven't they removing charge and slam in favor of new claw?
THEY NERFED SWORD NOOOOOOOOOOOO I SPENT 800 MULTIBUCKS ON THE DANG BAT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I COULDA BOT THE LISTEN IN STEREO EMOTE FOR 300 INSTEAD NOOOOOOOOOOOO😭😭😭
@@addmen96 no, heavy has 4 special gadgets now
Charge and slam is so OP. And I’m a medium riot shielder.
All reviews based on purely competitve perspective. Also this is just the early access and pure first impressions so who knows what the actual season 3 is going to bring. Dont really fk with TA but I gotta grind rank, maybe play more valorant. idk man
always gotta make it to top rank atleast
Man speaks the truth.
bros career is finished 😭
can you save me pls
Nah this can not be permanent, embark knows how much skill expression means to the community and especially light players. They will make up for this in some way. i do believe that
@@Parkourcrazed i hope, but embark continues to make decisions based on the casual community meaning there’s next to no chance sword is getting buffed
Damn, Katana skin for sword looks so fkn cool. Maybe with some cosmetics you'll be able to make Vergil in the future xD
Damn, and I just learned the weapon swapping mechanic with the sword lol.
Anyway, I've been playing sword during season 2 and I made it worked without tricks in casual gamemodes. I think the best way to make the sword work is the positioning and learn how other weapons work, specially the melee ones.
Balance team is cringe 💀 RIP sword
OMG GOAT 🙈😩
Oscar when he dies to anything skillful:
Wya lil bro
Embark: "We notice that not a lot of people are picking light class, so we have decided to significantly lower the skill ceiling of one of the most viable weapons on the class"
Gadget canceling is an exploit and I dont enjoy having to resort to abuse exploits in order to make the most out of anything.
The fair compromise is to shave off some recovery time for the sword attacks tbh. The whole skill ceiling thing is just dumb tbh.
Performance and skill should be tied to intended mechanics, not some voodoo magic whose knowledge is also barred behind people in the know aka 1% of players
I can see why people think gadget canceling is an exploit but IMO I see as like doomfist from overwatch where casuals can play him like normal but advanced players would use him fullest by implementing other techs. These mechanics are not intended to the character but keeping it in the game shows the difference between doomfist players. Are they "exploiting" when using these techs? i don't know. But just like how you think that gadget cancelling's only purpose is to shave off recovery time, it not only does that but connects to a bunch of other combos the sword is capable of. so removing that removes the skill ceiling of the weapon.
Patching the gadget swapping is soft, we should riot honestly. I don’t even play sword
prolly not riot lol. don’t really fk with the review bombing. but there’s some questionable balance changes. i like embark but sometimes they do questionable things.
you should definitely try sword in TA, i feel like you could still make it work somehow
i could but naked sword feels so boring to play especially in TA but I'm having fun with hook shotgun heavy so might just play that lol.
Sword in TA is the best. When everyone walk around with capped 100 hp, 1 lunge is enough. Also as a light you have 66% hp(100/150), which is normal for sword light dashing around
Yea bro 😢 i 💯agree. But tbh ima still be doing sword, qm cancels are still pretty good
im even more sad about sword bc im a onetrick. i cant play anything else well/dont have fun with it. :(
Sword is still super good without cheating.
@@roryv.bonaventura1296 It depends if they remove the piercing or not. Sword no piercing, no animation cancels of any kind is an F tier weapon. It's the truth.
Same. Using sword with all the techs was really fun and engaging. Without GS or EC sword feels much more slow paced and boring. And being a one trick sword gameplay was the one thing keeping me in the game, so now Im out.
oof , i didnt notice until now the gadget swap change is actually pretty detrimental to the sword
So glad I’m not a gadget swapper. Just lunge n dash baby I’m forever winning. Unless they do sword like they did dagger. In which case I will quietly cry and just not play video games anymore.
crazy how people (like ottr) are crying for phantom striking to be remove from the game... sword is so much harder now and they want one of the hardest things removed?? i feel like not a single person who is complaining about phantom strikes has ACTUALLY been killed by a phantom strike, its super easy to counter as well since dashing or sliding during a phantom strike is SUPER difficult and i havent seen a clip of anyone but me being able to do that against actual people, not just practise range bots.
EDIT: gadget swap as well? another skilled thing that requires you to think about which gadgets to use, when to use, which ones you have, which slots to put them in etc, and it only makes it slightly faster... crazy how so many people cry about being outskilled, the finger dexterity for pulling it off as well is insane, combined with every other tight and precise timing, aiming, EVERYTHING but nah
pulling off sliding phantom strike is prolly the swords hardest mechanic. well played bro
Dual swords look insane
RIP Sword we miss u so mutch
I never used emote cancelling and I am still going to use sword I was able to get ot platinum 1 without it
Hit those throwing knives. Those are fun to play and high movement skill is needed.
its sad to hear u like this...At first i was hyped for this season and now i am a little bit concerned...we'll see
nah don’t get discouraged. this is just based on my perspective because i don’t enjoy TA that much and swords playstyle is different in TA as well. on top of removing gadget swapping so i’m just not gonna play the weapon as much. season 3 looks great tho. good cosmetics but the new weapons are okay i think.
good video, thanks for making it. is multi hit still a thing? I do appreciate they buffed light class
Multi hit yes. But light has not been buffed. They removed emote cancel and now even the gadget swapping.
@@ludvigskalberg4351light has been buffed I think regen starts after 5 seconds (instead of 8) and it's faster as well
@@ludvigskalberg4351 light has been buffed. faster regen, lh1/shotgun/ and more got buffed.
Don't tell Embark that Sledgehammer still has swap cancelling
Embark please listen to this man
yea i think the sword era is gonna come to an end
I don’t know why you have to rely on an exploit (gadget swapping) to have fun. Its buggy and unfair and not really possible on controller. Im also a sword main btw.
First off ive seen good controller sword players pull it off. If you've never experienced it, you just don't understand the depth of sword mechanics. You might have fun dominating casual lobbies but I want to play sword competitively. People view "fun" differently. Maybe it is an exploit maybe its not, they already patched it so im just gonna move on to something else.
Gadget swapping isn’t nearly as strong as emote canceling, it requires way more skill and timing for not even half the benefits.. its not really an exploit Iv seen gadget swapping be a thing in other games its something people master and people who call it an exploit just don’t understand the game.. gadget swapping is far af away from a crutch it makes the sword viable to play
doesnt the weapon wheel make weapons swapping better on console?
@@pullkiadude you really complaining about a exploit being removed? And THATS why you’re leaving? I don’t think you was a pro to begin with
@@abdeladbar1125 Definitely a pro, he will be good regardless
Obeth a real one fam.
We're left with shadow slash only, i have played few hours this season and sword feels too fucking slow, im gonna cry
Even that, with no canceling anymore the phantom slash becomes inconsistent.
I tried creating a script that did phantom slashes for hours, tweaking and everything and was never able to get it consistent, maybe 80% at best, and the others would do a normal slash instead.
Obviously I only used that for testing in range because it's easily detectable, which I even got kicked out of a lot.
@@natebarton2259I can pull of it consistently, timing feels a little later this season, I do it without gadget swap, try to chain it in a lobby one after another, and also use not just normal slash after lunge to kill heavy but also left click into shadow slash-lunge
And don't be scripting, that can be easily monitored, if you value your account
That said we could be banned just for sh anyway
hey bro great work !! May I ask how you got that crosshair ??
check my guide. it would have my crosshair settings
@@pullkia awesome thx !
Finals is for fun... F perfect competitive balance where EVERYTHING is perfectly balanced and viable.
Would be cool if the sword lunge had a lower reset time if you hit someone. That would keep some of the skill ceiling and wouldn't rely on janky mechanics. That being said, after the S3 reveal I don't think embark cares about competitive players at all...
thats why didnt based my gameplay based off this tech knew this would happen still sucks though , dont understand how the heavy isnt nerfed , rpg charge and slam is busted no skill
Heavy doesn't need nerfs, we just need to not get our tech patched.
@@Atom1cAtom we need the tech because heavy is busted
@@tmo-profits9214 i would rather fight a busted heavy using all the tech. Fighting without the tech is boring
Hit box also feels jank now
did they remove charge n slam? heard that
nah still in
I wish
They hate medium class that’s why lights and heavy’s got two things but medium gets one. A new ability would be nice for medium something to help close gaps just my opinion. Lights seem to be favored more than anything
1:50 Is that law from wano?
every asian i know is planning on roadhogging now
Season 3 messed everything up so much I'm not sure If I want to keep playing anymore. Removing ranked cashout sucks. Heavy got stronger but light is still weak. HHM will probably still be meta in cashout and HHHHH will probably be meta in TA. This is probably the most stale state the game will be in and it's sad.
Did u listen to oscar, they are temporarly removing cashout so they can fix it, light got faster health regen, your not helping.
@@JohnathenPorkington Removing cashout ranked for 1 whole season is still removing. And that's not even my main complaint, which is the balance/meta. They did not even acknowledge the balance is still very much wack.
@@crypix and cashout is still here bru did you not see world tour, its legit cashout
@@fastdagger4005 World tour is not ranked though. It's progression-based, not skill-based. You earn points by winning but doesn't lose points if you lose.
@@crypix tru, but it’s still the same game mode, and if it’s what we need to get casual players then so be it, you still get cool rewards, and there is the theory that top 500 world tour players will be in a big tournament so you can grind if you want
It raises the skill ceiling of the sword not lowers it. It's great to see exploits be removed from the game, will help people who are actually good at using it as intended get less hate. I got to diamond 3 with no exploits sword only.
it lowers the skill ceiling man. because you have less things to do as the sword. but it is harder to pull off of course. definitely will help sword players get better but sometimes there’s just nothing you can do because the ceiling is capped. getting to diamond 3 without “exploits” is impressive but let’s be honest no hate but d1 and d2 are where actual diamonds are at. the rank system is inflated not saying its not impressive to hit d3 but everyone can agree that this games rank system is pretty shit.
@@pullkia Just a question but are you the highest ranked sword player, because they should have no reason to nerf a weapon that the best user of it is rank ~300.
@@Atom1cAtom i dont even know lol. Havent seen any other sword players pass the top 200 mark but who knows. I don't think these guys ever played against a Top 500 stacked team with HHM. It feels so hard to play against as a sword player. So I don't even know the reason why they are removing gadget swapping.
@@pullkia The skill ceiling is lowered when a the weapon doesn't need to be played around. With animation canceling anyone who knows how to cancel can just face check every corner and win any 1v1. I'm sorry but that's a lowered ceiling. 1 move to use in every encounter except against lights requires less skill.
@@roryv.bonaventura1296 theres a reason ur d3 if you're making statements like this.
Does removing gadget swapping just make the skill ceiling higher
No it lowers it because theres less mechanics to use therefore there's less things to do which lowers the ceiling. Just raises the skill floor of the sword.
you clearly don't know what a skill ceiling is, it's not how hard the weapon is to use, but it's how good the weapon can be when used skillfully. Sword isn't any harder to use, but now it's just an F tier weapon.
@@Atom1cAtom "you clearly don't know what a skill ceiling is" yes thats why he asked
@@oatstraw i aint see a question mark
@@Atom1cAtom fair enough
w video
They done wiped the sword niche out 💀 so disappointed
embark keeps trying to make the game casual oriented, this is so pointless. you were top 1 sword user i have not seen anyone better than you and they nerf you. i honestly don’t understand what embark is trying to achieve and this is starting to really get annoying. i loved this game since the first glance but why do they keep doing these decisions, i feel like at some point we will just have enough of this bs and leave the game, they have to stop doing this
Wya lil bro
Calling gadget swapping a mechanic is wild
They need to nerf RPG a ton. Every time I play light there is just a heavy that rpgs and shoots me once and I die instantly
They just need to not nerf light
now that you have to actually try with the sword, you give it up. weak.
you watch me play acting like i can’t hit top 500 with naked sword. i just don’t enjoy playing it cuz it’s less mechanics 💀
said by a hardstuck plat 1 sword user I would assume.
@@Atom1cAtom huh? he ended top 1k at diamond 2. pullkia is fucking good.
lmaoo bro can't play without an exploit
lmao you are dumb
bros yapping about how the swords skill ceiling dropped bc of gadget swapping when it wasnt even an intended feature and made the sword do way too much damage way too fast. Like it was a bug that made the sword almost insta kill lights a mediums thats not fun to play against at all
light instakill is still in the game using intended features only, and gadget swapping increased the ttk on a medium by less than a tenth of a second on an already slow weapon
you acting like sword still can’t kill mediums in a second. good players are still gonna be able to do that. removing gadget swapping is just removing the skill ceiling to play in high ranked. think ur confusing gadget swapping with emote cancelling but what do u know
Let's hope it was just a PTS bug and nothing has changed, and if they changed it you'll still get to ruby anyway 🥹