Higashi is imba because of the sheer amount of damage he can do, not his "crits or stuns". Open palm is a 25 dmg (31 with generals) 9 speed attack that can stun and be used 4 times in succession. His other attacks cover both ranges, and he has attacks for all kinds of situations. If you had an attack that could do 28 damage per turn and attack first every turn, wouldn't that be just a little imba? At the moment, Helene and Ashi with valks charm are good counters, but higashi should be nerfed nonetheless. Again, 9 to 7 speed on open palm would probably balence him.
No, i'm not talking about whether higahsi can crit or paralyze as his main imbaness: those are added things. Higashi ahs the potential to have an "unconditional" damage due to the insane speed and pwoer of power palm.
I was just discussing this in the chat, and Higashi's open palm is pretty imbalenced. Combined with his tanky stats (80hp, 2/3/3 armor), he essentially turns into an open palm spammer. If it stuns, free interrupt and at least 20 damage from another open palm. When you start off as him, its hard for most characters to fight him. I think he would be balanced by nerfing open palm to 7 speed: this would allow him to remain viable, but make it so more characters can stand a chance vs him.
Mellora, your juju argument really work. Think about it. Ashi can kill almost any character in two turns with signature slice and another of her moves, so is she imbalanced? In those four turns that juju needs for his death touch to take effect, the other guy could severely damage juju, and even prevent its death by just switching out. Then what? Juju wasted those turns, and the juju player is behind. Just because its insta death doesn't make it imba.
mellora, juju's touch of doom isn't imba. High energy cost, close range, lowish speed, and how it wears off if you swap your character out makes it balanced. Play more before you cry imba :D
Some of the abilities aren't fully covered in the "read enemy card" thing. For example, Onimaru's sword flurry only says 5 damage, as opposed to 5x7 damage.
@botox, just keep on trying. I remember when i became "skilled" at this game through an epiphany, but i still got to like level 27-30 then died. On my 6th try, i finally beat it. Just keep at it.
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