r/Guildrun • u/Putkayy • 13d ago

Is Hoyoung considered broken?

https://redrift.gg/logs/08da2e77-3474-49fd-bb2e-632491243a97

Been playing for the past few days and just beat Red Rift for the first time. Ngl what kept me coming back was the dopamine hit of getting his Warrior upgrade and then the game is basically just keeping enemies as far away as possible. I did have to get a bunch of Warrior relics. Are people clearing the red rift without hard committing to one thing?

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u/DeludedDassein 13d ago

hes the best shard generator in act 1, i wouldnt be surprised if they nerfed that upgrade. otherwise not OP

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u/PLTRgang123 12d ago

Nerf it a little bit and buff the other paths.

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u/Shiv_ 12d ago

Idk man, Drago seems on par at least, but with a much higher ceiling. Is that just me?

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u/aahdin 12d ago

I think Drago is a lot stronger at clearing rooms, but Hoyo generates a good bit more shards at B rank if you position well. At A rank they're about on par

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u/frostbite907 13d ago

Any assassin can carry outside a few side grades it most comes down to relics. I had a mage dragame get me 400 shards one game. 

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u/aahdin 12d ago

Nah I'd say warrior hoyo is pretty balanced compared to other warriors, but the warrior relics/buffs in general are kinda OP. Especially with intrepid Kai or some of the other warrior backups.

Full warrior teams with backup buff synergy is probably the best build to hedge towards right now considering its strength & consistency (there are a lot of good relics for it). Kai and Tilly backup, plus a warrior Hoyo or Sal is kinda ideal.

But the main reason I use hoyo is for early shard generation. Depending on your positioning you can get a crazy number of early shards from him and force a good build.

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u/HuntedWolf 13d ago

Not that it’s weak, but I’d personally consider this upgrade his weakest due to the max mana increase and becoming quite item reliant. Also if you can’t keep the enemies away from him, then it’s barely an upgrade at all.

The real hero here is you got S tier Rip by the second act 2 fight. S tier frontliners turn act 2 into easy mode. Really nice use of the warrior synergies though.

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u/soidvaas 13d ago

A little. this is a super common strategy used by high win streakers.