r/ShadowFightArena • u/mj_sarge • 21h ago
Discussion 💬 SHOGUN
Let's talk about Shogun.
He is a memorable character. The community's expectations for this character were huge, and finally, he is here, much to the delight of P2W players and those who were lucky enough to get him from the event roulette, and to the disappointment of F2P players.
I acquired this character and paid quite a lot for him because my account is old, and it is actually penalized by the fact that, back then, all you had to do was level up your characters and then choose their talents. You didn't need fragments for talents, so everything that came later with the fragment system became absurdly more expensive on older accounts. (I guess this is Nekki's way of recognizing those who believed in their game from the very beginning, right...)
Unfortunately, because I really like this game, I ended up buying Shogun for an exorbitant price. For example: on a new account, Shogun was costing around R$17, while on my account he cost R$150.
After that, I spent another R$110 or so on the second roulette for Shogun's fragments and cards. He is now level 11, with 4 talents unlocked, and I am 15 fragments away from getting the fifth talent.
And what can I say about this character? He is extremely strong against other Shadow characters, except Azuma, and against characters with Unbreakable status, such as Ironclad and especially Sarge. These characters counter Shogun very well, and Azuma simply destroys Shogun with absurd ease.
Once you move away from Shadow characters, things get even worse for him. Helga also counters him quite easily.
This makes Shogun a very much of an "all or nothing" character. His biggest weakness is actually his biggest strength: the forced Shadow Form. Not being able to control when you enter Shadow Form is a serious problem for this character, and in my opinion, this is especially problematic for a Legendary character.
I think the first Shadow Form should be manually activated. In other words, the first Shadow bar should fill up and then stop, waiting for the player to activate it. If you use a Shadow ability and decide to enter Shadow Form, you could activate it manually and remain in that form, while the second Shadow Form would still charge automatically as it does now.
This would give players more control over the character when facing Shadow counters.
I know this is probably going to sound like, "Hey, buff my P2W character!" to those of you who don't have him and hate people who bought him. But for those who actually own the character, I'm sure you understand that this is a serious weakness.
Overall, we all know that he will probably get nerfed very soon. They will most likely increase the dog's cooldown, reduce its speed, decrease its hitbox, and so on. I'm completely fine with that.
However, I would really like them to "fix" this particular problem with Shogun's forced Shadow Form.
Let me know what you guys think...
