Is This Build the NEW Kasumi META? (Paladins)

[@Lewiiugamepad]

Hey, I have been playing Kasumi a lot since her release (Spirit Bombs and Unfinished Business). I wasn’t convinced by the rework at first but I learn to love it the more I played her (besides the occasional “uninstall" or death threat that I got). However, there’s still are some problems : 1) Obviously the no reg needs to be fixed. 2) The new bomb are too easy to avoid and when successful, they hit like wet farts and don’t have impact (except Haunted Ground). I understand they don’t want to have a flank that can cause random fears but since it’s possible to destroy them or a simple jump can avoid the effect so they should at least cause more damage and increase the hitbox vertically. 3) I both like and hate the new "body and soul" because when you use it to engage but last moment you see there’s like the entire enemy team at the end, you could go back and try again later. Now, you go and realise that you’re dead and there’s absolutely nothing you can do. 3.1) The cooldown is also too long and I need chronos 2 to flank effectively (go in and go out). 3.2) The lack of verticality is also a problem and due to that Kasumi is map dependent. I want the soul to be able to float or fly (similar to Miora in Overwatch). If a spiritual orc can fly, I ghost should float. 4) mentioned at 8:05 , when Kasumi attacks, the audio cue should come from Kasumi current location and not were the damage is being dealt. That is just bad game design and the reveal is a bandaid that should be removed. 5) lastly her first talent. Even being a rare enjoyer of Kasumi, since release I was one of the only people who didn’t want her first talent to be nerfed… It should have never existed! I want to propose my full rework because the increased fire rate was dumb and the new one is underwhelming. I think her first talent should give her more range both on her primary and her placement of traps in order to have an option that helps you poking and against long range matchup (like Strix). Hope you like this comment and nice video @AndrewChicken !

[@flubberdoodles2836]

Ooh! Honestly really appreciate the coverage of this style. I've always loved Tanky Kasumi but i just love the feel of fearing with HG. Def gonna have to try more tank Kasumi now!

[@sebastianaltamirano4991]

please andrew, you are forcing me to play kasumi now

[@-KYUSS-]

lol…Ikr

[@Starmarine1892]

i love this christmas intro its much more pleasing to my ears, maybe its just my love of christmas type songs

[@camrendavis6650]

Ive played the new Kasumi up to level 41 currently with the Unfinished Business talent (movement talent). The way I play her is less like a flank and more of like an anti-flank. I sit in the midline or backline using her traps to mark flanking paths and pay attention for when they go off is how i get most of my kills with her. The DR I get from her movement ability combined with the healing I get from Unfinished Business and the card Moonlit Haunting (lvl 4/5) makes it next to impossible for me to get dived. My average KD ratio is 12-2, no lie

[@unicornwhale3807]

which flank you find it hard to go against as kasumi?

[@camrendavis6650]

@@unicornwhale3807 Currently Caspian, Skye, Talus, and VII. Sometimes Koga. They've got so much burst damage that if they get the first shot off on me, I'm almost certainly dead. Also mobility, Skye, Caspian and VII are too fast for me to lock onto sometimes. Also, please buy illuminate. Make that the first thing you buy. You need it for Skye especially, if you're not paying attention and let her sneak up on you, she will kill you 8/10 times, so you kind of have to go looking for Skye as opposed to waiting for her to come around and getting the drop on you But flanks are going to be your biggest challenge, so I always prioritize them in a match. Take them out first, since you will most likely encounter them first, and then so long as your positioning is good, no one else can threaten you. You can play like a regular flank, take out the supports and the damages, mess with the tank, it'll be easy. But you gotta get those flanks first.

[@unicornwhale3807]

Thanks! I never really knew how beneficial Kasumi is to her team but I've been noticing a lot of people start picking her up and doing good plays so I start wondering what happened with her playstyle. This is a helpful insight, thank you very much, have a good game Sir!@@camrendavis6650

[@mjlagerwerf]

Oh damn.... Kasumi starting to look like an actual flank this way 🤯

[@DTisEmo]

As someone that enjoys playing as Kas, I think the reveal is still fair as every other character has some way to trace where they are attacking from. Due to the nature of her normal attacks, Kas is unique in her lack of such.

[@dungeaterfancam]

I mean, it would be fair if it triggered on m1 and m2 only, her traps are supposed to be traps, not a convenient tool for the enemy to learn of your position

[@DTisEmo]

That is quite a good point. Perhaps in addition, rather than being a full-blown reveal, her outline should just flash (like the reveal, i mean) for a half-second or so.

[@NoxHelios]

Yeah no not fair for kasumi to be revealed just for dealing dmg the better they can do is enhance the audio cue for her attacks to come from the spot kasumi attacked from and not the spot target kasumi attacks + her initial dmg is so low I don't think finding where kasumi is shooting at you is a problem sounds like skill issue to me

[@Filippo739]

Wouldn't Veteran be a better pick than Haven with that Talent? UB heals you for a minimum of 15% of your base health, so isn't more health technically more un-cauterized healing?

[@antroneny]

The body look at where the soul is running.

[@nick335online]

I saw the steam, and could not believe my eyes. also as a Maeve main, this is the bane of my existance

[@-KYUSS-]

Thank you for showing us this Kana play style and build.

[@staroxi_music]

What changes, we told them time and time again exactly what changes she needed and the devs did none of them. They're on their own as far as I'm concerned, I'm not going to waste my time detailing why something is soo important to have the devs go in the complete opposite direction. This game could have been something great, it was for some time, now it looks like an abandoned ship that's not wrecked because of a storm but because of neglect and prolonged decay.

[@Michael-ms9qn]

W intro chicken man

[@itsMeriMeri]

how do you get the pride title from the start of the vid?

[@psychoherobrine3406]

I've been using haunted grounds on kasumi for awhile ever since the rework, im more of a lure people into a tight room, fear them and kill them. But I am trying out the unfinished business talent as well. I rather let evil mojo fix all the bugs first, not only the fire bug but also the bug where damage reduction on soul and body just don't work half of the time. What i want them to change for Kasumi is more reach.

[@fem-yan]

i love kasumi

[@7Pagod]

I've been using unfinished business since she released. Always been my favorite talent for the survivability. Just wish they'd buff the card that increases the duration of body and soul since I think the current rate is 0.1 seconds per level (so 0.5 seconds extra duration at level 5.)

[@cheddarb0bb]

Since you are the most recent commenter, do you know what happened with the champions skin images in the loading screen and stuff?

[@7Pagod]

@@cheddarb0bb I could be wrong but I remember something about one of the Lead Art people for paladins moving on and then after that all the skin images were turned into 3d models (probably to make the game look cleaner and more uniform.) The old card art has been made available as loading screen art.

[@nicolasvillasecaali7662]

we are doing SCIENCE!!!! also, happy eves Andrew

[@dNLq]

hey, do you think this game will ever come back up in the competetive sort of way? I managed to Hit diamond 1 today after 137hours of paladins but im confused and not sure if i should continue climb and learn stuff about the game because im playing with the same players over and over again like there is 200 players in the whole diamond section (feels like) that you get grouped up with and against every time you que up, you think this game has potential or is it completely dead? ( 200 players in the whole diamond section (feels like) = means dead for me ) because I dont wanna climb up to masters and sweat my ass off only to be able to play with the same skill lvl of people as I am right now, or are there actually ( ONLY MASTERS ) lobbys? or shit like this, excuse my English im a multilingual person and its hard to keep everything in check ! Have a nice day

[@abdulmajeedhallak1688]

If you reach masters You will queue with GM masters and diamond 75% of the time and 25% may get some plats

[@davidmorales7371]

Her primary fire mechanic could use a change

[@antalito3047]

Omg, you get revealed when you have stacks on someone? How silly is that? And why you don’t have that icon showing you that you are revealing (same way when Nessa shots you)? I’m enjoying playing her now but her range is awful, you basically have no way to do dmg to someone who is a little bit further off, so a champ like Vik or Viv can melt you and you don’t even have the chance to fight back. Her bombs do basically nothing unless you use the teleport talent so that really should be buffed. Her teleport is also a bit clunky, I press Q like 3 times by the time she teleports to her dolls. So I feel like she still has a long way to go but at least she is now playable. I hope they continue working on her for next patch.

[@Vfawek]

We remember xD

[@metronometheprotogen5908]

Honestly thanks to you Andrew ima drop trying to main imani and try to main Caspian!

[@nothingpersonal9610]

The reveal to enemies is horrible. I mean she's a flank now so they should get rid of it

[@flubberdoodles2836]

I play a whole ton of Kasumi, so i know quite a bit about her. Honestly she's not the worst imo, but i may be biased. Tbh she's really only hindered by her bugs. If they fix the no reg and also maybe bridge the .25s gap of 100% dmg when she returns to her soul so she isn’t countered by hitscans spamming damage and getting 100% damage for a couple shots. If that happens, she'll be solid C no questions asked. Also I would like to see less lag between teleportong to traps cuz that's like .5s of wait time that anyone can get free dmg. Make it like .25, and she'll be a golden balanced champ

[@ryderevans-2570]

Kasumi haunted = alright

[@chinpokomon_]

literal undying zhin gameplay, but slower

[@mauriciosoares7157]

Am I getting insane or did Andrew enjoyed playing kasumi? hahaha

[@AnthonyAlexzander]

I low key think Kasumi should never be above B tier. When Kasumi is even slightly too strong, it feels like one of the most awful champs to play against in this game.

[@Richter8]

I have always said to get rid of the reveal, and even more so now that shes a flank

[@joec6745]

i refused to play her with the lockout. Only champ with the lockout. Absolute bullshit

[@KH2lid0]

Am I the only one getting triggered by mr chicken not buying items?

[@Jystaaaa]

I will never play kasumi. I got self respect lol

[@doommuffinz5276]

This game is so dumb. Matchwide cauterize on literally everyone. Literally why even design healers? Just learn to balance your game, jezus. There are endless games the developers can learn from.

[@MultiSenhor]

Can we take a minute to appreciate how beautiful Kasumi is?

[@mugenmasters8564]

😂😂 you are blind....wtf is beautiful about her she looks ok even viktor looks better

[@jeremikulczycki2309]

Honestly ever since release kasumi is the only character I refuse to play or buy, I still have lvl 0 in her