Leader: Champion Spotlight with Context

[@timjits]

I just pulled him and took to R3. Super helpful vid and thank you!

[@wadehoward6970]

DLL! Thank you so much for this series! I love every single episode and consider them THE source for champ info. You’re the man. 👍

[@Subviolaceus]

Thank you for doing these; they are super helpful.

[@edisonlaw934]

This is even more helpful than the deep dive ironically, thank you

[@Josh_DPInfinity]

He looks SO fun. Right up my alley I think, reed is one of my fav control champs and leader looks very much the same. I love the little flavor that if you play chee’ilth the way she wants (heavies and mediums), you automatically are avoiding some of his most annoying pain points. Also great explanation on the vitality potency vs rate. Can’t wait for this guy 😁

[@edisonlaw934]

Yeah he reminds me of Abs Man with the intercepts

[@Daddylonglegs93]

Thanks! I'm glad the potency vs rate thing landed well. I'll remember that one haha

[@StephenDolan]

He's fun to play for sure. Elsa's my favourite champ so love that synergy. Playing him with CapIW and Hulk at the moment for the extra damage and debuffs.

[@Daddylonglegs93]

Very cool! I actually just brought mine to war today. Keep an eye out for that

[@icebox1906]

I may have missed it, but just confirming that Leader is #Gamma?

[@edisonlaw934]

Yes, why wouldn’t he? He’s also classified as a gamma mutate

[@icebox1906]

@@edisonlaw934 it hasn’t been explicitly stated that I’m aware of. Just confirming. Stranger things have happened.

[@Daddylonglegs93]

Yes, he is

[@spiderman-2416]

The Leader: My Debuffs ignore Purify and Clease Skill Champions: I BEG YOUR PARDON!??

[@Daddylonglegs93]

Wait till you find out Blade, Mantis, Falcon, Kate, Chee'ilth, Crossbones, and Black Cat are all skill champions 😎 (And like six others lol)

[@spiderman-2416]

@@Daddylonglegs93 In a way kind of remains me of a Science Adam Warlock in the sense that he has an agressive playstayle and his specific Debuffs aren't subject to traditional forms of dealing with them. But still he's designer COOKED, can't wait to test out the Power dissolve mechanic. 😈

[@calvatronic]

I actually like the odd champion countering the class they have disadvantage to. Future Antman has the right mix of that

[@ink5092]

This is amazing how you do this what would you stay his stat focus would be and what relic would benifit, unless I missed it I seen it in the patriot video:)

[@Daddylonglegs93]

Honestly I probably won't do the exact same things every time. Not all characters really fit any of the existing relics, and for stat focus in particular he doesn't really need any of the usuals. I'd consider block prof or maybe one of the resistances for extra tank, or just crit is fine

[@ink5092]

@@Daddylonglegs93 that’s very true, I agree with you there I appreciate your insight :)

[@vgautamkrishna5197]

Hey it's great that he shuts off willpower so it can't be reversed

[@baldblade4852]

Can we assume then that I.Hulk will be updated to consume gamma radiation from other champs that are gamma radiation based. Because the description of the Leader almost lends to I. Hulk becoming OP against gamma champs if you do indeed make this logical and beneficial change to is kit. Basically y’all opened the Green Door for this to happen asap.

[@Daddylonglegs93]

No, you can not assume that, and I don't really consider it logical. Gamma radiation is a currency that fuels Leader's kit, not a tangible thing on the battlefield that characters can react to. In general, be careful not to try and apply too much comics logic to character design.

[@065harieshkumarn8]

Did you design this months characters

[@jalenholloway78]

patriot not leader

[@065harieshkumarn8]

Why even introduce patriot ? At his best he is a good photon counter, where do you even use him other than photon fights, stop creating problems and selling solutions for the same, this is not the first time I suppose( bullseye and ntw)

[@blackhole5353.]

@@065harieshkumarn8 he’s a good Leader counter too looks like. Any node that will apply a lot of debuffs he will be useful for as well.

[@Daddylonglegs93]

That is not the only value Patriot has. I'm not going to waste time explaining otherwise to you, but I'd recommend you try to resist buying into cynical narratives like this. It's not going to improve your takes.

[@065harieshkumarn8]

@@Daddylonglegs93 I am not criticising patriot but I strongly condemn this trend of sabotaging other players with nasty defender and releasing specific counters. At the end of the day I agree kabam is here to run a business and they have to earn but for once you can quit this trend and introduce someone versatile like in those days where whaling and defense sabotaging weren't the only skill involved in the game.

[@blackhole5353.]

Do you know if there is a reason the green door is in the middle of the arena and not on the wall? Is it just to ask for more skillful play on both ends?

[@Daddylonglegs93]

There actually were some drafts where the green door was at a wall, but ultimately it just didn't work as well, for a variety of reasons. We've also done wall gameplay a bit recently, and once this change occurred to Leader's designer, we all loved how much it improved both the offensive and defensive gameplay.

[@edisonlaw934]

@@Daddylonglegs93 yeah and Kate and Arcade rely on wall gameplay also as opposed to the center

[@faustoutloud]

😅 i think DLL was turning into the leader with all the math that he was using in this video 😂❤. Omg its a numbers game but i was absolutely here for the champ and designer insights 😊.