NO MORE BALMOND IN M4?

[@dan14wasterme21]

Even Lancelot who is also a pretty annoying jungler for gold laners only made his debut yesterday. I guess both of them can be easily countered by hard ccs and most meta heroes are either full of ccs or are super agile to avoid those cc

[@fik2585]

But in advance server agile hero will be nerf and cc hero will be buff

[@tanll59]

Lancelot is not pick often but one thing is for sure his second skill + retri is still broken in game

[@Kenobisan02]

Balmond lacks the CC and gets CC'ed easily to compete in M4 tbh

[@youagain8447]

Well, ever since they removed his passive's effect on retri, he's just not the ol'reliable anymore at securing or stealing objectives, which is crucial especially in the pro scene.

[@aristotelesemblem2506]

Lancelot was kinda Meh yesterday on Albert, but I did like Game 5 of BLCK vs RRQ

[@bobotank86]

1:03 mini heart attack😂😂😂😂

[@Yumi50178]

Yin be like: Oh shi💀 not good!! Yin face after that:👁️👄👁️

[@bobotank86]

@@Yumi50178 he thought he is safe😂😂😂😂

[@bobotank86]

@sam kan lol

[@Badget007]

the reason why balmond ain't that much of an option in m4 is because the junglers are either full of cc like fredrinn and akai or too mobile like ling, haya plus he can be an easy target to gloo

[@canerkarakuzu3924]

What mean cc ?

[@dwilitorizkyramadhanaandri2883]

@@canerkarakuzu3924 CC stands for Crowd Control bro

[@dallydakopkapt.1604]

@@canerkarakuzu3924 crowds control. basically, stuns, suppression, air borne. ect.

[@AllenTheAnimator004]

@@dallydakopkapt.1604 basically,cc counters EVERYTHING

[@asvenlairarcens1061]

Balmond can't do much in the meta. A bit of cc and his 2nd skill is canceled. Even more in M4. Frederinn can easily cancel balmond. At most he is good at securing objectives. But then again, with Akai and other fighters, it'll be hard for him to get close to the lord or turtle. It's my opinion tho.

[@bobotank86]

Good point

[@ferdraun]

His skill2 can only be cancelled with airborne/knock up cc... Stun doesn't work

[@asvenlairarcens1061]

@@ferdraun yeah i know. But still he can't chase or run if he's stunned. You might say "that's the case for any hero" but tbh, what's the point of his 2nd skill if it doesn't hit anyone.

[@haydenspongebob7648]

@@bobotank86 actually. It may sound like its a good point but its actually not. He is basically a dumbass

[@haydenspongebob7648]

@@asvenlairarcens1061 this is what a lowrank idiot would say LMAO 😂

[@ghastlygibus2121]

His latest nerf made him a bit weaker for lord/turtle steal. And the meta changed again,so Balmond had a bad time in the pro play

[@スガル]

I think Balmond is still good and comparable to Yu Zhong, and he always dominate in the early game. It's just that during the midgame, where the enemy has learned and adjusted their strategy, Balmond became less of a threat. Especially if the enemy is agile and and has good cc. Just like what happened recently when me and my friends fought against a pro Balmond player, and i was using Vexana. Balmond always stole turtle, but when the lord spawn and it's midgame, we decided to split push, bought anti-heal item, and adjusted our strategy to split and pick off the enemy. We won, 7 players have gold medal (4 allies, 3 enemies), and Balmond is the MVP with 14/6/9

[@earldominic3467]

too many explantion, balmond is not that bad, he is just too boring to play.

[@ineedmorecarrots6063]

@@スガル nah, yuzhong is better he has cc and sustain and zone enemies when taking objectives with petrify he can be a semi setter yes balmond can probably defeat yuzhong on 1v1 but yuzhong is a lot better on team fights

[@redhabenaissa5141]

@@earldominic3467 boring to boring player

[@IsoyaYasuji]

Mobazane gotta bring him back to light!

[@sunnybunny4329]

Naahhh he's okay where he is rn

[@gibs40]

They gotta bring Esmeralda back to light . Her absence in m4 is inexplicable and unfair . Esme can dominate most exp laners , even lapu and yuzhong

[@ferine9053]

@@gibs40 esme unreasonable nerf made her spot light gone in m4 I mean why moontard nerf her even tho she's already balance man literally reduce the taken shield on the enemies plus the nerf on dominance ice that one 10cd literally the only reason why we can spam esme skills plus the defense

[@gibs40]

@@ferine9053 i thought that they thought she was finally balanced. She was but now shes kinda underwhelming. Moontard hate esme so much

[@AbangLongLa]

Imo, Balmond got outclassed by Fredrinn. Why? Well he have better offense in teamfight like cc chain and shorter cd make him better during teamfight even in late game unlike Balmond. Also Fredrinn ult kinda similar with Balmond.

[@nippachandokidoki337]

The special about fredrinn's ultimate if his HP is low and the amount of damage they dealth to him scales on his ultimate.

[@Watefak]

Fredrin is way better than most fighter currently. The only real counter is proly masha, if both player is equal in term of mechanic.

[@youagain8447]

Personally, i'm more confused about Julian and Melissa. Like both of them aren't even picked ONCE in M4 up to now, like wth ? Even in ranked they're as good as forgotten. Aren't they like wildly contested last season ? Can someone tell me what happened ?

[@nandas7010]

For Julian's case, he is nerfed too much that he cannot deal enough burst damage. Melissa becomes less popular as Pharsa and other MMs are buffed.

[@sayantan1645]

Nerfed to ground

[@fromAshesReborn24]

melissa overshined beatrix before so they nerfed her and buffed beatrix, they're scared to change their meta🥱

[@sonyemerson6675]

Julian nerfs was his downfall...heal and damage was his bread and butter..julian now mostly used for his knocked up.

[@youagain8447]

For Melissa though, isn't she supposed to be indirectly buffed too with the DHS trinity items buffs ? She's also one of the stronger early game MM like Clint and Beatrix since nobody wants to trade with her thx to her 2nd skill, so i thought she'll be good vs Karrie and Claude, pro's fav MM rn

[@ThisAccountStolen]

i pretty love tanky balmond (cursed helmed + guardian helmet). he has pretty damage in early game and is being tanky in late game

[@lflor1601]

just imagine, the meta core in m4 right now, ling, barats, joy, fredrin, fanny, against balmond hmmm.. you can pick balmond as long you have 4 godly teamates.

[@aydrazx]

Balmond don't need pay to win because he spin to win

[@Redpanda1214]

Balmond,Fredrinn and Barats is my favorite jungler is to secured objective

[@alyasVictorio]

Anyway, who agrees to remove the critical damage effect of Balmond's 2nd skill? Because actually, Berserker's Fury is only meant against squishy heroes, otherwise use War Axe instead (for HP and CDR too) which is most common, plus Bloodlust Axe to either of these. It's up to us which of these 2 items is used for Balmond.

[@Watefak]

It's also up to us whether use berserker or not right?

[@alyasVictorio]

@@Watefak Yup

[@CawFee138]

Fredrinn does the same job but better, thats a simple reason. He has cc, a slap ult and wayy more tankiness compared to balmond.

[@EsmeraldaTheAstrologer]

This M4 has a small pool of heroes to choose from since Moonton keeps on nerfing their heroes which makes them unviable against the *meta.* For example, we have Esmeralda who works perfectly before her shield nerf. She was in the meta yet she was never that huge of a threat if you're team knows how to counter her and cc counters her so much as well. Now, her shield (which is her specialty) is nerfed so much, kicking her out of the spotlight. We also have Melissa and Julian, who were also nerfed so much putting them out of the meta. I'm afraid same fate will happen to Lapu- lapu after his upcoming nerf. They're so fast in nerfing these heroes yet they're keeping a blind eye on their favorite children, especially that pink-haired, dora wannabe girl.

[@gibs40]

Are you also sad how Esmeralda is not picked in M4😭😭 I'm wondering if she became also very forgotten in the game ( in mythic 2+). Bring her back plss!

[@EsmeraldaTheAstrologer]

@@gibs40 yep, she was always picked in the last tournaments. It's so sad not seeing my thicc queen in M4.

[@ohlicorice123]

@@EsmeraldaTheAstrologer I think the last nerf made her unplayable, the transfer of shield from enemies to her is slower than before.

[@kurukuru4120]

It's a pretty obvious move to buff the hero that is getting an expensive skin. Stonks 📈📈📈

[@rexa2851]

@@ohlicorice123 i'm exp main and i still pick esmeralda from time to time, always pick after enemy pick exp hero.

[@roboxenogaming2047]

i think they dropped him due to the ult dmg nerf vs creeps cap...plus i guess fred was a better pick over balmond?

[@gibs40]

Fredrin is the only tank that made it into this mm burst meta with trinity build being a hard counter to tanks... very weird

[@Selthir]

@@gibs40 basically fred's passive made fred a viable pick now

[@nippachandokidoki337]

Fredrinn and Edith became a viable pick due to their skill both heroes relies on HP and defense build to convert into damage.

[@TamaHinoたま火野]

Balmond after this match : 😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@CelestialQueenLollipop]

Just watching paquito be mad at Bruno

[@enruzky]

Balmond.. The cutest of 'em all

[@redhabenaissa5141]

Yes i was surprised too, no one picked the most handsome hero in mlbb

[@lemn1sk856]

one knockup hero and balmond's usefulness is reduced to his ultimate.

[@Gummeyy]

with the new trinity build, the rise of karrie and lesley, true damage monsters dominating the game (martis for example), any tanky builds right now are just tsunderes wanting to be deleted in 3 seconds.

[@Churrin25]

Seiya be like: Let it rip! 🔄🔃🔄🔃

[@nightstalker5526]

He may have been not picked once in m4 but he's still a viable pick in rank matches plus he's still our number 1 ml mascot

[@Owlzz_]

Smash or pass? Balmond when he see enemy below 20% hp : SMASH

[@ezerexia9119]

that Yin is very vengefull, huh. he got beaten so hard at beginning so he lock balmond and save up his vengence spell just for balmond and call for his friends to wait outside his ult, lol

[@sharkbait3790]

Playing in rank is different that playing in Pro Scene, so yeah

[@gilangp15]

I think it's because of the trinity build. it hurts so much since this guy doesn't have high mobility to catch or even run from the enemy's mm.

[@gibs40]

And fredrin is also vulnerable to trinity build . But look he's one of the hottest picks

[@BoyLikeUSucks]

@@gibs40 Fredrinn has shit tons of cc and you must be very careful of bursting him because when he has less than 20% of HP, his ulti will one shot squishie heroes like mages and MMs, plus the heal after.

[@nippachandokidoki337]

​@@BoyLikeUSucksyeah I also got 1 shot even I was playing tank he deals so much damage if his HP is low on his ultimate.

[@theunknown1760]

Probs be the cc and mobility of a hero

[@mroyyanalfatah3560]

I think because fredrin balmond lose its highligh, their ulti is almost the same can deal so much dmg, but fredrin have many CC that balmond dont have... So its what its, there are better pick than balmond.

[@myoptimumpride5178]

I used to use balmond a lot the reason why i stopped using it because it deal little damage in the late game its not really useful in teamfight sure its good at objectives but still i think other heroes are better than balmond like akai i usually find myself getting countered by this type of hero

[@deadwerks]

In M4 tank roam became nonexistent.. gloo and grock(but exp laner), or barats, akai(jungler)

[@izanagi2488]

I mean, Balmond is not much of a viable pick, even in Ranked. He can be a threat when taking the Lord/Turtle due to his 3rd, but only if you can get in close enough. Well, even if you get in close, there is no other way out. Even buffed Alucard, who I am so used to not even try because CC, can do it better because his 3rd+retri can be timed easily and with the extra cd reduction for his two skills, he has a better backdoor escape route than old Balmond.

[@merxellus1456]

Hororo chan spamming Balmond 2nd skill wether hes alone or not😆😆

[@thammalin952]

Tip : if leomon call out his horse just pull him out of his horse rang Hororo chan : No we kill him before he get his horse

[@orange_juice-pop.-.]

“babemond”😭

[@nabinraii]

Helicopter helicopter ❤😅

[@jennilgutierrez8354]

Hmmm I'm thinking about roam JH and Balmond Jungle haha both with Jungle emblem...

[@elmasalamanca1568]

Day 7 and 1/2 of trying to make Hororo lose by using disabling strike hilda or spellvamp fanny (fulltank )

[@Jxki69]

whats disabling strike

[@yarikyaryi]

@@Jxki69 one of the most useless skills in emblems.

[@ralfian0234]

@@Jxki69 Fighter emblem talent that gives attack boost for 3 seconds, burst heroes always use the Assassin's HnD talent instead though.

[@beavisbunghole]

Hororo already responded to this. You must be a bot or something

[@elmasalamanca1568]

@@beavisbunghole I can confirm I'm not a bot I drink water and lick the air just like how you humans do

[@veylusoliveira7015]

He cant even stay near Karrie for more than 3s. Also many heroes thay attack while moving or have big move speed are used which counters him badly

[@schoolboyathome4909]

Balmound is best if enemy dont have karrie or lesley cause other heros with dhs is not a prob

[@gamalielbontilao3679]

Could've been good but because of the nerf on his ult, he became even less effective so there was pretty much no point in using him.

[@nathanielromana4257]

I'd rather pick Antique Cuirass since most of the enemy heroes deal true damage and also Blade Armor to lessen the critical damage of their Marksman and Jungler. Balmond user here🤙

[@anandasatria7734]

Severely outclassed by freddrin that can work similiarly but with cc, and barats with passive that has +100 ddef+50% resil. Akai can go against those two, but balmond? Nah

[@user-vt2zc5gv6c]

I loved how u abused the brute force's passive

[@josephchristi8759]

Where's zkael? Maybe you'd like to show some of your gameplay together. I watched every single video you made btw and I love it

[@tadeuszrutze5941]

i like mix waraxe and berserker fury and cursed helmet .epic combo

[@IAmEggy]

should have used petrify to maximize the damage of the 2nd skill

[@nippachandokidoki337]

I also noticed Miya can solo him even Miya still level 3 while balmond has ultimate, the buff to marksman did really do something, but hanabi is a clash dependent hero I don't like it.

[@aaronkylearador9253]

since he get nerf there's still other tanky fighters that I will use as a jungler such as yin and leomord

[@veylusoliveira7015]

@Kari Legion this is the kind of thing we see in legends where they ban wanwan and leave Karrie open

[@toyolkelabu82]

I’m not a balmond player. But i saw a lot of players build full tank or semi tank on him. Is it worth it buiding full tank? I can understand on semi tank, but not sure if full tank would be worthy

[@dorzlee6606]

Harder to compete retri against akai, barats, fredrinn

[@aydentyj6076]

Literally no CD on his 2nd skill in late game.

[@longat6561]

who else wants hororo chans voice back in the vids!!! ❤️

[@okeneko5768]

lmao at people who forgot that balmond ulti deals on % hp lost not flat hp 🤣

[@jhndoa5590]

They nerfed his Turtle/lord stealing capability rip.

[@raffaelganza6700]

Pinoy ka pala hororo chan😮

[@ubabyluna]

You: 🏋️‍♂️ Your Team mates: 🤡

[@toshirouchiha1666]

Man digi need a revamp, like make his ult last 4 sec but he can use it anywhere in the team still cc immune. Cause man this meta have too much cc & a revamp digi would be beast for team fights

[@evanchristian3145]

Fredrinn is the new balmond

[@zino_hero848]

i see cat eyes in the grass in intro.... what is this

[@jenjenhocho3188]

Of course no more Balmond, with Fredrinn running amuck.

[@magnusarsmagna5896]

They should make him immune to cc when spinning.

[@noobita5514]

That will be too op considering how long his s2 lasts

[@invincible9659]

Same for mellisa!!!! what happened to her??? I only see karrie,Claude, Beatrix in m4

[@gibs40]

Her latest nerf on her first skill cd i think . Yeah too many strong heroes like Esmeralda melissa balmond disappeared from m4

[@gibs40]

And esmeralda? What happened to her in M4? ALSO not a single pickk in this tournament

[@NikoNiko0318]

He falls off in late game

[@aynurshik4303]

No more helicopter in enemy teams pls🫠

[@Jimn-wu]

i bought the collector skin and then moonton nerfed him as jungler.

[@rameswaryt]

Fredrinn ultimate is same as Balmond ultimate, so fredrinn is better than Balmond in CC.

[@chronoax]

is this balmond or wanwan look that dashes

[@vessaliusjack2360]

I feel like that clint never used his 2nd skill. Is it just me?

[@veylusoliveira7015]

Season 27 is one of the most boring. All mistakes from previous season still here, and there is WAY too much about cc imunity and hard cc heroes. Feels like brawl mode

[@ehygee]

Same goes for esme....

[@gibs40]

Yeah, but few people here talk about her absence in m4 because she became less and less popular after that unnecessary nerf moonton bombarded her with

[@AvidaxTelekesis]

0:29 Nice Item Build name out there

[@tengisbarsbold9575]

They just forgot about Balmond or there's important reason behind it.(like enemy lineup,ally lineup,or maybe even their strategy etc)

[@WildScreamMLBB]

No Paq.. No Esme... eh...

[@gibs40]

Paquito also not picked?

[@thechosenonerah]

I like the build name babemond lol

[@s.2685]

Lack of cc, lack of mobility can't even get close to backlines only strong on objective taking

[@Jay-cm9tr]

Because martis can do his job but better.

[@BillHeng]

Lack of cc I feel.

[@michaeljudealbina6750]

Weird I still use balmond when it's easy counter. Almost always dominate and mvp

[@michaeljudealbina6750]

The difference is that I basically use tank build and almost unkillable even 1v5

[@xenoticsam3299]

babemond

[@micromachinegun]

Why so hard game with low mechanic enemies?

[@spyro9087]

Why pick balmond when you have fredrinn?

[@deathlockhaniff4846]

Bruh..Even Irithel Never Pick In M4

[@poloaustinn6478]

Not true bro

[@uhcuhc.]

We see less of him since mm meta rn is uprising

[@JT93641]

Babemond🤨

[@shinhikaru]

IMO, I think now Balmond is better off being played in EXP Laner. I tried both Jungle and EXP Balmond and I can say that he is better off at EXP, since he has good sustain and also EXP Laners tends to have 1v1 most of the time.

[@ardentares1167]

Balmond can't do anything in the cc shields heals and mov speed era can be countered easily rigid hero once he can't get snowball in early game his mid game and late game really falls off hard same case for alucard and zilong there are far superior better stronger faster quality meta heroes

[@alialhady6325]

change your name in the game they are focusing you

[@snowdrop002]

I think the reason why balmond is not popular is due to the mm trinity build. Balmond loves stacking health and current mm just shreds that. Me personally, I'd rather pick an assassin and try to get the mm before they kill me, rather than picking a tank just to get outscaled in the end.

[@samk.8529]

Almond 😝😝😝

[@kuirok1779]

Hi

[@carmentdisorder5866]

not the best build... sorry

[@fairuz971]

They already nerfing ult and retri to lord right? That's why nobody pick him now

[@Dabe31XD]

Horroro literally become a helicopter using balmond, spam 1st and 2nd HAHA

[@Sultan.nikpipi]

1st again win

[@azraiimraan]

Babemond ?🤨📸

[@Zeditah]

I dont really see the M4, I wonder what heroes are being usually picked. I hope wanwan is not getting picked, no hate, just... Ok its hate but oh man THAT ULT AND PASSIVE.

[@quennyoohyeon7477]

Karrie,fredrin, valentina and yve is the most picked hero.

[@blayblay6835]

Gold lane : claude karrie harith beatrix lunox Mid lane : yve pharsa lilia kadita valentina Roam : lolita chou khufra grock kaja Exp lane : grock yuzhong lapu lapu gloo benedeta Jungler : frederin akai barats hayabusa ling fanny

[@onavan5038]

wan wan permaban, fanny 2nd to wanwan on the ban, joy, gloo, yve, karrie, valentina, freddrin, are either banned or picked, APC(ability power carry) is rising (like lunox/harith goldlane instead of markman), tank jg going strong, ling, haya, granger, grock, lapu lapu are picked, for popular mm are beatrix, claude, karrie, wanwan(banned all the time), and brody. i might missing some but yeah, a lot of good heroes and different strategies compared to m3

[@onavan5038]

yeah i forgot benedetta

[@pajinagalwinmarki.9102]

19th