Sohei Moveset Review

[@Marikus_Eternal]

He’s holding the spear in one hand so he has the other hand free for grabbing another weapon

[@Jeroen_stam]

Yes but thats his point, he’s never grabbing any of those for the first attack in the chain, so why not two-hand the main weapon in neutral.

[@griffinr-wv1tr]

@@Jeroen_stam my personal idea is its for feel more then actually effect. IRL he coooould pull out those weapons but he doesn't cuz game logic. also could be using the high and right guard as protecting his head from blows.

[@SkyNinja759]

He also bashes/pushes with his off hand form neutral. It isn't realistic because he could have gotten yet another cross-check bash like LB/Griffin, but it's another unique animation that's justified by one handing the main weapon.

[@arandomsquidward7761]

The main problem is his entire moveset is based around getting souls, to the point that rather than enhancing him, it hinders him by forcing him to play a specific way that is extremely predictable.

[@thekirbycrafter7229]

The eternal conundrum of all fighting game gimmick characters

[@Zeruel-Dyn]

I was thinking the exact same thing as too low base dmg, it’s literally a sohei gb spamming to get his souls instead of actually trying to play the game as intended just to get 1 shot. In low level lobbies he’s OP and in high level he’s garbage as his unblockables are so low damage you can risk not parrying, risking 20 damage over risking half of 95 damage (150 in dominion)

[@MikaKui]

*discord notification*

[@gangstapanda124]

literally heard it the second i saw this comment lol

[@thebaetomato]

@@gangstapanda124I did too💀

[@welshcrusade9837]

I paused the video to check discord twice

[@stuartmccleary]

The gimmick behind this character is so dope I’m forcing myself to like him until he’s just right. I hope they can take this kind of idea and apply it to lawbringer.

[@yhwach2929]

Hate how they can immediately dodge or parry the unblockable heavy after you parry

[@iskabar1337]

I think his 3rd feat should be the part of his MOVESET. The reason im saying this is primarily because sohei is super matchup dependent. For example, if you're playing against a hero with bash based offence (e.g warden or warmonger) you will basically never get to use your move since there are no attacks to parry, and walls aren't always there. Smart player will just empty dodge on all of your forward dashes and since sohei has piss poor damage and stamina that's mathematically the best option and they risk virtually nothing. However if the gained souls made him deal more damage that would make him scary even if doesn't get a parry. Obviously that would warrant nerf to his 1 shot move and some kind of other feat on t3, but i think that would be overall a healthy change

[@ERElement77]

Don’t mind me. Just replaying the outro over and over again to listen to Majula theme

[@DevilishAudish]

I completely agree with the saying "All or Nothing" for this hero, and I believe it needs to change. It is unfortunate that the Sohei needs a rework upon release, but that's how it goes with experiments and trying new things. Here are some rework ideas: Sohei changes - Soul rework, Feat rework, and light finisher variety Soul rework: A new soul type is added, Natural Souls and Tempory Souls are the types. Natural Souls are acquired upon landing finishers and function the same as current. Temporary Souls come from Gaurd Breaks and work similarly to revenge. Last for the fight but soon disappears after. Feat rework: This will be a long one cause there's so many different ways they could "fix" his feats. Realistically, alter his 2nd and 3rd Feat. Make it based on soul count rather than an on/off switch. Once again, gradual build-up rather than fishing for explosive power. Light finishers: Fairly simple, no new animations just adjusted properties. The left and right light could be undogable, and the top could be unblockable. Or get crazy and allow one side to have armor. You get the gist.

[@MeisterSchwabbo]

I agree on most of what you said, but not on the last part, makes his shoto light(left side) undodgeable, make his mini kanabo light(top) enhanced, make his sickle light do a tiny bit bleed damage. Overall reduce his oneshot damage immensely, to like 60-65 dmg, buff his GB lights and heavies to 15dmg overall(5 for each hit), make his unblockables do like 2-5 more dmg and make his light finishers do 10-13-12 dmg, shoto 10dmg, kanabo 13dmg, sickle 8+4 dmg... obviously his feats need work then, 1st feat reduce the debuff to 15% more damage and reduce its active time, switch his 2nd feat and 3rd feat around, but as you said, make it a gradual build up, But obviously his healing and damage shouldn't be immense per soul, because he has a relative easy time getting 3 souls with his 400ms lights.

[@snarkyt5929]

I agree with your take. Just to share this is my take on Sohei, Soul Stacking Rework/Adjustment Light Parry = rewards 2 souls Heavy Parry = rewards 1 soul Guardbreak = rewards 1 soul Shifting the stack reward system to parries and gb make it more accessible in 4v4 and more balanced in 1v1. This rids Sohei of being gb dependent and confined to spamming the direction assigned to the weapon without soul stacks. keep the other movesets but add a light to heavy/heavy to light chain to create flow and mixup potential for baiting gb or parries. Balance light attack damage values. Light parry and GB punishes will be standard heavy attack, with damage based on other heavy type characters, from any direction and initiates chain just like most of the roster. Feat Reworks/Adjustments Ancillary Might - transfer to 1st feat option, a passive damage buff depending on number of souls stacked. Maximum buff at 6 souls. buff value must be adjusted depending on how ubi balances light and heavy attack damage values. *keep the stacks for max damage on team fights or use stacks on a high threat opponent. eliminates Sohei's tendency of being a 1 hit wonder. Eye of the Demon - transfer to 2nd feat option (just like Inspire and Chilling stare) and adjust the cooldown accordingly. Soul Soother - transfer to 3rd feat option but make it a fixed amount of heal depending on number of stacked souls. Base heal costs 2 souls = 30 health, plus 10 health every additional soul stacked. 6 souls = 70 health (half of sohei's base max health). cooldown depends on how much souls are used. *choose whether to keep the stacks and damage buffs or use stacks to heal and survive longer. damage buff resets on heal activation. Soul Walker - Instant 6 souls leave as is. failed impale finisher costs 1 soul. instead of losing 6. Impale Finisher still only accesible at max stacks with 70dmg can be buffed by feats and bleed or fixed at 70dmg but interruptible(?) or with hyperarmor(?) and grants shield only on confirmed kill. 70dmg just enough to kill a half health heavy character. *makes the impale finisher a weapon against the toughest ones on the enemy team and not a move you can dish out 1 shotting freshly spawned opponents. I know ubi ain't gonna read this but this is just how I think of adjusting Sohei. This is all speculation. Feel free to disagree.

[@MeisterSchwabbo]

@@snarkyt5929so short said, your idea is to make a different hero with a soul system, the parry idea is REALLY BAD, it just encourages turtling and turtling is ALREADY a massive problem in FH... the idea of his oneshot is to be a higher risk high reward move, something they have stopped implementing as it isn't "Viable", sohei is a experiment, and overall a massive step in the right direction for For Honor, satisfaction and Fun over viability... soheis souls work just fine, obviously as stated his feats, they should be a gradual buildup not on/off, the hero is really cool, he doesn't need a big rework, just a L/H chain, some work on his feats and lower oneshot damage and higher base damage and bang, he is the most unique hero we've gotten in the last 4 years. but hey, we all just stating our opinions, no bad blood with anyone. have a good one.

[@kaijuslayer3334]

@@MeisterSchwabboI think both of you kinda have the wrong approach with the top light. It needs to stay undodgable because it works to counter assassins accidentally or purposely option selecting by dodging to the side and deflecting. By being a top undodgable, it catches anyone who tries to side dodge and forces the opponent to have to see the undodgable coming in order to deal with it. Because only dodging into the enemy will deflect.

[@MeisterSchwabbo]

@@kaijuslayer3334 yeah, i forgot about that, than keep the top undodgeable but enhance it, for the feeling. reduce the kanabos dmg to 10 but buff the leftlight to 12 dmg, keep the little bleed sickle tho.

[@doomscorp8122]

I love how sohei unlike every other hero isn't fighting to remove a heroes health bar, but instead your playing a mini game of ok I need to collect all my different souls, which is so unique and I don't care what balance changes they do so long as that remains his core identity. Anything to get as far away from orange-blue mix up heroes as possible

[@poke_1879]

Hi slander, great analysis! I've thought that they could give Sohei a heavy-light and light-heavy chain, but using the Kama-Yari instead of his soul weapons (500ms chain lights and normal chain heavies), that way he'd have more options and be less clunky, but he'd still be restricted for soul-gathering. I'd love to hear if you like the idea ❤

[@el_slender]

Well spoiler but thats one of my plans for my next video, thanks for the super btw

[@Gaiden-Shinji875]

I've been saying that since his inception. He's got this large weapon already at hand, and it's a pity it doesn't chain into itself, except when using a zone after an opener

[@keenengierhart3951]

To add to that I think he should do more damage as he gains souls as someone else said. I think his feats need reworked and his special attack nerfed a little

[@CulltureShock]

6:58 Kill steal of the Century!

[@dawnbreakerii204]

5:02 EXACTLY

[@titanjammer141]

Yeah, I’d like to see his top heavy stun, but I have no idea what to do for the other two weapons

[@Mossarell]

The biggest letdown, everybody is forgetting and still hype about it because “huhah big number “

[@rowanhuh8761]

I think it’d be a cool concept to have his left side light be undodgeable, his top light be stun, as it is with a tetsubo, and the right throw the enemy a little, like how shinobi’s kusarigamas bring an enemy to the ground or used to bring it to them.

[@mrpurple998]

Side undodgeables are kinda bad since deflects are a thing

[@rowanhuh8761]

@@mrpurple998 true but in terms of realism that’s what I think would be cool, and side light finishers are also almost just as likely to be hit by deflects than an undodgeable light

[@tfyk5623]

i love the neutral poses

[@Pierdylionn]

I think they did a pretty good job but they didn't want him to be too powerful in terms of his moveset. Maybe the left light should be undodgable and the top unblockable. The light, heavy chain should just be added and the thing i want to see is the ability to choose every attack from his gb punish to be either light or heavy. That way you'd be able to collect souls for weapons you actually need the souls for instead of doing three heavies when you need only one soul for a heavy weapon.

[@forestgamez7824]

Feel like he could only get 2 souls from gb's to even out his ratio of gaining souls from attacks vs gb's, but deal an almost proper punish amount of damage and be able to select light or heavy for the two hits.

[@Pierdylionn]

@@forestgamez7824 nah. The 3 hit punish is cool and is a big part of the fun i get playing this character. If his attacks and punishes were dealing normal amount of damage you'd use his ultimate on a low HP oponent which would grant less satisfaction. I mean the numbers could be adjusted a bit but i think he should deal less damage than normal. It is the closest thing we got to a grappler character. I'm probably gonna play him until ubi realeases a dedicated grappler.

[@Jop9099]

I had a weird idea for this character in the shower(im only rep 28 total so if this is terrible my apologies) . When he collects all 6 souls, he gains the ability to Invigorate himself via backstep guardbreak. While Invigorated, his attacks deal maybe 3-4 more damage overall(excluding his zone), and he can do heavy-light chains or light-heavy chains. His heavys also speed up by maybe 100ms. Using Invigorate would consume either all of his souls, or only half of them(selected at random if this is chosen) you also cannot perform sevenfold strike during invigorate, nor can you gain souls. Maybe allow the player to end it early but that might be doing too much.

[@joeyvanhaperen7715]

Thank you for saying the exact same thing I have bin saying. I will admit the karakter has grown a bit on me though, doesn't chance the fact that he needs a rework really damn quickly.

[@johndeversa3456]

I was thinking that the more souls you got the more of a cooler moveset you’d get whilst still having the high dmg attack but it would serve as a risk like are you willing to sacrifice your cool new moves for a high dmg single target

[@ashisakiashikubi6597]

There is just one thing i don't like about sohei. He encourages a super turtle playstyle. It's waaaaay easier to play him if you just wasted some money on a good pc or new gen and just stare

[@ashisakiashikubi6597]

Also Most new heroes feel good to play because they are straight up better, more tools, more bullshit, more damage. But sohei is just a honest, gimmick hero

[@tonyolsson3880]

I praise them for trying something new. But im not happy they focused on a single thing. The red souls should be the 4th feat to get the 95 damage. And the white souls do 65 damage.

[@Random-tg7vr]

I agree except for the part of reducing the damage of his ult, the fact that it deals insane damage is part of the fun imo Seeing the health bar get deleted after you worked hard to be able to use the move is the most fun i've had in the game since way too long

[@bkstol818]

the hands positions its to reach the weapons in her back more quickly, just check where is his hand when you have your guard in one or each guard stance

[@Zepotu]

But he’s not reaching for a weapon while using neutrals, that’s his whole point, literally what he said in the video

[@m-l-3456]

the new outro is such a vibe

[@josealves2963]

Thank you for the video. I thought i was the only thinking this about this character 😂

[@dr-_-squirtz4255]

He needs shinobis recover stamina on every succeful attack then he can be a continous fidget spinner

[@topical6574]

This character single handedly made me come back to the game. He looked so interesting, so unique, I just wanted to try him out. And you know what, I love him, but only when he works. His aesthetics, his voice lines, his 'one shot', its all peak. But yes, you're completely right about the "Highest of highs, lowest of lows." I do just hope they can get some changes onto Sohei, because he could be the most interesting and fun character in the game.

[@Tonyc816]

Great video, summed up everything to make sohei great if the devs are smart they'll listen to your rework you quite literally hit the nail on everything

[@twinskys2502]

Sohei is conceptually one of the coolest characters we’ve ever gotten in the game, but most of his move set is horribly lacking and it feels like he should be able to do a lot more than what he actually can. It’s feels like we only have about a third of his legitimate move.

[@callanlandis4300]

I think they can bandaid fix him by making it so when you have a soul on a weapon it gets more damage maybe by 4 or 5 and unaffected by T3

[@callanlandis4300]

Or as you said make his T3 his T1 and change it to slowly ramp up damage based on how many souls you have. That would be more fair IMO considering duels

[@officeimpact6377]

Hes about to slooond

[@dennisgarcia2109]

Nice take fr. I had to actually tell ppl that his gbs are soo so important. I think making his hp lower and attack higher. And the more souls he gets the tuffer he gets But what it they gave pirate a skeleton effect like jak sparrow. And a medjey wide mouth scream effect from the movie the mummy, for medjay

[@whendowedie7835]

It feels like they're minmaxing reaction time, like I don't like how I know the exact timing of hundreds of moves

[@keybum9672]

I think lowering the damage of the ultimate and increasing the damage on his normal attacks is not a good idea. It’s a step towards homogenizing one of the only unique characters in the game, and instead of trying to fix it with the normal problem solving mindset for forhonor, we try to find more unique ways to make the character stronger. For instance, how about attacks with weapons that you already have souls for do increased damage, so you still have to interact with his kit and it makes his unblockable finishers more threatening. I also think he should have better faint timings and a little forward momentum on his finisher heavies so he can actually help gank

[@mungus9427]

Slander, how much can you bench press? I was just wondering since You're pretty jacked

[@RUGER5264]

Ubi is definitely experimenting with this character. The concept is nice. The execution however…

[@panakinskywalker9075]

I think a good idea for the character is after you get a soul for whatever weapon you're attacking with that individual weapon gets the attack buff instead

[@el_slender]

Hey dont read my mind

[@snarkyt5929]

I've been thinking of my take on possible adjustments a day after Sohei was released. These are based on my experience on dominion. Soul Stacking Rework/Adjustment Light Parry = rewards 2 souls Heavy Parry = rewards 1 soul Guardbreak = rewards 1 soul Shifting the stack reward system to parries and gb make it more accessible in 4v4 and more balanced in 1v1. This rids Sohei of being gb dependent and confined to a specific attack direction/chain/playstyle to get souls. keep the other movesets but add a light to heavy/heavy to light chain to create flow and mixup potential for baiting gb or parries. Balance light attack damage values Light parry and GB punishes will be standard heavy attack, with damage based on other heavy type characters, from any direction and initiates chain just like most of the roster.

[@snarkyt5929]

Feat Reworks/Adjustments Ancillary Might - transfer to 1st feat option, a passive damage buff depending on number of souls stacked. Maximum buff at 6 souls. buff value must be adjusted depending on how ubi balances light and heavy attack damage values. *keep the stacks for max damage on team fights or use stacks on a high threat opponent. Eye of the Demon - transfer to 2nd feat option (just like Inspire and Chilling stare) and adjust the cooldown accordingly. Soul Soother - transfer to 3rd feat option but make it a fixed amount of heal depending on number of stacked souls. Base heal costs 2 souls = 30 health, plus 10 health every additional soul stacked. 6 souls = 70 health (half of sohei's base max health). cooldown depends on how much souls are used. *choose whether to keep the stacks and damage buffs or use stacks to heal and survive longer. damage buff resets on heal activation. Soul Walker - Instant 6 souls leave as is. failed impale finisher costs 1 soul. instead of losing 6. Impale Finisher still only accesible at max stacks with 70dmg can be buffed by feats and bleed or fixed at 70dmg but interruptible(?) or with hyperarmor(?) and grants shield only on confirmed kill. 70dmg just enough to kill a half health heavy character. *makes the impale finisher a weapon against the toughest ones on the enemy team and not a move you can dish out 1 shotting freshly spawned opponents. I know ubi ain't gonna read this but this is just how I think of adjusting Sohei. This is all speculation. Feel free to disagree.

[@PowerDragon999]

This is a good idea! Rather than doing specific attack to get a single soul on it, it generates naturally by doing what you are used to by parrying and guard breaks.

[@PowerDragon999]

@@snarkyt5929this is good! So you feel stronger but have to make decisions to either do high dmg or heals but don’t lose all your damn souls which reset all of your efforts.

[@snarkyt5929]

@@PowerDragon999 wow. i didn't expect a response. I'm glad you agree with my thoughts. Yes exactly, the stacks come naturally by playing the game properly (good reads = gb or parries).

[@snarkyt5929]

@@PowerDragon999 yes. the way I see his kit, he should be played with a lot of decision making about when to use and when not to use the souls youve stacked.

[@herihimikado8570]

Goki and sohei are about the same height.

[@raiderking7310]

If ubi is making unique heroes i hope at least one of them is as technical as highlander where the moves are simple but have nuances to learn and master

[@ImCallMeLeo]

Honestly I see two ways to fix it: 1. Give him basic chains to make him less restrictive but keep his damage low as it is now 2. Up his damage everywhere while reducing the seven force strike to 75 or at the minimum 60, but at the same time keep him restricted

[@Sweep1209]

Option 2 is what I’m thinking. Increasing the base damage on lights to 10/11 and all the heavies to at least 24/26, but limiting the ult damage down to 75. It’d still be very high, but not one shot potential. Even without a damage tweak, a L-H/H-L chain would do him well.

[@Shroomite_Dealer]

shroomite goblin agrees, thought the skill ceiling would be higher. GIVE SHOVE ON BLOCK FOR LAW BACK

[@canevas1017]

If you have a soul on a weapon it would be cool if said weapon did more damage until the soul is gone

[@thekirbycrafter7229]

Here my crack at it: Lower the finisher to 50 or 60 dmg. Thats Cent and Jorms old finisher dmgs before the CCU, and theirs were easier to pull off. Then, buff his dmg accordingly. Make his Left Light Finisher be the Undodgeable, let his Top LF be a Stun/Blind, and let his Right LF be forced movement to the Left like Nuxias Heavy Finishers. Give him the two other two hit chains, and make it so his heal feat scales off soul count and not only be a full restore with full souls. If I were to add something else, i would like to see him have a third type of zone, where if you zone after a neutral or chain zone, its a finisher that gets early Hyperarmor and gives him Frame Advantage on Block.

[@syfonation6524]

2 HIT CHAINS NEEEEEEED TO GOOOOOOOO

[@Gaiden-Shinji875]

They need a Heavy > Light and Light > Heavy combo that just uses the spear, with the finisher making use of his other weapons

[@Kirin_kr]

I think sohei should still have every 2 hit combo but he uses the spear, but at any point in chain use back + light/heavy to use the weapons on his back. That way he could still have normal chains with his spear and then to acquire souls he can end any chain with the weapons on his back.

[@MagicMan-qw6rn]

I feel like his ultimate should have hyperarmor and be guard breakable so that teammates can’t mess it up, and his low base damage really should be higher not much but definitely higher

[@MagicMan-qw6rn]

So the ultimate is like hitokiris first feat, and that he really should have some more forward movement on his chain heavies

[@alparslanaras1720]

His gb invulnerability on zone attack is no joke saved me many times and caused me problems against it

[@dragon_qtpie]

Tbh, it’s a setup character and kinda hard to build it for 95 dmg, I say he’s kinda balance and a very alright character

[@Lazypackmule]

It's so funny to me that every single one of his feats is designed to cover for an intentional weakness that was supposedly necessary to balance out his moveset with his gimmick And the last feat is literally just being able to bypass his gimmick to make the other feats usable

[@bourne.]

thanks for the chapters, really helpful

[@bluedemon7684]

The only thing I would change is I wish his hammer was faster it's so slow even when parries and mixing combo against someone who is good can parry that like nothing and even when u throw them into to a wall to be stun the hammer still won't hit But I do like the idea of being able to use heavy light, light heavy instead of using heavy zone then light or light zone then heavy

[@skratch8307]

I wish ubisoft would just ask you for input while making characters dude

[@happypunky4129]

Only thing I'm worried about is losing that uniqueness of being the one hero with a potential oneshot in the kit... BUT given that it needs either revenge or feats anyways, I could definitely agree with the slop-note change of just decreasing ult dmg and increasing dmg of other moves.

[@ImWhyMortalsCry]

Had a 1v2 with Sohei the Tiandi was one shot with every hero but it took me 3 lights to kill the Tiandi with Sohei

[@prolapsdrektem9264]

Thought they'd learn after the Shugoki-incident but they keep pumping out characters with one-shot capabilities and it's ridiculous

[@Take-Action-]

Would you do this for every hero?

[@Labicklapoopycringy]

I’ve kinda just had in my head, have multiple three hit chains, and each chain has different properties and uses different weapons, still keeping everything else, I’d prefer sohei to have more moves that revolve around using his weapons and different ways you could chain weapons, as an example, a triple light chain would involve his knife wakasashi thing. Although adding all variations of a three hit chain, or most three hit chains would make him more of a hybrid, I still think this would make him a lot more interesting to play

[@stephenread7944]

Personally, I hope he stays the same way. He's not in like with the rest of the cast but that's what makes him so interesting. Lowering the damage of the ultimate and increasing the damage of his other attacks is the same type of homoginization that this game desperately needs to avoid

[@unterhau1102]

Honestly my problem with modern heroes is animation and movesets. The last 3 heroes are carbon copies of each other (not counting sohei) in terms of the moveset, and their animations are just reused animations from older heroes and tweaked to make them look more shit. Take story mode LB for example. All the animations flow together smoothly, he switches his hands when he switches stances, the animation of the attacks he throws out change depending on which side he threw them out of (eg the final top light after throwing a side combo), the heroes have their own gimmicks and concepts, the damage numbers actually felt proportional to the heroes designs, and not to mention minion kill animations. The for honor team has just progressively started putting less and less effort into the heroes while charging the same amount for them on release. However sohei is the first tiny step into the right direction I feel. Although Ubi is most likely going to take 10 steps back afterwards...

[@NerosArchive]

That was a disgusting anti gank, well played 6:10

[@deathvai364]

I think that they should change the ultimate move to be like 45-60 damage. Still a monstrous amount but allows for the rest of his moveset to gain some damage. Like putting his base moveset just below average. Not bottom of the rung as it is now

[@dubstepaztec3573]

I haven’t touched for honor in a while but it’s really nice to see news about a hero that just isn’t a infinite chain full of properties with little to no innovation. I really like you have to activate your weapons then can use special finishers for each weapon and if you activate them all you get a funny attack. I def agree keep pumping out unique characters cause for honor was getting stale with the 7th infinite ub chain hero in a row that was meta

[@menalgharbwalsharq648]

For once, I agree with you. Aesthetic does not match the feeling in combat and it's a shame. The Big move would work as well with half the damage and normal damages on the rest of the kit And some hyperarmor on opener heavies to push people to use them and give more options as well as reinforcing the heavy feeling

[@Jakethesnake911]

His parries can even get parried.

[@alex-cg6oh]

unintentional, they addressed it on the warriors den that they are aware and will be fixing it asap

[@Jakethesnake911]

@@alex-cg6oh when?😂😂

[@alex-cg6oh]

@@Jakethesnake911 literally watch when they start talking about the new hero and just listen. i don’t have a time stamp so go listen for yourself :)

[@cIoudbank]

imo 1) ult dmg- 75 2) all other attacks increased dmg per soul 3) having a weapon with a soul, get parried, removes the soul from that weapon. 4) tier 1 feat is now a mark for death, killing someone ( with ult only) grants you souls back

[@warden.5599]

thank god ur opi doesn't matter

[@cIoudbank]

@@warden.5599 your birth was a mistake.

[@eetueella]

​@@warden.5599 True ;D

[@emirhanbedel331]

Played this guy today for 2 games in dominion. No light to heavy or heavy to light feels downright crazy underwhelming. Had to switch off before I lost my mind. No hero ever should be restricted from having a standard chain that every single other hero has. You have no pressure because of it, enemy knows you have to throw chain a light or a heavy every single time, so you can't feint gb after a neutral light, which almost is the staple move in the entire game. You can never get your stacks up while getting spammed unblockables from 3 ways. Sohei needs to be improved asap.

[@FatherSeed_games]

I really really really like Sohei

[@nathancurnutt8074]

Realistically I think the only thing we sre getting his standardized chains and I'm fine with that. Yeah I would love the tier 3 to become a tier 1 or even base kit with that obvious change to make him deal more damage with every soul he has, but I don't think we are getting a wide sweeping change like that

[@manroddudeson2728]

Tell me you got to play with that aztec guys glitch before they patched it

[@bionicman1232]

fixed

[@valem1931]

A unique UI that tells you which souls you have would be great, its too hard to see which sould I have in the middle of a fight when my weapons are bouncing around my back

[@xanderlaskey2753]

They are in order on your back it’s pretty easy to know

[@valem1931]

@@xanderlaskey2753 yeah but it's still hard to tell

[@tommasoaiello2593]

His 1 and 3 feats should be changed i actually think the damage should increase for each soul except for the one shot, if they increase general damage and decrease the one shot damage is good as it is.

[@fordsmolko872]

I feel like his tier 2 and tier 3 feats should be swapped

[@orpheonkatakrosmortarchoft4332]

I feel like he is a bit slept on in duels, I have a 70% winrate in duels as him. You don't even need your one shot most of the time, people are just so scared of getting gbed it makes them easy to read.

[@suji4540]

In a sense of realism, Sohei would definitely be applying more dmg than Nuxia. For how she is in-game, she is based around making offensive reads at every given moment, she's a glass cannon, it's her identity and there's nothing wrong with that. Sohei is built around a build up to preform a singular move that compensates having a variety of mix-ups, which in all fairness, i don't really like, if ubisoft could implement him being able to chain between his heavies and lights, he would be pretty solid, he's just on the edge of being perfect, i only have a problem with his T2 not having a cooldown, because he could infinitely heal as long as he had full stack of souls. Sohei's offense has to be respected, with Nuxia's you can just carelessly ignore and not forced to make a read despite her offense being built around it.

[@samg.a.4388]

I completely agreed

[@Waggendaily]

Rare Slender W

[@zuranar4917]

In fights 1vs2 as sogei when i have full souls charged i like to gb 1 enemy and throw im at the second one so they are both staggered and i can use my main move

[@incrediblis]

one word: underwhelming

[@SharpGamingN]

I respect what they tried to do but they played it super safe which is smart but you can’t make a character have to think this much and have such little damage when you have the most played hero’s having extreme levels of damage and pressure without having to think at all like I played him for 2 reps then I realized how dog he is so now I’m grinding out my nuxia reps since there’s still a good amount of them the fact that I can play nuxia in dominion against a full team of heavy’s and still end the game with 16K and 2D is F’ing insane they did not cook been waiting for big boi that isn’t as dumb as medjay but this isn’t it goki and bringer are still alone

[@ChocoGxd]

yes i hate the fact he’s a low base dmg hero who only revolves around getting a 1 shot

[@user-xj8jl1ft2b]

I think it would help if you could use your zone (both) in all 3 sides

[@Doobadoobapp]

I want to like him but I don’t

[@maragazh9993]

Perfect Highlander's a 10, current Highlander is an 8, current Sohei is a 6, and the rest of the cast is..? Would be a neat vid

[@el_slender]

Too subjective but maybe

[@Techno_Bunny433]

still really want them to give varangian more moveset

[@metalhead706]

I personally got bored after one day of playing him, i was getting interupted by everything and everyone. My team mates were lighting my one shot and i barely could get 6 souls. His right heavy animation is just disgusting and it doesnt make sense that a big dude with a big hammer does 20 dmg. Left and right lights are just there...its so boring and lazy. Idk if im going to even get him to 6 rep.

[@internationalviolence2354]

His left light should be a crushing counter and his right light should be like nuxia traps but only in the right

[@holy_siege_lord7758]

Each of his weapons should do something different, his top unlockable could do knockback, the right side unlockable could be like glads skewer, and maybe his side lights do bleed or be enhanced

[@arollingkino]

I'm still convinced that sohei is another example of why Ubisoft doesn't actually play their game. When they come up with something really cool in concept, they just tack it down with some unnecessary baggage that seems to be a part of their balance philosophy and it drains the fun out of it, all while a few, arguably, minor changes they could do would make the character more fun and have equal balance with the rest of the game's characters.

[@Cristian_that_artist]

I haventbplayed him yet, but from the ones Ive fought and the gameplay ive seen. Just leave him as is, he looks fun either way.

[@danielhines366]

Agreed

[@j.d.4697]

Top tier garbage design. Both weak as well as feeling unfair. The only way to balance him to stop people from complaining is by nerfing his only strength, his identity, which will make him suck, so the point of his "nuke" will disappear because it will become just another attack with good damage. Ubi got the foresight of fish.

[@tomkycz3243]

Sohei is just a big dissapointment for me. Having One Shot ability is cool, but what's the purpose of it, when 80% of time, you play with boring ass kit. Like cmon, you have 6 fookin weapons and he has only one stance? Like you could do so many things with this but all we have is this........ He looks great and all that, but I feel like weapons don't matter in anyway in this game. What's the point of multiple weapons, when all they are for is different animafion for everyside. Heavies have it more interesting, but it doesn't matter much anyway.

[@gabrielborges8416]

It also would be nice lowering the special damage to 50 but giving the option of changing light and heavies in a gb, like (light, heavy, light or heavy light heavy)

[@roamdhong]

His power level is both dogshit and completely busted. In a duel he's mostly fine, but in dominion I wouldn't say he's the most broken OP thing ever, but he's definitely not fun to play against. Respawning and running to C just to find a Sohei with full stacks is so demoralizing. I am going to die, there's nothing I can do besides literally play perfectly. His feats make this worse. 25% DR as a T1? What the fuck? Having the option to either insta kill his enemy or full heal if he's unsuccessful? Boring. The gimmick is a great idea, but making it center around a literal insta kill is a terrible idea. Buff his base damage, nerf the ultimate to 45-50, and then go from there.

[@Malthe1111]

got me with the discord ping :(

[@eee5290]

Lol same here

[@warden.5599]

7:40 ngl u urself don't know ganks so like, friendly fire will not be tolerated

[@jasonkalogeropoulos537]

glad to see slanderous is hating again..jk

[@tomobrouns8586]

blawg mute ur discord when recording