Level5Pidgey
08-17-2009, 05:31 AM
Let's face it.
He's useless, you don't want him on your team, and the majority of the people who choose him have no idea of any decent way to play him.
This is a thread for people to post ideas to make Scout a better, more useful, more fun hero to play
Rundown:
People tend to like Scout's electric eyes. His ulti is a useful slow, but being single target and doing average amounts of damage make it not very useful.
His Stealth/Backstab is his signature skill, and... his Evade/Crit rarely come into effect.
He also suffers from being generally boring. He has Wards that are placed and forgotten about, and a passive. His stealth isn't *that* fun, and his Ulti is rarely used. He pales in comparison to Madman, and when Bounty Hunter is introduced... well, Bounty has more active skills and will fare better than Scout.
He has been compared to:
- Bounty Hunter (2 skills basically the same, 2 similar-ish skills)
- Nerubian Assassin (Frankly, I don't see it)
- Dwarven Sniper (Similar ults, but otherwise nothing alike... well, apart from the 'bad' part)
Pros:
- Wards are useful.
- Can deal burst damage early.
- Stealth can be used to... scout!
Cons:
- Terrible laner
- Useless in team fights
- Frail.
- Counterable by Ward/Gem/Dust
- Bad natural damage.
- Can only do single target damage (Bad for farming, makes him less useful in team fights)
- Provides no benefit to his team in terms of support. (No buffs, a single high cooldown slow, etc.)
- Boring to play.
Ideas:
- Make him into Bounty Hunter. (Perhaps some minor adjustments, as BH also had problems)
- Reconceptualise him.
What do you think?
Please post any ideas to fix this hero, such as skill ideas, etc. Please don't just suggest a slight stat change, as the problems with this hero seem deeper than that.
He's useless, you don't want him on your team, and the majority of the people who choose him have no idea of any decent way to play him.
This is a thread for people to post ideas to make Scout a better, more useful, more fun hero to play
Rundown:
People tend to like Scout's electric eyes. His ulti is a useful slow, but being single target and doing average amounts of damage make it not very useful.
His Stealth/Backstab is his signature skill, and... his Evade/Crit rarely come into effect.
He also suffers from being generally boring. He has Wards that are placed and forgotten about, and a passive. His stealth isn't *that* fun, and his Ulti is rarely used. He pales in comparison to Madman, and when Bounty Hunter is introduced... well, Bounty has more active skills and will fare better than Scout.
He has been compared to:
- Bounty Hunter (2 skills basically the same, 2 similar-ish skills)
- Nerubian Assassin (Frankly, I don't see it)
- Dwarven Sniper (Similar ults, but otherwise nothing alike... well, apart from the 'bad' part)
Pros:
- Wards are useful.
- Can deal burst damage early.
- Stealth can be used to... scout!
Cons:
- Terrible laner
- Useless in team fights
- Frail.
- Counterable by Ward/Gem/Dust
- Bad natural damage.
- Can only do single target damage (Bad for farming, makes him less useful in team fights)
- Provides no benefit to his team in terms of support. (No buffs, a single high cooldown slow, etc.)
- Boring to play.
Ideas:
- Make him into Bounty Hunter. (Perhaps some minor adjustments, as BH also had problems)
- Reconceptualise him.
What do you think?
Please post any ideas to fix this hero, such as skill ideas, etc. Please don't just suggest a slight stat change, as the problems with this hero seem deeper than that.