Elf is the Work of Satan

i r89 ur rant 5/7 m9

also by elf i thought u were talkin bout the movie
but i guess not

 

Peed my pants twice. Good job. And agreed.

 

nuff said.

 

Wait, drugs aren't dangerous, don't do drugs, I'm concerned about you now.

There was a thread like this, but I do agree that Elf really needs to be buffed. The Wind Element is just a replacement of a fist, and Pure Element is like hitting a bird from 50 meters with a stick, not that I ever tried that or anything.

LOTR References good, but no Avatar: The Last Airbender references, I'm disappointed.

 

So like, I read about half of that... I was uh... Rather confused...

 

nerf elf pls

 

AwwwWwWwwWww mage has 4 spells, what to do what to do!!?!?!?!

 

I don't agree with the buffs c:

 

honestly i think elf is already op. but as for necro, that really should get a buff.

 

elf is OP. pl0x nerf. It was so OP it made him manic

 

@Skarm

 

You're just mad becuz u suc at elf.

Next time just stand there and let me bounce snowballs off of you boyyy.

 

All that did was remind me of this

 

i cant say i read this but i could only think of this seeing the title

 

My elf guide is a hair short of 4200 words? Not bad!

All elf really needs is an armor buff. If its abilities get buffed (except water element and wind shooting, those really don't do crap), it'll become the next mage, more so than some already claim it to be. Though other classes have a generally low skill requirement to be somewhat effective and elf takes an archer pro just to land two combo shots, let alone three--despite that, once one becomes proficient with the Pure Element, their power should stop there. Any more power than a 60-70% chance of killing someone with Pure--taking into account the ability to run away from the fight at any time--would result in a combination of archer and mage, and I'm sure everyone wants that...

Anyway, the reason it needs an armor buff is that it gets squashed like a grape by... let's see... every class in the game, including itself. If a heavy gets close, you're dead; archers may as well be shooting into a balloon for all the shield is worth for headshot returns; even fighting another elf, it takes about three critical hits and one normal hit (if that) to kill them, so it's up to whoever gets the combo hits first. Also, capping: yes, the Wind Element makes elf almost as bad as soldier, but that's assuming the elf can make it out of a flag room without getting hit more than four times; otherwise, the class gets squished by the defense, and don't give me that crap about the Water Element's "resistance" effect.

Soooooo... Not saying elf should have iron armor or anything, it just needs something that will allow it to get hit ONCE without having to steak (I'm not exaggerating).

Tl;dr: elf only needs more armor because it's squishy; more weapon power would make it OP.

(@Admiral_Munson how duh fudge is this even about necro lol)

 

is this going to be a series now? i remember you posting mc 1.9 is the work of satan earlier too.

ok yes i will actually do srs reply.

pure element does take a lot of skill to use the right way, because there are a lot more things to it than just shooting a person twice. the first shot doesn't have to have a charge at all, and a bow only takes 1.2s to fully charge. It gives you just the smallest time to either wind element back, or get in 2 steak. of course steaking won't always work, but if you hit all your shots and steak correctly, you can kill a chemist before he can kill you assuming he was attacking at the exact time he could (after hit cooldown) it's not very practical, but it certainly catches people off when they suddenly lose 6 hearts

earth element is arguably the most useful element to elf as far as elf actually helping kill something. not solo of course, but get an elf and a pyro in a flagroom, and there's almost no chance for a soldier to cap (if there was any with just a pyro 8^) ) a good example of this is standoff. with that wall right next to the flag post, and soldiers almost always wall spamming above it after getting out of staircase, it makes everything in the pyros reach. you probably won't be killing anything with earth, but it does it's utility, which is to counter soldiers (love skyworlds for this), and slow flag carriers. also it stops assassins and ninjas pretty well.

i actually laugh when people say shooting a wind element is worthless. go onto skyworlds, get under the "archer fort," then shoot the block below someone. It launches them more than mage cannons do. the only problem is they don't take fall damage (can we please get that lol) but it's helpful for certain things, like messing up recoverers, and assisting the cap outside of the flagroom. most people don't know, but the wind element effects more than a 1 block radius. on maps like halo, elves can just stand at mid, shoot at flagroom, and the pyro can't do anything because he is getting shot around everywhere. the punch for wind element is a bit too good, and it kinda outshines everything else a elf can do. it takes no skill to be good at using punch wind, and some say it offers the most benefits from all the other elements. when you have a class, and the best ability is "fly away" do you think many people are going to try and fight with it? it has close to a diamond sword and an ability to do true damage for a reason, but it effects the game much more by just flying away using no skill, and only 1 ability of the class.

okay i don't have anything for water it is kinda useless without teamwork. the biggest problem with this is the extinguish is only on 1 vertical layer. if you hit the wrong block your soldier is as good as toast. many times the flagroom doesn't help for this, as if you are close enough to be of any use, you are also close enough to be getting distroid by 3 ninjas. it's already more of a support class so just give it some minor heal ability, or buff the resistance time/strength.

personally i don't have a problem with the armor, but it seems a lot of other people do. sharp 5 did major nerf to elf tho, 4 hearts per hit now

shield would be nice if it actually did what it says. there's always this weird delay, and it takes a 1/4 a second to start after you block and crouch. it also doesn't headshot consistently, and most reflected elf stuff does nothing back to sender. it is kinda funny i guess to annoy the ghost capping ninja by reflecting the pearl, but it's mainly used as a defensive tool. the only thing i can see as offense is in an elf v chemist 1v1. i prefer to melee with chemi, because your aim bounces too much to do any real damage with pure when they are potspamming. almost all chemists will do the same thing, throw dmg pot, melee til low, heal and damage pot again. knowing this, i can reflect their damage pots, and even occasionally reflect their heal pot above them so it is too late to get a heal. it doesn't work all the time but it is a nice option when you are out of anything else to try.

i had the first opinion on elf in the first times I played it, but just use the elements in ways people won't expect, and it will eventually come to you.

also you can do this, if you find it useful

 

@Skarm
Pure element: agree
Earth element: also agree

Wind element: yes, it has spectacular results when you hit the block beneath the player, but it's hardly ever practical or possible to hit the block beneath people. The greatest use for shooting Wind Element is knocking people into the void on Skyworlds, Halo, Blackout, etc., and not only is it very difficult to be effective in the element's current state, but while supporting a flag carrier there is simply no time to get into position to be able to put well-placed shots on blocks beneath players.

Water element: also agree, in my opinion the extinguishing radius should be in a sphere like the Resistance giving radius. I do like the idea of a minor healing ability; it would be especially great for personal use, since it's easy to devour your steaks when a ninja deals 4 hearts per hit. Adding my own two cents: the minimum radius for water element should be larger, since 1/10 times lobbing an arrow at your feet will extinguish you. Seriously, many times have I fired three or four shots at my feet and still died to a pyro who was initially 10 blocks away from me.

Video: what have you done.... xD

 

Necro?

Bump.