Idea Dwarf Buff

I agree that the damage spell is slightly OP, but the other spells are fine. The freeze spell gives BOTH you AND the mage time to regen/prepare. The lightning spell is hard to aim and if it does hit it usually does nothing helpful or knocks them towards you. The heal spell has a long time, and if they do use it, just run up to them so it hits you.

 

This is CTF, where staying on topic is overrated.

 

Well, it's like fighting an archer in open territory: do you expect to win or do you expect the archer to? Mage could use a nerf, but in certain scenarios you just have to see how Mage has the advantage. However, in a capturing scenario, Mage is actually quite useful against DWARF (bringing this back to topic) because it's one of the only classes that can out range dwarf and not take lethal damage from it. This is part of why Mage only needs a slight tweak and dwarf needs a full on rework.

 

The damage spell is the only thing OP about mage. The freeze spell gives BOTH you AND the mage time to prepare/regen. The lightning spell is hard to aim, and when it does hit, it usually either does nothing or knocks them towards you. The heal spell has a long cooldown, and it also affects all players(including players on the other team).

 

I would love to know in which level do you get the ability to block headshots.

 

It's level 10

 

1.) Still, it usually knocks them towards you or it does nothing.
2.) The heal spell has a LONG COOLDOWN, and YOU CAN BE HIT BY IT!

 

556, I've seen you turn around from swearing and spamming in chat and now seeing the nicer side of you, I'm proud of you man

 

Please try playing something other than dwarf for once. Mage is countered by ninja, assassin, heavy, archer, and pyro. mage takes more skill than all of the other classes. The heal spell takes a long time to reload. The only reason why you think mage is OP is because you play dwarf. Dwarf can instakill ALL CLASSES in a single hit, how is that fair?

 

Ninja yes. Assassin depends largely on where the assassin is. The backstab means mage is countered, but if the assassin is in front then the mage will hit well before the assassin gets close enough so it's no solid counter. Archer counters everything long range but mage effectively destroys it short range making it another flimsy counter. Pyro has to get close in with the axe and mage can keep it out so again not solid. Tbh it sounds like you're playing down mage a bit. This is still a dwarf thread however, why are we still going on about mage?

Dwarf itself needs to keep the counters it has otherwise it'll become more OP, but I'm sure there is some way of giving the class more of an ability to go offense and not being too overpowered defensively, but I haven't come up with any ideas as of yet

 

Ah, chemist has the highest skill curve.
@556869 dwarf does need a full on rework. It's not allowed in CTF matches. I wonder why? It's freaking OP. You complain about being killed by assassins: well, if you have a sword that OP, an assassin is the only way to 100% ensure that you die and that the offense even stands a minuscule chance. Ninja is NOT a solution. The time it takes to re-invis after landing a hit makes it that way.

 

ur strats work if its just 1v1 combat. i bet i could kill most dwarves of any level as most classes in a 1v1, but it never is a 1v1. theres normally always a medic around, or some other form of support, so the strats you are suggesting generally dont work. that leaves assassin as the only way to kill dwarves, and that often doesnt work cuz, as i said, the dwarf will have support.

 

Yet which class is the one that has a theorectily infinite supply of health?

 

Yet which class has a cooldown on when they can/can't heal? It's irrelevant to the current discussion anyways.
@556869 that doesn't work. A level 7+ dwarf can effectively incapacitate a ninja for a good 15 seconds, ruining an attempted capture. It takes 2 out of 10 instant health 3 potions for me to withstand the beating of a level 10 dwarf after just 2 hits. This isn't about killing the dwarf. It's about the massive damage it deals to any offense that effectively ruins them and makes killing the dwarf the only way to capture. Pyro is countered by medic, chemist, and soldier, in addition to ninja and assassin with some skill/luck. With all those solid counters, it still needs a nerf. What are dwarf's counters?
Medic? Please. A dwarf sucks up 4 steaks with its damage and knock back.
Chemist? Potions are useless so a you can do is spam heal and hope.
Mage? Yeah, but only if nobody's around to kill the Mage.
Ninja? Yeah, if the dwarf is sleeping. Seriously, it takes 1 hit to really hurt the ninja. And you better pray nobody's around.
And to use the goalie analogy:
Dwarf is the goalie on a net that you have to get the puck into, get it back out of, and then get it back to your own goal without the other team touching it.