Blade Storm Fix

[olipops]

How about making all of ash's bladestorm attacks happen at the same and affect all enemies within the aoe. The animation is way to slow and feels really weak compared to other frames ubers.

[wkfire]

Do you know that Ash is almost invulnerable during the slow animations? He can even pick up mods and energy while in his Bladestorm, making it one of the most unique Ulti. 

 

He might kill slower as a result, but is able to regenerate shields and gain 'protection' while in his casting animation, like Nyx. 

[Grandarex]

I sometimes like to use it if I need a quick breather. I think it's fine as is. Pretty cool show too.

[olipops]

Ok fair nuff, how about not limiting his uber to 13 enemies then, and allow him to get all the enemies within the AOE and speed up the animation a bit more to compensate for this.

Edited October 1, 2013 by olipops

[olipops]

or have him finish with a big explosion, or have all his clones explode when they are done attacking.

[wkfire]

Ok fair nuff, how about not limiting his uber to 13 enemies then, and allow him to get all the enemies within the AOE and speed up the animation a bit more to compensate for this.

 

That might work. But might also lead to an AOE nerf. 

[SoulEchelon]

Frankly we have enough explosions. Ash and Loki are silent killers. The biggest "explosion" Ash has is a smokescreen, and I'm more than fine with that.

[olipops]

ok ur probably right scrap the explosions. I was thinking of a non-silent ninja :P. ash should be silent.

[nakatotaiyou]

Do you know that Ash is almost invulnerable during the slow animations? He can even pick up mods and energy while in his Bladestorm, making it one of the most unique Ulti. 

 

He might kill slower as a result, but is able to regenerate shields and gain 'protection' while in his casting animation, like Nyx. 

only he can do that with smoke screen already :D

[nakatotaiyou]

i agree bladestorm is terrible, some people posted the same idea as yours but a bit different, although i have a suggestion of my own... i made a topic about it, check if you want. 

Edited October 1, 2013 by nakatotaiyou

[nakatotaiyou]

I sometimes like to use it if I need a quick breather. I think it's fine as is. Pretty cool show too.

 you have smoke screen if you need a breather...

[BoomyGordo]

my only complaint with blade storm is most of the animations look .... stiff, when he jumps to stab the guy in the neck rather than appear in the air and do 2 quick jabs before poofing into smoke. he appears and his body is just frozen in air, legs not moving at all. then he jabs with one hand, retracts, and then jabs with the other. really slow for what should be quick. then there are the ones where he knocks the enemy into the air with a stab. they just float there utterly un moving till he stabs them the second time and then they fall down.

[nakatotaiyou]

Frankly we have enough explosions. Ash and Loki are silent killers. The biggest "explosion" Ash has is a smokescreen, and I'm more than fine with that.

agreed, i have an idea for bladestorm thats not the usual cc uber, would be nice if you checked.

Edited October 1, 2013 by nakatotaiyou

[olipops]

only he can do that with smoke screen already :D

 

ur right so he don't need blade storm to do that. Blade storm should be a skill for high dps.

[MalusCalibur]

Blade Storm is fine as it is, being the only ultimate that's truly satisfying to watch. The individual animations would benefit from refinement, but it isn't a priority.
Please do not try to push for yet another AoE nuke, like just about every other frame. Ash has the best ultimate in the game right now in aesthetic terms, and it really does not need any alteration.