my thoughts on Xaku

[herozen13]

after playing around with xaku all night and making a 2 forma build trying to work on all fronts, here are my thoughts.

positives:
multiple forms of long range lockdown, good cc frame. not a limbo or vauban but can definiatly hold their own.
with the right weapons, void damage can hit really hard.
decent clearing with the use of 2 to become a walking turret, does fall off at high levels however.
meme potential
nice assets.

negatives:
despite almost all actions being 1 handed, xaku is forced to stand still to cast all abilities other than 1. on top of this, animations are incredibly slow. i was basically forced to run natural talent just to avoid getting run over in high level content.
very energy hungry for what they do, costs may need adjustment.
a bit too squishy
ult is not a damage reduction as said in tennocon, it is a chance to dodge, which is really bad.
really should be a damage reduction to make up for how squishy they are.
ult is both a channel and a duration power, MASSIVE NO! this needs to be changed, either make it a full on channel or a duration power. not both, i'm getting old wukong flashbacks.
passive could be changed. how about instead of having a chance to dodge attacks, Xaku work's like umbra, where they follow the opperator as a spectre.

overall score: 6/10, wait until DE rolls out some patches with buffs before getting too invested.

hope this helped you decide on whether Xaku is a good fit for you

[Zekk]

so TL;DR xaku sucks. Anyone surprised? no? didn't think so.

[Hokibukisa]

What the butt like though?

[vegetosayajin]

The negatives are way to big a difference from the positives...Not gonna rush it, it seems pretty ... broken

[(PSN)ForNoPurpose]

7 minutes ago, Hokibukisa said:

What the butt like though?

A lot of people call Xaku a male. Consider the shape in your minds eye with that consideration.

[herozen13]

a lot of their flaws can be fixed through quality of life changes. 

i personally think we should be able to move while using abilities 1-3 since they are 1 handed in their animations. also all animations need to be faster. grasp of lohk literally takes around 1 or 2 seconds to arm 

the team needs to decide if vast untime is a channel or duration power, cause having it be both, for a CHANCE to dodge incoming RANGED attacks in an update focusing on the MELEE faction is really dumb. make it what  reb said in tennocon. "you move faster, and have 75% damage reduction" with how squishy xaku is at base stat level, they NEED that damage reduction. i can't even solo a rank 3 bounty with them even if i use my god level weapons. give me any other frame with a similar build and i can solo almost all bounties no problem.

 

if these problems we're fixed i could easily bump xaku up to a 7 or even an 8 since i haven't minmaxed them yet, only 2 forma so far. i really like xaku, their concept and looks alone has already got them into my top ten frames, i just wish i could put them higher.

 

still, i have faith that DE will give our void boi... girl? our void THING the power they deserve, they did it with khora, gauss, grendel, protea, barruk and hildryn. i'm sure Xaku will get their due too.

 

have fun with the update guys, i've been up for 37 hours now and the "energy potions" i keep chugging can only take me so far. imma go take a nap. peace

 

Edit: for the one player of culture asking for asset spesifics; better than titania and zephyr and as defined as atlas deluxe, but cannot hold a candle to the likes of nyx, ember, saryn and deffinitly not wisp. 3/5 hand prints on the cheeks, the internet will be pleased with it

[(PSN)corpusbonds]

Good to know I’ll be using that mod for their abilities. Had to sleep early (early shift lol) so I didn’t get to play around with them yet. Still, they look awfully fun

[DLDeath]

Xatu felt too slow for me and didn't like him so much.  The 3rd move I had no clue what the skill were for a while.  Had to read the abilities to get an inkling of what they were used for.  The 4th move does seem more like a percentage to dodge instead of 75% dmg reduction.  Overall I hope they QOL like right now to fix his issues since the concept is pretty cool but at the moment I can't stand playing him.

[(PSN)Wil_Shatner_face]

8 hours ago, ZekkMC said:

so TL;DR xaku sucks. Anyone surprised? no? didn't think so.

Considering how good the last few frames have been, yeah, I’m surprised this one is not in line with the recent trend.

[stormy505]

Just now, (PS4)Wil_Shatner_face said:

Considering how good the last few frames have been, yeah, I’m surprised this one is not in line with the recent trend.

Tbf the last few frames got touch ups because their initial launches were kinda underwhelming.

[(PSN)Wil_Shatner_face]

1 minute ago, stormy505 said:

Tbf the last few frames got touch ups because their initial launches were kinda underwhelming.

Fair point, I kinda forgot about that tbh. I’d expect Xaku to get the same treatment though.

[(PSN)thowed]

The frame is underwhelming to put it in a nice way.  

[Cloverskull]

9 hours ago, (PS4)ForNoPurpose said:

A lot of people call Xaku a male. Consider the shape in your minds eye with that consideration.

And this is a problem how exactly?

[bibmobello]

4 minutes ago, Cloverskull said:

And this is a problem how exactly?

I think it depend on the taste everyone has,,,

[herozen13]

overall, xaku is not in a good spot atm, but they are not unsalvageable. here's some suggested fixes from me:

1: i wouldn't really say this needs tweaking. mabye some number changing?

2: range and damage need an increase. damage should probably increase when under the effects of your 1.

3: i would say the only thing that needs changes on his 3 is deny. option 1: expand the hitbox to be a cone that can strike multiple targets at once, since enemies rarely line up for the beam to hit. or option 2: buff the damage and range of the beam while allowing it to cc some enemies that are usually immune to cc, like some bosses, the stalker, etc etc. 

4: oh where do i begin? first, make it a channel. no more of this temporary channel thing. you shoudl've learned this lesson when wukong was reworked. second, change the dodge chance to be the flat 75% damage reduction rebecca said on stream. with how squishy xaku is at base stat level and even with maxed vitality, they need a survival tool.

misc changes: animation speed for all abilities needs to be improved. make abilities 1 and 2 one-handed to allow movement. enemies controlled by acuse should generate higher aggro than xaku. the costs on 3 could be reduced.

 

BONUS!

potential augment idea: forceful eject

augment for vast untime. all enemies hit by the blast wave are launched back with enemies that collide with walls having defences reduced.

[mac10smg--Toa_of_Green]

17 minutes ago, Cloverskull said:

And this is a problem how exactly?

Well, if you wanna get technical, it’s because Xaku is a ‘they’, but I’m pretty sure that’s not what you’re talking about.

[(PSN)ForNoPurpose]

18 minutes ago, Cloverskull said:

And this is a problem how exactly?

Idk.. maybe because people seem to get upset with the same but reversed issue with Nezha? A lot of people genuinely think Nezha is a female, hence that whole debacle..

But seeing at all this ENTIRELY misses the point of my post.. think of it this way.

Xaku had masculine and feminine features. Enough that people are assigning its gender based on how they see it. Now i prefer M features as a technically BI person but i see a lot of feminine features to Xaku, more so than masculine..

In "assets" as people not so subtly often refer to the butt, Xaku is more in the relm of Altas Deluxe. As her parts are more separated and gives that what can be considered a more muscular look. All this in the spite of the fact that the frame is technically a walking void skeleton with random bits on it.