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What are everyone's thoughts on Venoc Vipers? We've both got them at B+, and on my old list I actually had them above Arrows and Blades! I lost to Megasilver once with a tron army, where he killed ~10 glads in the space of 2 order markers. They made a few apperances in day two of some of the RtW years and those players went deep.
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Yeah, I think B+ is about right for Venocs. Maxing threat range on them helps even out the fact that they have 0 defense, and Frenzy is good, but variance keeps them in check.
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@ OrcElfArmyOne
Great list! Any chance we can get your descriptions for the rest of the characters in the original post?
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Thanks! I plan on continuing again in a few weeks after GenCon once I have some time.
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Thanks! Looking forward to it.
Also, something that you may want to consider which would, admittedly, probably be a major undertaking and somewhat controversial, would be to use the full grading scale when reviewing figures. I see that your introduced the S scale for the top figures which is commonly used in the fighting game scene to really give the most accurate ratings as possible.
As I was reading this thread, I'm seeing people refer to things as "strong B+" or "weak A-." Because those separate classifies are not reflected in the original rating, I think you should instead simply move them up or down a class so they are no longer a "strong or weak" anything.
This would of course, cause some figures to be in classes that do not reflect their true power which is why I recommend using the additional S class ratings. As an example that would mean that some figures that were A+ would now be S and so on. It's just a great way to really show where figures are on the true power scale.
Just my two cents.
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It’s certainly an interesting prospect and one that I’ll consider. Expanding the rankings outwards and utilizing the SSS, SS, and S rankings are an option; however, I do want to keep as much of a formatting similarity with the original tier list (by Jexik and Spider Poison). This would shift the As to A+s, A-s to As, etc.
Also, there are strong and weak units for nearly every grade. Separating them all out would require almost twice the number of ranks, which doesn’t seem doable.
I’m hoping to start a podcast/video series in the fall about competitive scape. I’m still figuring out all the logistics, but one of the things I plan on covering is the rankings.