Talk:Hydra/@comment-31187322-20180513061723/@comment-27346978-20180531201834

I would like to contribute my two cents.

That health and shield the Raijin has is actually very useful. When encountering a Shock or Scourge Dash, the Fury's in a lot of trouble. Even with a 100m range advantage and splash, a Bulgasari will be able to shred through the Fury with Shocktrains or Scourges.

A Raijin, however, is a much tougher nut to crack. It has a physical shield, which blocks both Scourge and Shocktrain, and it has more base health.

While this is at the cost of .4 less of a heavy weapon in Bastion, and 1 less while not, the Raijin is more likely to survive thanks to a teammate arriving to deal with the Dash or just being able to take so much damage, as opposed to a Fury.

Perhaps it's the League. At Champion, there are a lot more people Dashing in and out and taking potshots. It's a lot like trench warfare, just waiting for the other side to crack. Not in Champion, however, there are a lot more knife-fighters at the beginning of a game, so you can expect for your midrangers to be under fire quite early. This is where a Raijin would survive whereas a Fury will not.

Basically, a Raijin's better where teams are less coordinated, giving survivability for pure damage output, whereas a Fury is better where teams are more coordinated, letting it tap into its true destructive power.