Talk:Natasha/@comment-34353984-20180115201743/@comment-27346978-20180212221909

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in Champion League, most of the bots have some sort of protection or evasion. Or both.

For instance, look at the meta bots for Champion League: Haechi, Bulgasari, Spectre, Inquisitor.

Haechi and Bulga both have humongous firepower, shields to block kinetic weapons, and the Dash ability. It's very easy for them to stay at 250-350 meters and just fire. Getting almost no damage from Thunders in the process. And the little damage they can block.

Spectre and Inquisitor are more vulnerable to Thunders. But they still have the Descend, which grants them almost invulnerability. On top of this, they are both relatively fast for their class. This lets them stay away from any real damage from a Thunder bot, and if they do get caught, just Descend and win.

Basically, all the weapons and playstyles in Champion League revolve around doing the most damage possible whenever possible. As with all the Dashes zipping about, any bot will only have a small window of opportunity to attack. So playstyles are either get more opportunities or deal more damage per opportunity.

Thunders are outclassed by Embers and even Redeemers, as both have a higher effective range and can negate certain types of shields.

On top of this, the chances that a Thunder bot will be able to get 50 meters is small already, and even if they did, the current meta would just be able to quickly and easily escape.