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Is Ares worth it ?

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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by BlackDragon1032 » March 11, 2016 8:43am | Report
Hi all !

First of all I love this community !
Secondly I have a question I really like playing as Ymir my main class is Guardians, but I also play as a warrior and hunter. At the moment I'm still looking for a mage ( this is for another topic).

Back to the topic I keep hearing that Ares is a bad buy for a guardian because he is squishy and is no good as a guardian. I wanted to know from other people here what they think about him.

Thanks for reading !
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by CakeSlapping » March 11, 2016 9:05am | Report
The nerf to beads in season 3 has served as a HUGE buff to Ares, so he's becoming a lot more popular than he used to be, this season.

I don't play him much, so I'm not sure how much less tanks he is, but I know that he can put out a lot of damage, for a guardian.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by GameGeekFan » March 11, 2016 9:11am | Report
But Cake remember that his form of initiation, blink is now gone too. Ares is worth it if you manage to ult groups of people without blink. His chains are more annoying now though.

He is not a bad guardian per say. He does more damage than any other guardian and is definitely not squishy, but his ult is considered a bead burner and his only real form of guardian "support" is his two.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by CakeSlapping » March 11, 2016 9:15am | Report
Oops forgot about the blink nerf.

Still I feel the beads nerf helps him more than the blink nerf hurts him.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by GameGeekFan » March 11, 2016 9:16am | Report
Kindve did, but Hi Rez also nerfed his ult stun. He is still worth it though if you manage those ults without the blink.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by CakeSlapping » March 11, 2016 12:17pm | Report
GameGeekFan wrote:

Kindve did, but Hi Rez also nerfed his ult stun. He is still worth it though if you manage those ults without the blink.


Ive learnt the hard way not to underestimate the power of a walk-up Ares ult...
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by BlackDragon1032 » March 11, 2016 1:02pm | Report
Well isn't supporting the team the main job of a Guardian ? Next to holding the line ?
Ares has decent ranged abilities for a Guardian, I mean look at Ymir he has a couple of ranged abilities like his freeze and ice spike.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by GameGeekFan » March 11, 2016 1:07pm | Report
I didnt say that, I meant to say his only real support ability is his 2, which gives protections. His 1 slows and cripples enemies and his 3 is a basic DoT. That doesnt mean they cant just walk up to his allies and kill them.

Guardians are supposed to have very good cc, easy to hit as well. His chains really arent easy to hit (all the time). He is more of a warrior then a guardian.

You can check out Stukes Ares guide if you want. He is right at the top.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by BlackDragon1032 » March 11, 2016 1:37pm | Report
GameGeekFan wrote:

I didnt say that, I meant to say his only real support ability is his 2, which gives protections. His 1 slows and cripples enemies and his 3 is a basic DoT. That doesnt mean they cant just walk up to his allies and kill them.

Guardians are supposed to have very good cc, easy to hit as well. His chains really arent easy to hit (all the time). He is more of a warrior then a guardian.

You can check out Stukes Ares guide if you want. He is right at the top.


I didn't try to attack you mate , if I did sorry about that.
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Permalink | Quote | +Rep by GameGeekFan » March 11, 2016 1:43pm | Report
Nah dont worry bout it. Didnt mean it that way. Hopefully you get the gist of it though.
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