So its no secret that earth got the short end of the deal with the new updates. His shields where refactored which i can understand but his new skills somewhat conflict with the others. His kit has no real synergy, it makes him no longer a tank and a faux dps'r. Basically target practice out there. Here's what I'm talking about:

Standard attack- Petrifying jutsu decreased to 20% resistance which now doesnt absorb enough damage to be beneficial. So "Fissure skill" or some other attack becomes more beneficial to select.

Chase is a chase no problems here

4th row passive- Bottom force gives u the ability to stand in there and take a hit. Couple of problems though, unlike Hinanta who draws all basic attacks while in the front, this again could leave u vulnerable. This skill should pull all attacks if main is in first row. If this skill is used in conjection with "steel body" again the snyergy doesn't make sense. Bottom force requires a lot of hits to really become effective in which steel body takes away from. Take the attack increase off and repleace with heals or something that offsets the damage.

4th row- Wood style universe cuts across his kit like joker cut across the suicide squad movie. Requires you to either run a ninja who will shield you or waste a skill by picking one of your own shield skills. Picking your own shields becomes a double edge sword. I can attack at the expense of generating more shield thus trading *s with a paper thin shield to begin with. You almost have to be in back row so your shield last long enough for this to work. First row forget about it since any attacks pretty much wipes out shield. Great skill imo but just doesnt work well with his skills.

4th row- pose of duel needs to taken out completely. Has no real synergy with earth skills nor majority of ninjas. Hardly any top tier ninjas have strong 1st round skills. So its a wasted selection. Honestly this skill and "Guidance" needs to be combined.

5th row- Guidance is absolutly amazing but comes at a terrible price. In exchange for almost auto combo off standard attacks the earth main will get wrecked by combos and status effects from combos with acupunture and the like. Again its a bad trade off for extra offense that you might not even see.

5th row- Boulder jutsu again is a petty sacrifice for no gain. Shields the entire team with 50% of resist which might allow you to use "universe skill" once but leaves you open to combos and the shield protection is average at best.

All in all lots of earth players have said there goodbyes at least on server S1. The abdondment of top earth players says it all. Earth does not function in end game anymore. We are literally the only class that has no defense or skill to deter the classes. No root, mirror, heal, cleanse, or debuff skills like the other classes. Thank you for the 2.0 updates its been pretty fun so far but Earth is in dire need of help.
This post was last edited by IronSoup at 2017-1-6 20:31