Quote Originally Posted by Soranika View Post
SE said they would rather us choose our avatars based on elemental properties but unless I've been mistaken, physical blood pacts have no element attached to them and most of the magic abilities avatars are barely worth using, like the new blood pact rage abilities that Carby, Fenrir and Diabolos gotten. Seriously who uses those? Merit blood pacts have some use but overall are about as situational as using Odin and Alexander.
See Ifrit's Flaming Crush

And the other great ability that other BPs have is their varying damage types. Predator Claws isn't the best physical BP against pots, because the blunt-type BPs get a multiplier.

Chaotic Strike and Geocrush add a stun effect, Mountain Buster adds bind, Megalith Throw adds slow, Thunderspark adds paralyze and is the only AOE rage that we have. Moonlit Charge Blinds, and Cresent Fang paralyzes enemy.

Lastly, Diabolos is the only avatar that has a BP ward that can actually deal damage too and with it adding a fairly potent gravity (unless the mob is immune) it's a great addition to soloing if you're going to have to recast your avatar, or need to siphon.

People only use Heavenly Strike or Predator Claws, because they're uninformed. Actually, all of the info is there for them to see, they're just too lazy to look.