Dancer balance discussion

I think I've peaked at Diamond 1 with Dancer, as I have not been able to break through to Crystal going a Dancer-only run.

Here are a few things I think need to happen with Dancer:


Ultimate Ability
Here are my suggestions for Dancer's ult:

• Get rid of the "must deal damage to extend ult duration". Just make it 4 seconds flat, it deals no damage and can easily be dispelled with Purify.
• Reduce animation time of ultimate. Too much dancing and twirling before the effect takes hold, it is hugely broadcasted which other classes do not suffer from.

En Avant

• Allow the boosted abilty buff to stack with multiple dashes. E.G. If I dash twice I get two hits of my empowered abilities in a row and can go straight into saber dance.

Honing Dance

• Give the Dancer a damage reduction while this ability is activated. Right now it is too weak and can rarely be justified since you can get gunned down in a second while using it.
• Do not lock the Dancer out of using other abilities during this, allow the Dancer to exit the dance upon activating another ability.

I believe that the Dancer's other abilities are quite balanced. Any additions?

I do think DNC needs more after these potency buffs

Did they fix the abilities to actually be ranged and not just slightly longer melee?

Dancer has no form of CC(outside of limit break) and is forced into melee range to use Honing Dance. Not a good mix to say the least. I tried out Dancer a little and when I played it I felt like it didn't really do that much damage or have a presence. I was just kinda... there. The reward for using Honing dance isn't really worth it either, because like you mentioned, you are locked out of all other buttons for 3 whole seconds... in a mode where everyone and their mom has the ability to lock you down and melt you in 1-2 seconds. Honing Dance needs some form of disrupt on it to justify putting yourself into a very bad position to use it. I like the idea of Honing Dance activating and staying active for the full duration, but allowing you to also press other attacks while the dance is still going around you. That still doesn't fix the main issue with Honing Dance though.

A couple of silly changes I would like to see:
En Avant: If you dash into someone it knocks them back and inflicts gravity for 2 seconds. A "get off the crystal" move.
Honing Dance: Anyone hit is inflicted with bind for 2 seconds. Keep the shield effect for each hit landed.