Chocobo Dash needs a nerf

[Miste]

screw it, literally add a blue shell that outright stuns the top racer and an aoe around them. make it pop like choco meteor where it becomes very common if the race is too disparate

lol reminded me of this



damn blue shells xD

[Atreides]

A few of these guys I've met don't even bother about picking up powerups.

It's not that they ignore power ups but they decide not to take it, what will you do with a Briar when you're ahead if it means you're giving your oponent an actual useful buff?
I always try to get a powerup if it's actually useful and curse when the powerups start to pop behind me because I'm too far ahead, ending up to be out of breath and the guy behind me breezes with 20% remaining to the first place because he got all the stamina powerups. D:

[Gallus]

Cure is superior to dash.

Ha.

Not even in your wildest dreams.

Choco dash alone acts like a choco cure in case you haven't noticed, your stamina stops draining for a good 3-4 seconds while you are dashing, so not only you save stamina + potentially get away from briars, silences and distractions but also move instantly a good 10-15 metres. I'm inclined to think that choco dash III saves you even more stamina than a choco cure III, for 2 reasons basically:

1 - You are moving very fast during 3 seconds (which saves you all the potential stamina you would've drained if you were sprinting just normally)
2 - Your stamina literally stops draining for a good 3 seconds after choco dash III.

Also, if you start getting chocobo aethers with a chocobo cure and you get overflow of stamina, that's next to useless. Overflow of Choco Dashes III? gg wp.

So really, no.

[Aeyis]

Overflow of stamina? You mean you don't just hit accelerate for the first half the match? Overflow would require hitting 2 Aethers and being unable to use one Chocobo cure. Ofcourse you can just hold onto it long enough to use it.Sprint doesnt draining stamina for a good 3 seconds after Dash III. For exactly 3 seconds, as that is how long the sprint lasts.

I dunno, I'll reserve judgement untill I've tried a lot more builds so I won't say your wrong. But I find Dash being that broken a bit of a hasty assumption, in my opinion.

[nijian]

Choco Dash is definately a powerful ability, but it's not an automatic win. >_> I've beaten lots of people with Choco Dash, and all I use is Choco Heal (restores Stamina one..). Yes, the situations mentioned are definately where Choco Dash is superior to MOST abilities... But some abilities are also pretty much useless. LOL!

[Gallus]

Choco Dash is definately a powerful ability, but it's not an automatic win. >_> I've beaten lots of people with Choco Dash, and all I use is Choco Heal (restores Stamina one..). Yes, the situations mentioned are definately where Choco Dash is superior to MOST abilities... But some abilities are also pretty much useless. LOL!

Nothing is an automatic win. The 2 most determinant things are hero's tonic and choco meteor. Problem is, as you well said, there is a ridiculous amount of skills and traits that are literally useless. Heavy Resistance, Heavy Cleanse, Frenzy Resistance, Frenzy Cleanse, Choco Reflect, Choco Steal, Choco Esuna, Choco Silence, Choco Shock, Speedy Recovery and Dressage are next to useless. Maybe Choco Steal, Choco Shock and Choco Silence aren't completely trash tier, but they are just too situational.

Currently god tier? Choco Dash III and Head Start.
Decent tier? Increased Stamina III and Choco Cure III.

That's just how I see it.

[nijian]

Yup. Not all the skills are very balanced... that's clear as day. Just saying, that Choco Dash of any level is "really good", but not the be-all-end-all... People make it sound worse than it really is.

[Honourlessichi]

Nothing is an automatic win. The 2 most determinant things are hero's tonic and choco meteor. Problem is, as you well said, there is a ridiculous amount of skills and traits that are literally useless. Heavy Resistance, Heavy Cleanse, Frenzy Resistance, Frenzy Cleanse, Choco Reflect, Choco Steal, Choco Esuna, Choco Silence, Choco Shock, Speedy Recovery and Dressage are next to useless. Maybe Choco Steal, Choco Shock and Choco Silence aren't completely trash tier, but they are just too situational.


Currently god tier? Choco Dash III and Head Start.
Decent tier? Increased Stamina III and Choco Cure III.

That's just how I see it.

Hey i like dressage,what's not to like about 15% less racing time to get to the breeding stage of your chocobo?(helps that i only ever seem to come up against npcs these days)

[BLaCKnBLu3B3RRY]

Agree with multiple builds, at least for now.

My current chocobo has heavily built towards speed. I actually use sprint shoes as a means to rest, not so much to speed up. It also burns through stamina like crazy when going at max speed. My biggest issue with it is stamina. I have to budget it very carefully, and if I get hit with anything that reduces my stamina, or a bacchus' water, I'm done.

Stamina tablet is currently one of my favorite items. I like sprint shoes, which are the same thing as choco dash III, but they're not as useful to me as stamina.

if you use sprint shoes while lathered, you stay lathered until done sprinting. same thing for the blue sprint pads.

[MomomiMomi]

if you use sprint shoes while lathered, you stay lathered until done sprinting. same thing for the blue sprint pads.

It's a quick method to accelerate.