Why are so many people gushing over Karok?

• foreignreign wrote on 2011-01-16 02:09
  I hope Karok gets the chest size option.
• Mama wrote on 2011-01-16 17:03

  Quote from foreignreign;291918:

  I hope Karok gets the chest size option.

  
  
  i lold.
  
  anyways, that absorb-damage skill seems as good a defensive maneuver as a fiona's pg or a lann's slip dash, at first glance.
• pxn11211 wrote on 2011-01-23 20:09
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TyrmCaf7e8&feature=related watch this at the end
  
  look like karok block all the move of the boss when karok is front of it
• Habskii wrote on 2011-01-24 07:38

  Quote from Intex;226451:

  
  "He can freaking block and counter boss attacks!"
  That doesn't mean he can just stand by and reflect every boss move.
  In a game play video it looked like Karok can only block the Gnoll chieftains horizontal swing while standing right in front of the chief.
  I don't understand why people think DevCat would actually design a character that overpowered.
  
  

  
  
  Umm lmao, i didn't read the rest of the comments yet but i should have...he is that OP :\ Nexon gave him a skill where as when he gets hit u press smash and another button and it absorbs the damage and turns it into hp so u can be dying and have like 400 hp left when you realize, "Oh god i forgot about my Damage Absorption skill" within a few hits, his hp will get back to normal, want me to post you a video for proof? :|
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2011-01-24 07:44

  Quote from Habskii;302596:

  Umm lmao, i didn't read the rest of the comments yet but i should have...he is that OP :\ Nexon gave him a skill where as when he gets hit u press smash and another button and it absorbs the damage and turns it into hp so u can be dying and have like 400 hp left when you realize, "Oh god i forgot about my Damage Absorption skill" within a few hits, his hp will get back to normal, want me to post you a video for proof? :|

  
  
  It does not heal HP that has been lost by previous attacks. It merely restores the HP which it lost in that attack.
  
  So, you can start at 1k HP, use the skill, and return to 1k HP, regardless if your cap is 2k Max HP. You cannot restore hp in which you lost without using the skill.
  
  Also: The timing is hard, the attacks are specific, and you are going to have to SPAM keyboard controls to be able to play (and control bosses) well.
• Habskii wrote on 2011-01-24 07:56
  well in a video i seen, the player seemed to do it it freely.
  And yes i apologize it's not when you doing it basically takes off the dmg or lost hp and restores it but only at that specific attack durin that time. Can't be after.
  And i'll find the vid i'll just have to go back to VHQ and find it :|
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2011-01-24 07:58

  Quote from Habskii;302612:

  well in a video i seen, the player seemed to do it it freely.
  And yes i apologize it's not when you doing it basically takes off the dmg or lost hp and restores it but only at that specific attack durin that time. Can't be after.
  And i'll find the vid i'll just have to go back to VHQ and find it :|

  
  
  I'm sure the video is somewhere in this thread, also. It is rather freely, if the timing is right. Also negates any sort of knockback, but I'm not sure if anything can be said about armor durability.
• Habskii wrote on 2011-01-24 07:59
  http://www.vindictushq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2228
  By AFK
  "Damage absorbation.
  As I expected, a skill that can be obtained after beating White Tyrant. It works by pressing an attack button, which includes his evasion skill, at the same time you recieve damage. When executed successfully, at rank A, it will negate 50 damage and you will recover 100 hp over time.
  It can block multiple attacks if the attacks are done extremly fast, think of Black Scar's multi attack after roaring. But if the attacks has some delay in between, the following attack can't be absorbed. Also, attacks that would normally knock you down still has a chance to knock you down during damage absorb.
  Ppl are considering it to be harder to time than Lann's slip dash invincibility frame."
  
  [video=youtube;P_khImbxbQk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_khImbxbQk&feature=player_embedded[/video]
  
  Notice how freely he's doing it, well actually at EVERY single attack.
  And watch the HP bar ppl it goes down then refills.
• Habskii wrote on 2011-01-24 08:01

  Quote from Andy-Buddy;302613:

  I'm sure the video is somewhere in this thread, also. It is rather freely, if the timing is right. Also negates any sort of knockback, but I'm not sure if anything can be said about armor durability.

  
  
  Yeah i would expect the dura lost over time is small, but your still losing dura same ways.
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2011-01-24 08:13

  Quote from Habskii;302618:

  http://www.vindictushq.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=2228
  By AFK
  "Damage absorbation.
  As I expected, a skill that can be obtained after beating White Tyrant. It works by pressing an attack button, which includes his evasion skill, at the same time you recieve damage. When executed successfully, at rank A, it will negate 50 damage and you will recover 100 hp over time.
  It can block multiple attacks if the attacks are done extremly fast, think of Black Scar's multi attack after roaring. But if the attacks has some delay in between, the following attack can't be absorbed. Also, attacks that would normally knock you down still has a chance to knock you down during damage absorb.
  Ppl are considering it to be harder to time than Lann's slip dash invincibility frame."
  
  [video=youtube;P_khImbxbQk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_khImbxbQk&feature=player_embedded[/video]
  
  Notice how freely he's doing it, well actually at EVERY single attack.
  And watch the HP bar ppl it goes down then refills.

  
  
  What intrigues me is what may happen if there is a very quick series of attacks, e.g. the Vampire Bosses, from Reaper to Blood Lord.
• Habskii wrote on 2011-01-24 08:19

  Quote from Andy-Buddy;302633:

  What intrigues me is what may happen if there is a very quick series of attacks, e.g. the Vampire Bosses, from Reaper to Blood Lord.

  
  
  Well Unfortunately i nor does Afk or assy or any1 else in VHQ have a video to that...yet. I'll keep an eye out if you'd like >:3
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2011-01-24 08:29
  If you find one, post one here?
  
  Please & Thankyou. :D
• Habskii wrote on 2011-01-24 09:04

  Quote from Andy-Buddy;302644:

  If you find one, post one here?
  
  Please & Thankyou. :D

  
  Actually it was quite easy :S He does it @ O:O6 and a few other times during the vid.
  
  [video=youtube;R1wYnwzqjFE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1wYnwzqjFE[/video]
• foreignreign wrote on 2011-01-24 17:08
  Holy crap his roll goes far.
  
  That video really disappoints me, because it really does seem like there's even less of a point to play Fiona when Karok comes out.
  
  Also, anyone know if his attack with his weapon in his hands is the same as when he's barehanded (from tossing his weapon away)?
• Andy-Buddy wrote on 2011-01-25 01:13

  Quote from foreignreign;302861:

  Holy crap his roll goes far.
  
  That video really disappoints me, because it really does seem like there's even less of a point to play Fiona when Karok comes out.
  
  Also, anyone know if his attack with his weapon in his hands is the same as when he's barehanded (from tossing his weapon away)?

  
  
  The thing that irks me is that people believe Karok will replace Fiona.
  
  Karok absorbs attacks and powers through them. If this video is any example, there is a large chance that he could be taking heavy damage if played to be offensive. Karok is a wrestler type, to stop the boss at certain times, and inflict damage all the time.
  
  Fiona is a dancer, blocking, guarding, and flying back until the perfect moment is open for a normal attack. Her stun and large amounts of damage while the monster attacks is what separates her from a Lann right now.