Talk:Merlin/@comment-70.48.38.98-20180207171740/@comment-27971189-20180212034725


 * They won't do nerf

Merlin is the first known having nerf, you know.

They remove the direct heal, effectively made the heal scale by NP level, making sure people aiming to NP 5 him so they can get that good heal shown at Babylon.

Merlin was a mistake is meme due to how overpowered Merlin was and Shiokawa statement that serves as answer to that reaction; "DW team will tried their best to ensure no Servants outdated" that some people take that as DW admitting Merlin kit does tip the scales.


 * Quick

Quick is so prominent back then because they keep getting good CE, some of them for free; Okita is not even game breaking, its Jack taking the cake of near-absolute Servant before.

'Quick meta' can happened back then not as vicious as current enemies, allowing Quick to have momentum for their star-dependant mechanism.

Now multiple HP bar introduced, not to mention newer enemies became more dangerous if you prolong the fight without preparation. Surely Buster and Arts became more dominant as they have the capabilities to anticipate that compare to Arts.


 * He died because focus fire

Not really.

Its simply because of enemies on challenge quest now taking blitz route. Buffing themselves with crit buff / damage buff / HP reduction that cannot be removed than go all-out wiping your team. Aside of Merlin clearly weak against blitz, it also allow old Servants that excel on blitz to shine again, such as Mozart and majority of Berserkers.

I won't say the blitz decision purely aiming Merlin because the fact is Merlin still viable on that quest as long he ready to casts Garden of Avalon.