Talk:Shinjuku Chapter Release/@comment-202.80.212.21-20170225130919/@comment-29893250-20170225184109

I don't think these measures aside heal debuff were designed to suppress Merlin. Clearing debuff is unrelated but is possibly to fight stunlocks? The AI hunting support is to try to prevent support carrying. Multiple hp bars are to stop one shotting but while Merlin does this well, it isn't as though it wasn't happening before him. I think they want to keep making it harder but aren't 100% sure how to do it while keeping it fresh. However, what I think they'll find is that these purple bars only encourage stallish teams. Purple bars getting stronger and stronger will just get to the point where they lock out glass cannon teams, mandating you to add some stall elements to just make the battle last longer so you can poke out the bars.