Klukai's exponential power creep over the years
It's been an absolute sight to see so I'm going to try and paint a picture for new players
So how did we get here
GFL
- 416
Anyone remember when 416 was kinda shit
Don't get me wrong she had the highest modifier for a grenadier at ×15 but at 8 seconds initial cooldown she was to slow and was overkill more often than not
This was back before we had the auto repair stat added every turn and full repair at the end of a map, so it took repair tickets or minutes/hours in the repair bay to fix any damage. Attrition really did help shape the early meta and she was too slow to mob properly
She was quite good as a Vector buffer, though
- MOD3
What a face lift this was
With her first skill going from ×15 > ×16 and her IC being reduced to 6 seconds mitigating her weakness
Her new skill, Parasitic Grenade, would add the extreme AoE that is her trademark if she killed her main target and DoT effect and a debuff If she didn't
This brought her in line with her peers at the time and would become the building blocks of her kit in all other games
- 404 custom 416
Not finished yet
With personal equipment now giving set bonuses she periodically hits the highest hp enemy on the map with a weak grenade that can trigger Parasitic Grenade
Honestly, I think the equipment does more for her than the skill
Neural Cloud
- Clukay
This is 100% responsible for what we have now. She took the game and broke it over her knee for a long time,
I think the best way to describe it is, You know how Klukai can wipe out an entire pvp team by clipping one doll. Like that but for all of the content in the game for months, Technically, she was weak to bosses but for a while she just didn't care
No real complex analysis of this you just head to be there. No matter what kind of team you had, it was always the correct choice to bring Clukay
- Arma III
This had to be a sick joke
On top of all the other buffs it gave her she now summoned a week enemy target dummy to die to her skill in case nobody else did and start the explosion chain.
Well, I'm sure you'll experience the feeling when Klukai gets a Mod3 in a year
GFL2
- Klukai
Not really much I can add to here since you're all experiencing it in real time as I type
God, I'm surprised by how much I love her mobility