Hey there,
Back with the Item and Ship popularity Snapshot!
The shot is based on Statistics laid by data analysis of Top 50 players just after the mid-season.
At least, this season there was something very interesting happening on the Leaderboards.
Let's start off with the Overall Item Popularity Snapshot:
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Comments:
Turbo and Big Shield: As always, dominating the leaderboards, only reason 8% of players not using Big Shield is they were Fixers, hence slot constraints come into play.Else, the combo has occupied a prime position in every possible setup.
Sniper and Explosive Cannon: Usage of these two have declined significantly, compared to previous season. Also, as a result, some new weapons have been introduced into Snapshot and Flare Gun have climbed up some popularity among top players.
Mortars and Torpedoes: Still not popular among top players!
Coming to the Ship Popularity Snapshot:
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Speeders experienced a fall in popularity among top players with the rise of Enforcers.
I made another chart to observe the trend in ship popularity among top players :
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For top places occupied by ships at Mid-Season:
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Comments:
Almost every ship was found among top 10 places on Leaderboards.
Surprisingly, Fixer was seen on 7th position, Enforcer on 4th and Defender on 3rd.
Coming back to Ship wise Item Popularity Snapshot,
Let's begin with Shooter:
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Comments:
Fall of Sniper Cannon: Players have started using alternatives, where Sniper was found on every shooter last season, now barely 85% of players use it!
Big Berta and Long Range Mortar: Finally, two of them have found a spot in Ship Setup among Top Players.
Second, Speeders:
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Comments:
Over Boost: Gaining back it's popularity, the Turbo, Bandage, Big Shield and Over Boost combo can be seen on every speeder.
Flare Gun-Explosive Cannon Combo: 8 out of 18 Speeders use the same setup and most with the similar setup with minor changes in Red Items.
Setup :
Explosive Cannon
Flare Gun
Overboost
Tesla Shield
Tesla Bolt
Turbo
Big Shield
Bandage
Third, Defenders:
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Comments:
The Deadly combo: Explosive Cannon, Turbo, Big and Standard Shield can be seen on every defender.
Grenade Launcher: Seems to gain a bit of popularity among top Defenders, with Flare Gun still not so popular.
Fourth, Enforcers:
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Comments:
Popularity: This ship has gained a sharp Popularity among top players.
Blast Cannon: Can be seen on every Enforcer paired up with Turbo, Over Boost and Big Shield.
Final, The Fixer:
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Snapshot ends here with Fixer still being the most underused Ship, but surprisingly the fixer has climbed top position on Leaderboards this season.
Extra Comments:
Just because we have a skilled Fixer doesn't mean we should call in a Fixer Nerf.
Almost every ship is present among top 10 spots, so the Ships seems well balanced.
Top Players using any specific ship, use a specific combination of weapons that suit the ship, limiting the diversity of weapons used.
Turbo and Big Shield almost fit into every setup and now have "Fixed" spots in every loadout.
We might witness the rise of Enforcer by the next season.
Sniper Nerf requests are everywhere on the forums, with less than 16 players using it among top players, seems like the weapon ain't that strong at higher level!
Thanks for reading!
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