Here's the way I see it (speaking to the Defender comments above) ...
20k HP Defenders running flare + dual ECs with all fire perks are overpowered.
If they bullrush a shooter, they can delete it in 2 rounds of shots (~17.4 seconds); most fixers in 3 shots; and even with less than half of their shots registering against teleporting nitro speeders, Defenders can usually survive until a draw is called.
If that's so - you might ask - then why are they virtually extinct in NML?
Because of the EC/TS interaction - even with the balanced version of the EC (w/ all damage perks), they can't bust a Tshield w/ a few HP perks. Defenders would still struggle exchanging 2 shots for 2 shields, but they have no chance when it takes 4 shots to break 2 shields. (And as the number of enfos increase, Defenders will continue to decrease).
So .... buffing Defenders could make them too strong vs non-enfos and there wouldn't be a noticable increase in the rate you see defenders climbing the ladder.
*SN - There are other items that could use balancing, but they are less of an issue since they're worthless against TS's*
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