Zuzuska's FIRE Diamond Evaluation

[Zuzuska]

BURN BABY BURN!
This list of Fire Elemental Fighters will judge what the 3 BEST choices for Diamond evolution are, 3 Decent ones, and the others that struggle to hold onto practicality.

Thanks to Rift Battles quickly stealing the spot for high level gameplay, the lists will account for these newer, more difficult encounters.

As an update, I'm splitting this list into Offensive Diamonds and Defensive Diamonds.

Possible Fire Element Diamonds:
Dragon Brawler, Number One, Beat Box, Private Dick, Harlequin, Immoral Fiber, Scarlet Viper, Red Velvet, Frayed Ends, Parasite Weave, Hellcat, Blood Drive, Firefly, Sheltered, Rerun, Wildcard, Dead Heat, Oh Mai and Pyro-Technique.

Spoiler: Offense

BEST CHOICES:

Spoiler: Harlequin

Harlequin Cerebella is quite fantastic as a candidate for Diamond evolution. Her CA allows you to bait out throws and stagger, this can generally protect you from most BB3s. Her MA also allows her to remove meter from enemies and prevent them from BB3ing her on a whim. Diamonds Are Forever is still capable of devastating damage, and she’s been given a generous stat spread that can only be furthered through Diamond Evolution. Her Special Move damage and Cooldown Reduction are both great; as of the update, HQ will still reliably assist you in slamming potential enemies down with brute force.

Spoiler: Private Dick

PD Big Band has risen to one of my top choices for Diamond evolution; he excels in Durability, Resistance, and has the potential to Stunlock. In this current version, the chance of getting BB3ed is absolutely massive. Survivability has become a top priority; PD is a very bulky boi that ate his vegetables, so he’s quite a task to take down. The MAs make him even harder to kill. If you’re having an off-day, and mess up; PD will survive a few BBs, maybe a BB3 and come out intact.

Spoiler: Red Velvet

Red Velvet is mediocre at gold, her attack stat is nowhere near enough to sustain high streaks. However, her SA is unique in that she can take on some of the most difficult, defense savvy enemies in the game. Resonant Evil, Armed Forces, Brain Freeze and Untouchable all have incredible defensive SAs; Red Velvet’s Hex is a great way to get around it. With the addition of Rift Battles, she becomes ever more relevant and useful than before. She could definitely enjoy the stat boost from Diamond Tier.

DECENT:

Spoiler: Oh Mai

ATTENTION: Cellsai has done it, 3 Diamond Oh Mais as of 12_12_2018. Congrats!

Ahem, Oh Mai is the elusive Daily Relic jackpot. She semi-recently received a pretty revolutionary buff to her SAs. Oh Mai is capable of dishing out a surprising amount of damage with multiple Countervenoms and once she defeats one enemy… THE BALL IS ROLLING. She’s a great backup fighter that tags in with Enrage if your main fighter dies, and she’s also pretty proficient at snowballing an enemy team out of commission. Enrages are % based damage boosts, so Diamonding her will give her bonus stats to have fun with.

Spoiler: Sheltered

Whoa. Sheltered received a massive buff in the damage category. On critical hit, she gains a stack of enrage. Enrages are % based damage increases, so gaining 5 stacks of it in a span of 1-2 seconds is absolutely astonishing. With the benefit of Diamond Tier, she would have more base attack to stack her enrages on, making her one ANGRY Parasoul. The only things really holding her back are her unfortunate Bronze base stats. *She’s also a pretty neat support for Fighters.*

Spoiler: Pyro-Technique

Pyro Technique’s potential is still generally unknown. On paper though, Pyro-Technique has shot up to being one of my top few picks out of the Fire Fighter List. BB3 management has become pretty CRUCIAL to your playstyle. As a Valentine, her regular combo damage is pretty low, but you can utilize multiple Countervenoms to remedy this. Diamond Tier will certainly benefit her by granting her more ATK to play with.

DECENT/SUB PAR: Firefly, Dragon Brawler, Scarlet Viper, Wildcard, Immoral Fiber, Blood Drive, Parasite Weave, Number One, Hellcat, Frayed Ends, Beat Box, Dead Heat, Rerun.

Spoiler: Defensive

COMING SOON...

I'm currently writing a more detailed explanation on why each character is rated the way they are.
(Check out all the detailed descriptions here!)
(Offense - Defense) It's all still a WIP.

Let me know what you think! I would love to be convinced on if rankings need to be adjusted and mixed around.
Hoping to make lists for every element... So hang in there! Water is here!

Defensive Fire, then Defensive Water are next! After that... Wind.

 

[Fel]

BURN BABY BURN!

Possible Fire Element Diamonds:
Dragon Brawler, Number One, Beat Box, Private Dick, Harlequin, Immoral Fiber, Scarlet Viper, Red Velvet, Frayed Ends, Parasite Weave, Blood Drive, Firefly, Sheltered, Rerun, Dead Heat, Oh Mai and Pyro-Technique.

Best Choices: Parasite Weave, Harlequin, Scarlet Viper

Decent: Private Dick, Dragon Brawler, Red Velvet, Pyro-Technique

Sub Par: Blood Drive, Oh Mai, Firefly, Number One, Immoral Fiber, Beat Box, Dead Heat, Sheltered, Frayed Ends, Rerun

I'm currently writing a more detailed explanation on why each character is rated the way they are.
(Check out detailed descriptions here!) WIP

This is an offensively biased list, focusing on continuing high streaks, let me know what you think!

Would love to be convinced on if rankings need to be altered or mixed around.

A few of your top fighters don't actually benefit from an evolution outside of the boost in stats. Personally I'd rate each evolution on how valuable the boost in stats actually are. For example, Number One benefits more from the attack boost as his SA grants Enrage, or Immoral Fibre boosting her SA damage through the increase in HP. Characters like Parasite Weave do absolutely fine without an evolution, as their main damage is not based on raw stats, and her stuns don't improve on evolution.

In terms of actual strength I'd say your list is pretty similar to my own opinions, though I'd rate Red Velvet and Private Dick lower.

 

[Zuzuska]

A few of your top fighters don't actually benefit from an evolution outside of the boost in stats. Personally I'd rate each evolution on how valuable the boost in stats actually are. For example, Number One benefits more from the attack boost as his SA grants Enrage, or Immoral Fibre boosting her SA damage through the increase in HP. Characters like Parasite Weave do absolutely fine without an evolution, as their main damage is not based on raw stats, and her stuns don't improve on evolution.

In terms of actual strength I'd say your list is pretty similar to my own opinions, though I'd rate Red Velvet and Private Dick lower.

So you're saying that this should be a list on which fighters benefit the most from the evolution itself? Rather than the strongest Fighters becoming even stronger?

 

[Fel]

So you're saying that this should be a list on which fighters benefit the most from the evolution itself? Rather than the strongest Fighters becoming even stronger?

Nah, your list is your own. I was just pointing out that Parasite Weave doesn't really gain anything from an evolution. Sure she's still strong, but I wouldn't say shes much stronger than if she was a gold.
This only really applies to bleed-damage-only fighters like Rusty, Bad Hair Day or Parasite Weave though.

 

[fanghoul]

I see your point about Parasite Weave Fel, and would mostly agree with it, but I'd say one of the downsides to using Gold Parasite Weave at the moment is that if you mess up with her at a 30 fight streak she *will* die. She's pretty squishy like that. Adding some more HP to her seems like it's of some benefit.

I'd also agree that maybe Immortal FIber should move up, since the HP increase makes her much more dangerous.

On the other hand, Number One already feels like he'd be so outclassed at gold that I don't know I'd recommend moving him to Diamond. Scarlet Viper is a little different, since she has both bleeds the enemy and can really stack those enrages up.

 

[Zuzuska]

Thanks for the feedback! I just thought about Immoral Fiber as being terrible due to her SA revolving around death. As a single carry this is an awful idea. However, if you pack a Valentine/reviver with her, you can spam her SA Death and obliterate most fighters. This is immensely more complicated than a carry has to be though. She'll move up a bit in standing... Though, she's still pretty sub-par.

 

[Fel]

I see your point about Parasite Weave Fel, and would mostly agree with it, but I'd say one of the downsides to using Gold Parasite Weave at the moment is that if you mess up with her at a 30 fight streak she *will* die. She's pretty squishy like that. Adding some more HP to her seems like it's of some benefit.

I'd also agree that maybe Immortal FIber should move up, since the HP increase makes her much more dangerous.

On the other hand, Number One already feels like he'd be so outclassed at gold that I don't know I'd recommend moving him to Diamond. Scarlet Viper is a little different, since she has both bleeds the enemy and can really stack those enrages up.

I'd say the diamond evolution won't help with dying when messing up. You won't die in one hit maybe but you generally take a lot more hits if they connect once. It does help boost your survivability as chip damage is significant in high streaks though.

I'd say my opinion was who gets the most benefit from evolving rather than who's the strongest after evolving.

 

[Small Band]

Recently, it’s been confirmed that Parasite Weave is going to receive a rework. This doesn’t necessarily mean she will be terrible, but expect her SA/playstyle to change

[citation needed]

 

[Fel]

[citation needed]

Confirmed by the devs on Discord. Will edit with screenshot when I find it.

 

[Zuzuska]

[citation needed]

Added the quote by Psychotron to the Parasite Weave spoiler!

 

[Kokonut]

Much kudos for the comprehensive list. I got 3 fire essences from Accursed and have been wondering where to use them. I was seriously considering Immoral Fibre! (Still laughing at 'disgustingly terrible' lol who hurt you.)

I honestly haven't even considered leveling up Scarlet Viper to gold let alone diamond. I can't see her standing her own against natural golds..? Should I start investing in her?

 

[Zuzuska]

Much kudos for the comprehensive list. I got 3 fire essences from Accursed and have been wondering where to use them. I was seriously considering Immoral Fibre! (Still laughing at 'disgustingly terrible' lol who hurt you.)

I honestly haven't even considered leveling up Scarlet Viper to gold let alone diamond. I can't see her standing her own against natural golds..? Should I start investing in her?

Congrats on getting your essences! Immoral is mainly a hassle to enemies on defense, she's not too great on the attack... She's a very cool priority shifting character though! If you wanted to, you could throw her onto a defense team to spice things up.
She is acceptable for Diamonding, just remember that she won't be as efficient as most other characters at high streaks.

As for Scarlet; I'd say to practice your Eliza combos, and learn how to infinite with her in Training. If you can roll some great moves for her at the same time, then totally invest in her a bit!
(Personally I'm pretty awful at those combos, but it's amazing what you can do with her)

 

[That nub]

tfw ur collecting essences for beat box diamond and see the clear picture that Beatbox has sub par dmg



Still gonna do it tho

 

[Zuzuska]

Beatbox has sub par dmg
Still gonna do it tho

lol well, I wish you good luck with that! This is just a general guideline, as well as a list of all the Fire fighters and their respective abilities.

 

[Kokonut]

Congrats on getting your essences! Immoral is mainly a hassle to enemies on defense, she's not too great on the attack... She's a very cool priority shifting character though! If you wanted to, you could throw her onto a defense team to spice things up.
She is acceptable for Diamonding, just remember that she won't be as efficient as most other characters at high streaks.

As for Scarlet; I'd say to practice your Eliza combos, and learn how to infinite with her in Training. If you can roll some great moves for her at the same time, then totally invest in her a bit!
(Personally I'm pretty awful at those combos, but it's amazing what you can do with her)

I must admit Eliza combos still elude me even though I've had all three gold variants from fairly early in the game. I think I'll practice first before deciding if I want to invest in Scarlet. Thanks for the tip

 

[Zuzuska]

Wow... 2.5 Update contained a TON of mini bugfixes and a few alterations to certain fighters. Some notable changes are the one's done to Parasite Weave, and the BB3 usage of the AI. According to the update notes, it will become relatively common for the AI to decide to BB3 whenever it has it up. I believe that this will drastically change how all players initiate fights and maintain streaks reliably.

Point Multipliers are also pretty influential, and will urge players to fight and defeat more difficult teams. Niche Fighters will have more of a place in the meta, and countering certain defensive variants will become more important than ever. Still working on swapping around rankings and Water list is slowly but surely going to be released. Thanks for the patience and I'm definitely looking forward to seeing those social features implemented

 

[Radelorie]

Ooh, so sad that Dragon Brawler is only considered decent.

 

[Dr_cpt.]

After the buff to sheltered in 2.7, I think she deserves a place on the "best" list.

She's like primed's slightly less hawt (but still insanely hawt) little sister with better wife potential (via team support)

Her damage potential at gold is pretty crazy already and that only increases at diamond.

She also benefits greatly from the added survivability that comes with the hp boost

 

[cappatacus]

After the buff to sheltered in 2.7, I think she deserves a place on the "best" list.

She's like primed's slightly less hawt (but still insanely hawt) little sister with better wife potential (via team support)

Her damage potential at gold is pretty crazy already and that only increases at diamond.

She also benefits greatly from the added survivability that comes with the hp boost

THANK YOU. Sheltered's buff hasn't been talked about, but it immensely changes things. Now I'm building one up as a gold fighter - she easily keeps up at around 4.7k against much stronger fighters. More squishy, as a natural bronze, but definitely underrated. A poor man's Primed.

Plus, any excuse I can get to fight with Parasoul, I'll take.

As diamonds become more integrated into the game, though, I wonder if she'd be able to keep up as a diamond bc of naturally lower stats?

 

[Zuzuska]

After the buff to sheltered in 2.7, I think she deserves a place on the "best" list.

THANK YOU. Sheltered's buff hasn't been talked about, but it immensely changes things. Now I'm building one up as a gold fighter - she easily keeps up at around 4.7k against much stronger fighters. More squishy, as a natural bronze, but definitely underrated. A poor man's Primed.
As diamonds become more integrated into the game, though, I wonder if she'd be able to keep up as a diamond bc of naturally lower stats?

I absolutely agree with Sheltered being higher up on the list! This list is sort of outdated at the moment and I'm contemplating reworking the layout entirely to resemble the newer water one. Positions definitely need to be altered as well. After personally noticing the Sheltered Buff, I realized her damage potential even at gold and do believe she's an amazing choice for Diamond Evolution. Natural Bronze stats are pretty much the only thing that hold her back.