Ares now more fun to play since release of Shield Breaker

Still have my Eldritch Ares sitting at Level 1, covered in dust. One day, maybe... but only for fun.

I do like killing them with average builds though. I hate that they included other types of shields as being broken by the module... but so far I haven't seen anyone use it for an Aegis or Ancile type shield... which is great.

I won two Edlritch Ares in free pulls from the 5.2 event. They were great until the Ares speed nerf while purple shielded. Now it's a lot harder to catch someone to gun them down. With the advent of the SB module, the game is more one-sided in favor of the Ao Jun. Let's face it, it is much easier to blow away a slower moving Ares with 6 seconds of bypassing the shield than it is to kill a 100 meter per second moving Ao Jun with 6 seconds of stealth detection.

Even though the Ares is a lot less lethal than it once was, I still keep both of mine in my regular lineup for lack of something better. And, I still like them.

Voted "never ran one" even though it's not technically true. I have 2 at lvl 5 I've used occasionally but they just don't really fit my playstyle so they mostly just gather dust in storage.

I run my pantheon with sb now cause purple on purple crime is fun.

Took the words right out of my mouth.

i play my Ao Jun since day 1, when i build in WS. I mean, like Quantum Radar is the counter. even though it's OP at max L20, mine is L9 or 10 at the time. pretty weak stuff, so no 「dookie」s given from me

I kept my L4 hades outta my lineup. Too OP. Now i play it more. The 「fluffernutter」, the shield is invincible at L1.

Hover is same way. L4 Hover is OP because it's skill bot. Doesn't get stronger, i mean it does, but skill pilot will do better than pairing a high lvl bot with 「fluffernutter」ing noob pilot

Only time I've used Ares has been in Skirmish or when I accidentally pick my "junk" hangar.

I prefer killing them with my Hover; even easier with the speed nerf. No SB required.

I have Ao Jun and Ares in my lineup, SB counter Ares more than Quantum Radar to Ao Jun. Don't believe? Check Ao Jun vs Ares hp, flight speed vs purple shield speed, Ao Jun can even drop down behind cover anytime during flight, Ares can be counter hard by any fast bots too.

Never ran an Ares, I've used SB a few times and loved it but phase shift is the boss, more useful in any situation and can be used to avoid suppression, helldives, lockdown, Leech effect, flying chickens etc etc.

This is the exact reason I think it's more fun to run the Ares now, because there is a level of unpredictability that goes with running one now. Anyone could be running Shield Breaker on any bot, and it's matter of how quickly you can react to that.

Makes it more fair, Ao jun can be shot down and my Ares can get torn a new one, however I very very rarely run into SB in upper Champions on iOS, it's mostly ps, with some Quantum Radar, and once in a blue moon I see one person running it.