It is difficult enough to keep her munions alive, with all of the AOE attacks that heroes seem to have nowadays. Constantly planting and raising the munions takes a toll on the Crystal in long sustained fights. Joules Rocket Leap, Saw's Suppressing Fire, Glaive's Bloodsong, Vox's Resonance, Celeste's Core Collapse, Kasha's Twirl, Skaarf's...well...all of his abilities, they make it a constant chore to replenish munions. I'm not saying that this is unfair, but perhaps make the cooldown and/or...

You've left your readers hanging. You left out your conclusion. Kudos on the clever post, though.

So, is Petal relegated to the dust heaps of the lower skill tiers? I used to love playing Petal when I first started, but in the higher tiers there is no place for this once beloved hero? Am I missing something? Joule received a much needed revamping and I'm hoping that there is one in the works for Petal. Are there some players out there that are successfully playing Petal at Hotness and above? I've been trying to think of a way to increase this hero's viability, anyone have any thoughts?

Krul is limited by the fact he can attack only one hero at a time. Just as his hero profile suggests, he dominates 1v1 play. He is also limited, IMHO, by his current crystal oriented abilities. He can be easily countered by watching his build in the "Score" tab. Just pressure him and limit his jungling till he gets Aftershock, then take him down with teamwork after that. Make sure you, or your tank, is building Aegis or Lifespring (to counter crystal build) and he becomes very...

This is probably the best answer to this post. I would also add that many people in SQ will try out new heroes they are not familiar with and fail horribly. I spend most of my time in "The Hotness" mostly because I am constantly getting bored with one hero or another. While I rise up in rank with my favorites, I sink like a stone when I get bored and try Joule again for the ump-teenth time (God help that useless hero), or someone else. Point being, you never know if you are...

Buddy, wish I had some good advice...... There is no answer to your post.

I don't think Vox is OP, but there is one annoying.....glitch?....that I hope gets addressed. While playing as Ardan (opposite Vox), Vox can distance himself out of range while inside the Guantlet too easily. I'm not saying he can avoid the stun while passing through the shield, but if he uses his Sonic Zoom ability at the shields edge, the backspring he does after firing off his too shots carries him to far away to be able to attack. While he is stunned at the shields barrier, his momentum...

I'll keep looking there. Thanks! Odd for it to be a connection issue since there is no lag anywhere in the game, only has to do with the Spectral Smite. No freezing, lock-up or delay. Game plays a smooth as always and these aren't in moments just before death. It'll be mid-battle and even after the skirmish is over still left wondering how come the attack doesn't register. I'll head over to the link you suggested.

There's something going on over the last 2 days. I don't know if this is a new hack out there or what, but I have had several games now where I'll be playing as Krul and his Spectral Smite does NO DAMAGE against an enemy. This happened during one game yesterday where the entire game I couldn't land a single SS. I would build up several stacks, watch the animation and see my cool down timer start, but there'd be no damage inflicted. Not only that, but I wouldn't get any lifesteal. I figured...

I stopped using anything above the first level of boots with my Krul character. I find that Clockwork speeds up DMR enough that the speed boost from boots isn't really needed. Same thing when I play Catherine. Her Merciless Pursuit when sped up cancels out the need for 2nd and 3rd tier boots. Unless you have money to burn at the end of the match of course.