Honest Rogue review – from an “early” play-tester!


That’s right! I had the privilege and the opportunity to test out Rogue a little bit earlier among lots of others and test out her strengths, weaknesses, and develop an understanding of what niche she fills.

Given the original announcements the overwhelming opinion on how things were going to play out given her Ability Steal and complex combo game, she was going to be way too strong. I am here to tell you that is NOT the case!

The strongest part about her kit is the ability to counter the CND meta with her own ultimate, allowing her team to deliver ultimates that would otherwise be countered by her, invisible woman, Luna snow, or even Mantis.

However she is very vulnerable to poke, her dive game is somewhat weak, and her ability steal is incredibly situational and can even be useless, being dependent on the opposing team comp. Her ultimate drains very little, however she does gain survivability depending on who is in the zone of her ultimate.

In conclusion; overall she falls short compared to other tanks who can zone, control, and dive exceedingly well. She does each of these.. somewhat “meh.” She has niches she can fill and do them well but it’s so situational to the point where I don’t see her getting much competitive play. She’s complicated, so I don’t see a ton of strategists picking her up and playing her exceedingly well.. I think a lot of tank mains would have an easier time because she fills the tank role pretty well and consistently.

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