For Honor - NEW Hero, CONSOLE PERFORMANCE MODE & more (but no Medjay nerfs) 

i’m hoping stance dodging an attack then using the heavy to run away to a different guy in a teamfight will work

Tier 1 feat: You can self revive in any strategic location you want in a short amount of time Tier 4 feat: self revive that gets you up immediately at half health without caring if it is strategic only once. Yeah, that makes sense

Testing other characters pinning moves with Ocelotl's pinning move should be interesting. (Ie. Medjay staff bash into Ocelotl pin), there are potentials to have crazy damage with it

I'm guessing that the hidden stance heavy is intended to be a roll catcher. It's weird that they decided to make it a hidden stance move instead of a dodge heavy; it makes that part of his kit seem anemic and perfunctory.

During the stream while the enemy Ocelotl was dead it SOUNDED like there was an audio cue that he was near, seperate from the reviving sound, so I'm assuming that will be the case so it will be possible to assume he's near, just very subtle and you have to keep an ear out for it.

“Nice, a new character! I wonder what interesting kit they’ll design to bring people back into the game?” The moveset:

As one of the four Nuxia mains, I'm quite alright with the caltrops nerf, it is deserved. What I'm not alright with is her getting just that. Her "high damage" would only be a counter-argument only if her shit actually worked. You mentioned a while back that "the moment nuxi becomes playable, caltrops need nerfs", and I can see Ubi went really proactive here. Random attacks, emotes, profundes, chat messages, etc. can still OS or interrupt her, and her T4 gimmicky-ass feat got nerfed just because some hoe got a thousand-times better version for a T1, that was overtuned as hell. Anyone in charge for Nuxia's changes over the years is being seriously overpaid.

This undeserved attack on the nuxia nation will not go unanswered!! 😤 😠 Caltrops will reign supreme again.

I have 2 things ive noticed so far. 1) i think the T1 feat will need a little bit of tweaking such as increasing distance needed from enemies to select respawn but i like the concept. The fact that the heal speed is very low and now eliminates the option for the 10 second respawn, plus the ability to respawn anywhere will certainly change the dynamic of the game but i think it could be refreshing. 2) finisher bash i think is going to be one of the more broken features. If i am correct, i believe that a heavy punish could be followed up with neutural bash to finisher bash which would be a 32 damage HEAVY parry punish. I may be wrong and the hit stun from the netural bash may not guarantee the followup bash but it will likely require a good read to anticipate it (similar to getting a shaman bite after a heavy parry, one of my favorite things to do being a shaman main - its not guaranteed but if they dont make the read its (almost) unavoidable). Looking forward to your followup video Freeze once the hero is released. Always great info coming from you

Damn, Medjay really has Freeze heated, lol!

So ocelotl's weird hidden stance heavy can pin. Even if short, they said in the stream that the idea is you enter the stance on the outside of a gank or teamfight to reposition, find an opening, and use the attack. Which then locks them into an animation, and so on and so forth

That hidden stance attack seems only useful for a surprise attack during ganks, it could be a nice set up for bleeding heroes but even then it's usefulness is questionable

Imo the stance is a missed opportunity. Also the fact that he has no bleed damage other tham the feat.

This guys T1 is going to be absolutely bonkers, cant wait

I played on ps4 pro for over 6 years, just got a ps5 a month ago and now you're telling me everyone is getting an upgrade after all this time 😮‍💨

No one gunna talk about that new execution raider was doing on that nobushi?

His tier 1 powercreeped the shit out of the existing tier 4 self revive.

I may have misheard JC if he mentioned that the prowling stance may have some s while you enter it, but if that is the case then I could see this move being used like shaman's backwards heavy/bash move to dodge attacks, which honestly I am in favor of since without that aspect I see limited use for this move, considering he still has a foward, possibly, dodge light attack to catch rollers or people far away in a team fight.

The stance heavy they said was built as a peeltool. Say a scenario where your team is groupfighting on mid and you gotta cover for your mate going to heal. It pins so gives mates a better chance to get away than what a normal dodge attk would do

I wonder if you can tag him forever with the shaolin first feat 🤔

I just get the feeling that the cent buff is gonna back fire. He's definitely going to get dodge attacked into a heavy and lose tbe trade because of the armor or even worse he will eat the dodge attack and then they recovery cancel and dodge again for a gb

the leap seems to be a pin move aswell probably they're going for a storm rush variation to allow more infinite ganks

So excited about ocelotls double bash gang potential, cause its gonna be wild if his stans gonna work like shinobi, its gonna be 100to0 gang i believe

The only indicator that this hero has when he comes out of the ghost mode is a sound que so far and when he goes into his stance there are i frames so itll be used how nobus is used when double dodging level 3 bash, dodge then stance or vice-versa. It is kinda weird how there is only 1 move you can do and i see no useful reason why he moves faster, just seems like a just for fun thing

I haven't played since Kyoshin dropped. Every hero just seems like more and more power creep

For everyone saying that the tier 1 is not busted does not run t4 auto-revive. I run auto-rez on warmommy and it almost always guarantees a revenge kill. Being able to stand up immediately after losing a close fight and oneshotting the guy that killed you happens pretty much every time it procs and has actually snatched victory more times than you would think when both teams are breaking. I chuckle when it happens because it's so consistent. The fact that he can respawn wherever even with a small amount of health, his pounce attack distance, and his defense debuff you get when you kill him means he is most likely gonna revenge murder you 90% of the time. Don't even get me started on the stall potential on points. You just hang out and block points for as long as you can, probably get revenge and stall even longer, die, and spawn right back near the point rinse and repeat.

No medjay nerf no pirate buff.

It would be nice if Ocelotl had undodgeable chain heavies or something, make it easier to flow into an unblockable mixup. Otherwise, he’ll have the same problem as Medjay’s axe stance where he can’t easily go from bash mixups to unblockable mixups. At least the damage on his bashes are good though. I think Ocelotl will be a lot more bash-focused unless they add more to the parts of his kit that seem lackluster (ie his hidden stance).

good to know that my game sense is still correct to see how fuckin busted the t1 is. last time they gave a character a feat this strong was back with warmonger t1 that minions could proc. honestly just switch t3 with t1 and its a bit better but still atleast a ghostly outline would be great to see where the ocelot is going.

"Oh, you were playing the game? Shouldn't have done that." -T2 feat

I still watch Freeze's videos and i havent played the game in 2 years.

I stared at my phone in disbelief when I witnessed that tier one. I need whatever it is they're smoking.

The Hunters stance heavy is supposed to be used as a means to enter and engage team fights or as a pin for ganks. The hunters stance entry also has i-frames. T1 is completely invisible to enemies, but I wonder if a Mythbusters video can be done to see what _can_ be seen by the enemy. (Mood effects, emote props, etc.) T2 is a passive 'Marked for Death' that rewards you for dying to someone. (Meaning last laugh probably won't ever be touched) T3 is a worse 'Bloodlust,' trading defense for running speed. (Correct me if I'm wrong, but at 15 seconds for the T3 duration, isn't it also a shorter duration than Bloodlust?) T4 will definitely remind you of OG Shinobi but even worse, as it's an _undetectable_ (you have to see the player before they use it, as the incoming attack alert ❗️ doesn't pop up) ranged GB that does damage and bleed, and you can't counter GB. (Get over here!) Ubisoft would be rubbing it in our faces if they allowed us to make an MK-Scorpion or Scorpion-based armor.

Ahh, dear little Ocelotte. Where have you gone? Are you hiding from me? Come out, come out, don't be afraid. You were born a child of dragons, what could you possibly fear? Now, now, show yourself, Ocelotte. My dear, little Ocelotte. Well, we know where he went guys, dark souls 3 for honor cross over confirmed

We’ll see how the hidden stance works for him, if you can cancel quick enough to gb or throw something else i can see it working. The heavy from the hidden stance looking kinda weak but we’ll see.

that world of warcraft corpse running has no right to be a t1 feat with little to no trade offs; that thing has the potential to ruin (if there too many ocelotl) or drastically change the outcome of a last stand in a breach match even as a t4 feat the feat is rlly cool as a concept but a few drawbacks can be added to balance the feat such as no health regeneration while in that stance (minimum hp) / the players can slightly see the transparent ghost while in proximity / simply add a decently long cool down since its a t1 feat (much like t4 auto revive feat) other than that, i actually like the hero, character design and armors are on point, gg devs

We'll have to see about his predator stance, but it really does seem useless, even for jumping in for an off screen gank. I wonder if making making it unblockable would make it too overpowered.

I'm really curious if he can execute from the final bash and if zone attacks can be cancelled. btw great video

Freeze, do you plan to make another deep study about PC vs consoles since Performance mode is there ? I am very curious about what are the true differences today.

it would be cool if he could deflect in that special stance

I would love to see how they decide what to nerf or buff cause imo we have way bigger feats and characters to look at Jorm slam gets nerfed makes no sense we still have a feat in the game that completely defies and breaks the revenge mechanic (oath breaker) now we get ocelotl with an insane tier 1 and 4 smh

What happens, when ocelotl is in his respawn after braking?

Feel like the stance needed something else, only 1 option out of it is kind of lackluster. Would've liked him to have a riposte that does bleed or something like pre rework Shino

Does anyone know if I’ll notice a difference with the performance mode update using a regular 120hz HDMI 2.0 monitor or will I need one that supports vrr on PS5? Don’t really want to spend £500 on a new monitor.

That jump attack looks decent for gank or something since it seemed to pin for a sec

Ocelotl jumpscares are gonna be fun

Tbh the 1st and 4th feats are no broken or OP first the tier 1 yes you can run around the map picking a spawn point and you may think "oh well the aztec is just gonna backcap" then by that point he has no health and most likely has two enemies coming right towards him while he hasn't even capped the point, and tbh I see the 1st feat as a "Revenge kill" if anything like you follow the guy who killed you heal up the surprise him, also when he spawns back in he screams so loud just listen to the stream when he spawns back in. Now the tier 4, yes I does bleed and good amount of damage but it's a tier 4 and you can only hook one person Honestly medjays axe throw is alot better because with the Aztec you have to throw the hook, pull him and then you guard break then throw a heavy by that time either your teammate would've hit the aztec with 3 heavies by this point the major thing its only for one person, highlanders spear storm can wipe out a entire team at full health and it stun locks you so if you get caught your dead and also fire flask (no explanation needed) In my opinion his feats are not really super busted and at the end of the day we have to see them in action to judge

Crazy they nerf caltrops cool down but kunai and blink has like no cool down still lol

Can you even cap a point after a 1v1 with ocelotl without executing him lol? Or is he fast enough to get up and run to the other side and spawn agin

i dont see the T1 feat as broken. yes you can respawn anywhere, but to return to full health you have to be waiting at least 30-40 seconds. you could respawn in 9 seconds but with fart of health.

I hope they don't nerf his ghost feat if afeera feats exist like they do this should be allowed too.

Medjay doesn't even need nerf. Might be fast but he's real easy to manhandle

When will fire flask ever be nerfed

God I'd love if you could use the death whistle emote as a spectre and live players hear it. That would out-weigh the busted factor for me by being fun 😂

Would this performance mode help with input delay or just frames?

I don't really believe the tier 1 feat will be overpowered, simply because of how long it takes to gain health in that mode you're in. Yes, back-cap potential or surprise attacks are there, but if everyone on the team is at relatively good health there's no chance to surprise someone by respawning quickly so the Ocelotl is forced to wait to get health back, and that takes FOREVER. I also think the average player will vastly overestimate their abilities, go in with low health and then get clapped a lot. Possibly with something like Javelin, which I assume this character will have, the potential to pick up quick kills might be there, but that's only if the stars align and there's a low health enemy, you are able to respawn at the right time, your Javelin or last feat is off cooldown, you haven't been executed, you're in the right position and nobody else is already killing the enemy you are trying to surprise. In a lot of cases I see people using this either badly and being demolished OR trying to play it safe and having their team be in an unnecessary 3v4 for 20 extra seconds, which can be a huge deal because any relatively smart team will team-fight with the Ocelotl in mind and once he does show up to help he's still only at half health and not a huge asset to the fight. Especially if he respawns quickly to finish a kill but instantly eats a longbow esque feat. I'm relatively optimistic, but maybe I am also just flat out wrong. I guess we'll see starting next week. Definitely excited to see how the feat plays out, but I feel like the community is only thinking of one side of the feat when there is clearly a massive drawback to using it. Being unable to turn it off is also a huge deal, nobody wants to spawn at 30 health so you're looking at an extra respawn timer of 10 seconds at the least assuming you're not an absolute God at this game, and even then it's a huge gamble every time unless you heal up first, which also wastes time.

Medjay needs a REWORK, redo all his moves and make him unique the stances had a potential but there's no way they're keeping the copypasted shaolin/zerk moves while they showed us the budget they gave ocelotl on his animations and etc

Hey hey freeze if you could rebalance gear perks what would you change or remove?

Look how they massacred my boy😡 6:20

It doesn't bothering anyone that hakf the roster had infinites?

Medjay doesnt need a nerf 😂 hes already not that great, I do agree the hammer slam didnt need a nerf, the fully charged punch for cent could be fixed easily.. The fact that people can dodge level 1 then dodge for level 3 is really stupid. The caltrops nerf is fine except for it almost being as long as fire flask for cool down. It didnt need to be that long. (I am sorry for any Nuxia Mains out there)

God bless you for these recap video

This all would be nice if I could actually play the game. I've deleted and reinstalled the game twice, and everytime I try to play I get error 7-0000004 and kicked back to the title. Don't know what to do. Edit: I have since, rebuilt my database, cleared my gallery of unnecessary crap, resety WiFi a few times, and tried to reinstall the game too, and nothing has worked.

Hey if you don't like the forth feat then just give him a fire flask

How do you feel about Medjay in duels?

Bash into bash, you will c how broken this move is, remember my words

Meanwhile pk can be countered by a singular light

No dodge attacks, if they gave him a dodge attack and the stance had dash attacks like shaman, aka all sides, this could be shaman 2.0 just no bite. (tho nothing will replace my shaman, best char, cant change my mind (by best, i mean most fun)

I like the hero. For a new addition, he seems quite balanced compared to other heroes when introduced. Loved the 1st feat. I am just waiting to see if he is GB vulnerable after whiffed bashes and if you can counter-GB the 4th feat.

For honor doesn’t have “ good or bad” hero’s, it has “bad or annoying” hero’s

I was very alright with the respawn feat because of the slow heal but you’re right and I didn’t think about it, but there should be some very subtle hints as to where the player might go, rather than just predicting it entirely

Oh-say-low is how you pronounce his name if anyone was wondering :)

I'd be willing to say most console players won't feel a big improvement from the FPS changes as most of them play on low refresh rate televisions.

centurion buff huge

Did they mention I-frames on the prowler?

Jorms hammer slam bing nerfed to 26 from 30 is dumb but cent can get 30 on his his pin that don't seem fair to me. Its abit like when gyphon had his kick's heavy nerf to 24 it was uncalled for it should be 28 not 24 but hl can get 30 damage off his kick

Can we please get a Spartan or Achilles hero

Why does medjay need a nerf?

What did nuxia even deserve to get hit with a neft lol I feel like 90 sec for that feat is to long like it can literally kill your teammates and the enemy feel like 50 to 60 would be fine

6:12 thank you for mentioning this, as a jorm main this change bothered me so much

Ocelotl seem like a nice addition to the game. I won't even try to use the term balanced since it's too sensitive in this community, but he seems alright. At least he don't have dodge recoveries so there is that. His t1 seems legit broken, but at the same time I thought about it and the fact that he only revive at 25% hp at normal respawn rate is quite alright. Once I was angry at a teammates and I just stayed dead for as long as i could and to be honest, having one player less that is waiting for his life to go up even a few seconds, is a big letdown. The tactical applications are insane, but it can still be tuned later eh. Let me remind you all that we were perfectly fine with old smoke bomb not so long ago. How annoying is Ocelotl t1 really ?

He's got like 4 attacks, what's the point in simple moveset heroes. They're always the ones who go stale the fastest, shaolin always feels fresh to play because you have so much you can do.

We need for honor free to play and have it be marketed hard this game amazing and theres no games like it

imagine if his heavys were blue, that'd be funny, surprised they didn't do it

Yay no nerfs for my main

I feel like yall have ptsd from shinobii honestly dont think theres a difference between his teir 4 projectile and Valk throwing her spear or Glad throwing his trident or Medjay throwing his axes exc remember yall shinobi had that in his basic fighting kit and it was a normal attack what this hero has is a feat yes it takes similarities from him but they aint the same thing theres a reason why its a tier 4 and look closer its treated as a bash so there will be an indicator just dodge it like any other throwable im not saying itll be easy but give it a chance i dont even play dominion i like 1v1/2v2 better so I expect Dominion to have these gimmicks i still feel FH should follow the 1v1 path and stop the whole war thing its to hard to balance fr when they have to make a whole new fighting style they making it harder on themselves fr

Nothing hurts more then seeing your hammer boy nerfed but even worse when nuxias only reliable tool is nerfed lol and HURTS EVEN MORE WHEN THERES NO MEDJAY NERF CMOOOON.

I thought it was anyone killed by ocelotl will become a ghost, not ocelotl himself

For the feat 1, there is a small ui diamond thingy above your head when a fantom Ocelotl is near you. The devs didn't talk about it but i'm 99% sure it's that.

So he’s basically aramusha but better

Jorms slam damag nerf is stupid as hell and equivalent to Valks nerfs.

Wait so the performance mode is coming the 7/27?

Why give yorgie a rework and then nerve him wow

T1 is really trowing the strategic aspect of the game down the drain. But I saw many comments which were excited for this.. We'll see. Also, single pick when?

Honestly, seeing how much unfair shit For Honor's been having, I'm kinda numb to that tier 4. The TIER 1 however, and I repeat, TIER FUCKING 1, is gonna be a complete pain in the ass

Maybe throw centurion mains a bone damn it

W feat 💀

Medjay isn't that big of a deal. I'll die on that hill when I play hes the least oppressive/busted character I fight

Tier 1 isn't really busted. If it is taking almost 1 minute to heal up while your playing Casper, your team could be down multiple players(especially as Ocelotl) the enemy team could easily take over the map under 1 minute

Now Consol Player will play like on PC