Have two videos of the ability not landing while person is moving and while the person is not moving due to lack of range or tracking being slow/off.
Please Fix Dour Javelin.
There are other variants in stronger combo heavy trees like Metal
Fire
Cosmic
All of which are very dominant trees in multiple known builds currently.
Who ever currently has water purchased either does not have the ability because it's terrible compared to the ones listed above. Water itself has no Master Hidden. Mist already lost a Master Hidden for some reason. Ice does not Need a Master Hidden. Wellspring has no Hiddens because let's be real, a sustain tree getting any Hiddens is probably not good for the game. It's only Exalted Hidden is Water Prison which was recently buffed because it was also Bad. The Public Master isn't even worth getting either since people essentially only go into Water to dip into Ice since it's the better tree. Which once again brings us to what everyone keeps saying about Water based builds, "Auxisn't"
It's not really a cringe thing or whatever, it's true because like... if you're playing water and don't go Ice. Are you really playing the game?(Mainly saying this due to verb scenarios which decide a good fair bit of things for IC! Not just RP. If your build isn't viable... you're not going to last IC'ly. Let's just be honest on that fact there for a moment. Rp is fun but, dying to someone who has a stronger/meta based build over and over because you stuck to IC and couldn't compete isn't really all that fun imo.)
Essentially, the point is... after a few tested instances. The ability unless the person is right in front of you stunned by other CC which, Water... x9 out of 10 doesn't have because you'll need to time Whip to Dour's release timer(This is assuming you land the whip and they don't avoid that as well... It's almost not Metal Whip which has better range...???) and that isn't even worth doing since everyone Whips into Steam Burst anyway. I want to be realistic about it and not just say hey this is bad because I specifically can't use it. No, I'm saying it's bad because no one uses it.... compared to once again it's other similar abilities.
Essentially, the point is... after a few tested instances. The ability unless the person is right in front of you stunned by other CC which, Water... x9 out of 10 doesn't have because you'll need to time Whip to Dour's release timer(This is assuming you land the whip and they don't avoid that as well... It's almost not Metal Whip which has better range...???) and that isn't even worth doing since everyone Whips into Steam Burst anyway. I want to be realistic about it and not just say hey this is bad because I specifically can't use it. No, I'm saying it's bad because no one uses it.... compared to once again it's other similar abilities.
Just rather use another Combo, Y'know? Like build diversity. Like if you're playing a fighting game and can't use an ability in your kit because it's useless or something essentially Developers would take notice of. (Probably because a lot of people have not said anything about it. This is a given since once again... no one uses the ability and water itself isn't a popular tree. Unfortunately. Which is weird since, it's one of the primary elements in the game with no appealing hiddens to go for.) be this either in frame data or whatever else to balance it out. Especially if there are similar abilities that far exceed it.
Finally I think it's really just the appeal factor of spell building. Like how Metal Lance or Meteor get so much popularity is because of how they can be used in builds and how well their spells do within all RPB scenarios time and time again. With so many changelogs done Cosmic(Still been a dominant tree for so long. It's balanced yes this is fine, not saying it's not.) Metal...(CC Tree of the game with arguably the best "Sear" based ability to date. It literally drags you from point A to point B. The entire RPB if I'm not mistaken, where some don't even go half it's range. Still a balanced tree, not saying it's not.)
Finally Fire. Outside of Metal... which just got a Hidden listed? I think it already was a hidden but... now people "Know" it's there. Fire has so many appealing hiddens and abilities that make people "Want" to go this tree and develop with it. Same with Cosmic.
I can think of only 1 current Water Magi who is dedicated to the tree with a Hidden(Water Based One) Who... had to get their hidden buffed because once again it's just weaker and outdated. Please, please buff Dour Javelin. Add more appealing hiddens towards Water instead of removing a really good themed one for a similar one that... is weirdly themed to Ninja's?
P.S - Let me wait till 200 and use that Glacier
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