Top 10 Most Broken Abilities in Esports History
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 มิ.ย. 2024
- Broken abilities have the potential to instantly take you out of the game.
And at the end of it, we often find ourselves asking -- how exactly did anyone think that putting this thing in the game was a good idea? Whether it's in League of Legends, Overwatch, Call of Duty, Smash Bros. or Rainbow Six Siege, broken abilities always just make a game worse.
Some of them belong to characters that really didn’t need the help, while others are broken on their own. But all of them made people ask -- why have you done this?
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Most broken abilities.
Seer: *laughs in hearbeat sensor*
Came looking for this in the comments, was not disappointed
You made me giggle
wraith season 1 laughing
@@catsandcats3540 wraith season 1 has nothing on seer, he basically “would you like some character with those wall hacks?”
Bruh im new to APEX and started playing seer, why is he broken?
Ah, the infamous “WHERE’S MERCY!?” “Mercy just go hide.” “Die on cart”
The great battlecry of Mercy mains, myself included, "DIE ON POINT!"
Mercy was more enjoyable to play once that ability went away.
We need it back
Mercy wasn't broken, it was her best state. The only people that called her ult broken were Gold hardstucks. When you get out of Diamond Elo u see a brand new game
@@kiriljakimov5244 right she did wat she was made to do heal lol
Brig’s bash at release was unbelievable. It could go through shields, 600 hp, and did FIFTY damage
OP
i forgot it did 50 dmg lol, thats as much as genji dash lmao
The good days 😭 but it was ridiculous lol
It was a sad time to be a main tank during that time, literally nothing you could do to counterplay brig at that time
@@nosferatustg7675 It was a sad time to be a dive dps during that time, literally nothing you could do to counterplay brig at that time
Fabian's story is so fucking hilarious, gets me every time
That dude's sometimes soo toxic and the best part is he owns it.
@@s4meerbankupalli164 I mean he made the pro scene good it’s just boring cause be honest no one actually goes ‘wow they played well I hope they win’ no one thinks like that he brought the scene a reality check now it the good level of toxic
@@ilySyrus yeah exactly
where does fabian show up??
@@utterbutter8101 right at the end, talking about how he didnt even have a monitor and got multiple assists from lions gadget
Surprised Seer's Tactical Ability isn't here tbh. It's the most overpowered ability Respawn released by a mile.
Hey, I was gonna make a joke about that but you beat me to it lol
(real talk. I really... _do not like Seer_. His tactical would work _much_ better as an ult. It interrupts, reveals, and has stun? That'd be great if you used it sparingly for pushes. It'd be OP, but at least it wouldn't be a tactical. And I'm just complaining about his tactical!)
Same. Kinda expected for Seer to actually be the reason they made this video but I guessed wrong apparently.
Kinda baffling how they somehow made a flying character well balanced and then release Seer
I would say the passive is more broken compared to other legends
Remember that black hole woman? Cuz i dont
Seer's recent debut saw him sporting a tactical ability that gives him wall hacks, health and shield status, a flash, stun, heal and revive interrupt *and* 10 damage. This alone is absurd but in conjunction with his other passive and ultimate abilities is possibly the most broken character I've seen since Guile in that chipped SF2 cabinet at the pizzeria in middle school.
I saw a clip in the morning titled the most patient player it was something around 35 seconds where u can see how a Gibraltar trying to self rez gets interrupted multiple times bcoz of 2 seer fighting outside and he was in the middle of their FOV.....My point is u cant even perform a self rez bcoz its tactical recharges so fast that if 2 of em are fighting outside there is no hope of u getting back up
I love how it’s like “mercy ULT was OP! So they changed it.” And then forgot to say, the way they changed it lead to mercy becoming the most OP Hero for the next 6 months. 😆
The score esports only pretend they know anything about Overwatch
@@Helios_8888 it’s actually hilarious how they talk about games I know. And how off it is, or just like not even close to the actual whole picture. Makes me wonder about all the games I don’t play. 😂
As a main mercy at the time, I loved Valkyrie!!! Huge heal boost, flying movement, reset ress cooldown. Hell yeah count me in.
I stopped playing when the rammster came out (forgot his name), so I don't know how is it going for her these days.
@@gabrielbarrosuccelli6935 At the time, she was the best hero in the game, and was arguably the most broken character ever released.
Ooof, yeah. Ironically, Mass Rez was less broken than her post rework launch because rezzing a person one by one is way more broken than rezzing a team instantly. Mass rez was more annoying than broken.
Apex legends Seer: Has a heartbeat sensor with a range of 75m. Ult recharges in 90 seconds. Q ability reveals enemies for 8 seconds, interrupts heals and revive, flashes and stuns you. Seer has been out long enough to be put on this list.
You must have bad aim
Abd Season 0-2 Wraith: broken hitbox (nearly impossible to hit), ability has instant cast time and stay longer.
Well, at least Ubi made the top of the list for once lol
if they didn't made it twice, it's actually cursed.
Lion was broken, but also was blackbeard (when released).
800HP shield, almost imune to Headshots (the major mechanic of the game) and an absolute poggers weapon with low recoil.
Poggers totality
I am just waiting for the next operator that will be like rico rodriguez from just cause 3 give him a laser gun with a dual revolvers maybe a grappling gun with a rocket shooting wingsuit. It seems a fine operator for siege
@@Malam_NightYoru and his gun was automatic and only needed 2 shots to down or kill. It was better than DMRs, damage wise. Now it's one of the worst guns in the game, and his gadget sucks
@@madcheshire240 it was the 2nd best ttk, only behind SMG-11
@@Malam_NightYoru I think the current best (aprt from the smg 11 lol) is the AK-12. Now BPs gun sucks.
Mercy was undoubtedly even more broken after her first rework. She was an absolute must pick at every elo for nearly a year during the moth-meta, and even into the double sniper meta.
Blackbeard
"His gadget was a rifle that attached to his primary weapon and covered, you guessed it, his head"
Interesting gadget.
*sarcasm intensifies*
I imagine like, a vector (sure not a rifle, but close enough) or some other super chunky gun just duct taped to the top of his primary and he has to peek through the trigger guard to see what's going on.
@@Th1s1sm11 that would be funny AF NGL
wait yoooo its osamu never would expect to see u here
@@awwaru233 LMao OFC, i watch youtube as well. especially these guys, they are pretty funny
It's R6. It ain't about fun, it's about winning for the higher kd so you can make fun of other kds in casual
Mercy's OG res I've definitely been a victim of; in three words you go from elated for scoring a potential team wipe with your ult to screaming obscenities in your head if not out loud.
Og res? She had other abilitys long before the multi res. "OG"
Ah the classic "you either kill Mercy 1st or you kill her 11th"
The Super Yun Fighter IV era may be the point where Ono started to outstay his welcome in the eyes of the fans. In term of other reigns, there's GT Goku in Dragonball FighterZ (He got nerfed eventually), the whole spat of OP Belial in Granblue Versus (not sure if that got addressed yet), but back on Street Fighter there was Elena and her heals (There's good reason why it was a long bar/short stock super in the SF3 games)
Without watching the video, I’m assuming lion is top 3
Correct
Top
For the record, Meta Knight's neutral B wasn't his best movie. That was his up-B, which was invulnerable on grounded startup, had insane range, was a reliable kill move, a fantastic recovery option, AND led into a mixup.
ngl the Tempest was only a real problem in pro play when Dashy was using it, most pros couldn’t rly do much half the time
it amazes me when TF old ult is considered broken in LoL but NP 20s teleportation (or 0s on Talent) is balance to the Dota's environment.
Iirc, it's because it opens up oppurtunities to get first blood easily. Just have TF tp to a place where you're sure the enemies will pass, plant a ward, tp there, and massacre anyone foolish enough to pass through.
From what I've seen it's because TF is a burst ganker(correct me if I'm wrong) and natures at his base is a pusher
I think the main difference is the CC Twisted Fate adds with his ganking ability. Nature’s Prophet has his Q to surround the enemy but it isnt point and click stun and can be easily countered by tangos or quelling blade. NP can TP, slow you down and right click you where as TF can stun you with gold card, W and right click with every 4th adding damage.
Plus a general side note in DotA there is easier counter play to ganks like that since TP scrolls are on a MUCH lower cool down compared to that of TP summoners or abilities like Shen’s ult, Tahm Kench’s W or Galio’s ult for example.
probably because in dota everyone is broken
With Nature prophet: Buy Blight Stone --> Teleport between Tier 2 and Tier 3: Plant laneward and teleport back to lane with scroll --> When you see the mid laners courier comes with items --> teleport between Tier 1 and Tier 2 --> kill courier. This is a super good and easy win for your midlaner. This also make the enemy go out of XP Range to meet the courier. Works on any lane, if you plant it high ground you might be able to see couriers on two lanes.
Shoutout to the editor for putting an IcyCat25 clip in❤️
But Lion's legal wall-hack in Siege takes the cake....
Blackbeard: AM I A JOKE TO YOU?
Blackbeard was deadass immortal and they didn't mention sailor moon fighting game characters the actual most broken of all time
@@Jayden-zq6fj I saw a video a while ago, about how much health his shield had at first. I watched a bandit use every bullet in both guns and even meleed the shield, just to break it.
@@madcheshire240 Shield had 800hp on release and tbh i didnt even knew you could break it when i played against him
I'd argue Mercy's OG Valkyrie was way more busted than mass Rez. At least in those days, any team that had a flanker with two braincells could kill the Mercy, or at least pressure her into making a mistake.
But the first iteration of Valk was just... not okay. Not only did it let Mercy fly around like a DBZ character, not only did it share her already good heals and damage throughout the whole team with no reduction, but it INSTANTLY recharged her Rez upon activation, AND lowered the CD from 30 to 10 seconds.
Keep in mind that when she was reworked, her Rez was cast IMMEDIATELY. So if you played your cards right, you could potentially revive 4 people during Valk, all while healing the whole team and being absurdly hard to kill. I'll take that over a 5-man Rez any day of the week.
Is it weird I liked that state of the game more then what we have today in OW lmao. We have Bap Brig Ball Sigma Echo jesus I miss old OW so much
My Lion scan PTSD still haunts me to this damn day...
Meh it wasnt that bad, streamers whined too much
@@wildeskompositum9556 you are playing casual right?
0:15 **proceeds to put on the clip of best fragger in siege**
Am not saying lion not broken but bro Beaulo can ace entire teams with a pea shooter if he has to.
Definitely not the best fragger in siege. lol.
@@AD-df5tm bro best fragger in Siege means the top 10 kr something no one can be best like i can 10 other people or the entire brazilian PL is like fragger nest. Can't say anything these days smh.
@@s4meerbankupalli164 he isn't even one of the 10 best though either. Not even close. He isn't even top 10 in North America. He doesn't even play a fragger role. He is a flex support. Don't get mad at me because you don't know what you are talking about.
@@AD-df5tm and @Sameer rockstar, let's just agree that beaulo is better at scoring frags than the vast majority of us could ever even hope to be and just leave it at that.
About #2's entry.
The note about how rare teleport abilities are is made even funnier because the example they gave (Tahm Kench's Abyssal Voyage) has been since reworked into a much shorter non-ultimate skill rather a half-map-wide teleport.
The only other real teleport is Ryze's ult, which has much less range, but can bring any ally in it (ala minions and teammates). Other technical TPs are Taliyah ult, ASol E, Shen ult, Galio ult, Nocturne ult, and Pantheon ult. And Sylas can also TP, but that's only because he can steal someone's ultimate and requires the champion to be on the enemy team.
So while teleports are not non-existent, they definitely are in a few kits and there are only two straight-up teleports in the game now.
"Top 10 most broken Abilities"
*ignores actually abilities*
talks about 2 dota glitches instead
The arc warden one are lrgit imported version from dota so it working as intended. But yes, they talk about chen glitch instead
With that Glitch the ability was broken, yes. so what do you want?
I feel like EA took notes on old Lion in order to make Seer
I'm not entirely sure for how long it was possible but I still remember a huge bug in Titanfall 2. There's a titan called "Ion" that has a defensive shield which can gather bullets fired at him for a certain amount of time. The intended mechanic was that the bullets would repell to its sender and causing some damage.
But for some time it was possible to shoot them back into the ground right before an enemy and almost insta kill him due to unintended splash damage.
It wasn't extremely broken but it made playing against Ion really tough at the time haha
its so nice to see r6 in those videos and Lion was an ptsd bringer it was crazy
4:13 this channel loves the crew. This is the second video I’ve seen today featuring them
First clip wasn’t even a broken ability, Beaulo is just a beast
Lions ability was broken tho
@@Jayden-zq6fj I know I was just joking
The "Sexy card" in Shadowverse was too broken too on her time. She activated the venganze skill even if you are not
Why would you put old res as most broken ow ability. When they reworked mercy she went from not being in the meta to being the meta: moth meta. So much more stuff that has been much more broken: old brig ult, brig bash, brig shield, brig... or sigmas old shield, sigmas old shift. bap imortality field or you know the reworked mercy ult which was completly op when they reworked her.
Alpharad has finally made it into one of score esports videos. 🎉🎊
RIP Kixstar at the end. Absolute legend
I like that Nature Prophet's current spell, in league, is this broken.
Iam not surprised that Lion aka: the wallhack boi is here
i actually liked the og days of lion ... going up against operators so broken like black beard and lion and hackal, ahem i mean jackal. was a challenge and actually beating the absolute crap out of those people and getting an ace against the ones that drop their standards so low as to bring broken ops really gave me a confidence boost. cause ever since i came back siege hasn't felt the same. siege hasn't been challenging enough to keep my skills the way they were. i used to have a 87% headshot kill ratio. and the rest of that was either valk cam kills, sledge kills, or ash charge kills. now siege is depressing.
Are you diamond in siege?
How many times must you make me relive the nightmare that was Lion on release?
Meta knight also had a move so broken it was a banned tactic, I forget the exact I put, but it's something like go invisible and keep hitting smash attack up or something, and you can keep the invincibility forever and end the move whenever you wanted.
Or at least that's what I remember, I heard about that from a video a long time ago
Brigitte’s entire kit
Imagine making a character so heavily overpowered on launch that it needed 14 consecutive nerfs, a re-work, and another several nerfs to be balanced.
Which one
@@kk0704 mercy
Original Eve for LoL could perma invis, buy multiple Sunfires Capes and walk next to you until you died.
You forgot about the stun. Sunfire stacking always was a shit idea since any MR item would remove the DPS.
Udyr + Locket though
I am very surprised that I did not see Seer on this list as he even made a video about how he is the most broken legend to be released in Apex and even mentioned in the video that some people think he is the most broken character in video game history.
let's not mention mercy neign more broken after mass res was removed where she can pretty much do 2 rezs if times correctly and her speed in valkarie
almost every broken top 10 has Lion in it
its just unfair
how tf ubisoft let it to pl????
I was thinking about old League abilities, but they were generally broken. The original Sion Q, what was an 1,1x AP scaling, point and click stun what basically oneshot carrys was for me the most annoying spell in the whole game.
i would have considered original evolved khazix r ngl since it gave like 80% damage reduction or something crazy
Glad to see another enlightened brother 👍
idk if jumpforce was considered esports, but there was a point in its history where if you didn't play Sasuke you would just lose. They gave him a tracking, unlockable attack that stayed on the ground and took up 1/4 of the map, and was a guaranteed confirm into his ult, which was the 2nd strongest in the game and did basically half your healthbar.
they literallly forget about seer in apex legends
Well that’s only because it’s new. Most what they showed was older stuff
@@emsj86 its been in this whole wide world for quite a while and that thing is a literal devs sponsored wallhacks in the game and is a menace to the society......Even a bronze player who cant aim can kill people wid that character
But Valkyrie was infinitely more overtuned than Res…
Shout out to that smash 4 footage for the metaknight brawl entry
I think pre-yesterdays seer tactical, or passive, or ultimate could've made his list. With his passive alone, he could ditect another player's location by just ads-ing; on another note, his tactical: blinded the enemy, revealed the enemy, revealed health bar of the enemy, silenced the enemy, stopped enemy reviving his teammate or him healing himself, and damaged the enemy.... and yes, he could do it to anybody in his passives range behind a wall... sounds pretty op to me I gotta admit, OH and I didn't mention that he outclassed other recon legends and countered gibby, aka. The best legend of the game back from season 4 or 5 to 10, and that's not all since he could throw his ult down and if you moved on any surfuce, CONGRATULATIONS he and his team-mates know where you are. Seer at the launch of season 10 was a cluster f#!k and too op for the game. His tactical could've easily achived #6 place without any problem
i was waitin for "welcome back to mostamazing top10"
"How did anyone think this a was a good idea"
Everyone after the R8 go added
Now you should add Apex Legend Seer's tactical
yea I didnt find the mercy mass res an issue. it was just a cool gamechanging ult with an iconic statment.
Congrats on my boi FrostPrime on getting his videos featured here.
They didn't change Mercy ult because it was OP. They just wanted to get rid of the hide and seek playstyle.
She was nearly never picked in progames before at all. But after the rework she had a near 100% pickrate in OWL and was imo almost on par with launch Brig and launch Sigma in terms of how broken she was.
Surprised brig wasnt on here. Signal's left click damage upon release was also broken. If you could aim it properly, you could one shot a tracer and do a fair amount of damage to other DPS rushdown characters.
raze's infamous "fire in de hole" showstopper
(me when taco bell :0)
Yes, I hate that ultimate, still funny when I screw them over with omen's shrouded step though
or og sage wall and heal and slow
For those who don't know, the clip of rainbow six siege was from iceycat, sadly died by suicide. WE MISS U ICEY
The infamous mercy hide and seek every team fight.
Bit of an out there example but in Melty Blood Actress Again Current Code there’s a character called Michael Roa who could summon lighting orbs in the air. If the opposing character switched sides than the orbs would also switch sides, the actual lighting covers around 3/4 of the screen, they were air unblockable, plus on ground block, lead to crossups, and was comboable on hit. He’s ARGUABLY the strongest character in the game
Holy fuck I have found you. Like I just randomly came upon this video. You were my favorite part of the top 10 channel and it went down after you and Rebecca left. Glad to see you successful. Good on ya man. Obviously meaning Danny Burke the host. Lol sorry didn't clarify.
I m surprised the shine isn t here
Its an frame 1 invincible jump cancelable special (so can be used in the air) with crazy set knockback
Maybe it s because the usage at his peak is famously hard
Well if we're taking glitches on the list, we should also mention one which happened in the early days in DoTA (when it was a W3 mod). Forgot the exact version number, but it bugged Yurnero, and he had 0 ultimate cooldown, so every teamfight broke down to Juggernaut spamming his ultimate... Needless to say it was fixed within days, but still, fun times.
About Lion in Siege, I still stand by saying that Lion again proved that a game has multiple "faces". Yes, I understand that it was megafrigginOP in proleague, but in order for him to be megafrigginOP, you needed a real team, working together, using actual tactics, etc. In online play with randoms Lion was weak as hell even in his debut form, as people playing with him used his ability randomly, without communication, etc... So while playing Online, you rarely saw Lions even after a few weeks after his release (and even if you saw one, it was because he had a sweet gun). After the nerfs, the operator basically disappeared, and even if you met one, you usually saw them not even using their ability, as it was useless with random people.
I feel like bugged dota abilities shouldn't be on this list. I want to see stuff developers playtested and still actively chose to put in, not random exploits
I think the Arc Warden one was working as intended, they just didn't think about how ridiculous it would work
Surprised they used MK's tornado for the smash section and not something like Bayonetta's Witch Time in Smash 4.
The fact that Seer didn't make this list shows that The Score really doesn't play Apex. Either that or the writers just got hit by his Q.
Read the title again
Esports history
Wait im confused, did the number 10 spot ( the Chen bug) make it in pro play ?
RB6: Blackbeard; changes -> the shield is now fuckin plastic lmao
As a dota player i laughed so hard at the League entry... "TeLePoRt iS bRoKEn"
Seriously how is that even the most broken league ability their has been so much worse I'd say old akali going invincible was worse or aphelios one shotting teams
As a dota player I felt happy when LS in the chen clip said "That's what you get for playing pudge"
Nature Prophet in Dota2 has a global teleport for 0seconds cd on level 25 or late game
Maybe the aphelios ult when it came out in leage
oh man I remember that mercy res man. I remember playing her a lot back in the early seasons and just hide and then 5 man res after the enemy team use their grav and hanzo ult lol. It was broken af
same, good ol’ days. rip to the mercy VA btw 😔🙏🏻
@@gowonssebastian9149 man I'm not even a mercy main but those were the good times.
Cant wait to see Ashkan from LoL in a future list
9:45 what sort of idea is this was never going to end well
1:49 when that guy said gg the opposing team was pissed
OG Ana Nanoboost was something else. It literally changed the game. Imagine today's nanoblades and beyblades but with an automatic Lucio speedboost. I reached GM from diamond by just playing with my Genji main duo. OG anti nade was also beyond broken. 100 healing, 100 damage for some stupid reason and anti healing ALL AOE. Try to 1v1 that DPS players. Land 1 on an enemy and they basically die
Ah the good ol days
Imagine you just kill all 5 people by yourself then you hear "heroes never die"
Moth Meta Mercy’s rez was literally better though. The amount of rezzes per game went up, and if you remember, she had a 95% win rate
Part 17 of asking for: The Story of WarOwl
As a Zerg, fungal growth was RIDICULOUS back in the day.
Im waiting for Akshan W passive to be here soon
Seer's whole kit in apex legends at number 1
Surprised thats they didnt put the fnatic boost on overpass
Well there is a similar version to TF's gate now. Gwen's W(Hollowed Mist), its just Xin Zhao's Ultimate but better.
I still remember my 5 res (with mercy in overwatch)
Sigmas flux is kinda busted considering it can what a 2 ult combo can (nanoblade) but just a whole lot easier
Stasis I'm destiny 2... Freezing in place does not belong in PvP.
I'm getting PTSD thinking about Lion.
I played when Arc Warden was released, the hero was broken af. Infinite regen and undroppable divine. I also played when Lion was released, it was a nightmare teamed up with a blitz.
Not on the list, but Seer on Apex Legends was also broken af. While these things were broken af, I'm glad to be a part of the history before they were nerfed.
I still have nightmares about Lion
Other esports: „Show no Mercy“
OW: „Show Mercy“
I still have PTSD from Lion...
Not often you see the 4Festor hit squad.
I might be splitting hairs here but it's worth mentioning that Twisted Fate is NOT the original iteration of the champion. That champion's name was Cardmaster. And Twisted Fate was the revision. They are technically different entities though.
Originally lion ability did not work off of movement. It just shown everyone where the enemy team was. It was fixed only after the first week because of flood of complaints.
Top of my list would have been League's Aphelios on release. His ult Moonlight Vigil was sooooo broken
The damage was overtuned, but except of that, it's not that strong. Cho's R deals true dmg, doesn't proc stuff like shieldbow, gives you 120max hp and increases your size, if you kill so with it and the dmg scales with max hp. So a high true dmg. execute that scales with itself, that makes you tanky
@@quiringuenther6594 Does not go through shields as it is not an execute, rather it is used to finish enemies. The damage is single target, melee range, and the scales are not that high - full ap hård stacked cho will barely get over 1200 true damage on one chomp - for reference, Zoe q, nida spear, lux ult, cait ult and a few other abilities can surpass that damage with many other added features. Aphelios Moon Sigil on release was more powerful than Cho’s ult was during gargoyles stoneplate doubling hp - and even stronger than both of those was samiras ult on release
pre nerf lion: wallhacks
Destiny 2 with stasis: frozen for what feels like 2 hours
If glitches count, how about pulling 3-5 enemies into fountain laser at level one? The mental gymnastics I've seen to justify this as not as bad as... in the same patch. It hurt