Sohei is pretty unique as you have to think about where you land your attacks and I was not using my brain while playing him. Definitely going to take time to get use to. The damage is super high so the OG shugoki mains gana love this! Thanks for coming out to the strem and be sure to lmk what you think of the character. For sure he looks amazing. Hope you enjoy the video. Video discussing warriors den changes will come soon.
He’s based of an actual Japanese warrior people though was a half demon. He had a personal quest to win a hundred duels and then he’d take the weapon from each won duel, fast forward he was beaten by one of the emperors sons who he then pledged himself too. They became outlaws cause of the heirs brother. To rob his brother of any honor he went to do sepuku and asked his ‘demon’ guard to hold off the samurai on a bridge. 300 samurai crossed and the Oni killed every single one though suffering some mortal wounds in the process but held his ground nonetheless. The samurai feared crossing the bridge again so they showered it in a storm of arrows and when it cleared the Oni was still standing there in his stance, waiting. For a whole hour no one dared approached but when one brave soul did they realized he had died in the arrow storm but there were so many arrows embedded in him that it held him up and pinned his arms out so it looked like he was still standing guard.
@@lukegarner7217LB impale is being buffed to 3, his top opener heavy is being brought up by 2 or 3, and the real gamechanger, his zone gets a staggering 1 damage increase!! Other than that the devs have stated they're working on giving him a rollcatcher and some other QOL changes
Fun Fact: The arrow storm execution is a reference to how Benkei supposedly died in real life. Except of course, Sohei survives but hey... I recommend checking out a video on him by The Shogunate
I won't lie, I fucking love this. For some reason the community wants every character to have the exact same utilities with zero difference. I'm gonna take every grain of uniqueness Ubisoft will bestow upon us.
forcing people to be way better then you have to be is never good gameplay in fighting games. its like when people argued wardens vortex was technically react able. like ya make me be a pro while they can play with one hand.
I wish wardens new bash into zone confirmed exe. It's classified as a heavy by the game. But apparently warden isn't allowed any cool shit outside his bash.
for some reason everytime i see this new character he reminds me of Sawagejō Chō from kenshin. but that's more accurate, how did i forget about yoshitora? lol
Trolls are hating but this is what FH actually needed, complex and unique character, fun additions to his kit and has a special high dps attack. This is literally what people who actually play this game want. Fun and exciting new things to use and have fun with. Not a Varangian Guard. Anyways I’m juiced for the new character Edit: like all other hero’s, things are subject to change. What some of you aren’t capable of doing is thinking long term. The character will change, the damage numbers will change. Have fun with the character as it goes through its stages. This is the coolest concept we have been given in YEARS. Double Edit: so many bots in the for honor community it’s crazy. Please don’t play if you don’t like it! We are happy to not have you
True, but having a lot of heros who are still dogshit, it makes a terrible experience for those who enjoy said characters, devs are a bit too slow buffing those poor souls
@@TwoOreosOneMughonestly that’s my main issue with the game is the fact that the characters that do need buffing go through like a year and a half queue
I honestly love this. A hero where you actually have to think to use them and cant just spam and you have to earn a win. This is what the game needed. Something truly unique
So fucking sick, looks like a lot to deal with but working towards big boy damage is gonna be fun and possibly a meme that a whole lobby would just be trying to go for
I like it! He seems to be a character where he gets more dangerous to fight the longer you fight him for, incentivising more agression to kill him before he cant get all his souls
The biggest thing i like is his unique guardbreak attacks. Having them be different than his regular combos makes guardbreaks pretty much a unique thing for him. Honestly would love if a forhonor 2 ever became a thing that unique mechanic/animation should be a thing for all characters.
22:22 Yes it's out of left field, and it's because ubisoft might be starting to realize their stocks are going to drop to an all time low if they don't actually improve and change
Ubisoft pumps out new characters that are all carbon copies of each other with different gimmicks and obnoxious movesets: **Wannabe competitive players rejoice-** Ubi finally releases unique character with the potential to usher in an engaging and fresh era to the game: **Baby rage ensues**
@@Xilym13 Shugoki's hug is not a one shot. It does a lot, but it's slow as shit, telegraphed, and can easily be sidestepped or Burger flipped with black pior. This move? Can't be used without being charged up, and you can pay attention to which souls are lit to Predict attacks.
Bruh giveing him a 95 dmg bash on heavy parry but they took lawbringer train off heavy parry because to much damage like Ubisoft devs prove every update how dumb they are
@@seraphendipity bruh u said three parries he could have his souls saved up come up to u parry once and 1 shot u like ur trying to argue sum u don’t even know
@@UncreativeHandle48en yet he gets 119dmg with only his 3rd feat as passive, so that's stil almostl 4,5 bar of dmg which is shown in the vid, this is absolute madness to give a hero as a natural kit. Even without the 3rd feat, 95 dmg?? Thought we were more about skill than having to catch someone on 2 guardbreaks and then just having to bash catch them until they don't dodge and here's ur free kill.
@@Techno_Bunny433 I'm all for a high risk, high reward combo character and big damage moves in general. but such easy access to a 100 - 0 is unhealthy for the game 🤷 I mean, like, we already have oath breaker, so why not a guaranteed 149 damage off a heavy parry? Making his kit less polar will just make him more fun to play with, and against in Doms. Better base kit but less insta kill potential during a random gank
Revenge gank were being tested in testing ground because Ubisoft hated the idea of being 100-0 before being able to get revenge. Also Ubisoft - we are releasing a character that has an instant kill guaranteed on blocks
@@Pro_Edgelord doesn’t stop a shaman from getting her bite off, and in coordinated ganks all you have to do is force the opponent to block an attack to guarantee to ur teammates 95 (or more with buffs/debuffs) it’s guaranteed off sohei forward dodge bash (which is super easy to land)
I'm actually pretty hyped for him. The mechanic makes isn't easy to attain, makes him a bit more predictable when you see what weapons he still needs to hit with to get his big hit, and people aren't factoring in that you still have to defend with him and manage the fight game while trying to work your way up to the big shot
In dom with tier 1 and 3 feat combined its 149 damage ;) and i think its perfectly fine. Let the game be fun instead of copy pasted characters all the time
Nah, I'd rather not be one shot by a bash. Projectiles and AoE's are fine because you can dodge them all, and they have to wait to get them back. This is part of a character's kit. It's going to get nerfed to 50-60 damage.
@@deathgear8907 lol his overall damage is low because of his ability to near one shot. Its fine. Haven’t even played against it and you’re complaining. Embrace change instead of the copy paste
@ganny8149 I've been playing him for a while, and my opinion hasn't changed. I like his gimmick but he needs his souls to even be good. They leaned too much into the gimmick that it made him even worst without it. Shaman is a perfect example of how it's done. A balanced kit centred around her bite, but it isn't all she has.
I have already said this in a separate video, but I feel like the zone will be integral to this guys kit. You can do both heavy or light finisher, it has hyper armor during chain, and it can be soft feinted.
Sohei: after nearly pull off a flawless eh? Feeling good huh? Damn...im nearly dead.... *initiates chain* Zone Soft gb, 3 lights, zone extender to soft feint gb... 3 hvys....bash.... GG hold that L. Opp: "WHHHUUUT TTTHHHHE FUUU!!🤬" Sohei: Git gud scrub.
10:03 I had noticed in the trailer or hero introduction that the weapons shared hilts. So I had correctly assumed the way the weapons were to be customized. One half of the arsenal carries one hilt and the other… the other. The main in-hand weapon might follow this but could also be its own whole thing because I payed more attention to the other weapons rather than it the majority.
I definitely didn't think about it, but I appreciate this guys animations being completely unique (or mostly, pretty sure some light animations were taken from Ocelotl).
You literally can’t you need to land an attack from every direction you can’t get the one shot by light spamming and his lights are dogshit damage lmao
The grab to 95 dmg impale should be slower and maybe feintable. Something like Jormungandr. Because getting bashed after a heavy parry seems a bit unfair. If it was a light parry then understandable
1:45 is most likely based on Bankei who was a member of the Sohei as well. Matter of fact the whole flute playing orochi 1000 blade bridge is exactly in Bankei's story in the end he dies like the berserker at stamford bridge taking out a bunch of enemies protecting his master.
5:53 now that I think about it, this hero will/might be centered on guardbreaks against enemies, and the fires or lights or whatever will act as a warning signal to players to be wary. It’ll test people like me that rarely guardbreak and even less counter them too, also dodging.
The thing i get from his executions is they feel last minute and lacking, like kudos for them putting the mechanics, animations, and general balancing of the hero first, but Executions are the one thing that really sells a hero. I'm sure there are still gonna be a lot of people playing this hero, and I definitely will be one of those people, I just feel sad that they had to do him like that. The first big and beefy Samurai faction hero since Hitokiri and his executions don't necessarily reflect the sheer potential he has for eliminating his opponents.
I like this new hero tbh it’s cool to have something that encourages playstyle other than double lights. Still waiting for the roll catch on Conq and Lawbringer 😢
I think this is very unique and pretty cool, I'm glad they also didn't just make his kit insanely simple and added some cool additions that aren't just completely OP. The feats are kinda crazy though in my opinion.
He's literally just Benkei. I hope they do more heroes like this, it just makes a lot of sense to take from folklore or historical figures and build around them!
2:15 I see mercy kills as more of a quick kill in general rather than something clean or perfected, this is a quick death one that shows nothing fancy but gets the job done.
I really like the new character and how unique he is but I feel like 95 damage is waaaayyy too much, especially for how fast his bash comes out that guarantees it. I hope they treat him a bit like shaman because rn its way to easy to do that 1 shot move. Like imagine in a dom game, he just killed your noob teammate and he's got 6 souls and now he comes to you all powered up now and all he has to do is land 1 guard break or heavy parry and that's already like all your health gone :/ I feel like just to make them a bit more balanced they should nerf the damage to maybe like 50 instead of 95 and make it so the bash is around the same time as tiandi kick and you can feint it into a gaurd break and also only confirm it on a light parry instead of a heavy parry like shaman bite.
So as long as you manage to land a hit with each of his side arm it will enable his 96 dmg attack, but grab light/heavy is a good way to get 3 hit with different weapons at the same time
Oh god this character is gonna bring some pretty big feels bad moments being the victim of target swapped 1 shot attacks while you’re fighting for your life tryna get revenge
You had me thinking he was out!He looks solid .Im not really a heavy character fan (Shaolin main) but I did run JJ for a while and loved his kit.Sohei’s concept is too cool not to try tho .I’ll have to see how he flows in combat.
Are the devs restarted? Mf has a 1 shot mechanic before Conq got a fucking roll catch💀 I love this game, but bruh this might be it for me. Yeah I’m sure it’s hard to actually get that mechanic, but they just keep adding shit no one wants. Anybody that plays this game seriously thinks a one shot mechanic is good for this game…
Should've been 2 per GB for a total of 3 GB's, and if you lowered the 6 soul attacks damage and slightly raised his normal moves it would be more balanced in my opinion
Wont lie, looks fun. Really like how unique and smooth the moveset is, but... When paired with hito's, shamans, bp's and kyos, and that 149 dmg 1 shot stuff will piss off ALOT of anti gankers. I suggest not getting surrounded or it will be over.
I love this. Ubi finally let their devs be creative with the hero design. It has been so long since we got a unique hero with a new moveset that doesn’t involve unblockables or bashes as the mixup. Although it’s just a nitpick, I think they should nerve the damage to the impale from 90 down to 60 or something like that. Imagine a four stack in dominion
I really gotta give the devs props for this. They really made a very very unique character for once in 8 years. I’ve been playing since the beta and let me say that I never felt the chills for a new character releasing like I feel for this one. Yes I know people are complaining about the 95 damage. But let me just say this one thing about it. In my opinion 95 yes is like half of your health. But it really will be hard to get when playing sohei. You can only throw a second light after a light, you can only throw a second heavy after a heavy. So people will be expecting every second attack you throw since you can do light heavies or heavy lights. You are limited to that. So I think them adding the guard break soul filling option was a smart choice, now it makes people focus more on not getting guard broken with this character, just like when playing against a peacekeeper since all she needs is 2 guard breaks and she’ll drain almost all of your health. It’s really not much different when you truly think about it. Versing this character won’t be as hard as it seems. The developers only make it look like it’ll be hard because they are purposely letting themselves get free hits to demonstrate his soul collecting ability. But if you are playing against someone who isn’t a bot, it won’t be easy collecting souls unless you find someone who can’t counter a guardbreak, and for how little the damage on his heavies are for a heavy or hybrid character, 95 damage really isn’t that much when you really think about it. And it’s not interruptible so you probably can’t even pull it off when being ganked unless you are in revenge. And let’s be fr, revenge is not that great right now, so we really do need a high damage character right now to be a crutch to revenge.
I’ma be honest, I’m a bit disappointed in this hero for a few reasons: 1.) The one handed polearm user trope is once again reinforced. It’s a personal pet peeve I have in games where a character uses a polearm weapon with one hand and because of that all the attacks are hella slow. The katakama yari is supposed to be a maneuverable weapon with tight point work and hooking capabilities which leads into my next gripe about Sohei. 2.) Why did they not include a hooking punish that follows into a bleeding light attack? The one thing I wanted most out of this hero the moment I saw his main weapon was for him to use the kama part of the katakama yari to hook the enemy’s weapon downwards, following up with a light attack that does bleed damage. MASSIVE missed opportunity by Ubisoft on that one. 3.) I understand that bro has a mix-up that does 95 damage. However, I still think his other attacks should do more damage especially his lights. 4.) His executions imo are flat out terrible. Idk what is it with the people they got in charge of making new executions for heroes now cause damn most of these new exes suck with the exception of a few (Warden, Kensei, and Shinobi). You would think a character that wields 7 weapons would have some of the most unique and creative executions in the game but no, they fumbled massively so far. Hopefully we get better exes for Sohei in future updates but for now both of his exes are just flat out terrible imo. Overall though I do like the hero I just wish that they maximized the full potential a character like Sohei has in this game and they unfortunately didn’t imo. I still am gonna buy him I don’t think he’s horrible and I like how he actually has to earn his victories unlike say Varangian Guard or Hitokiri for example. However I am a bit bummed and disappointed that he didn’t get more unique animations and attacks like a hooking punish into a bleed attack. Thanks so much Solidsol for showcasing the new hero early, I can’t wait to get him in the main game and start learning him. Hope you’re having a good day and I’ll see you in the next video.
I am flabbergasted, I literally thought to myself, “for a new hero, they could give them a parry riposte that does more damage the more times that you parry without using it, eventually working up to a one shot.” I thought it would never happen
Sohei is pretty unique as you have to think about where you land your attacks and I was not using my brain while playing him. Definitely going to take time to get use to. The damage is super high so the OG shugoki mains gana love this! Thanks for coming out to the strem and be sure to lmk what you think of the character. For sure he looks amazing. Hope you enjoy the video. Video discussing warriors den changes will come soon.
@@SolidSol69 my friend I'm gonna feel so bad for you if you have to face this new hero with Shinobi 😭😭
@solidsol69 plz tell them to fix the servers and to rework glad🙏🏽
This is just better raider >:(
@@Prosp3rousI been trying bro
@@SolidSol69 Appreciate it man💙
He’s based of an actual Japanese warrior people though was a half demon. He had a personal quest to win a hundred duels and then he’d take the weapon from each won duel, fast forward he was beaten by one of the emperors sons who he then pledged himself too. They became outlaws cause of the heirs brother. To rob his brother of any honor he went to do sepuku and asked his ‘demon’ guard to hold off the samurai on a bridge. 300 samurai crossed and the Oni killed every single one though suffering some mortal wounds in the process but held his ground nonetheless. The samurai feared crossing the bridge again so they showered it in a storm of arrows and when it cleared the Oni was still standing there in his stance, waiting. For a whole hour no one dared approached but when one brave soul did they realized he had died in the arrow storm but there were so many arrows embedded in him that it held him up and pinned his arms out so it looked like he was still standing guard.
Cool story.
Lame
@@manz7860very lame.
Cringe.
Would be a great anime lol. But i’m not believing that was “an actual” story. Nobody can take down 300 trained samurai bruh.
gotta love the 3 damage impale
Lb still at 1 😂😂😂😂😂
they're finally giving the og knights some love. Conq *will* be after LB. I'm calling it
@@lukegarner7217LB impale is being buffed to 3, his top opener heavy is being brought up by 2 or 3, and the real gamechanger, his zone gets a staggering 1 damage increase!!
Other than that the devs have stated they're working on giving him a rollcatcher and some other QOL changes
@@kop1522 damn! So he’ll still be ass!
WE ARE GOING TO THE TOP TIER WITH THIS BUFF BOIS!!! /s
Fun Fact: The arrow storm execution is a reference to how Benkei supposedly died in real life. Except of course, Sohei survives but hey... I recommend checking out a video on him by The Shogunate
I heard about that, didn’t he like kill a ton of men and they resorted to basically “block out the sun” with a rain of arrows.
@@hassandabo6288yup, he died standing and they didn't approach the bridge because they thought he'd lived the arrows.
I won't lie, I fucking love this. For some reason the community wants every character to have the exact same utilities with zero difference. I'm gonna take every grain of uniqueness Ubisoft will bestow upon us.
facts, then most of them complain about not haveing unique charachters. I love this guy
This is not unique
If you had any game sense you would see it's just a buffed ocelotl
@@JarlKlausreally isn't but okay
@@JarlKlaus it looks very unique to me big man
forcing people to be way better then you have to be is never good gameplay in fighting games. its like when people argued wardens vortex was technically react able. like ya make me be a pro while they can play with one hand.
The fact that now there are only two heroes that can execute from a zone is game changing
Raider?
@@fashionsuckman4652 yes raider.
I wish wardens new bash into zone confirmed exe. It's classified as a heavy by the game.
But apparently warden isn't allowed any cool shit outside his bash.
Wrong 😂
close enough, welcome back shugo one shot grab
you have been missed.. And my how much better you have gotten... Dear.. shugo 1 shot grab
As someone who's mained shugo since launch I can barely contain my excitement.
The oneshot mechanic reminds me of that character in samurai shodown who wields 7 swords
Yoshitora Tokugawa! Love me some samsho
for some reason everytime i see this new character he reminds me of Sawagejō Chō from kenshin. but that's more accurate, how did i forget about yoshitora? lol
first we had fh in samsho and now we have samsho in fh we're so back
Can’t forget about hitokiris ability that one shots anyone too
Who's gonna tell em
"If you dont like that aspect of him, you mught be shit out of luck"
Me rizzing up the leave button
Imagine old assassins with reflex guard going against this😂
@@aerickmon3350it comes off a grab so the guard wouldn’t change anything
Trolls are hating but this is what FH actually needed, complex and unique character, fun additions to his kit and has a special high dps attack. This is literally what people who actually play this game want. Fun and exciting new things to use and have fun with. Not a Varangian Guard. Anyways I’m juiced for the new character
Edit: like all other hero’s, things are subject to change. What some of you aren’t capable of doing is thinking long term. The character will change, the damage numbers will change. Have fun with the character as it goes through its stages. This is the coolest concept we have been given in YEARS.
Double Edit: so many bots in the for honor community it’s crazy. Please don’t play if you don’t like it! We are happy to not have you
Been playing since year 2 and I'm not sure a free full heal or one-shot kill after TWO guardbreaks is what people wanted, but sure.
You gotta just be a fucking retard for posting this comment.
True, but having a lot of heros who are still dogshit, it makes a terrible experience for those who enjoy said characters, devs are a bit too slow buffing those poor souls
@@Roshiyoshiiii657 Womp womp
@@TwoOreosOneMughonestly that’s my main issue with the game is the fact that the characters that do need buffing go through like a year and a half queue
I honestly love this. A hero where you actually have to think to use them and cant just spam and you have to earn a win. This is what the game needed. Something truly unique
2 guardbreaks and 1 bash = thinking
@revolt_4588 you definitely weren't thinking when you said that lol. You act like guardbreaks are free
@@NobleWishwell he has unblockables as chain finishers but they only do 20 dmg and can be countered by a dodgeattack.
@@MeisterSchwabboas a warden main. Lmao. Great. Another nightmare matchup.
@@manz7860 not really, as lawbringer its an obvious RIP but warden does have s, just not good ones, maybe a toplight will do the trick?
Im so happy ubi added this mechanic to the game. This is going to help me out of my chronic depression :)
For honor isn't a game for people with depression 😂
Same man
Tell that to the entire playerbase 😂@@user-ct3lx4ek7b
@@user-ct3lx4ek7bno it literally is bec people that main this game have to be depressed 😂😂
@@aidenralston4328 you are sadly right bro 😔
I actually really like this, only things i wanted was to be able to customize all the weapons
Naa it makes sense from a gameplay point of view to have them always look the same
0:49 No way they added Heihachi Mishima in For Honor too
Kinda funny too how in the Tekken trailer it showed him in a warrior monk outfit as well
So fucking sick, looks like a lot to deal with but working towards big boy damage is gonna be fun and possibly a meme that a whole lobby would just be trying to go for
I like it! He seems to be a character where he gets more dangerous to fight the longer you fight him for, incentivising more agression to kill him before he cant get all his souls
The biggest thing i like is his unique guardbreak attacks. Having them be different than his regular combos makes guardbreaks pretty much a unique thing for him. Honestly would love if a forhonor 2 ever became a thing that unique mechanic/animation should be a thing for all characters.
bro I've not seen your videos come up in my feed after like three years now here you are with the one hero I always wanted? I need a minute, goddAMN
the "solid sol, gloryhole" is that way sir, all we need is your patreon details and you can bring a spurt of that hero home with ya.
So excited to be in a 3v1 gank then get 1-shot from an off screen bash.
22:22 Yes it's out of left field, and it's because ubisoft might be starting to realize their stocks are going to drop to an all time low if they don't actually improve and change
Well with how two massive marvel budget games are seeming to flop rn with outlaws and shadows, things are not looking good
Ubisoft pumps out new characters that are all carbon copies of each other with different gimmicks and obnoxious movesets:
**Wannabe competitive players rejoice-**
Ubi finally releases unique character with the potential to usher in an engaging and fresh era to the game:
**Baby rage ensues**
give em Time. They just dont like not being able stare parry people to death. They gotta learn the kit.
a one shot move is dumb lmao just like shugos hug
Why do people even go comp in this game? There is little to none audience to it.
@@Xilym13 Shugoki's hug is not a one shot. It does a lot, but it's slow as shit, telegraphed, and can easily be sidestepped or Burger flipped with black pior.
This move? Can't be used without being charged up, and you can pay attention to which souls are lit to Predict attacks.
@@MementoMori7777 it used to be a one shot dummy then they changed it
Id see myself having lots of fun using Sohei, im a sucker for a high risk & high reward playstyle thaat encourages mix ups to get to soul weapons
High risk is when 2 gb and bash and you dead
I’m happy to see a hero who is completely unique and requires thinking to play. Looking forward to playing him tomorrow
Ah yes, time to forget about this game for several months.
Nahh man time to come back once again
Bruh giveing him a 95 dmg bash on heavy parry but they took lawbringer train off heavy parry because to much damage like Ubisoft devs prove every update how dumb they are
Honestly yeah, they took away shugokis one shot just to add it back years later on a new character, the devs have no integrity smh
And y'all prove Everytime I check the comments how fucking whiny YOU are.
Yeah what about lb😢😢
I mean, it’d be like if LB had to do 6 heavy parries doing 6dmg in order to do 95dmg on the 7th lol. LB gets that in near 3 parries
@@seraphendipity bruh u said three parries he could have his souls saved up come up to u parry once and 1 shot u like ur trying to argue sum u don’t even know
This man is a true executioner, hito would never have a one shot in their kit ;)
Senbonzakura
@@aecra A feat, not a part of her natural kit.
@@Blurgamer17 the 150-damage bash isn't part of his base kit either, he needs both his 1st and 3rd feat active.
@@UncreativeHandle48en yet he gets 119dmg with only his 3rd feat as passive, so that's stil almostl 4,5 bar of dmg which is shown in the vid, this is absolute madness to give a hero as a natural kit. Even without the 3rd feat, 95 dmg?? Thought we were more about skill than having to catch someone on 2 guardbreaks and then just having to bash catch them until they don't dodge and here's ur free kill.
@Wizard_Kurt this is my only issue with this character, 3 strikes, and your DEAD.
So odd. And thank goodness for your video because good lord they yap so much in the stream just to eat up time, I just couldn't do it anymore
I gotchu
Ubisoft what have u done.
You can't really tell if he will be good or not until his release
A beautiful hero that actually uses braincells
@@shysky5308right how bout lay off the pipe and use ur on brain cells
Something different
Made a good hero for once
tbh if his damage gets adjusted a bit hell be a pretty nice and unique character
The finisher pin down to 60-70, and then a +2-4 damage buff across the board prolly
@@DidYouTakeIti mean that ruins the point of the character
@@DidYouTakeIt naw pin damage is unique just buff the normla damage and is unique in all sense,like e should be
@@DidYouTakeItthat would ruin the point of the character why are you People always mad that huge fuckin attacks deal damage
@@Techno_Bunny433 I'm all for a high risk, high reward combo character and big damage moves in general. but such easy access to a 100 - 0 is unhealthy for the game 🤷 I mean, like, we already have oath breaker, so why not a guaranteed 149 damage off a heavy parry?
Making his kit less polar will just make him more fun to play with, and against in Doms. Better base kit but less insta kill potential during a random gank
Full heal for a T2 feat is crazy.
Not really. U need to win a fight, get the souls by landing the chain hits and sacrifice his strongest attack
@@Pro_Edgelord indeed. Anti ganks should be interesting with the new hero with the 4 feats active.
Yeah the old heal feats have been so power crept by noe
*input recording of me deleting for honor*
Revenge gank were being tested in testing ground because Ubisoft hated the idea of being 100-0 before being able to get revenge.
Also Ubisoft - we are releasing a character that has an instant kill guaranteed on blocks
This move is 3000 ms long and can be interrupted by anything, wasting Ur souls in the process
@@Pro_Edgelord doesn’t stop a shaman from getting her bite off, and in coordinated ganks all you have to do is force the opponent to block an attack to guarantee to ur teammates 95 (or more with buffs/debuffs) it’s guaranteed off sohei forward dodge bash (which is super easy to land)
Les be honest, thats probably why he has low damage...
@@1999worldjacobyou mean that thing that gets interrupted in public lobbies more often than not?
@@nathancurnutt8074 if it’s gets interrupted, oh well. Just land 2 guardbreaks and you have all your souls back
I honestly love everything about this new hero. Careful what you wish for in future kiddos
I'm actually pretty hyped for him. The mechanic makes isn't easy to attain, makes him a bit more predictable when you see what weapons he still needs to hit with to get his big hit, and people aren't factoring in that you still have to defend with him and manage the fight game while trying to work your way up to the big shot
Nobody is going to be allowed to have fun when this guys in the lobby
shank shank!
Very helpful guide! This character is gonna be confusing to me for weeks instead of months thanks to this video.
A confirmed 95 damge bash on a heavy parry is insane.
yeah...thats gonna need looking at. It will be a wave of teenage mutant ninja turtles playing sohei otherwise.
In dom with tier 1 and 3 feat combined its 149 damage ;) and i think its perfectly fine. Let the game be fun instead of copy pasted characters all the time
Nah, I'd rather not be one shot by a bash. Projectiles and AoE's are fine because you can dodge them all, and they have to wait to get them back. This is part of a character's kit. It's going to get nerfed to 50-60 damage.
@@deathgear8907 lol his overall damage is low because of his ability to near one shot. Its fine. Haven’t even played against it and you’re complaining. Embrace change instead of the copy paste
@ganny8149 I've been playing him for a while, and my opinion hasn't changed. I like his gimmick but he needs his souls to even be good. They leaned too much into the gimmick that it made him even worst without it. Shaman is a perfect example of how it's done. A balanced kit centred around her bite, but it isn't all she has.
I have already said this in a separate video, but I feel like the zone will be integral to this guys kit. You can do both heavy or light finisher, it has hyper armor during chain, and it can be soft feinted.
i can already feel the rage when youre one hit away to killing sohei, and he hits you with that one hit kill
Sohei: after nearly pull off a flawless eh? Feeling good huh? Damn...im nearly dead....
*initiates chain*
Zone Soft gb, 3 lights, zone extender to soft feint gb... 3 hvys....bash.... GG hold that L.
Opp: "WHHHUUUT TTTHHHHE FUUU!!🤬"
Sohei: Git gud scrub.
The thing I appreciate is that it isn’t just a single move. You have to actually set up that Bash with all of your other moves.
10:03 I had noticed in the trailer or hero introduction that the weapons shared hilts. So I had correctly assumed the way the weapons were to be customized. One half of the arsenal carries one hilt and the other… the other. The main in-hand weapon might follow this but could also be its own whole thing because I payed more attention to the other weapons rather than it the majority.
We haven’t gotten cool character design like this since season 2 when shinobi and centurion launched together
No one has said it yet, but that gold mask is def Heihachi Mishima. Who just got announced by Tekken 8 at evo to be coming back. Nice move from ubi
I definitely didn't think about it, but I appreciate this guys animations being completely unique (or mostly, pretty sure some light animations were taken from Ocelotl).
one shot mechanic is not healthy for any game in my opinion but i guess we have to wait to see how it turns out!
“I love this” MFs when they get one shot in the game and start raging and crying.
You already know people are gonna abuse his lights though
You literally can’t you need to land an attack from every direction you can’t get the one shot by light spamming and his lights are dogshit damage lmao
Oh no! 6 damage!
Bro it’s six and nine damage
The grab to 95 dmg impale should be slower and maybe feintable. Something like Jormungandr. Because getting bashed after a heavy parry seems a bit unfair. If it was a light parry then understandable
1:45 is most likely based on Bankei who was a member of the Sohei as well. Matter of fact the whole flute playing orochi 1000 blade bridge is exactly in Bankei's story in the end he dies like the berserker at stamford bridge taking out a bunch of enemies protecting his master.
5:53 now that I think about it, this hero will/might be centered on guardbreaks against enemies, and the fires or lights or whatever will act as a warning signal to players to be wary. It’ll test people like me that rarely guardbreak and even less counter them too, also dodging.
B-B-Broken
The thing i get from his executions is they feel last minute and lacking, like kudos for them putting the mechanics, animations, and general balancing of the hero first, but Executions are the one thing that really sells a hero. I'm sure there are still gonna be a lot of people playing this hero, and I definitely will be one of those people, I just feel sad that they had to do him like that. The first big and beefy Samurai faction hero since Hitokiri and his executions don't necessarily reflect the sheer potential he has for eliminating his opponents.
I can already hear the ''Wow! Wow! Wow! Good fight!'' after that 1 shot bash
The execution of the arrows are actually reference to Benkeis death where he protected his lord and made his last stand.
We're bringing single pick with this guy, right? Right...?
First glance I think they should lower the big attacks damage and raise the base damage but have to play with it first
I like this new hero tbh it’s cool to have something that encourages playstyle other than double lights. Still waiting for the roll catch on Conq and Lawbringer 😢
0:50 he looks like he's about to throw a relative off a cliff
Finally. A hero who isn't just a BP skin with extra steps.
oh cool they released a dark souls boss as a for honor character
They made him look like Heihachi Mishima😂😂😂😂😂😂
I think this is very unique and pretty cool, I'm glad they also didn't just make his kit insanely simple and added some cool additions that aren't just completely OP. The feats are kinda crazy though in my opinion.
He's literally just Benkei. I hope they do more heroes like this, it just makes a lot of sense to take from folklore or historical figures and build around them!
I think he shouldn’t be able to go for his bash after a heavy parry, i feel like that’s a bit cheap. After a GB or light parry it makes more sense
I like that you can’t just no brain light attack
Holy shit, he looks sick. I'm so glad I saved up my steel and didn't buy VG
2:15 I see mercy kills as more of a quick kill in general rather than something clean or perfected, this is a quick death one that shows nothing fancy but gets the job done.
The 95 hit is 100% gonna be called "Vibe Check"
They added SOLhei into the game
i think he's awesome but he needs his regular damage returned to normal and his 7fold nerfed cause he's built to heavily around his gimmick
I really like the new character and how unique he is but I feel like 95 damage is waaaayyy too much, especially for how fast his bash comes out that guarantees it. I hope they treat him a bit like shaman because rn its way to easy to do that 1 shot move. Like imagine in a dom game, he just killed your noob teammate and he's got 6 souls and now he comes to you all powered up now and all he has to do is land 1 guard break or heavy parry and that's already like all your health gone :/ I feel like just to make them a bit more balanced they should nerf the damage to maybe like 50 instead of 95 and make it so the bash is around the same time as tiandi kick and you can feint it into a gaurd break and also only confirm it on a light parry instead of a heavy parry like shaman bite.
Fun fact for Final Fantasy fans: Benkei, the individual this hero os based on, also served as the inspiration for Gilgamesh.
We got the heiachi mishima haircut , i can die happy now
I love him
For honor balancing at its finest
Definitely one of the more balanced hero’s which is surprising for a 95 one shot talking from personal experience
So as long as you manage to land a hit with each of his side arm it will enable his 96 dmg attack, but grab light/heavy is a good way to get 3 hit with different weapons at the same time
If they are gonna allow a character do potential one shot damage after a heavy parry they better give back lawbringers impale after heavy parry back.
Heihachi hair.. what a timing
its almost like....
Oh god this character is gonna bring some pretty big feels bad moments being the victim of target swapped 1 shot attacks while you’re fighting for your life tryna get revenge
You had me thinking he was out!He looks solid .Im not really a heavy character fan (Shaolin main) but I did run JJ for a while and loved his kit.Sohei’s concept is too cool not to try tho .I’ll have to see how he flows in combat.
Im pretty sure the devs said that the defense debuff was 25% not 10 which would be even more crazy with that attack
It’s honestly kinda unbelievable that they managed to make a new character that isn’t a completely pain in the ass to deal with
Imagine working up to the funny poke move and then a teammate hits them
Time to bring out bp
I wonder if like the ledge attacks, it’ll increase the counter dmg of burger flip, I hope it does at least
Are the devs restarted? Mf has a 1 shot mechanic before Conq got a fucking roll catch💀 I love this game, but bruh this might be it for me. Yeah I’m sure it’s hard to actually get that mechanic, but they just keep adding shit no one wants. Anybody that plays this game seriously thinks a one shot mechanic is good for this game…
Same dude. Love this game but the devs are braindead.
Should've been 2 per GB for a total of 3 GB's, and if you lowered the 6 soul attacks damage and slightly raised his normal moves it would be more balanced in my opinion
Genuinely fcn incredible gameplay design, unique stack mechanic based off of attacks done
It’s finally time to play a samurai character, this looks like so much fun
He reminds me of nagoriyuki. Im all for this depth. Plus our first resource management character.
Wont lie, looks fun. Really like how unique and smooth the moveset is, but... When paired with hito's, shamans, bp's and kyos, and that 149 dmg 1 shot stuff will piss off ALOT of anti gankers. I suggest not getting surrounded or it will be over.
I’m a big fan of this character already good job ubi for not releasing another vag guard
Vag guard sounds like a nickname for a menstrual pad.
UNRELATED BUT THE HOLLOW KNIGHT MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND!!!!
I love this. Ubi finally let their devs be creative with the hero design. It has been so long since we got a unique hero with a new moveset that doesn’t involve unblockables or bashes as the mixup. Although it’s just a nitpick, I think they should nerve the damage to the impale from 90 down to 60 or something like that. Imagine a four stack in dominion
I love it but i feel that the guardbreak is too strong and should only confirm one or two weapons (but still do 9 damage total or a bit more)
I really gotta give the devs props for this. They really made a very very unique character for once in 8 years. I’ve been playing since the beta and let me say that I never felt the chills for a new character releasing like I feel for this one. Yes I know people are complaining about the 95 damage. But let me just say this one thing about it. In my opinion 95 yes is like half of your health. But it really will be hard to get when playing sohei. You can only throw a second light after a light, you can only throw a second heavy after a heavy. So people will be expecting every second attack you throw since you can do light heavies or heavy lights. You are limited to that. So I think them adding the guard break soul filling option was a smart choice, now it makes people focus more on not getting guard broken with this character, just like when playing against a peacekeeper since all she needs is 2 guard breaks and she’ll drain almost all of your health. It’s really not much different when you truly think about it. Versing this character won’t be as hard as it seems. The developers only make it look like it’ll be hard because they are purposely letting themselves get free hits to demonstrate his soul collecting ability. But if you are playing against someone who isn’t a bot, it won’t be easy collecting souls unless you find someone who can’t counter a guardbreak, and for how little the damage on his heavies are for a heavy or hybrid character, 95 damage really isn’t that much when you really think about it. And it’s not interruptible so you probably can’t even pull it off when being ganked unless you are in revenge. And let’s be fr, revenge is not that great right now, so we really do need a high damage character right now to be a crutch to revenge.
My God it’s Heihachi Meishima
I’ma be honest, I’m a bit disappointed in this hero for a few reasons:
1.) The one handed polearm user trope is once again reinforced. It’s a personal pet peeve I have in games where a character uses a polearm weapon with one hand and because of that all the attacks are hella slow. The katakama yari is supposed to be a maneuverable weapon with tight point work and hooking capabilities which leads into my next gripe about Sohei.
2.) Why did they not include a hooking punish that follows into a bleeding light attack? The one thing I wanted most out of this hero the moment I saw his main weapon was for him to use the kama part of the katakama yari to hook the enemy’s weapon downwards, following up with a light attack that does bleed damage. MASSIVE missed opportunity by Ubisoft on that one.
3.) I understand that bro has a mix-up that does 95 damage. However, I still think his other attacks should do more damage especially his lights.
4.) His executions imo are flat out terrible. Idk what is it with the people they got in charge of making new executions for heroes now cause damn most of these new exes suck with the exception of a few (Warden, Kensei, and Shinobi). You would think a character that wields 7 weapons would have some of the most unique and creative executions in the game but no, they fumbled massively so far. Hopefully we get better exes for Sohei in future updates but for now both of his exes are just flat out terrible imo.
Overall though I do like the hero I just wish that they maximized the full potential a character like Sohei has in this game and they unfortunately didn’t imo. I still am gonna buy him I don’t think he’s horrible and I like how he actually has to earn his victories unlike say Varangian Guard or Hitokiri for example. However I am a bit bummed and disappointed that he didn’t get more unique animations and attacks like a hooking punish into a bleed attack.
Thanks so much Solidsol for showcasing the new hero early, I can’t wait to get him in the main game and start learning him. Hope you’re having a good day and I’ll see you in the next video.
I am flabbergasted, I literally thought to myself, “for a new hero, they could give them a parry riposte that does more damage the more times that you parry without using it, eventually working up to a one shot.” I thought it would never happen
No no no no one shot? Ubisoft why 😭