Sorry I couldn’t hold on any longer, who does everyone think is top dog for this season? What I’ve seen so far goes something like:
Top tier:
Arbiter
Cutter
Kinsano
High tier:
Jerome
Atriox
Pavium
Decimus
Mid tier:
Shipmaster
Forge
Anders
Low tier:
Colony
Serina
Isabel
Bottom tier:
Vordius
Johnson
Yap yap
Atriox I’m not too sure about but put him high as the new cleansing seems crazy good and chosen mops once you hit mid game, plus buffed fortifications is nice.
Havent played yet this season but idk about anders being mid tier. She should be high or top imo. And serina as well. Idk, feel like she should be higher aswell
My favourite list. It’s still pretty early on, so this is subject to change, but my list would be something like this.
S - Arby, Pavium
A - Cutter, Kinsano, Anders
B - Jerome, Deci, Forge
C - Isabel, Colony, Trox, Yap, Shipmaster
D - Johnson, Voridus, Serina
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> Havent played yet this season but idk about anders being mid tier. She should be high or top imo. And serina as well. Idk, feel like she should be higher aswell
Felt like Cutter and Kinsano have a bit of an edge on her rn with the spartan nerf and flamer buff giving marines/ flames/ snipers a bit of an edge on marines/ hero, whilst Jerome in my mind fills a very good role of being a bit of a jack of all trades with more room to mix things up than the standard anders build (and a stronger hero). Could be in high but I didnt know who to take out really. Serina I’ve found very lacklustre for a while with cryo bringers being a lot worse than flamers, though if you can get to mid game then cryo + seismic is still pretty scary, just a little outclassed now by glassing, rain of fire and drops imo.
I need to play a bit more before I throw my opinion out. But I’ll make sure to leave some feedback.
My initial expectation
S - Arby, Shipmaster
A - Cutter, Kinsano, Anders, Deci, Yap
B - Forge, Serina, , Colony, Isabel
C - Trox, Jerome, Pavium
D - Johnson, Voridus,
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> My initial expectation
>
> S - Arby, Shipmaster
> A - Cutter, Kinsano, Anders, Deci, Yap
> B - Forge, Serina, , Colony, Isabel
> C - Trox, Jerome, Pavium
> D - Johnson, Voridus,
Why Ship? Other than the mine bs and a decent-good leader there’s not a huge amount to him, thought he would struggle early game really
Would’ve thought you would have made a tier list on the leaders during the yappening TBH, oh well
When it comes out to who is on top I don’t know, hadn’t played enough to have an opinion.
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> Would’ve thought you would have made a tier list on the leaders during the yappening TBH, oh well
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> When it comes out to who is on top I don’t know, hadn’t played enough to have an opinion.
Lol I thought about it but so much about that was broken for different characters it would take ages to figure out what broken thing countered what other broken thing to not make it broken any more so its v hard to tell having only a weekend really.
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> > 2533274958100139;6:
> > My initial expectation
> >
> > S - Arby, Shipmaster
> > A - Cutter, Kinsano, Anders, Deci, Yap
> > B - Forge, Serina, , Colony, Isabel
> > C - Trox, Jerome, Pavium
> > D - Johnson, Voridus,
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> Why Ship? Other than the mine bs and a decent-good leader there’s not a huge amount to him, thought he would struggle early game really
Glassing, grunt buffs, his drop
Why colony and yap so low?
Any leader with glassing beam should be at the top of the list. It’s crazy good.
Haven’t had a chance to play the new update yet, but it seems as if the lamentation of The Johnson continues 
Well, once more people analyze the changes I’ll list some of the new ideas I’ve come up with for him.
I don’t know if I am just bad, but I feel like Serina would be a little higher no? Her Frost-ravens, when spammed, are terrible to fight against. I have only played one of my mains as of now (Jerome), so Ill have to test Atriox tomorrow. Ff I can really count a enemy quit victory and and raven spam defeat as “testing” Jerome.
Also Pavium Glassing beams were doing well.
Make your own list. Play your own games. Invent your own meta. Don’t be a sheep.
Decimus has to be top tier. I have played him in nearly every match since the update and his hero(s) are seem nearly unstoppable.
Top 4 UNSC, in no particular order, are probably: Cutter, Anders, Kinsano, Jerome
Top 4 Banished, in no particular order, are probably: Arbiter, Shipmaster, Decimus, Pavium
Ultimately lists are far less useful than finding what works particularly well with your particular playstyle and what playlist you are in. I think objectively the only leader truly under-preforming right now is Johnson by virtue of just not having much in terms of powers, and those he does have being a little underwhelming. Theoretically his opening strengths should either be strategic bunker play (Which is still decent actually), or quick-teching taking advantage of his siphon turrets to help hold early aggression. However siphon turrets don’t seem to be all that impactful really, both early game and especially late game. His ultimate is only really useful for base trade scenarios, siege turret drop isn’t terrible but is totally outclassed by Forge’s artillery drop, and EMP MAC is kinda like a joke really. OK in teams for the stun combination with other powers, but Johnson alone has nothing to combo that MAC with. Mantises and Collosuses feel appropriately powerful, they just have no power back-up like other leaders.
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> Top 4 UNSC, in no particular order, are probably: Cutter, Anders, Kinsano, Jerome
> Top 4 Banished, in no particular order, are probably: Arbiter, Shipmaster, Decimus, Pavium
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> Ultimately lists are far less useful than finding what works particularly well with your particular playstyle and what playlist you are in. I think objectively the only leader truly under-preforming right now is Johnson by virtue of just not having much in terms of powers, and those he does have being a little underwhelming. Theoretically his opening strengths should either be strategic bunker play (Which is still decent actually), or quick-teching taking advantage of his siphon turrets to help hold early aggression. However siphon turrets don’t seem to be all that impactful really, both early game and especially late game. His ultimate is only really useful for base trade scenarios, siege turret drop isn’t terrible but is totally outclassed by Forge’s artillery drop, and EMP MAC is kinda like a joke really. OK in teams for the stun combination with other powers, but Johnson alone has nothing to combo that MAC with. Mantises and Collosuses feel appropriately powerful, they just have no power back-up like other leaders.
I actually like Johnson and don’t much care if he isn’t top tier.
Bunker play is indeed fun as well as teching into mantises.
His EMP does improve the mantises so it has double use (though not that powerful) and I like the transport. His ultimate is very situational indeed (I never use it).
And he has some of the best quotes 
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> > Top 4 UNSC, in no particular order, are probably: Cutter, Anders, Kinsano, Jerome
> > Top 4 Banished, in no particular order, are probably: Arbiter, Shipmaster, Decimus, Pavium
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> > Ultimately lists are far less useful than finding what works particularly well with your particular playstyle and what playlist you are in. I think objectively the only leader truly under-preforming right now is Johnson by virtue of just not having much in terms of powers, and those he does have being a little underwhelming. Theoretically his opening strengths should either be strategic bunker play (Which is still decent actually), or quick-teching taking advantage of his siphon turrets to help hold early aggression. However siphon turrets don’t seem to be all that impactful really, both early game and especially late game. His ultimate is only really useful for base trade scenarios, siege turret drop isn’t terrible but is totally outclassed by Forge’s artillery drop, and EMP MAC is kinda like a joke really. OK in teams for the stun combination with other powers, but Johnson alone has nothing to combo that MAC with. Mantises and Collosuses feel appropriately powerful, they just have no power back-up like other leaders.
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> I actually like Johnson and don’t much care if he isn’t top tier.
> Bunker play is indeed fun as well as teching into mantises.
> His EMP does improve the mantises so it has double use (though not that powerful) and I like the transport. His ultimate is very situational indeed (I never use it).
> And he has some of the best quotes
The problem with the dual purpose is that you sacrifice his only other directly offensive power to do so. Jury is still out on what accomplishes less, the MAC’s direct damage to units, or the extra damage from buffing your own units.
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> Any leader with glassing beam should be at the top of the list. It’s crazy good.
Which Leaders got glassing beam?
Atriox, Shipmaster and?