This tournament was probably not an advertisement for For Honor.
Tomorrow, on August 15th, Season 3 of For Honor begins. To get into the spirit of this new content update, Ubisoft held a tournament with ESL over the weekend – as Season 3 will introduce a tournament mode in For Honor for the first time.
The “For Honor Hero Series” were, according to the official Twitter account of For Honor, a complete success: thrilling matches were played, three winners were crowned (one on each platform), and they were extensively congratulated for being the first champions of the “Hero Series”.
However, this tournament apparently did not go as smoothly as Reddit user ColdBlackCage reveals. He describes the tournament as embarrassing. Because the winner on PC used a well-known exploit, and there were various balance issues during the tournament.
“You need to change your playstyle,” says Ubisoft to the winner
The Pole Alernakin managed to defeat the American Bandanaa in the PC final and seize the title. He himself admitted to using the long-known “Unlock tech” exploit. With this technique, one can bypass the opponent’s block with certain attacks or execute attacks more quickly. With the right timing, it is possible to perform a “phantom strike” (i.e., an invisible strike that deals damage) before the actual strike, as seen in this video:
Ubisoft also noticed this exploit during the tournament, which is why the Creative Director of For Honor told the winner at the trophy presentation that he might soon have to change his playstyle:
However, this was not the only “embarrassing” situation for Ubisoft. Throughout the tournament, balance issues and bugs were evident. For example, a certain tactic with the Raider is so effective that there is almost nothing to counter it, causing many matches to unfold as follows:
The Reddit user also reports several bugs during the tournament, such as this one: The opponent falls to the ground after an attempt to grab because the ground is somewhat uneven. This shouldn’t happen. The opponent is incredulous:
12,000 upvotes currently agree with the user that the tournament was embarrassing. Especially since this “Unlock tech” exploit is not a new discovery, but has long been plaguing For Honor. However, Ubisoft has not managed to eliminate it so far.
A user in the comments concludes that it is quite ironic that the first tournament winner of a game called “For Honor” used exploits.
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