Talk:Oberon/@comment-3964597-20160426064828

 Oberon isn't 100% useless. He's the equivalent of old Saryn in that he spams 4 and forgets all his other abilities exist. Reckoning instantly deals the total damage of Saryn's 4 when she has viral + toxin (viral is easy, toxin is bugged to hell on her). It's also got 100% radiation on there, one of the best scaling status effects in the game. And with the augment you give allies a metric ton of armor. He's arguably above only Hydroid in strength, but that doesn't mean he's BAD. Only Hydroid is straight-up bad.

 Every frame has a niche. Oberon has a niche in being a tanky healer, and he actually fits the paladin feel extremely well. It's just that there is no need for a paladin in Warframe when Trinity can give overshields, Atlas/Valkyr/Chroma/Nezha/Rhino are invulnerable while he's just merely "tanky", and Nekros provides the same health globes but with additional utility and better synergy within his kit. Hallowed Ground is a fundamentally flawed ability in a movement-based game like Warframe, which is a shame since it's one of the distinctive paladin staples. Healing itself is also very weak, as everyone is either full health with massive overshields, practically (or literally) invulnerable, stealthed, extremely far back from the fighting, or bleeding out on the floor. No in between.

 Loki used to be the most worthless frame in the entire game back when I started playing in 6.0, but look at him now, one of the best. He didn't change, the entire game got changed around him. Oberon is weak because of a niche that is worthless in the current game (like Loki was), but the problem is that Warframe at this point is effectively a completed game. They would have to do a complete rebalancing of the entire game damage and CC wise to make Oberon viable in sorties with his current kit. Or they could just rework him. But even in his current state he has good ability damage, a very strong 4, tons of radiation, a strong but incredibly niche Hallowed Ground, and extremely good augments.

I'm really curious as to why I don't see him in Draco pubs though. (Read: pubs, not pugs) 3k+ damage in a 37 meter radius at a 25-50 energy cost is legit as hell.