Talk:Ember (Warframe)/@comment-98.219.225.192-20130519023710

I see a lot of people complaining about Ember and WoF in particular, and of course a lot of talk about doing defense missions. There's more to this game than defense missions though, and Ember really shines in a lot of the other mission types. with only her 2nd and 4th abilities she easily wins solo manfights with Phorid, for instance, ending that fight extremely quickly and moving on. I really hope the devs do not make her ult as boring as most of the other ults, which are just (amount of damage) of (some element type) in an aoe of (this radius) centered on the caster for (this long), with the possibility of (some cc utility, e.g. stagger or stun). WoF is unique in that it sacrifices instant aoe cc'ing for absolutely incomparable single target fire dmg. Consider the Phorid fight. You need most of your dmg on a single, incredibly high hp target, but you also need simultaneous dmg on a couple other targets (the few random ancients in the room). WoF strikes a perfect balance for that situation.

If people think Ember is too specialized and don't like her for that, that's fine. But she's not just a flat bad frame. There are particular purposes that she is downright the best frame for.