Talk:Ash/@comment-26477386-20160529174751

Those new passives tho.

Ash gets augmented Bleed procs, affecting all procs inflicted by both his abilities, and his weapons -- and 2 of his abilities are guaranteed to inflict slash procs. Plus there's the Madurai Focus which has the "+30% to Slash Damage for the rest of the mission" passive.

Meanwhile, Hydroid gets a 50% chance to summon a tentacle on melee-slam. An RNG-based passive that only activates when you interrupt the use of your abilities and your guns, to temporarily turn yourself into a stationary target. Oh, and sometimes you can't use a melee in Sorties.

Yeah. Passives are balanced, alright....Assuming the word 'balanced' means 'placed onto a balancing mechanism', as opposed to 'comparatively equal in effective usefulness, versatility, and/or viability'. Cuz it sure as fk ain't the second one.