Talk:Viability Ranking/@comment-44236525-20200126210256

Ok so this comment is to all the Rubellus underraters(don’t worry it’s no one in the RC before you start @ing me). The main reason most people underrate this monster is because of Armorgaming saying his skills were A LITTLE bland, and then everyone said that he sucked or isn’t worth it. Well, I’m about to tell you right now why Rubellus is very worth it and could see a lot of competitive usage, at least from my perspective.

1. Trait. His trait is usually best compared to Eisul, but Rubellus’ full trait is actually better than Eisul’s. You have abomination, nature protection, taunt, and SC: mega taunt. Abomination+ Nature protection added with the other Eisul trait(excluding freeze immunity)makes this trait a little better. The trait alone is what made Eisul go into at the very very least low OP-, added with everything else he has. So, if Rubellus’ trait is that good, he could definitely go in OP-.

2. Skills are very and I mean VERY underrated. The main reason people bash Rubellus is either his special(we need hope for humanity!)or just because of his regular skills. While I do agree that his special is absolute garbage, I don’t think that should be an ACTUAL WEAKNESS because how often do specials even get used or picked? What? 3% of the time? You’re bashing a monster just because they have something bad that you’ll never even use? Well, that’s already pretty hypocritical. Then comes the regular skills. His regular skills are actually pretty good if you think about it. See, the meta team comp is raggy/hookuai, Eisul/Santerion/Other taunts, and Wyrmlad/Hornet/Wickah/Nikasia. With this in mind, you know that you can definitely counter grakon, thalassa, or Thundeer teams easily because, let’s face it, anticipation and dodge area are always favorable with taunt. The thing I’ve come to notice is that tanks usually get atleast 1-2 turns in the battle. Knowing this, and knowing Rubellus’ movepool, he is very good here. A team NER, AoE 3 tortures, single mega stun, single stun, Self NER+control immunity, and team botanophobic shield+ 30% shield, self mega taunt+100% dmg mirror. These area all favorable things to do, especially the positive effects. This means that if Rubellus gets a turn in(don’t you dare @ me for this Statement), he relies less on a support than Eisul because he can semi-deny as well as NER himself, which is key, and why Snaterion is also a very good tank. All I’m gonna say is, look at all those skills I mentioned. Aren’t they good? Then why bash Rubellus?

I would talk about his relic slots, but everyone knows that’s a good actual flaw to him, so I won’t.

Anyways, if you disagree, then give me a friendly(no @ing me)argument.