Talk:Viability Ranking/@comment-39230426-20200205220819

Synaptikus: Unranked --> SS

Ouch, sorry for no comment before. We all just kinda collectively forgot we ranked him after we did lol.

Anyway, Synap is a very interesting monster that definitely deserves his SS spot. To be honest, with his access to Trait Disable, the annoying PER + Nanovirus combo, nice Tortures outside of Nanovirus like Bleed and Drowned, good team Support ie NER, Damage Protection, and Shielding, and his really solid denies in Freeze and Mega Freeze that can be chained successfully thanks to his Nanovirus, he honestly lands more between SS and SS+.

I can point out some glaring negatives with Synap here to justify the slightly lower ranking. His TD skill, while pretty good, is Anticipation bait thanks to the extra turn it provides. Plus the skill also has a dumby large stamina costs for a modern monster, sitting at 50. The Shielding he provides, while nice, isn't anything too special since regular shields are easily dealt with through PER. Also Synap's trait is kinda iffy. It starts at R0 as Tough, gains Possession Immunity at R3, and at R5 it gains Inquisitor Fulmen's SC, the Team 50% Shield. And his Speed, while not bad, great even, still has a hard time holding out against the abundance of 3575 base speed deniers out there like Pumpseed, Grakon, and Thundeer.

It was a really tough decision for the RC, but in the end he got more votes for SS, landing him in the tier.