Keeping Dalhia and
Hawkins allows
Piranas to keep their identity as the best pill manipulation clan. Banning both
Ulrich and
Bonnie Ld was very clever of the staff, since
Bonnie Ld was the the appropriate replacement for
Ulrich. Banning
Ulrich also kills
Piranas only real counter to
Spyke.
Spyke needs to be kept since he keeps
Berzerk in the top 3 clans, yet EVERY clan is running some sort of counter to him: basically any sort of power reduction, any sort of damage reduction, or SOA.
Banning
Arno means
Roots have really lost their
ELO identity and are now really, really badly off. They had make a significant gain in
Gretchen but it seems 1 step forward, 2 steps back for a long time with these guys.
Arno was already just a bit behind
Artus.
Artus is now quite unique in
ELO.
Banning
Sledg was a little random. He was the best
Rescue 5*, but
Rescue didn't really need a hit, especially one that makes them more vulnerable to
Piranas.
Banning
Arkn is a little random, since
Arkn can be easily replaced by
Elke. It makes the
GHEIST 2HKO math a little more difficult but I'd never have thought
Arkn as ban list worthy.
Toro is also a strange ban as I think most
GHEIST players find
Methane better, and
Alexei is also a better character.
Uranus back in ELO? I guess its time to sell him- it seems really unlikely he'll go CR right after returning to
ELO.