A comment made by a very infamous Frieza user in another thread got me thinking.
So getting to the suggestion:
Make the primary fire do a little bit more damage than it does now. Also make it unblockable (as it is now).
Have the secondary fire do 1/5 less damage than that, and 1/5 less damage with each sequential hit after that. Also make it deflectable only if your powerlevel is substantially larger than your opponent.
For example, a freshly transformed Goku should be able to deflect a starting Frieza's secondary finger laser but not his primary. Please note that I am not suggesting that the laser be beam struggle-able or block struggle-able. Simply a deflection as if you were deflecting a ki blast (being that your powerlevel is higher).
Frieza would still have an advantage with his laser, but not have him godlike over everyone else in the hands of an experienced player. He would also retain his advantage if his powerlevel were higher than someone elses (as would be the case in the hands of an experienced player.)
So I believe this would help balance Frieza out a little bit while not really taking away from his strengths.
That seems a little lopsided to me. No other character can really do that much damage in such a short period of time. This is of course excluding large beam/blast spam and discs. At least with beams/blasts and discs there is a charge and travel time. The finger laser is an instant, unblockable attack with a rapid fire function that does practically the same damage as its primary function. I could be wrong about that but I tested it with a buddy of mine. I believe it went something like 6 - 8 shots normal fire to kill a Buu, 8 - 10 with rapid fire. That was at starting powerlevels where Buu has a higher powerlevel than Frieza.Logan289 said:against me...I GUARANTEE I will kill you with lasers even when you are at full health...or at least get you down to critical HP.
So getting to the suggestion:
Make the primary fire do a little bit more damage than it does now. Also make it unblockable (as it is now).
Have the secondary fire do 1/5 less damage than that, and 1/5 less damage with each sequential hit after that. Also make it deflectable only if your powerlevel is substantially larger than your opponent.
For example, a freshly transformed Goku should be able to deflect a starting Frieza's secondary finger laser but not his primary. Please note that I am not suggesting that the laser be beam struggle-able or block struggle-able. Simply a deflection as if you were deflecting a ki blast (being that your powerlevel is higher).
Frieza would still have an advantage with his laser, but not have him godlike over everyone else in the hands of an experienced player. He would also retain his advantage if his powerlevel were higher than someone elses (as would be the case in the hands of an experienced player.)
So I believe this would help balance Frieza out a little bit while not really taking away from his strengths.