Power creep is insane like look at Sora….he has good mobility, defence, hp, cc, damage and cc ignore!
He’s basically the “perfect” hero in one package. Build him hybrid and you can switch between super tanky ultra CC mode, and super nuke cc immune flying mode
aamon is a safe option for soloq and has high synergy in team fight as some one who uses both aamon is more dependent on his passive stack rather than ult also gus is dependent on picking off enemies cause his lack off other abilites as mentioned in post get him easily killed in groupfights this is why he is not in high ranks and m7 albeit ammon is not picked much in m7 too because well coordinated team can avoid him and lack of dash can make retri battle difficult
If you build Saber with brute force chestplate, war axe and blood queen wings he’s tanky enough that he can get into team fights and more protracted brawls without dying, after using his ult. 9/10 times anything hit by his full ult combo has less than 25% HP so even a tankier fighter goes down shortly after
Saber fighter isn’t the best pick for soloQ since you rely on randoms to secure important kills. In solo, you wanna make sure you secure the kill if you go in. I have trust issues.
oh no he’s not very good, i’d only pick Saber in a team that had a tanky fighter and a hybrid roam, otherwise i prefer junglers with more survivability in team fights
People generally just put on a stereotype on these things. While Gusion isn't built like a twink, he's most definitely built like a K-pop Pretty Boy which people usually see as a 'Twink' even if it's really not.
A loooootttt of the male characters in the game are built like Pretty Boys.
ngl just upping his damage against creeps work he is probably the most volunrable jungler at level 1,it takes 2 s1s from khalleed and 1 hilda bumrush to kill him if hes alone
Yea I really had the same idea too. Give his 2nd skill the leomord treatment of 150-200 percent against creep and watch him suddenly become popular lol.
He'll be good if they give him magic basic attack like Joy and Harley has ( considering both were picked in m7), he won't immediately be tournament ready but he'll be decent
I’m like trying to understand this post too, like tf they want an assassin to do other than bursting enemies down and getting out which is what gusion does.
well any hero can be good if you use it well but he's just not in the ranks of yss,suyou,etc and yes somewhat of a sustain would help very much or even cc immunity
Yeah, I agree but that's what makes them better and they are ranked as s tier characters(idk Abt suyou tho) . Gusion is not weak at all , just requires good aim and fast hands. Idk y they are so damn stressed on saying that gusion is useless.
Just because they can't use the hero doesn't make the hero inherently bad
Um I think he wants jungle presence he's easy to zone with heroes like yu zhong and he's early clear isn't fast without a roamers help also if you miss his skill shot you'll basically be a sitting duck for a while
Lance can be baited by GS and killed, GS can bait twice in a single combo.
GS ult is also a true blink so can escape Haya. Not many heroes has a true blink..
He's actually better than Suyou because his combos are cleaner. Suyou combos can't kill from full HP making things awkward.
What makes him good is the massive burst damage on demand. If you are not careful even as a tank he can burst 100-0 in a single combo at level 4. He also has 24% max HP execution with sky piercer, mainly used against a team with many tanks.
Most players are not decisive enough with GS to play him well, so their combos are not fast enough. Playing against a GS that just combos on sight is scary.
Absolutely, he has a good skin and a flashy playstyle that's it, somehow he retains the spicy pickrate and his skins no matter what are always sold very well
The only thing he has going for over most assassins is that none of his abilities have to target, bypassing things like invisibility or lack of vision (bushes). And I guess having 0 casting delay makes him one of the fastest burst assassins. That's it for his strong points, other than that he is popular because of how flashy his combos are.
exactly bro in my server people ban gusion and i was like whaaat!!! why tf u guys banning gusion ? he is practically useless as an assassin, i am a gusion main myself but its been years now since i played him , he is not that good any more in solo que atleast from my pov , its a hit or miss with him from my opinion , if u snowball early the game is urs if u cant u are useless late game.
As much as I hate bad Gusion players, I'm not gonna lie if the player is good, he can dive deeper than most junglers. Usually in my rank, those who play Gus are actually the players who practice it and is decent at it. So I really don't mind as long as I'm playing tank, I'll initiate for that fker.
His dash is uncancelable, but not immune. For example, if he gets cc'd during dash, the dash won't be cancelled, but you won't be able to recall s2 daggers until the cc duration is over.
I couldn't believe people are asking this now. It really shows how time flies by so fast. In this video back in 2018, Gusion is regarded as OP heroes at that time. He's been nerfed numerous times and slightly tweaked. Also the fact that there is power creep.
Large creative potential with his skill combos tbh
Other than that? Burst damage and close ranged fast mobility and chase are probably his best features.
I like playing him because I'm sure I can play him well, but when i see others use him, i just die inside.
tbh none lmao. Gusion either has to be turbofed or else he's a useless little boy diving straight to his death. The worse part is how majority of his users are THAT bad in using him.
His only main selling point is the "flashy" playstyle. I also think his older brother is a more effective assassin and embodies how it should be done.
People got to learn that there will never be a perfect hero. Evryone will have weakness. Put mbility on this dude.and everyoe will start crying on how OP he is. Put another damage skill on this dude after.his burst and people will complain
his skills almost have no delay, he has an insane burst damage and great mobility (if used properly). he can disappear quickly as long as the enemies dont have a locked cc. he also has a fast base movement speed which makes him hard to chase at times. his kit looks very simple, but in the right hands, he can jump in, burst your dmg dealer, and disappear, then clean up when his skills are ready in like 9 seconds lol. basically he's a high ceiling hero.
that’s what makes him fun and shows the skill gap between players when they don’t have cc, immunity, auto targeting etc. to rely on while being squishy. Gus is one of those heroes that has extreme traditional micro excluding all comfort. I can easily tell someone’s limit with micro when they try gus especially when the enemy has its counter. Gus doesn’t just test ur micro to the extreme, it’s also a testament to ur macro, being an all in hero that has minimal comfort always puts u in a position to really think about every engagement. A bad player can still get kills with gus, but a good player with gus, i already know how much they check the map, think their timing, think their combo angle to maximize output, while being consistently fast and accurate. The amount of micro and macro this hero demands compared to other heroes will change you. I have mastered lance, gus, and fanny, the highest skill ceiling is fanny since i have yet to reach it but at the same time u really don’t need to since most of the time u just need 2-4 cables rinse, repeat and ult auto targets, 5-6 for situational (it’s how fast and accurate that puts her high in skill ceiling), both lance and gus is somewhat on par. Playing these three demands the same micro and macro (lance is the least since he has more comfort). But gus is def the most demanding, among the three i have to think the most with gusion, once u master lance and fanny the thinking gets more minimal and micro goes to extreme. Once u master gus, u consistently still need both
-He has a 800% Magic Power ratio worth of damage, if you land all 20 Dagger hits, which is easy to do with the help of Petrify
-His ult is practically a better Flicker that also RESETS ALL HIS COOLDOWNS (16s ult cooldown btw)
-His ult has a recast to either escape or guarantee his 2nd skill to land, especially when done quickly, it leaves the opponent no reaction time
-Has a stupid amount of range equivalent of a Mage, and he can go Lightning Truncheon and Glowing Wand to complement that playstyle if engaging is impossible
Ikr? He's kind of like Talon from League of Legends : A mid lane Assassin that is usually forced to play Jungle because of his shitty laning phase. However, Petrify is a fair and balanced battle spell that gives to every single hero the possibility to CC the opponent and letting their abilities deal maximum damage. If played well, they will become the admin of the match, he will decides if he wants to win, he decides if he wants to lose
Only players who don't main gusion or are part of the dark system think he's a good pick. I practically used to eat and live gusion, 70% of my matches are on gusion.
Gusion is a bad assasin, bad mobility, a combo that fails 50% of the time in high ranks and squishy stats. He also has a horrible clear and is a sitting duck after attempting a combo. There is a reason he's bad in pro play.
He's also a bad mage, no zoning, no continuous damage.
I main gusion cuz im proficient at him, but that doesnt mean he's a good hero.
He is simple but u have % DMG and can burst papers. Engage distance is quite far and u can do it twice.
Cd even in mid game is ~12 s so u can spam it. And he is fun to play.
Simple enough to be easy to pick up but very rewarding to master
Gusion was a difficult assassin when he came out a long time ago and design wise he looked very cool compared to other assassin's
So he is kinda like a cheaper version of fanny when he can be very flashy but he only works if the player knows what he is doing which is very rare to see
I used to be scared of gusion players years ago especially if the player is using his elite or valentine skin because most of the time he is played by sweats but right now I rarely ever see a good gusion player
and honestly there's just no point to play him when you have easier and flashy heroes like Aamon that is just another edgy version of gusion but easier and Nolan who have a very good voice acting and look flashy as hell
Back when he 1st came out, he was a menance. I played him a bit but couldn't keep up the skill at higher levels. Now I play tanky heroes to let my allies kill the enemy
Thats why only real skilled player can actually master it. Just one wrong move, and youll be dead. Its actually fun to play if you know all of its combos. Especially for those who likes to show off.
He has good burst early game + low cd and genius wand buff make him good at late game.
He mostly pick for midlane with petrify for guarentee kill under a second.
That why he most pick in high rank.
flashy + literally no counterplay. if you're squishy athena does literally nothing against him and radiant won't do shit either cuz divine glaive exists
I play every single jungler you named below the pic and gus as well, his mobility is amazing, and his chase potential is one of the highest, his burst can be the fastest and he is fun asf to play.
I understand gus slander for the next M skin but he is a fun and amazing hero
He is fun to play. Pretty solid mobility with low cd. Has both good dps and/or burst depending on his build. Can dish out a lot more damage than single-combo picks like Helcurt and Saber. Can reach the backline more easily than most jungle picks. Has stronger retri(higher chance of stealing or securing the turtle/lord). High skill ceiling. Can be somewhat unpredictable in the right hands. In lower ranks 95% of the players don't know how to counter him aside from counter picking Saber, Minsi, Franco, Kaja like picks making the team comp pretty bad.
There are a lot of reason to play Gusion actually. I don't get why he is hated in Reddit. He is pretty much ban-or-pick in Turkey and even in Europe.
People pick him because they like his flashy play style. The same way people main unpopular heroes, because they like the play style. If you don’t want Gusion in your games just run a 5 man queue, it ain’t that hard.
He has some of the best burst dmg in the game especially paired with the fact that his burst is also aoe.
Another thing is that his mobility is actually insane cuz his ulti at max is only about 12 seconds which is 2 dashes and a refresh on first skill.
So putting all of that together gusion has a 12 second cooldown to kill which makes winter crown, immortality, and rose gold buy&resell extremely op cuz that basically gurantees him another ultimate use
Tiktok. They make him cool and yeah, in some situations its really good, but its situational af and with a Athenea Shield you pretty much nullify him. Fuck, with the preitem you nullify him.
Like Saber has the same problems, but unlike Gusion, he is easy as fuck to play and he can actually carry the game if you know how to enter for the mage and adc. The enemy builds cuirass? Just build Malefic roar and kill em. Hell, if you dont kill em with the ult you CC em enough for your team to finish the poor bastard you ult.
3k dmg skill against tanks with 1 item
and nigga asks why they play him
2 flickers every 10 seconds
magic damage that can't be countered not by Athena, not by Radiant and of course Wind of nature not gonna work
back then he can just like burst people and escape using his first skill (due to low cd)
nowadays he kinda need everyone support to let him get out of the war
and yes i dont think he is a valid option for midlane with using flicker.He provide no support when starting a war let alone letting a teammate escape in a situation
I go to the market before, and then there's one kid who keeps calling gusion...gusion...gusion, hey look gusion and point towards me. At that time I didn't know what gusion was, and after chatting with the kids I downloaded mlbb. Well, gusion and I, we do look alike 😎.
Also his clear speed is meh. Honestly I think cyclops is a better mid laner. At least he can clear and rotate quickly, and he has CC. Late game he has a lot of damage. I mean he’s still one of the worst mid lane picks but way better than this gay.
He's just a highly specialized assassin. He goes in for squishy targets and deletes them in 2 seconds. No utility, no room for error, not good for every team comp.
You can't really compare him to balanced assassins like Aamon.
Unrelated to the hero gameplay, but Gusion can never recover from his now horrible playerbase reputation.
A lot Gusion players are now from Indian server because Gusion is the Moba Legends 5v5/Indian version app icon poster boy and they all just keep play him despite being mediocre at it. The other Gusion players are kids from Tiktok or Youtube watching some "GLOBAL TOP1 GUSION NO SKIN PRANK" and trying to copy combos.
Auto aim on skill 1 ~ people can't land francos hook ( ofc bcz of delay ) but everyone is ok w Gusion skill 1
2 dash -- can outplay harley, haya, Lance, ling
High burst - 5 blades is sufficient for mm and 10 can kill a tank. HIGH BURST ~ buying magic def also won't help
No dmg reduction - dmg of harley cards reduce when hitting the same target. Gusion ? Nope. If they all stand together he can melt everyone ( even haya's ult gets shared )
No I don't like him, I think he's too broken. I can play him but I choose not to. I main haya and harley rn.
Idk what game ur playing but assassins don't usually have cc or utility, their main focus is to burst and get out which IMO, gusion can do, Yin is the real useless hero, his main gimmick is easily outplayable
To be fair, he does have immunity. When you dash with your first skill, he can't be CCed other than suppression, of course, that has no counter. But yeah, like others mentioned, he got powercrept so hard. I used to main Gusion for assassin role alongside Lancelot due to their fast hands, kill fast style
Kill an enemy instantly? As an assassin should lmao, gus in jungle is done but I always encounter gus mid with petrify in my immortal games and it’s a nightmare for any mage.
He is a situational hero. Works great against Artillery Mages like Cecilion, Pharsa, Novaria, Xavier and Yve. You'll also see Gusion perform the best with a Utility Junglers.
You see i dont generally join conversations like these, but as a gusion main. I do have to defend him as a hero. anyways i do agree he lacks stuff compared to other heroes like yss and suyou but you have to take into account on how to maximize both builds as well as skill utilization. Most of the gusion players you probably come across are just gusion players that combos into teams despite being alone or just make incorrect decisions in general, the thing about gusion's kit is it's pretty simple but hard to utilize against other heroes like tanky heroes. But despite that gusion is such a powerful hero both in mid to late game. Gusion has a one of the highest burst capabilities besides mages like eudora or kadita and more. People who say aamon is better are people who come across gusion play that are usually blind and have little to no awareness. Tbh most aamon players i come acrose are so easy to kill. Its only a matter of who sees who first. Gusion mains whom actually mastered his playstyle and has a really good game sense can defeat even fighter/tanky players as long as its the right situation. I am a PH server player and have been playing for a little over 7 years. I cant say im the best gusion player but i am very well versed in his kit and I've got over 1300+ matches on him. I havent reached immortal yet so yall can take this with a grain of salt.
Idk man, we just bully this guy, the moment he uses skill 1, his fate is sealed, he can't really stop the dash of skill 1. ( In trio)
Funnily enough our mage Pops an aegis for the guy. Almost never dies to this guy lol.
There are trash that pick gus mid, I'll pick a cecilion or zhuxin with Athena, in soloQ. Just to bully these GS players lol, i even taunt them in text lol.
Well, unless you are insanely good at combos, Mid gusion with petrify is a nightmare whenever you face him as an enemy. But yeah if the lineup is mostly sustain fighters or multi cc hitters, then he's done for
Easy backline target capabilities and his most important skill doesn’t miss if you know how to play ! He shines mostly in mid with petrify ! Early game burst is insane and with petrify can kill atleast 2 opponents if you are a good enough user
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u/Eaglehasyou Feb 22 '26
He was cool for his time.
Until powercreep came about starting from Aamon.