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Well the anticipation was real while it lasted. So, have been thinking of making a review on Koga ever since but for some reason I was a little bit occupied ever since hence the low post from my side.

It’s no longer big news that a new champion was added to paladins champions of the realm, although before the addition we had a lot of preview about the champion and I must say the hype then was really high, a new champion who was once a student of Zhin, a champion not to recon with and he comes with more and powerful ability when compare to his master Zhin. Koga truly the all in one champion.

Although am yet to do a review on Zhin and you probably wondering are op he is, that’s if you never played paladins, just like the name suggest, he is a samurai and he uses a sword, the fun part about this, is that he project fires from his blade with every strike he throws.

So what is special about fire?

Well if you just close enough to him, you probably get the reason why they say he is op.

He comes with other ability as well, goes into a shadow mode were no harm can be done on him, spin in a 360 degree manner hitting all hostile force close by or moving away from harm, and also very fast on his foot, one of the special ability for all flank unless you playing pip xd.

Well, that’s just a summary of the master, our main focus today is more on the student Koga.

From a preview given about him, said he was once a nameless street rat who fought the tyrant Zhin, due to the skills he displayed, he soon found favor from Zhin and later had a home with the Thousand hands guild but just like everything that progresses, jealousy was found and false rumors was spread about him which later brought the fury of Zhin, for fear of his life he flee and he is back to find and punish those who made those rumors about him. Along with his new family the paladins.

Abilities

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He comes with five different ability ranging from sub machine gun to his ult move and ai must say he is the beginning of a new era of champions yet to come in paladins champions of the realm.

Sub Machine Gun, primary weapon

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For a champion who was trained in the way of samurai, you would expect him to use sword like his master, but well that’s not the case, Koga uses two sub machine gun which shoots every 0.06s dealing a damage of 40 very fast I must say, the sub machine gun is more of a primary weapon and he can quickly swap to claw mode which shoot out fire just like his teacher Zhin, but rather than a sword a claw is used here.

Shadow step

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This is one of my favorite ability, it can be used to evade attack or change an attack position and deliver a more powerful blow from the back, Koga goes into a state in which he becomes un-targetable just like his master, probably a skill passed down as well like the fire project from his claws, you can easily move from a position under attack to a save region but using this consumes energy bar and should be used only when needed as the goal is to conserve energy bar not burn them out easily and quickly.

Dragon stance

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You prefer staying in a position and hitting enemies close range and far, well koga got you covered, with this ability you are able to shoot more powerful fires from your claws which hit all hostile troops close by, but using this just make you open for attack as well, probably use this when behind a frontline say a champion like Fernando, when shield is up should provide a good means of attacking and defending as well.

Agility

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Just like every flank champion, you need to be able to move fast to protect other ally champion or deliver the final blow, agility comes helpful for this, as you are able to move faster compare to your regular pace movement, as well when activated it makes Koga able to climb walls close by and attack from a higher position as well or evade attacks quickly by climbing to a region which hostile troops can’t follow or attack those annoying champions that shoots from a high region e.g Willo xd.

And the last

Cyclone strike

The best is usually kept for last, this is Koha ult ability, every champion comes with one, usually an ability that ensures total victory against hostile champions, some instantly kill any champion they come in contact with, others you need to have done a good amount of damage to ensure total victory when this ability is activated, example of champion that instantly kill with ultimate ability is Drogoz, and usually banned when playing rank lol. Although, with Koga you can’t kill instantly with ultimate ability but rather you are able to deal considerable amount of damage to all hostile troops close by when this is activated and also any with low enough health is killed along the way. The best part about this ultimate ability, is that Koga becomes un-targetable when it is activated, unlike most champions who require a longer time to apply this ability, koga is instantly and also those without immunity end up getting killed even before the ability is performed or why the ability is activated xd. Another reason to use Koga I guess.

With the above, it all comes down to how much you can apply this ability to get that victory we all need.

For better performance, you still need to have the right loadout, which range from selection of the right ability you can play best with and choosing of the right cards which goes in line with the ability you initially picked, just like most of the op champions, Koga have most of his ability locked which can be open at various levels you moved to, this is usually done to ensure that players using this ability have probably mater Koga to some extent and know what each keys stands for.

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Four abilities can been seen from the screenshot above, each having is unique feature and selection of any will either improve your chances of winning or losing, choosing of ability also depends on your party selection and the hostile troop as well.

Adrenaline junkie

With this selected, every shot fired and when it hit restores your health bar much faster, this should prove yourself when you probably want to finish hostile troops with claw and after dealing certain damage with sub machine gun you immediately swap to claw ensuring/securing the victory we all need.

Blood reaper

Increase the damage of skewer to 400, and it all depends on the amount of energy it consumes doing so, well I won’t advice the use of this unless you like ending fight with skewer as it’s a one way fight, wrong use lead to death of Koga, this should be used when you probably have a good control with Koga.

Dragon stance

When activated you no longer need health bar, but rather it uses your HP, this is like a double edge sword, big risk big reward, not having to worry about low health bar anymore but rather sacrificing HP to get that kill, this probably should be use when your support champion is op, if not you just going to end up bringing your HP to zero without any heal and getting killed with just one shot xd. I wouldn’t want to be your teammate lol.

Master of arms

How good are you with guns, if you a pro then this is just for you, successful kill with a sub machine gun cost no ammo, you could literally keep playing without having to reload xd, or just a another pick which you end up regretting, seeing no effect cause you can’t secure a kill xd.

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Like I said earlier, try looking at your team pick and hostile champion to see which ability comes helpful the most.

So, I mentioned Koga was special and the first of many to come, well this comes about because of his health bar, unlike other champion that require a timer before they can re-activate any ability, Koga don’t require such, but rather uses an health bar which is shown via your screen and for every ability used, they usually cost 1 health bar in which case, you need some secs to get it up again or when you select your loadout, you can pick a loadout which increases the time a health bar is re-generated.

With that been said, we should expect more champions coming with familiar features or probably an upgrade to existing champions, well who knows but the developers. Although we hoping for the best and expecting a new champion to come in as well.

With that been said, it’s usually rare to get a pick at Koga, guess every player want to try him out.

Would upload a gameplay with him some other time.
Well with that been said, good luck and have fun.

@steemgc