Ghoul is nerfed.
Nerfs:
v2 cannot stack during v4
Domain no longer blinds enemies, health regen is reduced by only 30%
40% cd reduction removed
Crows now attack at a 50% slower rate, ability to tick during moves removed.
Back when race awakening released, people just overlooked it and ditched it as 'weak', but as more and more races got nerfed (first shark, then angel, then human's dmg) ghoul was slowly seen for what it truly is, absolutely broken.
The concept of the race is cool, but they seriously overdid it
Being the vampire race, ghoul back when it was released, was alr broken. they had to quickly nerf it (they for some reason gave it life leech on swords back then, nightmare fuel ik)
Now, for it's regular passives
You get faster at night (fun and balanced imo)
You get life leech off of melee (very strong... but unique to it so ill give a pass)
The v3, makes you faster, decreases cooldowns, allows usage of moves at 40% cd remaining, increases defense, increases health regen speed
I mean atp why bother leaving anything, you alr gave it like, half the useful perks in the game
Even this, already being solid in itself, the v4 just completely demolishes it.
v4 abilities
You get life leech on all weapons. Makes sense considering it is the vamp race, but why on earth does it stack with the v2 ?! you heal nearly 50% off of your melee alone due to that, up to 60% if you're crazy and picked the 2nd version.
The domain, blinds enemies, reduces your cds (stacks with ancient powers and v3 btw), gives your passive speed even at day, and gives a secondary tick from your crows that not only shred ken, but also interrupts enemies and heal you
Why on earth, does the vampire race, give 40% cd reduction ?
Not only does it make no sense at all, the fact that your health regen is TURNED OFF while you're in a ghouls domain makes things so much worse
All this and another massive issue, mid fight heals
Sanguine z, Shadow c, Soul Guitar x, literally just using moves with ghoul, are all able to super easily heal off of npcs mid fight
While it may not necessarily feel like an issue, that fact that these moves heal based on percent and not dmg seriously makes them near unkillable, as just hitting a batch of npcs gets them back all their hp
Nerfs (while in combat and trying to damage npcs):
All of ghouls life leech
sanguine z
shadow c
skull guitar x
do not leech on npcs while in combat.
