Class Improvement - Enutrof

Nerf its heals please. It shouldn't be a typical healing class. 
Also bring back the chest, that drops items!!! I don't have any idea why it was removed.

I returned to the game on last month about one year and a half. There's a lot of variant spells that I didn't tested yet and I have no intention (like 'toolbox', I don't see the point to increase AP but apply the 'pacifist' state on an ally).

The thing that annoy me on the class (my favorite, by the way) is that we have a bunch of spells with a drawback and we don't see it on other classes.

Greed: an old classic. It's good, but it buffs the enemies to. On some PVM conditions it's viable, but not in others. On actual game state, it's necessary buff the enemies either?

Armlock: I understand the -1 PM, since the healing is too good by the AP economy. Since it has the same slot of Reducing Key it is, probably, not used on PVP, on the other hand, on MVP it has more use than reducing key.

Pandora's box: here I don't see the point. The healing isn't significant compared to armlock, both cost 2 AP and this one has a cooldown (that I understand, since it can be used to heal himself).

Also, there is some "relic of the past" on "coins throwing": it can be cast on the enutrof. It was a viable tactic when the bag switched places. Now it's completely pointless.

Change some of the variants for the earth build.
Shovel Throwing (linear) vs spade throw (huge range but 5ap)

Mound (3ap, huge range, Aoe) vs Peats Bog (LINEAR but good damage)

Prime of Life ( short range, mp red debuff) vs obsolescence (Linear once again)

If an earth Enu wants to use peats bog,he is restricted to a very linear play style
Peats bog is 4 ap, so x2 peats bog leaves him with 3 ap leftover (if the Enu is 11ap which is standard), and the only 3 ap earth spells are mound ( can't use cause peats bog variant, and obsolescence ,which makes Enu have 2 linear spells if he wants to be able to use all his ap.

I think just changing the spell variants so mound isn't a spell variant of peats bog would fix this linear problem.

My main problem with Enutrofs is that I feel very pigeonholed when I play one. They're one of the weakest classes in kolo, but one of the stronger pvm classes. However, they're only really good in pvm as an mp rape bot. I find this playstyle no fun whatsoever for a single-accounter, and thus I often opt out of it, allowing me to enjoy myself more but making me quite weak and insignificant in exchange.

I feel something needs to be done about how polarizing this gap between pvm/pvp is to allow people who main Enus to enjoy themselves and feel significant. 

In terms of specific spell changes, here are my thoughts about some important changes:

Regenerating chest - The AI is still bugged sometimes as the chest doesn't heal sometimes when its standing right next to you. Or it opts to follow the enu around instead of healing an ally. 

Mass Clumsiness - Just....why? Why would anyone ever use this spell at 5 ap when its your only ap reduction spell? You can't build ap reduction for a single 5 ap spell with a 7 turn cd... it just makes no sense. Replace this spell entirely with something actually useful please.

Spade Kiss - the limit of 3 triggers per turn would be fine if the spell wasn't 4 range maximum. Are we supposed to walk up to the enemy just to get a few extra damage in before trying to run away? Its especially silly since fire path doesn't have mp reduction spells so you have to either use clumsiness or go multi-element, meaning the damage probably wouldn't even be worth it in the first place. I suggest making range modifiable, then it would actually be a decent alternative to the non-los Shovel Kiss. 

Toolbox -  I really hate this spell. It has very little use cases and doesn't even really synergize with the enu's own summons. Maybe change it to giving a summon + shield? That might be too strong with bag though. Idk remove it, change it, idc, just do something. 

Anyways, thanks for reading. Theres a few other changes I think are necessary,  but most of the big ones have already been mentioned by others. 

Reworked Enutrof has less of an identity compared to the old version, at this point bribe should be changed into something different as its current rendition has been changed to the point of almost useless. Presently the spells rework has exchanged Enutrof's usefulness in pve and power in pvp for a wonky healing mechanic. 

I have been with this game for a long time.  Back when running thru the tree dungeon was a terrible task and disconnecting in the middle of a dung was the end for the entire party, but common.  I have always played enu period.  I have always liked its versatility and its ability to be creative in combat.  I hated you taking away the bags teleport and I hate that you have taken away chest's drops.  I worked many years to get chest and dopple.   Only to see my efforts in vain!  I took years to grind levels so all my spells are maxed just so I can solo mobs that many other builds find inconsequential.  Now I play out of habit more than anything, not a since of accomplishment.  That just gets taken away with the whim of someone so distant to me as a player  xxrastlinsgoldxx and now Rastlinsgold

I was enutroff all my life, but after rework with chest, its not orginal anymore, Droping chest was a soul of this class.
Anyway, things that killed my enu wasnt chest, It was so bad pvp balance, and nerf thanos stuff (this item was so usefull vs osa and sadidas) .
Enu is one of the best pvm classes, but in pvp its very hard to win any battle, even if you are full geared, winning 1v1 or 3v3 with randoms is nearly impossible.
Only way to win kolo right now is to have 3v3 team with ppl who understand enu mechanics, and can make good combo with him.
I miss my enu


Also I dont want enu to deal super high dmg, its not his role, but when i reduce someone to 0 mp i dont want him to move, but reducing mps its kinda pointless in pvp when so many classes have dashes, or jumps, or anything that let them change position and kill, definietly mp reducing spells need root effect.
classes are available to move or dash or jump with 0mp:
Rogue, Sacri, Ougi, Eca, Feca, Xel, Cra, Iop, Osa, Masq, Elio, Hupper, Panda, Enu, Eni
Classes who cant move:
Sadida, Sram,  (Not sure about Fogger)
Fix this if im wrong

I have a level 195 Enu, his only job was to collect loot with his chest. It's what he was geared to do..

Now he's like an orphaned urchin, lost, and nowhere to go

 

RedGoldGreen|2019-03-21 22:37:37

If they bring back the chest, then that will be the identity of the class. The reason why people play Enutrof. If with bonus drops the Enutrof is equally good as other classes that can fulfill a supportive role, there's hardly any purpose to play the other class. To balance this out they'd have to turn Enutrof in a deadweight character that just brings extra drops (this was the case in Wakfu for a long time).

I don't agree, i feel like each character should have its own identity and purpose when playing pvm, for instance, cra to mp rape, enu to drop, xelor to ap rape, iop to damage, panda to tank, sac to displace, eni to heal and etc., this should be the purpose of each class, not every class doing everything. Bringing this back i feel like would make pvm way more fun, ankama are focusing way too much on pvp.

I've started my Enutrof life in Wakfu open beta, been playing it since and so started one here in Dofus as well. The core of an Enutrof, its very soul that sold me this class was always the higher drop, the treasure hunter theme. It's a little sad to see this vanish more and more. The class started with an unique concept but it seems it became watered down to make it more "usable". Which made Enutrofs less usable in the end.
I will still play this wonderful class, will always be. But if you could find a heart and some solutions to make this a class truelly viable (and maybe what it once was), I would be very thankful Ankama.

Today, after the Enutrof update and nerfs I feel Enu has been nerfed too hard to a shell of it's former self. There's too many restriction on spells in the Enutrof tree to the point where if you gave an Enutrof more AP they'd have a hard time using it while doing very little damage per ap. There's spells that are automatically needed within an enu's kit that have a tough time being replaced (Ghostly Shovel, Acceleration, Bribery, Golden Age) core spells of the class with variants that can't match up in power or utility. Enutrof still suffers from bad spell coordination making most of the class limited to only 3 spells per element. 

TLDR;  Air Enu unusable after nerfs, Strength Range reduction is extremely minor and unimpactful for most of the game pvp/pvm wise. Water is a long range style but excessively limited with being forced into short range, Fire enu has way too many single use spells that feel extremely clunky. Most enus have been class changing and phased out of using newer spells because of how bad they are.

After removing damage from the Enutrof to make room for the damage per effect spells (-ap/air dmg, -mp/water dmg, -range/strdmg?) Enu is in one of the worst spots it's been in a while. Making these spells a hassle to active because they're not range adjustable, require a line of sight  and lose damage per activation while making the Enutrof forced to be close combat to activate them with little survivability and at a disadvantage due to being a ranged class. It feels as though the class has been pulled into too many different directions while not executing on them well enough.

 Enu elements have been forced into playing the debuffer role with the stronger current elements being the ones that don't have to rely on the playstyle.

-To Play Air Enutrof effectively you currently will only have 3 air spells to choose from with the fourth locking you out of unbewitchment and/or +4 MP which are both vital parts to the class. Air Enutrof only has a single air damaging ap reduction spell which only stacks once and that can take a maximum of 2 ap.  The second spell they've given ap reduction Enutrof is Decadence which buffs the enemy the next turn for a chance to take ap while being the variant of Bribery(Corrupt) which is also a core spell of the class so this variant is not usable while also being unsatisfactory to use. Using Air Enutrof spells feels lackluster because you're punished for trying to reduce AP which the element was built around with your single air spell only being able to take 2 AP while Decadence your only other ap reduction spell gives the enemy 10% reduced damage taken next turn. These two vital flaws make playing AP reduction Enutrof extremely unsatisfying (It already was low damage and tough to play) but now it feels like the entire Air Enutrof tree is unsatisfying because the only way to play it is to ignore AP reduction and go for damage but there's better damaging paths because of the damage nerfs that was introduced to make AP reduction core to Air Enutrof.

-Strength Enutrof being able  taking range is not impactful enough because it does not effect most classes due to mobility or monsters in PvM making this path feel bad to play if you base it around range reduction. Although this path's -range per damage spell does the most taking range from monsters in PVM does not effect them often enough and Ankama seems to have forgotten there's a lot of mobility in this game for the classes that already don't need range. For the classes that do need range they have a work around that makes trying to activate this medium-short ranged debuff worthless. I suggest changing this from -range to a heavy debuff  to promote the other strength spells made for hitting at a distance. This path can be played without having to use COLLAPSE for damage which makes this one of the better playstyles.

-Water Enu is in a better position spell wise being able to use 4 spells but without coins throwing and trying to play the MP reduction build the playstyle feels lackluster. Placer Mining has 1-6 range which is a medium-short distance for a build that's entirely built around kiting. Thinking with this mindset makes this path unusable for PvP and making placer mining and it's build not that great for PVM due to the low range. The new Sieving spell being limited in amount of casts per turn makes this single use linear spell feel clunky because landing linear spells is already a hard thing to do but it being single use makes it feel unsatisfactory. Water Enutrof has lost Aoe/Zone spells with the introduction of this spell. Another fault to the reworked MP reduction Enutrof is that among taking MP from an enemy you're not incentivized to use your very limited spells for more damage because you can reroll and give them more MP. This is another build that taking the spells that haven't been reworked and leaving behind the reworked new identity feels better to play.

-Fire Enutrof has been one of the most consistent since the rework since it's based around sustain. Fire Enutrof also suffers from outdated spell usage the hardest. Deposit, the newest of the spells introduced for Fire can only be cast once at 3 AP, Ghostly Shovel can only be cast once per target for 3 AP, and adding on Unsummoning another once per target cast and it's Variant Firedamp Explosion also a once per turn that lasts two turns. As you can see this branch is extremely limiting in spell choice because you're effectively kicked off spells after using them meaning the more ap you have the worse which from a gameplay perspective sounds terrible for fun. Because of how limiting a lot of the spells feel most Enutrofs choose to forgo Deposit and Firedamp Explosion due to how much of a limit it puts on your spells and abilities because it is also based around your allies being in close combat of enemies which doesn't compliment a lot of the Enutrofs abilities.