[Guide] Action Bar Recovery CAP & the Players Affected™

[Guide] Action Bar Recovery CAP & the Players Affected™ Soccer Spirits

First, I will do a simple explanation regarding the action bar recovery CAP.

Next, I will try to list all the players affected by the CAP and describe how they are affected.

The rationale of this guide is to help everyone to understand which specific players are affected and how it affects their match performance.

The list may not be perfect. Please feel free to let me know if I missed any players.

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How does Action Bar Recovery CAP work?


Before Patch:

All player can only recover up to 90% individual action bar from passive skills and spirit stones.

All player can only recover up to 100% action bar from allies' passive skills.

All players can recover up to 100% action bar from all kinds of active skills.


After Patch:

All players can only recover up to 80% individual action bar from passive skills and spirit stones.

All players can only recover up to 80% action bar from allies' passive skills.

All players can recover up to 100% action bar from all kinds of active skills.


*If you still do not understand what the above means, read below for the affected players and you'll understand.

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Affected Legendary Players:

Metatron:

• Angel's Light II: Recovers the team's HP by 15% and Action Bar by 15% when attacked. 
  
  
• The maximum amount of action bar of any player in the team that can be recovered by this metatron passive, is 80% AB.
  
  
• PvP - Metatron lines can no longer reach 100% action bar via this passive. 
  
  This means that speed has become more important than AB recovery in the midline.
  
  Otherwise, a faster enemy mid will take turns to kill your midline since your mid players cannot recover to 100% AB anymore.
  
  Hence, in PvP, this 80% AB recovery CAP is a HUGE nerf to metatron performance because the PvP midline depends on Metatron to reach 100% AB.
  
  
• PvE - Similarly, players who used Metatron to recover AB for their frontlines, it's capped at 80% now.
  
  Without reaching 100% AB, your frontline can no longer move before a 100% AB enemy backline anymore.
  
  This weakens Metatron ability in PvE too if she is being used to recover team AB, for the frontline.

Valkyrja Beth:

• Charge: Increases the Attack Power by 60% and recovers the action bar of all allies by 15% with a penetration
  
  
• The maximum action bar that any ally can recover, by this passive is again, limited to 80%.
  
  
• PvP - it is affected as most players are often at low AB. Usually, less AB recovery is wasted with a penetration.
  
  Beth active will also cover up the missing 20%.
  
  
• PvE - PvE content may require more shots, more emphasis for frontline action bar to be at 100%.
  
  But at the endgame PvP content, beth active is still enough cover up the missing 20% once.
  
  Not as much frontline action is needed. Most content can be done OHKO or maximum 2HKO with the right players.
  
  
• Overall, this CAP is a smaller nerf on beth based on what is required of her and compared to previous performance.

Shu:

• Expand Strategy: Recovers the action bar within the position by 25% and the HP by 15% within the position with an attack
  
  
• The maximum action bar that allies within the position can recover up to, is 80%, down from 100% previously.
  
  
• PvP - Shu is rarely used for AB recovery in PvP. Hence, not really affected
  
  
• PvE - Shu is used with Miho, Silla for infinite action bar control
  
  This could be one of the main reasons why this action bar CAP was implemented.
  
  People used this strategy to tackle CoT 5-10 etc. You can see it on match forum.
  
  
• Shu-related strategies in PvE are BADLY nerfed by this CAP.

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Non-Legendary Players:

Self action bar recovery passive skills will not be discussed. 

Its pretty self explanatory; basically relates to the passives + spirit stones of all infinite players.

This section will mainly discuss passive skills that affects position/team/allies etc.



Skill Effects: Recovers Action Bar of Allies within position with A Pass

Affected Players: Silla, Sammy

• Any PvE strategies that involves Sammy, Silla with infinite stall, cheese will be harder to work.
  
  
• For example, the common Silla - Valkia or Sammy - Valkia lines
  
  
• Action bar of allies will never be recovered to 100% and AB will be capped at 80%.
  
  
• For PvP, silla pass will no longer recover striker AB to 100%.
  
  Striker AB will be stuck at 80% and be susceptible to enemy backline attacks.
  
  
• Level of Nerf: Very High
  
  Basically killed off all the related strategies

Skill Effects: Recovers Action Bar when attacked

Players Affected: Nari, Lia, Lynbell, Muspel

• This nerf affects the player themselves.
  
  
• Does not really affect any particular strategies.
  
  
• Mainly affects the players' performance in PvP; especially as CM or frontline assist.

Skill Effects: Recovers Action Bar within the position with a Critical Hit

Players Affected: Elise

• Elise is rarely used at the moment, in both PvE and PvP.
  
  
• She is mainly used in CoT 5-6.
  
  
• So this nerf does affect her performance there slightly but not much.

Skill Effects: Recovers Team Action Bar with a shot

Players Affected: Uriel

• This CAP basically killed off any Uriel related PvE or PvP strategies.
  
  Because the team AB can no longer be recovered to 100%; everyone's AB is stuck at 80%.
  
  
• Level of nerf: High

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Please let me know if I missed out any players or skills. 

I will add them in. Thanks.