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Spoops » Sat Feb 27, 2016 6:50 am[/url]"]If it was a hard counter to Matador it would remove all rage and inhibit rage generation completely, remove Know no Pain as well as disable Retaliate, it is by far not even a counter to Matador, its not even considered a soft counter in any sense, when you would have to spend 200+ FP and 18 momentum to reduce Rage from 300 -> 0.

Get that truckload of salt out of here. 'Hard counter' does not mean 'apply once to completely remove an entire setup' and you know it.

And on that note, Matador gains Rage Energy off of all damage. Know No Pain is the skill that profits off of Physical damage, and Calm can completely ruin any chance of utilizing Rage Energy if KNP isn't used or isn't providing any additional Rage. Not to mention that even with KNP, smart use will prevent a powerful Retaliate from ever surfacing. That sounds like a 'hard counter' to me.

However, I wouldn't exactly call it a 'hard counter' when it's a LUC-based chance. I'd rather assign the chance to FAI instead of dumping a Curate niche on LUC.