‘OP’ Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League build set for major nerf

An ‘overpowered’ endgame build for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League is on the chopping block. Devs confirmed a nerf is coming in the next patch.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League pits the titular team against the most powerful heroes in the DC Comics universe. Players take control of one of the four Suicide Squad members and team up in co-op with friends to… well… Kill the Justice League.

If you’re going to take on the likes of Superman, you’re going to need a strong build for any of Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s four playable characters. Whether you prefer King Shark, Captain Boomerang, Deadshot, or Harley Quinn, there are plenty of options for how to play.

While diversity of playstyle is baked into the game, early metas have begun to spring up around a particular exploit. Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League’s Community Manager Darroch Brown took to X to announce an incoming nerf for a particular elemental damaged type.

We are aware of an issue with damage dealt from the Burning affliction, where it is not correctly affected by scaling at high Mastery levels – making it too powerful relative to other strategies.

We are working to verify a fix for this and we're hoping to release it soon. This…

— Darroch Brown (@DarrochBrown) February 7, 2024

“We are aware of an issue with damage dealt from the Burning affliction, where it is not correctly affected by scaling at high Mastery levels – making it too powerful relative to other strategies,” Brown revealed. “We are working to verify a fix for this and we’re hoping to release it soon.”

It might seem like a bit of an odd play for a co-op shooter with no PVP to limit player power. In saying that, Brown did make it clear that the power on offer is the result of a system not working as intended and there’s a decent justification for the health of the game.

“This should open up the diversity of builds at the high Mastery levels,” Brown explained. “There’s still a few builds we’ve found at the studio we’re yet to see discovered.”

Hopefully with the incoming change, more intrepid Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League will explore some other options. Player reception to the change looks to be largely positive which is a big plus.

Brown also clarified that the incoming Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League patch would address some other critical issues that players have put to the devs. These include a bug that locks players to a certain Mastery Level as well as server and performance issues.

Official notes are apparently in the works and you can expect an update as soon as the pertinent information drops.