For Honor’s new hero, Juren, is pure chaos and the perfect choice for solo players

For Honor‘s new mid-season update, launching Jan. 29, brings along many exciting changes to the game, but the most notable is certainly its new hero, Juren. Clearly modeled after the mythical Chinese general Lu Bu, Juren is a chaotic, selfish brute that looks only after himself, turning every match into a 1v7 fest.

A Wu Lin hero, Juren has several fighting styles that all blend together into a cohesive, fast, and heavy-hitting character that’ll strike fear into the bones of all who face him (and those that are on his own team, too). With his massive spear, Juren can use piercing thrusts and slashes from above that deal massive damage, reminding me of how the Lawbringer uses his Halberd. It’s got a fairly good range, too, making him a good choice for closer-ranged fighters.

Where Juren thrives, though, is his utilization of his gigantic size and physical strength. He can grab people and slam them against the ground, punch, disarm, break, and knock folks’ teeth out, all the while using his spear to dish out additional damage. This is reflects his Wu Lin background, given how many of the heroes in this faction utilize hand-to-hand combat on top of their powerful weapons.

However, I have a feeling Juren will be most beloved by players due to his feats. When trying him out, I got the sense he was a troll pick due to how his feats work, though they are a tremendous way to buff yourself if you’re a solo player.

As Juren was clearly inspired by Lu Bu, a semi-legendary general of ancient Chinese history well-known for his constant backstabbing and betrayals of anyone he had worked with, Juren, too, loves to backstab his own allies for personal gain.

He can heal and restore stamina by slaughtering not only the enemy creeps, but his own as well; he can literally give the enemy team vision of his allies, gaining a permanent shield for any teammate that dies in the meantime; he can gain buffs for each dead ally; and can cause the entire server save himself to take extra damage, basking in the glory of chaos and slaughter.

Those feats alone make him a totally unique and different character to anything we’ve seen in the game over the past nine years. I mean literally, he can cause so much damage to his own team that it’s not even funny, but what’s important is what he gains from that. In the hands of a skilled player (which I myself am really not), Juren can backstab his teammates and become an unstoppable force of ancient reckoning, easily outmatching his opponents in skill of combat.

The permanent shield, if you were to time the feat perfectly and even coordinate it with your team, can grow substantially and become a genuinely strong buff that’d give your enemies a very bad time.

It’s an interesting direction for Ubisoft to go into with this character, and I’m excited to see the devs switch it up a bit, giving us a character that doesn’t fit into the usual formula (or even the more recent, 300 abilities per attack formula).

Juren and the patch go live today, Jan. 29.

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The need for Magnetic Accelerators have certainly increased a level or two ever since the Trophy Display project went live in ARC Raiders.

The new project, part of the Headwinds update, requires you to complete five different stages of tasks to get some amazing rewards. Let’s look at how you can find this Epic item from your grind in the wasteland.

Best locations for Magnetic Accelerators in ARC Raiders

Like every crafting material in ARC Raiders, there’s no definite location for the Magnetic Accelerators. However, it’s an Epic-tier loot. While Epic-tier loot can spawn anywhere, you’re expected to find it more in red-colored zones on every map.

One of my favorite locations is the Village POI in Blue Gate. This location has a locked room, and I have received at least three Magnetic Accelerators in the past, and one since the Headwinds update went live. Their exact location inside the locked room is different, so you’ll want to go through every bit of the container.

Another strange, but great spot, appears to be the room right by the elevator at the Testing Annex location on Dam Battlegrounds. This room has three lootable containers, and I have found three Magnetic Accelerators from this room. It’s usually unlocked, but expect to find ARCs since there’s a nearby elevator.

As the Magnetic Accelerator is an Epic-tier loot, you can also play on the maps when the following modifiers are active.

• Harvester
• Matriarch
• Electromagnetic Storm

Playing the Night Raids will also raise your chances of finding a Magnetic Accelerator. However, there will be more hazards that you need to watch out for on your raids.

How to craft Magnetic Accelerators in ARC Raiders

If your luck is poor, you can directly craft Magnetic Accelerators. You’ll need a level 3 Refiner for that. Reaching this point is going to take time (especially if you’re a beginner).

Once you have a level 3 Refiner, you’ll going to need the following materials.

• Two Advanced Mechanical Components
• Two ARC Motion Cores

How to use Magnetic Accelerators in ARC Raiders

You’re going to need at least 10 Magnetic Accelerators to submit to the Trophy Display project. You’ll need them to complete stage 4 of the project. Doing so will get you five Wolfpack grenades, which are immensely useful. You’re also going to come one step closer to finishing the whole project and unlocking the completionist rewards.

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