Aimstrong chose UKF, that was like the only UKF match. And he lost to VonIvan. UKF was a meme faction in ML4.
Pro players don't choose UKF cuz its OP? what lol? If anyone wanted to win ML4 and UKF was OP they would choose UKF not Soviets.
ML4 made it clear: Soviets and Ostheer are best. USF is 2nd, OKW 3rd, and UKF is the worst. UKF has too many weaknesses
ML4 was played specifically with commander terminator format with
PATCH PREVIEW 1.5.
https://www.coh2.org/news/107349/master-league-4-announcement
UKF has been historically underpicked even when they were at their strongest (AEC spam meta). Aimstrong/Asha/Hans had been players who are more likely to play UKF. Someone like Devm plays way more USF and Luvnest SU.
Will they decide to change a bit if one faction is absolutely OP in one patch? To some degree but not to the point of completely maining it exclusively unless the balance is THAT BAD.
Good point on the flaws of match stats. Did not see that. Thank you.
However, I still disagree with 45% is "acceptable" WR. I do agree that the match stats must be seen for more time, but do not expect it to be changed significantly.
2:2~4:4 is just.... to be honest removing UKF will be a burf to the Soviet & USF. Their win ratio will go higher with that patch.
What I don't really understand (and majorly complaining) is that I don't see a point of recent patches. What are they seeing to adjust the balance?
I mean.. ML was pre-winter patch. It has been a year since UKF was not in a major league. Yet they nerfed UKF one more time just like nailing a coffin.
In Korean community playing brits is almost a meme "I can win u even with this broken faction".
Check answer above. It was preview patch.
45% for 1v1 AUTOMATCH ranked is acceptable considering what i said about how the stats are brought up. If you had a way to filter top 50 or at least top100 (much more estable populations) 1v1 only players that would be a bit low but not that far away from statistically avg.
Prior to ML4, it was basically OH>USF>=UKF on 1v1 with SU/OKW not seeing much play. IIRC UKF was way more predominant in 2v2 games and further above.