So with the latest update, Xaku doesn't absolutely fucking suck now, which is a relief. He's actually pretty decent and fun now, which pushed me to potato him.
Biggest changes are:
- His 2 is sped up, has a lot more area, and can be recast without waiting for it to expire. The area buff in particular is huge (almost double in radius, i.e. 4x in area), making it much easier to hit the cap on number of weapons.
- Deny now casts faster and gets a direct multiplier from number of weapons from his 2, potentially making it deal pretty insane damage.
- His 4 no longer drains energy for its duration (which was pretty silly to begin with given it has a cast cost too), and probably the best change of them all, now freezes the duration of his other skills for its whole duration. This means you can grab the max number of weapons with 2, cast 1, and have them all up indefinitely as long as you keep recasting 4 (as well as 4's intrinsic benefits). This obviously makes a HUGE difference, especially in high level missions.
Pretty happy with where Xaku is now, especially after being incredibly underwhelmed and considering him the worst and most boring frame released ever since I started playing last summer.