Talk:Mother Box/@comment-120.148.67.15-20160601145316/@comment-28140789-20160602025426

Eh, Riddler's Staff only has two combat-affecting effects analagous to the first two effects of this gear and yet it still sees play, because Blink on s1 is that good--admittedly, Blink on s2 is probably not as handy, except for a certain series of characters (secret!).

Regardless, countering Ra's Al Ghul's Scimitar is not "niche", albeit not everyone puts the gear on their first character. The effect of this gear could also be different from how it's written--it might function more like Wonder Woman's Lasso of Truth with the one-time activation of Batman/Arkham Knight's passive. Otherwise it would be the first gear to strictly affect the battlefield without touching the battlefield.