
u/0666gangforlife

The mischaracterization of Phoenix irks me pretty bad in Rivals, I’m not gonna lie. I also think her being a Hela clone is very insulting.
To fully start off her winrate as been around 40-45%, a stunning 2% pick rate
Her fall off begins at like… 17 meters, she can two tap up until 17 meters and then it’s a 3 shot head shot.
Hela, Bucky, Namor, Hawkeye, cyclops, Elsa, moonknight can all two tap from 30m, ULTRON LEAVES THEM WITH LESS HEALTH BY A LOOOOT (he can’t even headshot btw. Support btw)
The reason for my frustration is Phoenix remained one of my most liked marvel characters even tho I wasn’t the biggest reader or watcher of the content for a long time, I found myself liking her the most.
Also I have played games my whole life and can definitely spot some BS by a mile like this. You wanna make poke characters able to do that? Fine, make your game how you want it. BUT why can’t she? She’s like literally the ONLY poke character that can’t.
17 meters are we utterly serious right now? Not even 20… not a flat 15… not an insanely low 10, no… you chose 17… what the fuck?
Now the only major argument would be her abilities: Her team ups? Hardly felt 80% of the time I’d say when playing against her, just doesn’t do much, then we move to her stun, it’s good yes but there’s like 15 stuns better than it so… and Hela has one of them lol, so is it her dash? God no, a 12 second cd dash that goes 8 meters and does 50 dmg? I don’t think that’s the make or break, so it’s her flight right? Her 3 second- can’t shoot during, slow moving, slow recharging flight? Sorry, I doubt it again.
The sparks are there as well but it just simply isn’t enough and by FAR does not make it worth using over any other hitscan. BY FAR, I’ll say again. It is so subpar. One of the reasons I believe it to be so is that it has terribly horrifically bad range, Hela’s explosion when she kills someone is literally bigger and does more damage
Speaking of Hela. She has a stun, a flight, poke, ult that rises into the air from where she’s standing and comes back down to the exact same place when it’s finished, 250 hp, a passive team up and an active team up.
So Phoenix really is a Hela clone but just 100% worse in every aspect. And that’s greatly insulting and I think it happened because of the lore in game and they were enemies but like life and death, so on.
Which is also horribly, greatly insulting.
Another thing that is insulting is the mischaracterization of Jean Grey. 1. Ugly ass golden “human form for no god damn reason” Phoenix by her side 24/7 was, bluntly, a dogshit decision. Genuinely why would she ever do that, ever.
- She has so much more going on than “poke character” but we see zero telepathic abilities, telekinesis, astral projection coulda been pretty fucking cool if you ask me. Could’ve made her have a second form with the Phoenix where she gains more fire powers or a whole other idea with maybe being a support type dps ult coulda been unique at the very least, intertwining the “rebirth” aspect, I’m not saying res like Adam but healing coulda simply been unique for a dps ult.
Asking for a rework seems helpless because they rework the most random of characters at the most random of times.
So instead I’ll say buff her dmg to 80 like apparently they’re doing to every OTHER poke but her OR keep the dmg and increase her range to 30m, increase the range on her sparks, change the ult so you land wherever it finishes- I see the possible issues but it’s such a boring ult anyway with one of the best voice lines in the game, such a sad waste because whoever was designing it was lazy and uninspired.
There was not a day that went by, not a match that passed where at least 1 person didn’t complain about Elsa. I don’t know how you guys got away with like… I mean this is meaningless lmao
It’s actually nothing, you will not feel this.
First of all the Dino teamup still grants +1 dmg right, so the damage nerfs are a mid addition because it’s all gonna come together fine anyway in combos.
Secondly, you could make the trap cooldown 50 seconds, it’s the fact that it exists is the issue, 15 seconds isn’t the longest cooldown in the game and it also isn’t that bad either. So this is also completely mid.
I don’t know how you guys do it. As a Psylocke player hoping to be good in s10, I just hope she can compete.
Ok it looks like videos are ok and if not then gg lmao. Nonetheless. Wanted to share a video of me spectating the rank 1 Hela on console. He said he wants people to watch it. Thank you.
youtu.beFirst time. I’m surprised I’m posting here but I’m shocked as hell. Like the goofy thumbnail says. Banned for trying.
Not the actual message I cba to go back on that account. But it’s my tryhard account, it was soon to be celestial. I only tryhard, it’s literally the point of that account. And it’s private so I unfortunately can’t get the dumb replay.
My team insta locked all dive on defense, not good but I flex for them and they instantly got destroyed. Instantly, I’m talking first 5 seconds - 3 dead. My Ironfist? He doesn’t swap for NOTHING, he is literally throwing now, I’m telling him to swap and he keeps feeding and by the end of the game he’s like 5 - 20.
I tell the match he’s a thrower and to report him. SOMEHOW, SOOOOOMEHOW, the ENTIRE lobby JERKS this guy OOOF sooooooo hard that they hate on me. I’m flexing, I’m swapping, I’m literally the only person in the game that is left trying to win because that is the principle of that account.
But it goes on and on and on. They are dog piling me so I just stop talking and wait it out, the first never swaps, the team doesn’t care, the enemy team cheers the fist on to keep throwing.
Then the game ends, and I’m kicked out to the log in screen and get the message the account has been banned for throwing.
Me. On a tryhard account. Banned…. For throwing. When the fist was actively participating in his own teams loss. By all definitions and perspectives, throwing the game.
But nah, I get banned for flexing to heal and getting the second highest heals in the game and some of the lowest deaths.
The ban system in this game is a joke. I’ve given game codes, sent perfectly valid reports and months of doing this here and there and I have yet to receive a SINGLE message that they get banned despite some going widow and jumping off map.
But I get banned for trying? Just cause the enemy team has a hard on for this absolute random player? Jfc.