Turns out Mag's bubble in S9 had 250hp meaning the nerf in Season 5 either never applied or Mag got a stealth buff at some point...
Finally a US missile that can compete with the PL-17 and can fit inside the weapons bay of the F-35C!
We may see this in WT in the far future on the F/A-18, F-35C, and F/A-XX
Propulsion: Solid-propellant rocket motor, said to be two-stage (not dual pulse?)
Length: 13.5 feet (4.11 meters)
Diameter: 13.5 inches (0.34 meters)
Wingspan: 26.2 inches (0.67 meters)
Weight: 1500 pounds (680.4 kg)
Range: In excess of 250 nm (463 km)
https://aviationweek.com/defense/missile-defense-weapons/us-navy-testing-new-long-range-air-air-missile
https://www.navy.mil/Resources/Fact-Files/Display-FactFiles/Article/4580867/aim-424-lraam-malice/
https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/08/us-navy-unveils-aim-424-malice-lraam/
https://www.twz.com/air/aim-424-malice-very-long-range-air-to-air-missile-emerges-from-the-shadows
Even Gouden/Nevsky gets an ice breaker but the cruiser with the largest bow can't get it?
Like damn this might be your calling to touch grass.
Remember, don't skip back and core day if you want a back like Dagger's!
Pretty much the title. Just got curious before I start resetting lines.
Because squadrons take no damage when they're attacking, is short range AA useless?
Honestly, the damage nerf is fine but I really don't like how they're increasing the cooldown on his teamup. Cooldown nerfs always felt heavier when it comes to dive characters.
I feel like SAP just has no counterplay. You can't angle against it, and the only real way to counter it is to kill the ship or run away.
Like I can't play Manteuffel into Affondatore because its SAP pens the entire ship including the armoured 100mm upper belt and unfortunately Manteuffel is a very big cruiser.
They're so incredibly repetitive I actually fall asleep when questing especially during the Magnus questline. Almost all of them are usually just auto travelling, R spamming, killing a few trash mobs, auto travelling, then R spamming to finish the quest.
What happens when you take away the skill of positioning and knowing when to push from a brawler by smoking and spotting for them? That's right, you get an unstoppable force ticking down your hp from 12-14km.
You better have radar or this train ain't stopping but in order to get within radar range, you first have to get into secondary range.
Support carriers are probably the worst addition to this game tbh
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BP's unhealthy design aside (lets keep the discussion away from this, we all know he's unhealthy), he's one of the more easier characters to completely shut down just by hunting him down or preventing him from diving.
When it comes to countering BP, there are multiple layers like the image above. From the outer most layer to the inner most, there is actively hunting BP down, preventing him from flanking, preventing him from diving, and surviving his dive.
Hunt him down layer
This job usually requires DPS or Tanks. The goal here is to actively hunt him down any chance you get (when available) and make his life miserable. Characters like Angela, Spidey, Psylocke, and ESPECIALLY Star-Lord are pretty good at this. You don't even need to secure the kill, just make him waste his cooldowns forcing him to sit afk for more than 10 seconds waiting for his cooldowns to go back up.
Prevent the flank layer
This layer will come into play when the team cannot actively hunt down BP, either because its too risky or nobody plays the characters that can actively hunt him down. The goal here is to cover the flanks and hunt him there before he has a chance to setup. Characters like Star-Lord, Daredevil, Iron Fist, Angela, Psylocke, Thor, Rogue, Hulk, Elsa, Cap, and Blade. Characters with decent enough mobility to reach the flanks and characters that BP can't win the 1v1 reliably. Again, you don't need to secure the kill. Make BP waste his cooldowns to retreat and force him to be afk for more than 10 seconds.
Prevent the dive layer
This layer will come into play if the team cannot prevent his flanks either because its too risky for the frontline to lose a player or nobody can play characters that can cover the flank. The goal here is to completely shut BP down when he dives. Characters like Star-Lord, Elsa, Thing, Rogue, and many more. The goal is to either Earthbound him, trap him, or hard/soft CC BP so that he can explode instantly. The goal here is to counter his dive and kill him to protect the backline.
Survive the dive layer
This is the final layer. If all the layers fail, then the goal now becomes SURVIVE. Characters like CND, Ultron, Iron Fist, Spider-man, Gambit (mag teamup), literally ANY character BP cannot kill. Make him completely irrelevant against your team comp.
Underrated way to survive BP is through positioning on some maps. On Yggsgard, the payload is so trolly that you can actually sit on the payload and BP cannot do much because the hitboxes can screw his dashes. There is also final point of Arrako on defense, you can sit so far from any flank angles while getting high ground with good visibility of your team. BP's dash is only 15m making it so that he cannot reach you if you in those spots.
Remember, there are more ways to counter him than just reacting to his combos. A large portion of countering him is hunting him outside his dives.
Watching Spa had me lost for a lot of the battles that happened on track. On lap 1, I thought Verstappen used boost to overtake Antonelli before Eau Rogue which at the time I thought was idiotic because of the upcomming Kemmel Straight leaving him vulnerable. Turns out it was Verstappen's deployment mapping that decided to give him more power before Eau Rogue and little to no power on the Kemmel Straight.
For most of the battles in Spa it had me wondering, was it the drivers' strategy or was it the deployment mapping? Who has more battery charge? Who has OT? Who's using boost?
She provides good overall DPS. Is a good off-angle/flanker with the mobility she has. And finally, her ult is incredibly good when paired with damage boosts as she can one shot headshot supports through their defensive ult with ease.
Star-Lord is one of BP's hard counters especially with the Groot teamup. Not only does he act as a patrol and flank denier to flush out BP, but his teamup with Groot allows him to be an amazing anti-dive peel by placing minefields that root enemies on your supports'. Having Groot on the field increases the amount of mines spawned from 5 to 8.
His teamup has a similar function to Elsa's trap, but in larger quantities and is visible. If BP ever dashes into one of these mines, he's as good as dead.