u/Basic_Toe_5154

So for some context I'd like to point out that 1.) I only recently got into hero shooters this year so i literally know nothing compared to MOST people. And 2.) while I have been playing Storm more lately just as my own way to show support for the character, I don't think I could be classified as a storm main especially when I consider myself a flex.

3.) I'm pretty much a quick play warrior since I don't feel like I'm skilled enough to play ranked yet and honestly don't really want the stress of dealing with people through comms.

With all that being said though when I first played Storm a few months ago I hated it, because aiming was weird and she was such a slow flyer compared to Ultron and Johnny plus her kit just seemed really boring, random and confusing. I recently decided to pick up her character again because of all the drama that happened recently and even bought her swimsuit skin in hopes that the company will see a boost in sales with storm and give her more skins, emotes and sprays in the future. And after playing her for a while the problems that I had in the beginning don't really seem like big problems anymore.

I remember one of my biggest complaints about storm was how she was so slow in the air and how almost none of my buttons were actually doing anything flashy other than the right click. But as time went on and I learned that her playstyle actually revolves around being closer to the ground with your teammates so they can benefit from your aura I suddenly don't really feel like she's slow at all.

Yeah she can't be in the skybox raining hell from above, but that doesn't seem to be what she was designed to do in the first place when you look at her other abilities. She's meant to enable her team which is why she has a whole aura sphere around her. That doesn't mean she can't flank because she definitely can when it's called for but for most of the games you want to be around your team giving them either to damage boost when they're engaging or the speed boost when it's other time to run away from the enemy, chase down the enemy or rush to a strategist aid while they're getting dove.

As I kept playing her I also watch videos of people who mained her and it seems like everyone's pretty much on board with her being a dps/strategist. And while it does suck that she can't heal using her base kit I feel like that doesn't make her any less of a strategist especially when strategists aren't strictly heal bots.

In the time I've been playing her I actually have been really enjoying it which is a surprise to me since while I was playing OverWatch I actually did not like any of the DPS characters, and even when I first started rivals I pretty much only stuck to strategist and tanks.

So when I see people talking about how netease needs to give storm love and rework her character it's honestly pretty confusing to me. I understand who storm is in the comics and what powers shes meant to have, but giving her too much control would be OP. When it comes to things like ice she can easily get that in the future team up with Luna snow or Iceman whenever he's added, and as far as rain goes there's literally already a team up for that right now, and to get the button you don't even need a Jeff on your team which is awesome.

A boost to her speed so she can zip around like Ultron and Johnny feels both unneeded and unnecessary. It might help with the hero fantasy but if you give her that movement ability more people will feel like they can fly off away from their teammates and focus more on getting kills instead of actually fighting together which is sometimes called for, but her character is centered around enabling.

So what does she really need a rework for? I mean personally I like hitscan better than the projectile wind blades but if I hop in a few AI matches for a bit the aim will come to me eventually so haven't hit scan is in a needed thing and her damage is pretty damn good so what exactly is there to change about storm?

Tldr: Why exactly do people feel like storm needs a rework when she's perfectly fine as she is now?

I'm new to rivals and hero shooters in general, but it's clear to me even when I didn't get to play white fox at her best that she is in need of some changes. Obviously everyone who mains white fox wants the healing anchor back which will hopefully be given in season ten, but what about team ups?

Out of the two team-ups that she has I prefer the black cat one. The one with psylocke is nice in theory but maybe it's just because I'm new to playing these types of games and I'm overlooking it but I really don't see the need to manage my tail energy that much. During neutral I'm constantly throwing spam at enemies while also healing my theme so I'm almost always topped off, spectral Fox uses a tail but because of the cool down and left clicks I'm usually back to three by the time I need to shoot another fox. And while it's nice not having to conserve melee mode my playstyle has me automatically exiting it when I don't need it anymore which is usually towards the end of the fight when I'm cleaning enemies up or need to run away cause I pushed in to help pressure and am about to fall over.

Id like for her to have new team ups along with a healing buff if possible in season ten. And I'd like them to be with both luna and iron first.

Luna's team up with white fox is basically a free get out of jail for her due to the team up providing her with a cleanse. So I feel like it's only right that white fox gains an ability to lock opponents down with some of lunas ice. It doesn't even have to be something big like the one Luna gets, if anything when she shifts to melee form it'd be nice if during the pounce the opponent actually freezes so they can't move which would in turn make the grappling easier, either that or let the tail swipe freeze upon knock-up.

The reason for iron fists is because I read somewhere that it looks like him and white fox are getting a bit close in the comics and what fox has always had a problem with self-sustain and the meditation ability iron fist has feels yoinkable. If she could meditate while on the move (active mediation) and also send out pulses of healing aura like her current black cat team up I feel like that would be a suitable upgrade.

Do any of you guys have any ideas of team-ups that you find fun?