Mahvel Rivals baby

[velvet sinew]

high cooldown charge her own ult, ult that deals damage to ult bar

[violet ridge]

supports is definetly the role its hardest to figure out who to make one honestly

[wanton salmon]

ive seen a leak that said each of her abilities is semi random

[hexed niche]

Also yah the same leak that said she’d be a strategist also said she’d have semi customizable abilities

[wanton salmon]

so she could be a stratagist in that shes just weird and guaranteed a hral

heal

that she has stolen from someone in the cast

but you dont know what

[hexed niche]

So like, yah seems like rogue would be a more, could do anything depending what you choose

[wanton salmon]

so long as she can fly, has melee and more fhan 250 health shes fine imo

[hexed niche]

Assuming the leak is correct anyway

[wanton salmon]

she could be a weird strategist flex spot like reed

not a true tank but more health and capable in a melee

[hexed niche]

Also I could imagine they want to save any character who can potentially do actual healing for the strategist role even if they do other stuff

Like characters like Magik don’t even get health back with their passives

Only bonus health

[wanton salmon]

nah they dont we have multiple healers in game who dont heal

[hexed niche]

I think only iron fist can heal himself

Oh and Peni

[wanton salmon]

reed heals, iron fists heals, iron man sometimes has healing nanites and machines

heals others i mran

[hexed niche]

Oh I meant gameplay wise

[wanton salmon]

ohhh

[hexed niche]

Like if a character can heal their allies theyre in the strategist role

Even if they can do other stuff

Which rogue with a customizable kit would fall under

[violet ridge]

I'll bet next season will be blade/hood, then ultron/(some duelist), then emma/jean then continue with a duelist+alternating tank/healer

[hexed niche]

Like if rogue were a duelist, but she could get access to like a Adam soul bond that kinda break one of the rules of this games design

Where non strategist can’t heal their allies

[violet ridge]

yeah, that was my assumption for why they'd put her in strategist as well

[wanton salmon]

but if they make her a core healer i will be fucking insufferable

[hexed niche]

Oh yah absolutely

Though she’s also far enough away I doubt this kit is gonna be final no matter what it is

She’s like, 2 years away minimum

This is the draft and prototype phase of design

[violet ridge]

agreed, there's a real chance that we get unexpected characters who have only begun to be conceived yet before her too

unless its a super popular character (doom, deadpool) or has clear stuff in the files (blade, ultron) I doubt they're coming anytime soon

[glass pollen]

TBH the only thing "off" from lokis abilities is the heals, and even then you can argue its just him sending minions to do his job from him

still subterfuge or dickery is in built in his moveset and even his invisibility is infinite unless he attacks or puts down a clone

[hexed niche]

Honestly I love Loki as a healer because yah

He’s the scheming villain

He only gets his hands dirty himself when he has two or when he wants to gloat

So him basically treating the team as minions is very fun

[teal mist]

I just meant it was surprising! Not that I was against

[hexed niche]

Ah yah

[teal mist]

He does hold his staff like a toddler though

[hexed niche]

Also speaking of Loki

I’ve been looking at rivals TikTok a lot more and I’m kinda surprised to see that Loki Adam is a decently big ship there

[runic apex]

that is a wierd ship to me

[hexed niche]

It kinda is but honestly is see the appeal

[teal mist]

I'm more confused by Bucky/Hawkeye being a thing

[twilit belfry]

Mmm, I don't see the vision

[teal mist]

It's Cowboy Sniper from overwatch again

[hexed niche]

He’s the one who saves Bucky from Hydra in this game

[teal mist]

Ahhh

[hexed niche]

I think it’s mostly just the contrast between the perfect golden god (who has issues deep down) vs the scumbag bastard man (who has issues deep down)

[teal mist]

Also they have two of the best ult callouts, it only makes sense

[hexed niche]

TRUE

[twilit belfry]

Mmm, idk

[wanton salmon]

makes sense to me as the mass appeal shippers tend to want serious non goofy characters with emotional damage and at least semi visable faces, outside of like deadpool.

cap is too old and too american. strange is goofy and not cumberbatch. starlord is goofy and saddled with hisactor giy being overplayed and weirdly christian. wolverine is for the gays as being short and hairy seems to be too much for the straights these days.

spidermans decently popular too

ive seen gay shippers go wild for wolverine though

[glass pollen]

Aka, they want war criminals with golden retrievers in human form

[wanton salmon]

not necceserily, hence spiderman and adam warlock

what they want is someone who has trauma and visible beauty but is somewhat serious
a hot guy who you can write about getting fixed via fucking/interacting with other hot guys

less a war criminal golden retriever, more a kicked puppy twilight costar

[green junco]

https://tenor.com/view/short-king-wolverine-deadpool-and-wolverine-variant-logan-gif-6104887263690304533

[wanton salmon]

short butches (male or female) are great they have something to prove

wish wolverine gets to be actually that height and not have it played as ajoke

like, not constantly

[green junco]

Wolverine is only like 5'3" in the comics\

Hugh Jackman is 6'2" sadly

[wanton salmon]

yeah

next actor maybe as jackey hughs wont live forever

[wanton salmon]

you know their sex is crazy

[green junco]

"DISNEY WILL MILK YOU TILL YOU'RE 90" -Deadpool

[wanton salmon]

theres a reason i still havent watched that movie lmao

meeting wolverine in the club/teamfight https://bsky.app/profile/charlatean.bsky.social/post/3lessqyilws2w

charlatean (@charlatean.bsky.social)

POV: I approach you to compliment how tall you are

Bluesky · Jan 3, 2025, 5:02 AM

[green junco]

Piotr is sadly very much lovesick for Kitty Pryde

I don't think they're together now though

Wolverine is too tragic for love

[wanton salmon]

last time i was keeping up with xmen at all he was in an amazing throuple thing with scott and jean on the moon

they couldnt show much but the panelling kept having them being implied to share the same bed

no idea where it went or whats going on now but that ruled

(thats scott saying "imagine me in a speedo")

[lilac snow]

Hey, I remember Stucky doing fucking numbers back in the day, I don't wanna hear people call Cap too old/American

[wanton salmon]

that was mcu stucky

[lilac snow]

Fiiiiine, you have a point

[wanton salmon]

have you seen and more importantly heard rivals cap?

that aint americas ass

lol

i wish he had americas ass

[lilac snow]

Yeah same, I know they know how to make good cake but the guys are lacking

[wanton salmon]

yeaaa

i dont even like venom that much

he looks kind of inflated

[green junco]

Rivals Cap is the voice actor for pretty much all versions of Cap

[wanton salmon]

bbj-ass ass

and hes playing it up as "hi ho its me captain america"

[lilac snow]

Okay yeah Rivals Cap is kinda gruff

[wanton salmon]

and there is still some! https://www.tumblr.com/sid-sn/772642495022628864/stucky-in-2025-fuck-this-stupid-game?source=share

[lilac snow]

Clicked Stucky tag, MCU Stucky continues doing numbers

[wanton salmon]

yeaauup

where as i havent even seen a unified tag for clint/bucky yet

probably because the obvious ones are cucky and bint 😌

[green junco]

https://tenor.com/view/civil-war-captain-america-winter-soldier-bucky-barnes-bucky-gif-5797313

[lilac snow]

We need to go back to idiosyncratic ship names, esp when a portmanteau doesn't fit

"Squideye" popped into my head but there's gotta be a better one

[wanton salmon]

we cant miss out on the glory of Bint

more seriously, winterhawk

[lilac snow]

Yeah that works

Even sounds kinda cool

[violet ridge]

this is so funny but accurate for shippers

[mild pine]

What about the wLw ships?

[wanton salmon]

not enough social interaction for the gay artists I follow to go for that much lmao

[mild pine]

If they are also going with golden retrievers with the most mentally scarred individuals, can't wait to read the Helrel fics

[wanton salmon]

the only yuri art ive actually seen from rivals is fem bucky x fem loki

[mild pine]

(Hela and Squirrel girl)

[sand kelp]

fem loki is just loki! grrr! grahhh!! /silly

[wanton salmon]

hey i said fem

not lady

but yeah theres a like

you know the uncanny valley?

theres a gooner valley

[mild pine]

I... know of such places

[timber garnet]

What would Allison Wanda Ruth be in Rivals

[wanton salmon]

where art of women becomes almost universally solo art of look at hot lady or men fucking the hot lady

the gay ive seen ships tend to go off traumabonding hotguys , the lesbain ships ive see tend to go off social interaction

[mild pine]

awww but lesbian trauma is a great time

[wanton salmon]

so one of the big lesbian marvel ships ive seen recently was gwenpool x squirrel girl

[sand kelp]

did loki actually get called lady loki when she was a girl? idr

[wanton salmon]

it all exists no doubt

but like this is based off what i see get popular

and im not everywhere

[lilac snow]

Checks out

[mild pine]

you can have scenes where Squirrel girl is talking about introducing their friend groups to one another and Hela has no one and Squirrel girl shows up with a bunch of other heroes, including Thor.

[wanton salmon]

most lesbain artists i see are also more focused on oc x oc

[lilac snow]

Magik/Psylocke feel like they should have lines and interactions based on vibes but I haven't checked

[wanton salmon]

oh you can but its not in the game

[mild pine]

true

[twilit belfry]

I remember Magik with someone

[mild pine]

It doesn't help that Dagger comes attached to Cloak

[timber garnet]

Tbh i never heard of Cloak and Dagger before Rivals

I still don't know much about them honestly

[mild pine]

I knew about them but not much

[teal mist]

I knew them as.. mostly Cloak

Who was mostly just appearing to move a room full of people from one place to another

[timber garnet]

There are also some like Luna Snow who are recent to the universe

[mild pine]

God who could even attempt to handle Storm ina wlw ship...

[timber garnet]

Jubilee

[mild pine]

in game I mean

[timber garnet]

Ah

Hmm

Yeah good question

[wanton salmon]

even scrolling the ao3 theres no consistent wlw ships from rivals lmao

[teal mist]

There's not a ton of obvious clicks idk

[wanton salmon]

and its mostly either friendship or pw-oap

the women characters arent made to interact

the most popular ship ive seen among lesbians from this game is cloak and dagger

[lilac snow]

pw-oap?

[wanton salmon]

porn with-out a plot

[lilac snow]

Ah right

[celest wadi]

I usually see that tag as pwp

[violet ridge]

a lot of the shippers are young women and girls who love mlm relationships

[lilac snow]

Would've probably shortened that to pw/op or pwop

[wanton salmon]

yeah i never liked it and im a stinker, as i see stuff tagged pwp for porn WITH a plot too lmao

[celest wadi]

(though I guess that has namespace colision with porn with plot, true.)

[lilac snow]

I guess I'd pick Magik of the options available

[wanton salmon]

nah doesnt work at ALL

outside toxic yuri

[violet ridge]

really? I wonder why

[wanton salmon]

magic was partly raised by old alt universe storm

[violet ridge]

there's a bit of an age difference there though

[lilac snow]

Right, check

[wanton salmon]

my theory is that lesbians NEED social interaction

they need hte characters to interact

[mild pine]

We need more ladies on this rosta

[wanton salmon]

sometimes its forreal porn and no one ever fucks at all

because they dont have to

and it rules

[teal mist]

Yeah Storm is a bit old-school for a lot of this cast

That's a Queen

And then a buncha twenty-somethings

[celest wadi]

... huh, Storm/Hela?

[wanton salmon]

storm does have some big marvel wlw ships, she had a psudocannon girlfriend

[violet ridge]

I think storm is typically mid to late twenties alongside Collosus and Nightcrawler (most of the giant sized characters are of comparable ages)

[wanton salmon]

also like this is the punk storm lesbians find hot

which is way more butch than any woman in this game is allowed to look

that was storms look when she went off for self expresion with her japanese girlfriend and came back with a whole new everything, then became the xmens leader for a while

that was her knife fight look

[teal mist]

Didn't Wolverine also do that

[violet ridge]

I japan is in his backstory, not a storyarc on screen

[wanton salmon]

wait no i misremember

that was he knife fight look

stormXcallisto is a toxic yuri staple for a reason

[violet ridge]

literally because they needed someone to read a japanese newspaper and it went from there

[lilac snow]

Listen... if we could give Magik an undercut instead of long flowing hair... I bet it'd be an instant +5 butchness

[teal mist]

Magik's whole look is a little.. Hot Topic-y, I like what they're going for but it's like too clean idk

[wanton salmon]

oh yeah right it was storm and yukio god

"more than friend, less than sister"

was their quote

which could mean ANNNNNYTHING im sure

god i wanna reread the claremont ere stuff agian but i always relied on my older brothers collection and he fukin moved country. digital isnt the sameeee

[teal mist]

I love this flat color dark ink look waa

[wanton salmon]

RIGHT

[teal mist]

Also that's very homosexual activity

Also Also love when they do the No Pupils thing for Storm

[wanton salmon]

its fucked in many ways because 70s/80s but i always reccomend clairmont xmen

its THE xmen

even more than their origional appearance to me

lmao looking at the roster with a like, ship/romantic eye,,,

i dont think ANY of the rivals women are even attractive to ME, let alone thinking about them with each other and how they would interact socially

they are all either kids, in commited relationships or literal goddesses

or like, socially kids

psylocke is a walking ball of red flags

same for scarlet witch

i would not want to date any of these women

[celest wadi]

...hey, I've decided to start shipping storm/hela as "throw the literal goddesses together"

[wanton salmon]

hell yea

[teal mist]

Hela's voicelines ingame kill me

Pretending not to need healing and then being upset when helped

She's like a cat

[wanton salmon]

i could see squirrel girl and penni actualy

as squirrel girl is always a kid like her first appearance to me

but id need to read her gamelore

[celest wadi]

(My primary method of consuming content about Rivals is this channel)

[wanton salmon]

god you know what could work

hela/mantis

ultimate befriending the feral cat

[teal mist]

And they have the same gameplay too

[wanton salmon]

lmao

they can bond over headshots

god i wish squirrel girl had either of the designs i really like

she needs a weird-cute face!!! its like so much of her deal that she is VISIBLY unsettling!

or at LEAST normal

[teal mist]

I find it odd that Iron Fist of all people kind of got the Domino Mask

[wanton salmon]

in a world of super models

[teal mist]

At least they're not all Overwatch Disneyfaced

[violet ridge]

like storm's first apperance

[wanton salmon]

god, yeah
magiks whole "being groomed" child abuse backstory

madelyn prior

just. everything about her. poor maddie i want an au where clairmont!maddie is real

[teal mist]

God it's so fun to play Rocket against divers

[runic apex]

people underate his gun

i know theres someone who got ot gm with him doing no damage

,but

i think there was 100% times they should have been doing damage

for example if a thor or venom dives you you should be throwing orbs and shooting your gun at the same time

beacuse at that range he can do more damage than the punisher

[teal mist]

100% worth it to shoot

Especially because the orbs can only heal so fast

You can weave bullets in practically free

[runic apex]

yeah

[teal mist]

And easily the best use of wall run in game maybe idk.. Panther is good too but he's just so ridiculously nimble

Idk I'm just glad to have interesting healer kits

[violet ridge]

rocket is such a pain to hit

[teal mist]

I think that's why they sorta gave him a big ol' head

Hitscan folks eat him

[cunning nacelle]

the desyncerrr

[lapis aspen]

The festival event is pretty fun

[cunning nacelle]

climbed to Silver 2 today largely off the back of rocket

when teams are a complete mess, having a revive ticket really takes the wind out of pub pushes

[twilit belfry]

Hela should fucking die when we deplete their ultimate health

[lapis aspen]

yeah. She gets 1000 health, if you manage to kill her she should die

[glass pollen]

one thing that annoys me is that she should plop down stunned out of it

[twilit belfry]

I understand that she is the goddess of death but she shouldn't get a get out of death free card

[glass pollen]

instead you just spend the next 2 seconds seeing where the fuck she was before to snipe her

and she might just crow away to hide

[twilit belfry]

Maybe she could get her current hp×4 when she ults

[runic apex]

the new mode is out

ok the mode does not explain well at al

[lapis aspen]

I think the new mode is pretty self explanitory

[runic apex]

its really not

it does not explain how to pass

[lapis aspen]

you shoot the ball towards your team mates

[runic apex]

nvm its in the charcter menu

i already hate this mode

[fervent pumice]

https://fxtwitter.com/loudwindow/status/1882353609691820332?s=46&t=hCe5pD7IX5uLF-11-LqV7w

First time I've seen this happen

In a Chinese made game no less

[mild pine]

Woo!

[glass pollen]

we have storm and tchalla too

so either they actually want to be comic accurate, they dont have prejudice in the dev team or Disney is breathing down their neck if they attempt to change the skin color

[glass pollen]

one thing that kind of surprises me is magneto seems to be

weirdly chill with half of the cast

I know he flip flops between being a villain or an antihero but most seem to be rather ok with him

like of course he has beff with punisher, who fucking doesnt.

luna just looks for a fight

but the rest seem to be cool with him?

[twilit belfry]

Iirc its because this interpretation of Magneto that loves mutants more than he hates humans

[glass pollen]

Which I think its reasonable, he doesnt really hate humanity (besides the holocaust), he just wants mutants to have a life where they arent being treated as a danger to the world

genosha and now Krakoa being his main objectives

[twilit belfry]

My favorite interaction is both with Luna and Tony

[glass pollen]

luna is kind of off with some of the interactions

...

though she also thought Bucky had ice powers..

and called Squirrel girl thor...

the hell is up with you, luna?

[hexed niche]

I mean depending on the era Magneto definitely hates humans

[twilit belfry]

She is an industry plant

[hexed niche]

Atm he’s mostly chill but like, he absolutely hated them for a while

[twilit belfry]

To be fair, his "hero name" is Winter Soldier

[hexed niche]

Yah it’s an Emma frost situation

The name implies ice powers

[raven summit]

https://vxtwitter.com/FroggerOW/status/1882397062005936514

[twilit belfry]

Hopefully the "Qì guàn cháng hóng!" Doesn't go away

[glass pollen]

I would say fucking everything implies ice powers

name

her outfit fitting the typical "ice queen" trope

being always some sort of white

[hexed niche]

Oh I was talking about Bucky

[glass pollen]

I meant emma

[hexed niche]

Ah

[glass pollen]

at least bucky is just the name

[teal mist]

Even her Diamond Form looks Iceman Adjacent

[hexed niche]

Yah Emma not having ice powers is very funny

[glass pollen]

emma just has everything ice adjacent

[hexed niche]

She’s the most obvious ice wielder of all time

Maybe more then iceman

But nah, telekinetic and diamond skin

[teal mist]

Honestly safer for everyone

[hexed niche]

I’m really not sure

[glass pollen]

telekinesis is pretty annoying

[hexed niche]

Telekinetics don’t have the best track record in marvel

[glass pollen]

specially with someone like emma

[hexed niche]

They’re all sorta, totally unethical

[glass pollen]

yup

[hexed niche]

Just violating people’s minds just, every other Tuesday

[glass pollen]

professor X is arguably the one with the most strict moral code

but even then he had his moment

[teal mist]

Oh the telepathy part yeah yeah

[glass pollen]

When he forced magneto to revive those memories

[hexed niche]

Charles is… Ngl Charles has done some genuinely vile shit before

[lapis aspen]

pushing point and hearing an eary drum beat from the other side of the wall

[glass pollen]

jojo stinger moment

[teal mist]

Tragically skin sfx are clientside

But probably better for just overall sound

[glass pollen]

I could swear I heard Thors rift

once

from the love and thunder skin

[teal mist]

>:Tc

Mayb

I do believe they show up in deathcams

[glass pollen]

probably that

since you can also see the crosshair

[teal mist]

I love checking folks'

Some absolutely wild looks out there

[green junco]

Krakoa moment

And Emma didnt even start out with the diamond form, it took a while in the comics before that became a thing

Very big on mind fuckery though from the start

[raven summit]

It's a secondary mutation, which is a big thing in lore apparently.

[hexed niche]

Even before Krakoa dude was erasing people’s memories to make his job easier all the time

[raven summit]

He's done some fucked up shit to Scott and Logan from what I understand.

But it depends on the continuity.

I don't want to know shit about Ultimate Charles.

[violet ridge]

telepathy, although I'd guess theyd go more into telekinises for her kit if they want to make her a shield tank

[raven summit]

https://x.com/worldgore_/status/1882227204509319403?s=46

BEATO (@WORLDGORE_) on X

ultron

X · Jan 23, 2025, 12:41 AM

[hexed niche]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT28oSRYp/

[green junco]

Yup! It comes from a lot of things, from Beast getting a feline form from experimentation, to Elixir healing himself, Kid Omega turning incorporeal from too much use of the Kick drug, and Cassandra Nova "creating" Emma Frosts diamond form

There's more that I didn't list but it's relatively uncommon but a big deal when it happens

One of my favorite Emma Frost panels

There we go

That took a second

[violet ridge]

I hope emma is wearing actual pants she looks like she just forgot to put them on

[raven summit]

She wears plenty of suits.

[violet ridge]

Emma’s still a bitch but she’s no longer the villain she used to be

also ugh, I hate the 99% glitch. I joined a match yesterday and the payload was 75% of the way there when I finally joined. We somehow won it (the enemy team was a mess frankly) but yeah I hate not being able to just get into games

[raven summit]

Emma is a heroic bitch.

[wanton salmon]

she should definitaly be telepath only but thats not too hard for a tank- she can have an x second power where you CANT shoot her. very short but like, pressing the button doesnt fire the weapon or use the resources for say 2 seconds if your cursor is on her or you are in her aura

or just have crowd control in her non diamon form

then her diamon form makes her cloak her shield behind and beside her

[hexed niche]

Honestly I feel like people really underestimate Hulk shield

It’s like, 4 seconds of total invincibility and CC immunity for potentially the whole team

I think people see his jump and assume he’s a dive tank like Venom but the shield and CC really makes me think he’s better as a frontline tank like Strange

[glass pollen]

its a disconnect between both gameplays

[wanton salmon]

hes a dive tank who wants to dive with someone else and be foghting the rest of the time

[glass pollen]

you certainly want to use the bubble more on you

because the shield on the allies is lower

[wanton salmon]

he has aa like 1 second cooldown dive he can reposition in a fight constantly

[glass pollen]

like what? 100? 150?

[wanton salmon]

so you can dive then instantly undive

[hexed niche]

Yah his jump being so low cooldown means you basically always wanna do it

[hexed niche]

He’s like, the second most mobile tank behind cap

[glass pollen]

its just 100

compared to magneto

[hexed niche]

Well the bubble can affect multiple people

[hexed niche]

You only get more value the more people around you

[glass pollen]

which is 300

still a useful bubble

but it wont save someone from being dived unless cc is involved

also you have the stun on hulk

which compared to any other stun

only YOU can break it

so you can just get in, stun a supp, then proceed to punch the other supp

or go for a tank or anything else, leave then in stun and they are out for a few seconds

there is points to argue as being a backline tank, as there is points to argue you are a diver

and I think at that point you kinda want to do both every once in a while

[hexed niche]

His jump having basically no cooldown means he kinda can do everything at once lol

Dude can fly around fights

[glass pollen]

also if he can aim the jump stun a flier

but yeah, Gamma shield can be used for both protecting the backline as just being offensive extra health

[green junco]

You get a lot of ult charge from it too

If you use it right

[violet ridge]

I think she’ll be a relatively fragile shield tank who can make herself a super durable unit in a pinch but loose her other abilities

[hexed niche]

That just sounds like Reed tbh

[glass pollen]

tbh

if she can go diamond skin

I can see her getting extra health with that

or straight up become invulnerable for a few seconds

if we are going with telekinesis as main power she will probably be similar to invisible woman

pull/push people or even keep them in the air as a sort of root like squirrel girl does

[wanton salmon]

we shouldnt because she isnt a telekine at all

she has no telekinisis

and it defines her character and powers vs jean and other psychcics

it would be fully like giving spiderman a gun "because he needs a ranged attack"

[glass pollen]

I just assume power over mental stuff and it applying over everything, apologies

[wanton salmon]

sorry lmao

[hexed niche]

I assume if they are gonna give her a ranged attack it’s gonna be like a generic mind blast

The kinda stuff Charles does all the time

Put her finger to her forehead and a beam comes out you know?

[lapis aspen]

Indestructible guard
Look inside
Destructible

Gah discord formatting

[lapis aspen]

Psychic attacks like that seem perfect for being hit scan

[green junco]

Maybe like a point and click stun, a melee stun, maybe melee punching in diamond form

Aoe trance stun thing as a ult

[sand kelp]

making a character revolving around stuns is a great way to fast track them into being the most despised addition

[wanton salmon]

cc doesnt have to be stuns

she could have a telepathy blind like punishers smoke or cloaks purple rectangle

she could have a single target root that lets targets still shoot or use abilities

she could have a move that masks her in a targets mind making her temporarily (like a second or two) invisible

she could have a move that creates an illusory copy of a player on her team

things that dont just stun, and dint just directly prevent damage, but by their use mean people arent dealing damage to your team. tank crowd control

like thors push, groots root, venoms diving knock up, penis stun, stranges ability to portal a target away if they arent moving

and she would only need two at most i think

[sand oracle]

I bet we'll get a telepath that inverts controls eventually

[wanton salmon]

but shes a telepath so just giving her a block shield would be a massive failure of game design

[wanton salmon]

i doubt it honestly

more likely they just represent that kind of ability with a stun and push

as actually losing control is not only infuriating its a skill check

also i wonder if shes gonna be called emma frost or white queen on the menu

[sand oracle]

I mean they've already got a 5 second hard cc and whatever hulk exile is

they're already not shying away from it

I could see it as really hard slow + inverted controls

so it doesn't really matter, you can't do anything anyhow, but it's got the gamefeel of disorientation

[raven summit]

https://youtu.be/rqmmeE7NBsc?si=-UV28Pais1zfnouY

Do crosshairs really matter?

[cunning nacelle]

They can be really useful, yeah

I find the Iron Man one in this vid is crazy useful

[raven summit]

Hmm.

https://tenor.com/view/hmm-thinking-consider-considering-in-thought-gif-16847829

[runic apex]

id uninstall the game if a invert control cc was added

[teal mist]

Inverted is too counterable by practice, needs to adjust what directions mean every .5 seconds

[silver helm]

also a proper stun is more damaging as you can still just left click at wherever you were looking with inverted controls

[teal mist]

I think that's part of why Mr. Fantastic's ult feels.. unimpactful

The stacking slow is nice but with the amount of mobility moves and just Gunshoot it doesn't really.. change the game

( entirely different conversation if he starts it in a small room but hey )

[green junco]

It works way better in a low ceiling tight area

Gotta bait them or jump them in one

[cunning nacelle]

Mr. Stretch needs some love for sure

[green junco]

https://tenor.com/view/luffy-gordo-luffy-gordinho-gif-25125796

[green junco]

I gotta say, this is still so crazy to me, I'm happy

[hexed niche]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2LSYuYp/

[twilit belfry]

Literally

[glass pollen]

I just realize

couldnt groot help?

since He can fortnite it up

[green junco]

He can also make low ceilings

[glass pollen]

still a weird set up

[twilit belfry]

Imagine, enemy damage reduction ult

https://fxtwitter.com/mirrormantf/status/1882559647695163730?s=19

[raven summit]

https://fixupx.com/mrivalsmedia/status/1882412416778268854?s=46

[runic apex]

whhyyy

at least give me charcters i play

im ok with wolverine

but hes not really a double killer

[glass pollen]

cant youreroll?

[twilit belfry]

Try asking the enemy team so you can finish it

Some people are kind enough to let you kill them

[glass pollen]

cant you also do these missions in ai matches?

[runic apex]

when does the rerolls reset?

[twilit belfry]

You can yeah

Achievements cant tho

[runic apex]

i on'y need one more double

[green junco]

Yeah AI makes it easy

[steady flame]

Oh yeah for the event thing what spider man thing do you have to do? I tried playing him in Doom match or whatever and it was miserable

[twilit belfry]

I did it in a custom game

[steady flame]

Huh

[glass pollen]

"Brian Banner sends his regards"

When Hela kills a enemy hulk

jesus christ

[hexed niche]

Jesus

[violet ridge]

wow, that's super twisted

[twilit belfry]

https://fxtwitter.com/nerdyomniman/status/1883002075292090407?s=19

https://fxtwitter.com/MRivalsMedia/status/1881389592433283314?s=19

[glass pollen]

inconceivable

[twilit belfry]

BW? Banned? Inconcievable indeed

[teal mist]

I wonder how many matches get the Double Luna Ban

[runic apex]

thats wierd that it can happen

[teal mist]

Yeah I don't quite understand the logic there

[hexed niche]

https://fixupx.com/iheartjustice_/status/1883215379889291486?s=46&t=fIUfY3FiRXkmKVbIBdHHIw

[mild pine]

I would actually love an all for one mode where everyone plays one character that it picks from people's choices

so you have an entire team of caps vs entire team of punishers

[lapis aspen]

All Mantis, it's just one fight forever

Always ulting

[glass pollen]

the banning happens on both ends at the same time

so people want to ban hela at the same time?

they ban hela

so its just 3 heroes banned in that match rather than 4

this only happens if both teams have that mentality

[lilac snow]

Yeah LoL does the same but with 5 bans per team (each player gets 1)

Which has made me imagine the hilarity of 6-12 ban Rivals

[runic apex]

idk how rivals does it

i don't play that much ranked

[severe zephyr]

https://fixupx.com/_kiritorip/status/1882950832079180106
I swear every good Spiderman play is either some saw shit or the sneakiest MF around haha

[cunning nacelle]

being honest, yes lol

[hexed niche]

I wanna say this is a dumb gimmick but this genuinely seems really strong on the right maps lol

Like so long as they’re not a flyer or flyer adjacent anyway

[sand kelp]

i was gonna say hulk could make it out, but charging up that jump takes longer than just accepting your death anyway

[hexed niche]

Yah and like, every healer except maybe a god tier Loki is dead

[sour forge]

the fact that the web swing pulls to you WITHOUT the special status is slightly deranged

[silent wren]

Rocket should be fine. Maybe Susan? Can you trigger the double jump in mid air?

[hexed niche]

I think so

[twilit belfry]

You can

[raven summit]

https://vxtwitter.com/Gurululz/status/1882740572961857705

[runic apex]

you can?

no where is this mentionde anywhere ever

[cunning nacelle]

Shields block LoS for the purposes of abilities

[runic apex]

not always

[cunning nacelle]

Well they do here

And that's the important bit

[lapis aspen]

I think it depends on how the spell effect works probably. It might also work on Jeff as that's measured from the centre

[runic apex]

i don't think it works on jeff

it doesnt work on moonknight i don't think

[lapis aspen]

Its why Jeff can sometimes get people on balconies, as technically the ult has line of sight on them.

It definitely doesn't work on moonknights ult,as his is projectiles falling from the sky

[runic apex]

its a sphere it used to be a cyldinder

you can jump over his ult actully

strange can just jump and be out of it

[lapis aspen]

I thought it was changed to be a cylinder? So there wasn't a weirdness on the edges or middle?

[runic apex]

it was changed to a sphere because of the height

[surreal cipher]

...I think it used to be a sphere, and was changed to be a wide, short cylinder?

Yeah, changed from a 10ft sphere to a 10 wide, 5 high cylinder.

[runic apex]

thats strange then

[lapis aspen]

It was to make it more consistent

As before it was really weird to dodge, especially as a flier

Like, iron man could be 10 feet in the air and still caught by the ult if Jeff was directly under him

And you could just jump slightly on the edge as anyone and escape it

[green junco]

Went from half sphere to a cylinder yeah

[raven summit]

https://youtu.be/q35gNhQRm0E?si=pv3ugEvFatNIdYF6

[hexed niche]

https://fixupx.com/saltyphish/status/1883201919239295352?s=46&t=fIUfY3FiRXkmKVbIBdHHIw

[raven summit]

https://x.com/GutoQuirino/status/1879989627320430893

Glu Glu (@GutoQuirino) on X

Eu tenho esse hobby de ficar imaginando personagens em jogos, esse seria o ciclops no Marvel Rivals.

I have this hobby of imagining characters in games, this would be Cyclops in Marvel Rivals.

X · Jan 16, 2025, 8:30 PM

https://x.com/FayyaBonk/status/1883252744083194256/photo/1

Fayya (@FayyaBonk) on X

President and Press secretary~

#MarvelRivals #Mantis #Loki

X · Jan 25, 2025, 8:36 PM

[glass pollen]

https://x.com/kaiwankon/status/1883273629087285252

kaiwan˚｡⋆୨୧🐉👾 COMM CLOSED (@kaiwankon) on X

Just wanna draw spidey with #somji 😔

X · Jan 25, 2025, 9:59 PM

[runic apex]

id say bp is the one closest to genji

[glass pollen]

tbh psylocke was the child at first because ninja+purple woman

[runic apex]

well she does kinda play like sombra

[teal mist]

And her main attack feels genji-ish, the ol' right click spreadfire

Sombra Stealth an Genji Burst, she's terrifying

[runic apex]

bp is the one iwth the reset

and the dash based damage

[teal mist]

They split him up amongst the divers

Cept maybe Spiderman but Spiderman is weird

[runic apex]

i think pyslock's wepaon is also more comparable to sombra since its a spread, genji was an accuture 3 shot in a row, and a 3 shot spread burst.

[teal mist]

It feels like they combined both of genjis to me

It's like right down the middle of being accurate and burst

Girl has a hunting shotgun

Sombra was firing with one hand and felt like it

[twilit belfry]

https://fxtwitter.com/DirectorLyric/status/1883654312532046227?s=19

[lapis aspen]

I got SVP as Cloak and Dagger

In an incredibly frustrating match, where it felt like I had to play healer and DPS at the same time

[twilit belfry]

Ouch

[teal mist]

Too many tank games end up feeling that way, solotanking while also somehow in charge of killing every flying enemy and often the healers

[green junco]

Dunking on the Luna ult solo

[cunning nacelle]

This is why I play Groot, feels a lot easier to do that

[violet ridge]

groot has some of the better damage for tanks

I'd say mags is at the bottom, although thats also impacted by how akwards his projectiles are

[teal mist]

Mags does solid per shot and the right click hurts but it's just slow

Four-shotting healers isn't bad though

[violet ridge]

yaeh, the problem is accuracy

its a lot easier to kill with someone like Penni than Mags

especially on mobile characters like Rocket

[runic apex]

his shots do have aoe though

also i just noticed how its kinda funny that the tank im best with (mag) and the duelst im best with(Sg) both have aoe but im also accurate with them

[violet ridge]

with falloff, and thats only if they detonate mid air not if they hit the ground

somedays my accuracy is pretty good, but others itts awful

interested in seeing other ranged tanks like Emma

[glass pollen]

with mag you kinda want to pocket someone

[cunning nacelle]

Groot has the highest damage potential of any tank if you set up your walls correctly

He hits very hard

[violet ridge]

ugh uninstalling and reinstalling still wasn't enough to fix the 99 glitch

[cunning nacelle]

Do you have the game installed on a HDD or SSD?

[violet ridge]

yup

verifying the files fixed it for like, a session then it went right back to being a problem

[cunning nacelle]

That doesn't answer my question

Haha

Like, which kind of drive is it on

[violet ridge]

sdd

my harddrive was too full

[cunning nacelle]

Hmm okay, that's odd

How much RAM do you have?

[glass pollen]

put it at the lowest possible setting?

or checked if the ssd doesnt have issues?

[violet ridge]

mvp as magneto
our four dps were useless lol

half the game was me and the healers having to hold out against the enemy team

put settings on low and it still does that

[glass pollen]

checked the ssd?

[violet ridge]

I'm not sure what you mean by check it it looks like its working

[glass pollen]

let me get something

https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

its a program dedicated to check various things in ssds/hdds to make sure they are operating normally or find errors early to back up files

[violet ridge]

it says its good

[runic apex]

how much free spae is on your ssd

[glass pollen]

probably that too but even then

not sure what could be your problem

[runic apex]

thats kinda why im thinkg to look at random settings

maybe moving one of them would fix it

[violet ridge]

780 GB free on the ssd

[glass pollen]

ram size?

[violet ridge]

I don't know how you check that

[velvet sinew]

Task manager, performance tab. Look under Memory, what's the maximum value?

[glass pollen]

probably ram size?

[runic apex]

could be

wait is that idle?

10 seems like alot when idle

[violet ridge]

that is idle yeah, I had internet in the background, youtube

[runic apex]

lowering settings might help just to lower ram usage

these days i think 16 isnt ebough anymore

[glass pollen]

I have 16 and I can only have rivals open

if I have other stuff up it normally hitches on regular play

and even I put my install through shit like debloat or o&o shut up

[runic apex]

i would recomend finding what ram model you have if possible and just buy more sticks of it if you can if not replace entirely

[teal mist]

Luckily this is one of the simpler and cheaper problems to have

[velvet sinew]

Also, what browser do you use, and are you the type to have 100398938 tabs open?

Because lots of tabs can cause that

[runic apex]

i went on a quest for my ram

my ram was no longer being sold kinda ish

cause the company got sold but the company that owned that company did sell a very VERY simlar ram

[glass pollen]

depends if you have the ram slots

since some pcs just have 2, others have 4

[violet ridge]

I did lower the setting and didn't help unfortunately

[glass pollen]

this is mine

same ram size

ok I heard that the webs dont need to be actually connected to each other to make a path

that is a weirdly big gap

kinda surprised

[runic apex]

one thing you can tactially do is put your thing behind a wall

then use the mini webs to make it get send out

the downside of this is if you miss your web shot later in the fight it places one down

[glass pollen]

looks like you can make them jump around 2 meters?

[glass pollen]

I was aware of that

just kinda surprised that the spiders dont need to have the webs like physically touching

you know?

[violet ridge]

I’ll be honest, I don’t fully get what I’m looking at

[glass pollen]

The game costs me 8gb of ram to run

[runic apex]

i was just kinda posting the idea of a strat with them to just use the webs to bend around corners to keep the nest safe

[glass pollen]

you can see how much resources it takes from my pc if you notice my memory here

[glass pollen]

Yeah I started doing that after watching the peni otp

[violet ridge]

ah, I didn't have the game running when it was open

Peni is fun, I hope she gets a gothic recursion skin

[runic apex]

the main thing i want skinwise in general is SG sailormoon

[violet ridge]

has she worn a magical girl outfit?

[runic apex]

https://www.themarysue.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Marvel-Snap-Cinematic-Squirrel-Girl.jpg

it was a marvel snap thing

https://tenor.com/view/say-discord-marvel-snap-marvel-animation-gif-10100682790498896814

[violet ridge]

is that ghost rider in the background?

[runic apex]

i think so

and a toon version of deadpool

[violet ridge]

this is just the main menu when rivals in on hikes

[runic apex]

show this part so we can see what pgrograms are eating it up

[severe zephyr]

Fwiw task manager ram use can be kinda misleading - some programs request a lot more ram than they need and give it up if usage is high enough

[runic apex]

click on memory to brnig most ot the top

it can still be useful to look for outliers

[violet ridge]

I assume windows explorer is one of those lol

I should finish metaphor so I can free up space, haven't played it since novemeber, was really enjoying it to so I don't know why I got distracted like that

man, teams takes up a ton in the background

[severe zephyr]

Yeah fuck teams haha I keep it closed all the time unless it’s being actively used

[violet ridge]

its not even being used

completely forgot I even had it on my computer

my company stopped using it because things are a mess there, I'm not even working this week because we have no work to do (archaeology company)

I need to find a new jo but I've just been feeling tired and depressed

[glass pollen]

that is probably because it boots up from the get go

I dont know if its possible in windows 11

[runic apex]

i assume you can

[glass pollen]

but for example in windows 10 there is this start menu

[runic apex]

manauly ou can just remove items from the startup folder

[glass pollen]

yeah, you can click on stuff and disable it from starting up

[twilit belfry]

What's yall thoughts on people calling supports being overtuned?

[runic apex]

they are correct

i don't think its full on overwatch nobody dies outside of ults

but healing ults univserially need a hit

[teal mist]

Healing ults always change a fight, other roles have to get like.. good ones

( healer ults being the big 3, Luna Mantis IW, also Loki technically)

And honestly Mantis just might do too much damage? Idk what is pushing her above the others exactly she's just so efficient and effective

[cunning nacelle]

I think it really boil down to stalling ultimates like the ones listed being game warping

[runic apex]

i think mantis is really fine outside of her ult

but right now we have 4 "nobody dies for 8-12 scounds" ults

CD,mantis,invisable woman, luna, and loki can just copy them

[lapis aspen]

Mantis' damage is based on the fact that her healing is pretty limited

as she only gets 4 life orbs. Like she's a good healer but she's not consitent unless you have good aim.
And if you don't play her you might get an idea of how much damage she does based on when she gives herself a damage boost (costs a life orb). Rather than her base damage

Mantis's ult could probably be brought down to a burst of healing and bonus health rather than 8 seconds. As the 8 seconds is incredibly silly

[lilac snow]

Don't forget Cap

Cap is a tank with a support-style ult

[glass pollen]

honestly

i think the real problem is that the support ults have to be big numbers or they become useless

most of them get like 250, the only reason you die is because you get hit by 250 in one instant

cloak and dagger is 220 per second on a dedicated area
invisible woman is 165 per second, the invisibility picks up from that lack of numbers
luna snow is 250, basically making her inmortal unless you swap to damage boost or one shot her with stuff like the ironman ult

mantis is.... weird now that i look at the hard data

[violet ridge]

I wonder when we'll get the peach momoko skins they showed off a while back

[steady flame]

Idk if it’s Kiriko ptsd or something but I hate hearing Peni talk. Like, the VA does an objectively good job I just do not like listening to her

[hexed niche]

I really want Ultimate psylock as a skin

[teal mist]

Which look was that

[teal mist]

seems a lil cute for Ultimate I do not recall this, nice look tho

[hexed niche]

It’s from the new ultimates

In that ultimate x-men are following Japanese school girl mutants in a small town

While a sinister cult is forming around mutants

It’s written and drawn by Peach Momoko

[teal mist]

There's something just not satisfying about Namor's basic attacks

There's no oomph to any of it

[teal mist]

Also trying to learn Iron Fist and people keep bringing Triple Support to goddamn QuickPlay orz

[green junco]

The sinister cult is an analog to the brotherhood of mutants basically, with shadow king at the center

New ultimate X-Men is sick

What I want is a New Ultimates Wolverine skin

[mild pine]

Unlocked King Magnus

[teal mist]

It's a great look, and love how it changes the melee

[timber garnet]

I'm in the process of unlocking the Iron Man suit

Blood Edge?

Whatever

It looks great

[mild pine]

Ah yeah that's got such a cool vibe on it

[violet ridge]

I like the gothic recursion skins, hope that my mains gets some

I play the ranged tanks

particularly Penni and Magneto

[runic apex]

peni probally isnt

both those chars arleady got skins this season

[violet ridge]

it was just a recolor though

but yeah, probably the ones who didn't will get something

[runic apex]

im starting to think magik just isnt good

her risk for reward ratio isnt very good

[mild pine]

https://youtu.be/IxPY3f4mQtU?si=DFaIwjUqWlHNius9

[teal mist]

I think being able to portal even slightly vertically would solve a lot of Magik Troubles, but I think she's doing alrighty

her burst is so potent and works well in a brawl too

[runic apex]

she feels really awkard

she feels honestly like she was a really early charcter they never polished

she needs more hp

she has the worst melee surviablity by far

[fallow stump]

Yeah

[runic apex]

her ult is trash

[fallow stump]

Eh idk I like her ult but too easy to die in her ult

[teal mist]

I'd pull bucky back to 250 hp and push her up to 275

[runic apex]

she screams loud saying "KILL ME I ONLY HAVRE 250 HP AND IM EASY TO KILL"

[teal mist]

this is why Iron Fist's ult has kind of become a weird Defensive Distraction measure, you get your block on a 3s cooldown and everyone is frothing to kill your celestial-looking self so you just soak a ton

[runic apex]

why does storm get 600 hp on her ult an ult that im not sure you could kill her if she was at 1 hp

magick? gets zip

and in order to get actully decent dps you need to spend pretty much all her cooldowns to barely kill a 275

[cunning nacelle]

Magik legitimately has the highest win rate in the game starting at Diamond up

And she has a respectable amount of matches to back that

She's an excellent character but has a very high skill cap

[runic apex]

that surpises me that she is rated that high

[glass pollen]

let me get the list

[cunning nacelle]

I recommend finding at some really good Magik players using https://rivalsmeta.com/characters/magik/leaderboard and looking at their replays

[runic apex]

namor was another one i was suprised was rated so high but he got bumped back down to c

[glass pollen]

this is grandmaster and above in pc comp

the fuck is inro fist doing up here?

i have no idea

[runic apex]

bad pick rate

so basicly only the monsters play him

i still think SG is really underrated

i think people play her too much as a bombardment

[glass pollen]

tbh she is lenient to kind of be that way

junkrat mains

or demoman mains that actually use the pipe launcher

[runic apex]

maybe its cause i mainde genji and cole i see her diffrently

[glass pollen]

the ones that used the sticky launcher are with peni

[glass pollen]

Same thing with peni

i rarely see people offensively throw mines

[runic apex]

i know seagul recently player her in comp and he is much more agressive

he also mained genji

[glass pollen]

you also have rocket otp

https://youtu.be/o-g8vKTfVeM

[runic apex]

peni is someone i know im bad with

[glass pollen]

apparently he became well known enough he got target banned enough to change his name

[runic apex]

namor is someone i really thought be overrated him at A

[glass pollen]

like, take it as a compliment if people go to target ban you specifically

[runic apex]

wait is there not a mine cap?

[glass pollen]

uuuuuhhh

I think its like 7, or 8?

my brain says 12 but I think that one is when ult is active

[runic apex]

i know your talking about the demo man but you can kinda market garden with her ult

just drop in ult the supports point blank

a good example of people underrating her is ML7 going "she has issue securing killing" and mainly talks about people grouping up

[glass pollen]

or flats always saying she can only do defense

and even then she doesnt do it "that well"

[runic apex]

when people talk about anti dive she isnt even part of the conversation people are just like "yeah play namor"

she has a root and can kill any 250 hero just by rooting them

[glass pollen]

then if you see him playing as cap in his alt he keeps complaining over how the penis in metal ranks are degenerates

mining a random spot with 5 mines

or how a wolverine has to get out asap if he tries to dive you while you have your nest up

or die/waste the second life

[teal mist]

I think she's real reliant on a good team compared to other tanks

[runic apex]

i did think about that

[glass pollen]

fair enough take

[runic apex]

how she might be a litle bit of win more

[teal mist]

She's a great support structure for a solid team

it's an odd spot

[runic apex]

or she is a disbalancer

she cant tip over the enemy team but she can put them off balance

[glass pollen]

or if not disbalance them

secure kills if they back off

[teal mist]

Also fun if you have a Bucky/Spiderman/Wolverine

[glass pollen]

then you are in those weirds peni vs peni

and both of you are like

"I SEE THE ENEMY NEST, ITS ON FUCKING SIGHT"

[runic apex]

yeaah i actully did that once

i kept pulling in people into the nest

this is one game i had recentlyish and just look at my last and solo kills

shes really good at just going "no you do not get to go back for heals"

i think necros is the one that seems to respect SG the most

otu of the major streamers

most just rank her At C

[glass pollen]

really?

kinda surprised

unless squirrel girls just come over thanks to him maining spidey and the team up is a thing

[runic apex]

he said he has a friend that is really good with her, one thing ive noticed is a lot of them just havent given her a chance

again back to the demoman thing

you can sorta to erase people double hit people at once if your one lucky or god like

[glass pollen]

yeah I just find it surprising necros would call her good

[mild pine]

to me Squirrel girl is like the soldier TF2.

Put them in the hands of someone basic and they're mid to low, but the ceiling is higher than people dare think

[runic apex]

i just found a video of someone watching rank 1 SG and hes like "its probally gonna involve lots of spam" the SG player proceeds to outsnipe a namor and snipe flyers out of the sky

the thing about the drop attack is most supports if they don't see you ult they arent gonna pop their ult on reaction to an sg ult

there is also a thing where you can hit a wall bounce it onto an enemy right as your geting a direct hit so you get 220 burst damage in what feels like a single hit

[teal mist]

Also some corners turn the ult into like 450 instantaneous damage

[runic apex]

like the syombite pit

[glass pollen]

honestly I wonder if they should lower the life ofthe squirrel stampede

[runic apex]

thye already did to 300

[glass pollen]

or make the hitbox bigger

[runic apex]

it was 600 before

[glass pollen]

because I dont think i saw a stampede being killed directly

[teal mist]

It's really a per character thing

Punisher just evaporates it

[glass pollen]

people either die by it

[runic apex]

people ignore it as well

[glass pollen]

or wait it out

[runic apex]

or maybe don't know you can shoot it

i shoot them and kill them pretty easily

[teal mist]

Yeah I think a lot of it is people still getting used to it doing anything

[runic apex]

most SG players just throw it from across the stadium

[glass pollen]

I remembere trying to kill it and not being sure if i land shots on it

[mild pine]

Oh fox I got MVP once from squirrel girling into the pit in the middle of the wakanda map that has a destructable middle? It's like a little pit. Apparently there were three supports down there and the bounces just deleted them all because they were all in a tight place.

[glass pollen]

the one that looks like a temple?

not the one that is all rocks or the one with the flying ship

[mild pine]

The one that is sciencey

[glass pollen]

yeah that one

[runic apex]

yeah i know that one with the little area yeah

[mild pine]

yeah you destroy the pillar and it becomes a hole in the floor with a room and a jump pad

[teal mist]

For some reason that map always feels one-sided

[mild pine]

Ult fell in the hole and deleted three supports because it was running wild

[glass pollen]

I hid down there sometimes as Wanda in a attempt to PUREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECHAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS

[runic apex]

i got my hexa from 4 kills on that little side area on klyntar and 2 direct hit kills

there are highlights i like more but this is still nice to have

[teal mist]

So many hit noises

Playing Groot into SG just seems self destructive

[runic apex]

whats really funny is when a rocket or jeff ride goot

that might be the most single hardest counter in the game

is SG just shooting groot during that

[mild pine]

Come on Thingy get in the game ;-;

I wonder if they'd give him this outfit.

[silent wren]

'Definitely Not The Thing' skin?

Actually that could be a whole skin line

[mild pine]

It's more his Noir detective stuff

good old greatcoat

[silent wren]

ah. There's a Noir Thing comic?

[mild pine]

Ben sometimes does street work, I'm not sure of the comic exactly

[main parcel]

Yes or No: As Luna, Mantis, CD, or Sue, you should always sit on your ult to count big attack ults like Strange, Storm, etc. Even if you're losing a firefight you should just give up that fight, becasue if you spend a defensive ult without countering a big attack ult, you won't have it and will just lose the fight when the enemy DOES ult.

[runic apex]

id say ult if everyone is really low anyways because if they do use an ult like that later theres o 100% that ult will even do anything

but if you know using your healing will stop you form losing the current one you should

for all you know the next time strange ults he gets instantly denide

[lapis aspen]

Different characters have different times they should ult based on ult charge time. CD gets their ult much faster than other healers

[cunning nacelle]

I'll be real, CD ult and the disjoint are the only reasons I rate them at all

[lapis aspen]

I think CD are good beside the ult. They can deal with divers, auto aim lets them heal high mobility heroes, they have a great piece of AoE healing (provided allies know to stand in the healing bubble). Their escape option is really good

But they're like a normal hero without the ult. With the ult it makes them just really unfun to fight against because it just stops the fight for like 16 seconds (time from when they start ulting to the end of it)

[cunning nacelle]

the bubble is not good AoE healing

it's honestly mid

Seagull rates them C tier and I agree

I think in every practical case, especially triple support, I'd prefer Loki

[twilit belfry]

Man, this Winter Soldier guy sure does a lot of damage, good thing he only has 3 ammo per reload, imagine if he had infinite ammon

[supple heron]

https://tenor.com/view/wink-got-it-dude-rocket-raccoon-hint-gotcha-gif-23822337

[sand oracle]

CD are my go to when I have to heal either flying characters or really intense divers like iron fist or venom

like, I am bad at the game but I cannot consistently hit iron man to heal him when playing loki

[steady flame]

Dagger is good for me because my aim sucks and at least with her I can’t miss my healing for 5 seconds. It makes it easier to heal while people are trying to kill me

[lapis aspen]

MVP as Peni. I love spider mines so much

I need to get better at escaping with the wall grab and placing a nest during a fight though.

[glass pollen]

put it behind you and body block the nest if you are planting it in a hectic fight or if there isnt any walls close by

even if they shoot at you the web still heals you a little bit

[lapis aspen]

I'm already pretty good at body blocking the nest, but in some fights I put it down and it's just gone. But in those scenarios I should probably just be backing off a bit

[raven summit]

https://x.com/emonggtv/status/1884292369954267650?s=46&t=LOVFmjxtHs7Un4_cxxOY8g

emongg (@emonggtv) on X

I was learning how to play Winter Soldier in Marvel Rivals and someone said I play more like the Summer Civilian.

X · Jan 28, 2025, 5:28 PM

[steady flame]

That will be his summer outfit

[main parcel]

Swim trunks and a snorkel replacing his face mask.

[steady flame]

His arm will shoot pool noodles instead of tentacles

[violet ridge]

doing truouble shooting and yeah, the 99% issue seems to be memory

I get to 97% of memory used

its freakishly inefficient

[violet ridge]

7k MB for memory jeez

[violet ridge]

had a funny game where I neede to swap to dps because we had too many tanks and needed to break through

magik is fun

[glass pollen]

I mean if you want I can send you some optimization stuff, but I dont know if you will even want or feel safe using it since it needs to get Admin rights and changes shit in the OS itself

[severe zephyr]

https://fixupx.com/MRivalsMedia/status/1884554461009379504

losing my shit

[green junco]

"I got it bro, chill"

https://tenor.com/view/nuke-tera-flare-flare-fart-ffxiv-gif-2388384092246117272

[violet ridge]

found reddit

[fervent pumice]

I can feel a dps bias here

[runic apex]

Its kinda true, a lot of the supports are really easy to play if you just healbot

and a lot of support mains arent as good as they think

[fallow stump]

Friend of mine would.play loki n he was goated

But he doesn't like rivals much and I haven't played in ages either.

[runic apex]

some healbot too much, lack awareness, run away from their team instead of towrds when they get dived, panic when they do get dived

[timber garnet]

Can confirm, a competent Punisher can be pretty good

Very basic but nonetheless capable of dealing a lot of damage

[runic apex]

i find him really boring

only time i play him is in comp to counter ironman/storm if the other team is playing both

[timber garnet]

Boring doesn't mean he can't be potent

[green junco]

I think its different skills

between strat and duelist

Or I guess there's more to both roles than just dps and healbotting

[runic apex]

it is, but i feel where someone needs to improve is a bit more numberersy on damge compared to support

[teal mist]

mantis is exception, as her healing skills are murder

[green junco]

I think it does require more to succeed as a strategist compared to a duelist

Both have overlapping skills, like understanding tempo, positioning, movement, but strategist have a generally harder time carrying imo

On their own I mean

You could win a fight with a good luna ult but if your duelists are ass, you may not be able to make ground

On the flip side, a good punisher can definitly do a lot more

[violet ridge]

I usually play Adam when I have to heal since he's very straightforwards

[runic apex]

i think hes the least straight forward due to his being on long cooldowns

[green junco]

I mean not having to balance your dps to heal shooting is nice

[mild pine]

Woo! Managed to show off the Magneto MVP

only a day after unlocking it

I truly am the Master of Magnetism

[mild pine]

Giving Sue a go on the escort spiderzero map

loki set up a bunch of clones on the final push area where the weaver is, just above the pit

used the vortex to pull all of the clones off, then when Loki shot at my team I used my pull and yoinked him into the void too

trickster god my ass

[hexed niche]

So if they ever do a MCU skin for Ultron, his MVP is definitely gonna be the “what doesn’t kill you” scene right?

[green junco]

I really enjoyed MCU Ultron, James Spader is really good at capturing him, but his design man

[violet ridge]

I'm surprised that there's people out there who really think that Locus as a character is a legitimate leak that's going to happen

[lilac snow]

But Paste-Pot Pete is real, right? Right?

[runic apex]

my theory is they are likely to be in the game at some point but not as charcters

that some leakers might be just seeing a word and going"they will be a charcter"

[lilac snow]

Though if Pete turns out to be Rivals Singed that'd be pretty funny

[runic apex]

instead of thinking "oh they are problaly just some flavor dialog somewhere"

[twilit belfry]

When Colossus gets into the game, Magneto should Fastball special him

[lapis aspen]

I know you meant him using magnet powers to move him, but I just imagined Colossus picking up an old man and hammer throwing him

[twilit belfry]

Magneto could use a little bit of movement

[mild pine]

Magenta ability where he moves faster towards colossus and colossus moves faster away from magneto

[lapis aspen]

Quad as Cloak and Dagger

[mild pine]

Eyyy good job

Got him to waste that ult too!

[lapis aspen]

I think that was more of a panic ult

[mild pine]

Oh definitely, but making him panic ult was a great result. Could a Quad AND wasted their healer's ult? Great stuff

[lapis aspen]

back in platinum too

[sly yew]

For now you wont stay that for long, wanna know why?

||cause ur a god gamer u deserve a higher rank!||

[mild pine]

is there a gold reward for this season?

[green junco]

Yeah its a Sue skin

Honestly pretty cool looking

[steady flame]

I just want the human torch to be released. I am so curious about what his kit will be

[supple heron]

yeye

i wonder if The Thing can also do the fastball special

[twilit belfry]

Is sue supposed to look slightly negative below the 4

[green junco]

no

I think

[green junco]

I think people drew in the other part below the 4 since you can only see the icon on the ranked ladder screen

[steady flame]

Oh you’re right

[hexed niche]

Definitely feels like whole wolverine is a tank shredder, he really is the groot counter in specifically

Groot is kinda fucked if he ever gets kidnapped by wolverine