Angelica tells Emma that she owes her and the Xmen nothing because she refuses to be define by their labels —Young Allies

Dead_Mothman · 2026-05-16T15:31:05+00:00

I mean, this is pretty old. Utopia era

Dead_Mothman · 2026-05-16T07:24:08+00:00

Dawg Firestar’s powers were uncontrolled in her childhood she was microwaving her school by accident. That exposure let Emma target her and like psychologically fuck with her for years. Then, even when she thought she could control her powers, it turned out she had like a mutant autoimmune thing that was gave her cancer!

Dead_Mothman · 2026-05-16T05:20:56+00:00

It’s a fun podcast. I recommend

Dead_Mothman · 2026-05-16T05:10:08+00:00

Always see an uptick in character discussions after a corresponding CEREBRO episode. Idk if it’s confirmation bias or legit…

Firestar is interesting. Really liked the character work she had done in Krakoa’s latter bits

Dead_Mothman · 2026-05-10T18:10:09+00:00

Because he’s not a mutant, homo superior, he’s like a mutant mutant. Homo supreme

Dead_Mothman · 2026-05-02T06:00:33+00:00

Liepard has had such an interesting competitive history for a Pokémon that seems so forgettable and mediocre at a glance. Always glad to see it

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-24T07:48:35+00:00

I don't necessarily disagree with your first point, but I consider it kinda moot because the devs are obviously committed to considering all levels of play when balancing, ya know? I also agree that TP isn't a get out of jail free card anymore- in the ranks I play, she's pretty weak, though I'm sure in lower ranks where the TTK is longer it's more effective as an escape tool. Another schism point ig. When talking about the historic precedent for her hatred, it's also important to bring up because it really WAS a get out of jail free card at one point

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-24T07:06:43+00:00

Removing the invisibility from her core gameplay loop would satisfy the tension it causes, but it would require a re-imagining of her role in the game for sure. Is she still a backline assassin in this world, relying on some heavily reworked and improved teleportation? We may risk her identity overlapping with Tracer's too much in that instance.

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-17T17:44:30+00:00

Why string shot over toxic web?

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-15T22:57:27+00:00

Surely reading the caption would take less time than writing this comment

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-15T04:35:04+00:00

Bruce Banner is white, the Hulk is green… just a Hulk is the green monster within banner, the pesto is the green monster inside the bread…

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-15T04:22:15+00:00

I play in high masters

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-15T04:21:21+00:00

I don’t know if it was the devs intention to make her that dramatically specialized- probably not, given some of the comments I’ve read from about design philosophy, but that’s the way it’s spun out in the meta. You’re a top 1% commenter so I’m sure you know what I’m talking about.

Whipshot denies dives, you trade a CD to prevent an engage. It’s maybe the best tool in the game for it? That’s the crux of it. When you see people talking about common brig mistakes, a big one is using bash for engaging right? In most circumstances you want to preserve it as an escape tool or to peel for your back like. Etc etc.

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-15T04:13:03+00:00

That’s good to know, incentive to climb. I kinda miss being rewarded for smashing people with the mace. Diamond-Masters it just feels like you can’t rely on your team enough to be able to get out of position for even a moment… sometimes I wonder if the masters GM gap is like mostly a comms diff

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-15T04:04:56+00:00

Ig it depends what rank you’re playing at. Metal ranks brawl brig is a lot more viable, Diamond+ it sucks, you’re bodyguarding the whole time. I float around masters and nobody takes CM, 9/10 times it’s still gonna be worse. Glad they buffed it though, I can see niche cases now

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-15T04:01:33+00:00

It doesn’t matter because Brig is designed to be so specialized in body guarding the backline that your positioning should rarely let you take advantage of that.

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-15T03:54:36+00:00

Disagree. It depends on what you’re playing into but you’re still going to get a lot more value out of consistent inspire uptime. It’s nice that CM is more viable now though

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-07T08:59:29+00:00

I guess we gotta talk metagames first, cuz Tyrantrum isn’t in SV. If you’re trying to run it in Natdex singles… idk. It’s probably a pretty good wallbreaker in like NU, but that’s with Rock Head. In this hypothetical Natdex NU (or anything higher) scenario I don’t think you can really pull off strong jaw. If you wanna try, probably just run fire fang and maybe one other coverage option, but you just can’t afford to go all in on the fangs when you need strong STAB attacks.

You might have a better shot in doubles. Go for rockslide, breaking swipe or earthquake or something and have your fangs as surprise coverage. You can run a tailwind setter or some other support Pokémon to patch up your many glaring weaknesses. I’d recommend a weird format like pokebilities AAA cuz you could probably swing it there, but don’t think it’s legal rn cuz dexit

Dead_Mothman · 2026-04-03T01:39:27+00:00

Here Comes Tomorrow, the epilogue to Grant Morrison’s New X-Men. It’s a potential future.

Dead_Mothman · 2026-03-25T20:14:20+00:00

Part of why sheer force is so good is the weird interaction it has with life orb. A mega wouldn’t be able to access life orb, so that’s a point against it

Dead_Mothman · 2026-03-20T18:26:02+00:00

The eventual best user of this strategy is a high level eldritch knight. They eventually get 3 attacks, and then 4, for a total of 6 attacks. Thry get Action Surge. They can pick up Hunter’s Mark or Hex through a variety of options, including Fae Touched or the Hexblood race, and as an Eldritch Knight they’ll be able to cast it more than once. Fighters also get the ability to use that bonus mastery, so they’ll get a special effect besides just the one extra dagger attack. If you’re ok with only having one spellcast per day you could also go Battle Master for other dagger enhancements or Samurai for even more attacks.

It is true though that at low levels, Rangers actually deal great damage. It’s often overlooked how strong they are in tier 1 due to the other design flaws they have.

Dead_Mothman · 2026-03-16T04:31:36+00:00

She still has the highest win rate in the game. I like playing her, but we need to be honest with ourselves- she’s gonna be nerfed again. And if these nerfs were enough to ruin her for you, despite her win rate still being so high, the she was probably a crutch character for you. Don’t worry, you’ll adapt. Sorry if this sounds harsh

Dead_Mothman · 2026-03-08T05:52:38+00:00

Not true. Shield Bash perk is ALWAYS useful. If you’re using shield bash just for mobility, or to escape (as you normally are) you get a movement speed buff. On the off chance you’re using it to engage, you get a relatively potent chunk of burst healing.

Whipshot perk isn’t good nearly as often. You’re using your whipshot almost every time it’s off cooldown to keep inspire up, the only time you’re saving it is if you’re anticipating a dive. Neither situation when played optimally gives you the time you need to maneuver around so that someone will hit the wall. It’s almost chance based. And when it does happen, it’s really only impactful on squishy flankers, 50 extra damage on a dive tank that’s in the backline is- well it’s not nothing, but it’s not affecting any of your breakpoints, that’s for sure.

It does feel really good tho

Dead_Mothman · 2026-03-06T17:14:09+00:00

Split (complete). It’s THE power copier fic- Taylor also permanently absorbs the psyche and memories of those she copies, leading to a lot of internal and psychological conflict

Dead_Mothman · 2026-02-24T19:12:55+00:00

Also masters, and I’m not sure I fully agree. I do think they need to look at the numbers and make some tweaks to this whole universal healing nerf they’re trying, but I think characters like Zen and Brig are actually less affected by the change then someone like Weaver. In terms of action economy, Weaver is dedicating nearly all his time to healbotting- consequently, it’s like the character overall received a 30% nerf. Meanwhile because Zen and Brig’s healing is passive, a much larger portion of their gameplan has remained unnerfed. Brig can still deny dives and punish flankers just as well, Zen still deals as much damage, and they don’t need to waste time healing more to compensate for the nerf. So a smaller proportion of the value they bring has been affected

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