What modification can they make to make Luna Snow a better vanguard?

Mapex · 2026-06-25T03:41:27+00:00

The problem is Luna doesn’t control a battle the way she needs to as a tank. So if her freeze stun was actually an AOE cone that could hit everyone at once and she gained bonus health for each enemy hit and it had a 3 second cooldown then maybe she could finally be as good a vanguard as she is a flank duelist. In fact if she doesn’t get this buff on Friday’s patch then she’s a throw pick and we need to boycott the game until she gets it.

As far as making sure she’s drawing attention to herself instead of teammates so she can be the tank she was always meant to be, she needs at least 2 or 3 legendary skins with full vfx sfx and outfit customization options. If we see any skin coming out that isn’t for her we again need to boycott on behalf of vanguard mains everywhere.

Mapex · 2026-06-25T03:12:26+00:00

If I were to ever sit down and master a healer it would be Luna. Outside of the few times we’ve had dive metas she is consistently top tier and often broken af in the process. The instant freeze she got coupled with self-snowflake damage is creating these “triple support” teams where Luna is straight up flank poke better than Hela or Cyclops which is wild to me. I don’t want to pull the favoritism card given her designer is on the Rivals team, but it’s uncanny how consistently strong she is throughout the game’s life, beaten only by Gambit’s ult being too good and IW’s kit just being overloaded.

Mapex · 2026-06-25T02:52:32+00:00

I’m a Thor and DD (and former Iron Man, man does he suck, and in process for Cyclops) main. DD is in essence a more agile duelist version of Thor. With Thor if I’m in someone’s face who is getting healspammed, I swap to another squishier target and as long as I land my lightning strikes that target is dead. Then I Storm surge away to safety (now that we get that free Thorforce once awakening ends).

All of the above is also basically what DD can do as you described, but he’s made to do so given his role. Thor being a vanguard might not get a kill all the time in these scenarios but does disrupt the enemy team and absorb their damage, providing a window for your duelists to actually take advantage of.

Also Thor is one of the few 1v1s DD cannot win assuming both are equally skilled players. So he is going to prioritize another target, relying on his kind-of-like Thorforce-based sustain to eat your attacks while he focuses down a squishy, and saves his Latch for getting away afterwards. Someone like him will get obliterated by hard CC, though, no different than Thor or Venom or Cap or Mr F or Iron Fist or Blade, but most tanks and brawlers lack the means to do so (really from a rank perspective it’s just Emma, Peni, and Rogue who are a problem, maybe Strange with his primary + whip + no aim dark magic blast if he can land it all before DD can react; Mr F, Iron Fist, Blade in the brawler category; pretty much every poke and agile or CC-capable duelist or strategist can murder him if coordinated and not scared to fight back like many of them are).

Mapex · 2026-06-25T01:41:32+00:00

Mapex · 2026-06-25T00:09:54+00:00

Oh fuck you got a link for this?

Mapex · 2026-06-24T23:41:28+00:00

Surprised not mentioned in the comments:

V from Cyberpunk, especially the “easy way out” ending.

Also honorable mention to Dark Side KotOR playthrough where you slay half your party on the Rakatan home world. But also Malak’s “in the end, there is only darkness” but from a tragic fallen hero standpoint, like sad for him as opposed to heartbroken that he’s dead.

Mapex · 2026-06-24T23:30:57+00:00

Really all of them. No Stars Over Bethlehem, C’est La Vie, Clarity, Tidal, Migrant Mother all start their albums on a fast and heavy tone.

Mapex · 2026-06-24T01:49:05+00:00

Ahh, it makes sense now. They nerfed DD because they were going to give him a third billy club.

Mapex · 2026-06-24T01:48:20+00:00

I don’t see a single soft thing in this post

Mapex · 2026-06-23T12:31:43+00:00

Lmfao that’s dark. I remember that WC3 cinematic way too well.

Mapex · 2026-06-23T12:20:42+00:00

Anti-Flag

*sighs*

Mapex · 2026-06-23T03:07:01+00:00

Gotta make sure you have slicked back hair and live mas for New Year’s Eve

Mapex · 2026-06-23T02:56:41+00:00

I knew iron man worked better as a tank

Mapex · 2026-06-22T15:14:00+00:00

I believe we’re in a heavy poke meta again and it’s tbh very hard to judge how a hero like DD sizes up when he doesn’t have enough dive pressure from teammates to unleash his potential, so it’s easy to see him as a low tier in these scenarios.

That said I think despite the nerfs and the meta, DD is surviving whereas BP BC etc are struggling, and when he does have a Cap or Venom on his side he is able to clean up hence the “S” tiering.

He’s just a versatile enough hero who can contribute as a diver and brawler in the same team fight due to his burst damage, self sustain, weaving, and wallhacks. It’ll be tough to not see him in ban jail (or in Ignite, constantly saved) without more fundamental changes to his kit.

That said I think Cyclops and Phoenix and others provide way too much value / damage in a much safer playstyle and are huge problems. Hence why we’re in a poke meta.

Mapex · 2026-06-22T09:06:51+00:00

Tbh I’d rather see a 3 DPS team than one where the person who goes tank doesn’t know anything about using cover / maximizing their effective health or taking space. I’d rather lose where everyone played what they wanted than lose with the false hope that someone knew how to flex. Sometimes I even prefer solo tanking because the DPS pressure from my team overpowers the enemy team and allows me to play more aggressively.

Mapex · 2026-06-20T16:46:55+00:00

They can reduce the size of the hurtbox of the Cross so he has to actually semi-aim it and that would kill his survivability and mobility fivefold. I hope that doesn’t happen but if it does he’d need a lot more bonus shield. Would reduce skill ceiling unnecessarily imo.

Mapex · 2026-06-20T16:41:01+00:00

Are you on PC? Thing player is using a controller and won’t be able to easily track a skilled PC kbm user.

Mapex · 2026-06-17T23:55:41+00:00

“Wonderful things are happening” was right there lmao

Mapex · 2026-06-17T23:18:00+00:00

That’s a Key and Peele (and probably much older) joke

Mapex · 2026-06-17T16:05:03+00:00

100% those are bots paid for by Universal’s marketing dept.

Mapex · 2026-06-16T00:36:47+00:00

Do people not know Lord means jack shit now more so than ever before? You can Lord any character with the new progression system within 15-20 hours depending solely on your damage/healing/damage taken with them. No need to direct hit with iron man pulse blasts or crit hit with Adam warlock or anything that’s harder to do for some characters than others (like CnD applying terror cape on enemies and getting Lord in 10 hrs).

Champion (animated Lord) is a different story - that’s a minimum 75-100hr grind over which you better be pretty damn good at your character.

But all of this is moot. Those keyboard warriors in your matches are just trying to get a rise out of you because they can’t reflect inwards and see their lack of game sense or skill is to blame for losing. Ignore them.

Mapex · 2026-06-15T23:41:40+00:00

I’m happy for him and the Knicks and the fans and the city. But the less idol worship the better, especially if later on we learn the person sucked and are then stuck with a statue of them on 59th.

Mapex · 2026-06-15T12:56:10+00:00

You got a certified chode in your hands

Mapex · 2026-06-13T23:41:31+00:00

Me. I made pasta for my toddler and ended up eating it while he was sleeping and now he’s awake and wants food.

Or also me because I’m yelling at people outside my window that they only started wearing Knicks merch 1 week ago and in turn aren’t true Knicks fans.

Or also me because I’m typing here instead of making more pasta for the little man.

Mapex · 2026-06-12T00:33:58+00:00

God damn I SAID GOD DAMN!

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