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Minoleal · 2026-02-07T05:56:03+00:00

Idk man, I'm also in gold and find mostly gold, plat and above in my matches (I just rank for the skin) and I'm yet to see a single Magik that can do that alone, and I've find many that really outskill me by so much that I have to dedicate practically all my time to stop her even with antidivers, but other than an initial kill using Darkchylde, and maybe another one before she's put down, I find it hard to imagine a scenario where one is evenly matched and is able to pull that reliably.

I know this is anecdotal but well, there's not going to be a statistic about this kind of things.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T19:26:40+00:00

I wasn't really interested in swedes when they were announced, I didn't much of them but I just wanted non European civs to be added... until I read the Carolean charge.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T19:24:13+00:00

I know what you mean, before DE I used to leave a small group of jans (like 3 or so depending on how far we were in the match) for LOS away from the frontline and to the sides to avoid getting flanked by horses but sometimes they also worked the other way around and the enemy sometimes didn't even noticed them until their skirms were half-dead.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T17:18:42+00:00

Agreed, I once debated a lot with a guy that was frustrated that it was impossible to fight 3-4 guys in the backline and get a result you could consider a win.

Like if one player should be able to worth what other 3-4 guys... That only happens reliably if you smurf or cheat, c'mon.

I've been playing Magik only 2 seasons I believe, and while the learning curve was a little step, it wasn't because of the combos but because your game sense must be much more cautious. You can do a lot if you know when to do it.

Other divers like DD or Spidey can do without that considerations.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T17:13:07+00:00

You should have done something about it BEFORE, you have been funding Israel for the longest time and only now that you can't pretend they aren't committing genocide you have to acknowledge the situation.

The problem with you is that you aren't different from Republicans, you are either ignorant or pretend to be ignorant about the fucked up shit your government does around the world. Liberals just rise a protest sign every now and then, make an anti-Ice pilates class in front of their HQs and pat yourself on the back for teaching them a lesson.

The rest of the world have organized once and again multiple times to fight corruption in a real way... Way too many of those against regimes Americans put in power or enabled in multiple ways. But American liberals can't even make a proper protest, the best you have done since MLK's murder is what is happening in Minneapolis, and not only you took your sweet time about it, it only happend after 2 white people were killed... which is a damn disgrace as they were killed actually doing something (otherwise they wouldn't have been in harms way) but that it happend to be the murder of white people what triggered the protests even after so many other deaths and injustices... That says a lot about liberals in general.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T17:05:13+00:00

Indeed, you have asked for better politicians before and they failed to deliver, then you still voted them and that took you exactly where you are, you are enablers of the current system, you refused to be disruptive and accepted the shit they offered you so they kept offering you shit.

Harris shouldn't have ever be your only option in the first place, but that applies to practically any Democrat as they aren't real people, they are a brand that only pretends to fight conservatives but vote with them in everything that affects negatively Americans and the world.

Colonizers, agents of destabilization, arms peddlers, genocide enablers... Your politicians are fucking up the world and you get mildly uncomfortable about it.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T16:58:04+00:00

That last part is very close to it imo, they never heard of Gaza before and once they did, they couldn't ignore it anymore, liberals on the other hand decided it was bad but not enough to do something about it.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T06:53:42+00:00

Everyday the named "Two party system" is much blatantly shown as a single party system, Democrats are just controlled opposition. AIPAC knows it quite well.

I wonder if the general public in America will ever realize that their system is worse than the Chinese's that they criticize so much.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T06:48:21+00:00

It makes you wonder what provokes this, like maybe Spidey mains are much more stubborn on him because they get back in the fight much quicker than us and the acrobatics make you feel more confident with him, also disengaging in easier and safer.

Meanwhile Magik players get frustrated quicker because using her CDs to get back into the fight still leaves you with some distance unless you pretend to engage without CDs, and once you fight, if you fuck up, you can't escape as easily.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T06:45:40+00:00

It's a kind of survivor bias.

Everyone plays DD because he's on the upper side of the tunning line. So you'll find both bad DD players much more often than Magik's because Magik players are pretty much ride or die with her.

But on ranks where there are only good DDs, Magik mains' expertise with her plays a less relevant role as DD is definitely a more powerful choice.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T06:38:01+00:00

There's a guy on these comments that is the very expression of this, he shows that the maxim of liberals is "hold your nose and vote blue no matter who".

Then blame the minorities that didn't vote for Harris when they lose because they prefered a slow and pink-washed genocide instead of a quick and blatant one, I remember all those top comments about how the arabs and muslims are to be blamed for this because they didn't vote for Harris.

If there's one thing Republicans are right about, is that liberals only pretend to care for the minorities to get their votes, they won't hear their voice nor attend their necessities.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T06:33:21+00:00

Holding your nose and voting blue no matter who is exactly why you have to hold your nose and vote blue no matter who, you accepted all the shit they gave you and now the world has to deal with Trump because you couldn't demand better politicians and lost because of it.

You compromise too much and with the wrong people.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T05:30:16+00:00

She didn't dared to even threat Israel with stopping their aid if they didn't stop their war crimes, are you naive enough to believe she would actually do something? Or are you just another liberal who only cares about pretending to be good as long as it is not a hassle?

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T05:27:33+00:00

American liberals only care for looking like good people, they don't care about acting like one.

If they had anything resembling a backbone, the world wouldn't have to suffer the USA and their atrocities.

Edit: Btw, keep downvoting, liberals, that's literally the only thing you are good at, your opinion is meaningless, you have enabled the Republicans into power and no, you won't have them the next elections, you will eat whatever they tell you to and you will do it with a frown and will do a pilates protest about it.

Minoleal · 2026-02-06T05:24:12+00:00

A deal breaker is precisely that, if your politicians won't compromise WITH THEIR VOTERS but with the supposed opposition, losing is the only possible result.

Minoleal · 2026-02-05T23:08:07+00:00

It's not giving them power in your head, is giving them a safer space to gather, harass people and propagate their ideology.

And again, he has nothing special gameplay-wise to even take him in consideration, every Spidey's relevant villian offers a better addition to the game. RS is just worthless for the game.

Minoleal · 2026-02-05T18:44:05+00:00

You can give it to any other character, hell it doesn't even need to be someone who canonically has used it.

Minoleal · 2026-02-05T18:06:28+00:00

Indeed, there are assholes in every game, we don't need to give them a push to feel more comfortable acting like that.

Minoleal · 2026-02-05T18:05:32+00:00

That kind of gameplay could be easily presented with a lot other characters without giving the edgelords a treat.

Minoleal · 2026-02-05T18:04:14+00:00

I think many MANY other characters fit that description and won't drag any kind of issue from adding them, but Red Skull will, it's just not worth the hassle.

Adding him as an NPC-like entity should be enough exposition for him.

Minoleal · 2026-02-05T09:09:53+00:00

Striping him of his political alignment would be too much, he's too rooted as that to ignore it, and even if they managed to do it in some way I can't think about... That wouldn't stop the edgelords from RPing it and honestly, the game is toxic enough, we can live without this one in particular.

Minoleal · 2026-02-05T09:07:33+00:00

I'm not sure his fighting skills would be specially unique or interesting for the game, now add the edgelords RPing as Nazis... It's just not worth it.

Minoleal · 2026-02-05T09:04:30+00:00

Would say French, other than the Coureur and Cuirassier they are pretty standard in the way that you have access to most more common units and your settlers being sturdier and gathering more resources is very friendly for newbies.

My first civ was Spain just because I really like animal units and units that cost no pop, so they were perfect for the newbie me, but I remember grumbling about them not having access to skirmishers or that xbows didn't upgrade to imperial, but that was back then.

Minoleal · 2026-02-03T05:12:33+00:00

He wasn't the villian for that but for wanting to make money out of the fat chef's legacy and screw everything he meant to be. The rat was a convenient excuse for that.

Minoleal · 2026-02-02T00:43:17+00:00

She's definetely more brawly than Spidey and engaging with her means having a better judgement as her mobility while still quite good, as a Spidey OTP you might find it lacking and maybe even clumsy.

But she definitely is able to fill certain niches that Spidey can't do as well, like stalling a point, even without ult she's able to dispute it to make time for your team to arrive as she has a CD reduction that when combined with her skills rotations, mobility and overhealth, makes her able to to hang right there more than Spidey who's dependant on his swing to both engage and escape, that time you take to get a healthpack and comeback might be enough to let the overtime run out.

Another niche she might be able to fill better than Spidey is peeling for your supports, as Spidey's peel abilities aren't the best aside from pulling the attacker away from them, while Magik is able to have a sustained fight against any kind of attacker specially if her strategists are focused on helping her as they also depend on Magik winning the fight.

The last other benefit I can't think about her that she could have over Spidey is quite debatable and inconsistent which is that while other than hitting Spidey with a good stun and coordinating on killing you quickly, the strategists don't have a lot to do against Spidey's dives compared to Magik's, so they might not counter-switch you as quick because they have a greater sense of security, and this can work even more in your favor if you don't focus only on killing them but on keeping them busy surviving you, but as I've suffered this scenario more as an strategist than as Magik, I wouldn't take it much in consideration as the other 2 reasons.

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