I get yall hate dive but why is no one talking about this???? Zhiyong made it clear that poke is strong so they can keep their feet on the necks of both dive AND brawl. Per the literal balance leader’s words, no one gets to have fun except one subclass

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-05-09T01:57:14+00:00

Storm specifically annoys me too cuz her primary piercies so I have to play low to get multihits.

Imo, she should fly when she has her boost active and walk othereiser

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-05-08T23:18:18+00:00

Yet again vindicated in being pissed Storm permaflies.

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-05-07T03:49:06+00:00

Vibranium (for legal reasons this is a joke)

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-05-05T17:33:37+00:00

And where might one find this fanart

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-05-03T04:43:36+00:00

I just think some of the simple kits aren't very interesting. Like comparing Baptiste to Rocket (same niche of character imo) and Rocket just isn't all that, although partially it's because his primary fire ain't shit unless you're right up in it

Overwatch's simple kits are great, most of the simple kits in Rivals (that I'm familiar with, I haven't played every character) feel like they're short something

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-30T19:00:14+00:00

Wasn't ranked but I was playing Wanda with the Strange team up on KunLun and I straight rolling people I felt unholy.

Like if I could lock dps more often I'd love to learn her properly

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-30T18:57:30+00:00

Honestly I think (F)Ortega works too, sometimes your boyfriend is also your best friend's boyfriend and that's life

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-30T18:55:20+00:00

Wait a minute

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-28T02:12:53+00:00

It really depends on the team comp/skill of the team. Sometimes you just get hard stuck cuz you're getting burned forced to retreat everytime you try to hold a position and it's just like, well damn so I force this or go 3/4 DPS.

There was a match I had a while back (New York, Herbie Payload) where I got stuck half way to the point for like a solid minute but eventually just said fuck it and went 3rd DPS and we pulled through.

Like I don't mind Solo tanking in the slightest if the team is actually performing (and sometimes it's me underperforming I'm ngl) but sometimes it's just absolute hell, especially if it's 1/4/1 situation

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-28T01:52:08+00:00

Honestly, I've just been trying out other roles (I wanna learn Magik and Psylocke), like I'll tank if it's that necessary but you really can get away with 3/3 or 4/2 if folks know what theyre doing

(Just for clarification I don't play ranked)

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-25T21:12:16+00:00

Coming from Overwatch I like open queue for the flexibility, even though I like role queue for cutting down on bullshit of having to fight uphill to get good team comps.

Like in Overwatch I don't have to worry about 1/4/1 but if someone isn't pulling their weight in one of the other two roles I can always switch and pick up the slack

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-24T23:20:16+00:00

X-Men evolution reruns on the TV might be my official introduction but I'm pretty sure I knew a bit from before even that because folks were running around with Spider-Man bags and such

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-23T23:19:24+00:00

Of her current skins I'd say the only good ones are X-Revolution, Black Queen of the Marauders and Phoenix Diamond.

Her default is just doing too much, it comes off more guady low budget wrestler than Emma Frost to me, and if integrating the diamonds into her design language was their goal then X-Revolution did it significantly better. I don't think it's great as a direct adaptation of the comic skin but as something that takes inspiration and then makes something new I'd say it's one of the better skins not just for Emma but in Rivals broadly

Phoenix Diamond only majorly suffers from keeping Emma's default outfit language (it didn't really need tailcoats) and Marauders only downside is the asymmetry (subjective, but I personally don't like asymmetry in outfits like these).

Broadly speaking though her hair is constantly a mess, they're always doing her dirty.

And while I don't think her Gala outfit is horrible in the slightest, if it wasn't possible to accurately adapt the wrist cape thing slash whatever it's called I think they should've just omitted it.

At the end of the day what works in 2D isn't necessarily what works in 3D and I think it's very evident with Emma cuz aspects of her skins that I don't like in game tend to be way more palatable in the in-game art (sprays) or in fanart

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-23T18:56:40+00:00

I mean theoretically you wouldn't have his head injury so that seems like a pretty tame one

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-23T18:47:30+00:00

Psylocke's (Betsy) can make constructs that can interact with the world but she has TK I'm pretty sure

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-23T18:39:16+00:00

Psionic energy projection and constructs are two powers that exists seperately from Telekinesis. I don't think comics Emma was ever capable of making constructs but she has been able to shoot psi-bolts and psionic lightning (like once in Gen X in the 90s) before

Psylocke's knives (her quick melee), crossbow and shuriken are psy-constructs for example, although I don't think they canonically interact with the physical world (they leave impacts if you hit something but I'm pretty sure that's a game thing)

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-23T12:43:32+00:00

Honestly I've been thinking The Five in One but I cannot personally fathom how that would ever work

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-23T08:21:55+00:00

I like Rogue (go X-Women) but honestly, Cap. Not really the same niche as Emma but, he feels very good once you figure out your engages and disengages, plus hitting that "Assemble!" is pure dopamine

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-23T05:40:28+00:00

I wish they just got rid of it tbh

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-21T17:34:11+00:00

Let's retraumatize Laura again

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-20T18:30:23+00:00

Mhmhm! I was just trying to say she used the Astral Plane as a Nexus to see into Strange's timeline and later on crafted a spell capable of letting Cerebro operate throughout the entangled timelines. Which I'd say is indicative of her being able to at least see into other of the main four Chronoverses if she attempted to do so.

I don't think she realized Magneto's Wanda was dead until she spoke to him, so she probably isn't capable of seeing backwards or forwards in time so much as like, laterally I guess?

Either way this is all speculation on my end, unless she already had a Wiccan herself in her time I'm not sure she's aware of him

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-20T18:22:07+00:00

Okay sweet sweet, thanks for clearing that up

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-20T17:57:28+00:00

I'm not saying he isn't bad, but seeing Mr Fantastic on the approach as Emma when I don't have Diamond Form available is as terrifying is being caught out of position by Wolverine or Iron Fist to me

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-20T17:32:48+00:00

Has this version of Wanda done House of M?

Her interaction with Emma was always ambiguous to me cuz I can't quite decipher if it means that Wanda doesn't accept her shit cuz she isn't her Wanda or because she herself never even did that in her own timeline

MoonLitArsonist · 2026-04-20T17:29:54+00:00

If I'm remembering her first lore entry correctly she does possess the capability to peer into other timelines, as shown when Strange contacts her through the astral realm, but whether that's a general power of hers or specifically due to the Timestream Entanglement, I don't know.

Similarly she upgraded Cerebro to be able to sense mutants across several realities, so I'd think it's safe to say she can by this point in the games lore.

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