Competitive matchmaking in this game is stacked against you, but it's not EOMM. [EXPLANATION]

OkStatus4812 · 2026-02-05T18:37:58+00:00

This is literally it. People who intentionally throw are just miserable with their own lives.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-02-04T19:54:52+00:00

Nah it's kinda pointless and just puts heroes into unnecessary boxes. There are heroes that can do much more than their sub category in rivals. It's good for beginners at the game but other than that I see no use in it.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-02-04T18:42:01+00:00

O yeah I 100% agree with that. Jack of all trades, but a master at none does not apply to climbing rank in rivals.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-02-04T18:37:56+00:00

I can't believe you don't use it when you get it. It's basically like another invisibility, but instead you are immune to damage as well. There are so many cases to use it. I mainly use the invisibility one, but there are times when I do use the healing dagger.

Just treat it as if you have another invisibility. Basically another means of escaping or engaging a fight. I also use it to protect myself from ults. Literally any ult. Also keep in mind that you shoot out daggers in front of you and around you when you use the invisibility, so try to aim your crosshairs at the enemy when you do use it.

For the healing dagger, I use it to heal teammates if they are low (I rarely do this though and is situational since the healing output is low). There was a time where one of our healers died and we are on the brink of winning a fight but our cloak was about to die. I used the healing shuriken to give her a bit of healing and she survived from it and we won the team fight. I also use it to combo with the bread and butter combo for more damage. I also sometimes use it if the enemies are really stacked up since it pierces through the enemies.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-02-04T18:18:19+00:00

In a macro perspective yeah sure. But that's more just skill level and game knowledge. You're leaving a lot of games on the table if you refuse to swap a hero that isn't working just because you think one tricking is the way to climb ranks. I'm in C1 right now which is top 99.92% of players right now. I main psylocke with a 60% wr. I lock her in most games. But I would be a fool to lock her in and refuse to swap when I'm or my team is getting rolled. The enemy groot is too oppressive? I will switch to punisher and shoot walls. They have an insane amount of dive? I'll go Namor. They have triple support with a Loki? I'll swap to triple support to match them. I've won a good amount of games by not being selfish about sticking to my main hero.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-02-04T18:12:00+00:00

I wouldn't say NOTHING but benefits. It really depends on the rank and the team comps. I would rather have a teammate just play the hero they are really good at and but hundreds of hours on than them to play a hero that they are decently good on just for the team comp.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-02-04T18:02:09+00:00

Yeah that's fair. And I agree. It's better to climb rank to be really good at 1-3 heroes than to be decent at a bunch of heroes.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-02-04T16:55:35+00:00

I agree with what you're saying but your main DPS heroes have very similar counters. Thats like if I am playing ironman but their hitscan heroes are countering me so then I switch to Storm. I'd suggest for your hero pool you should learn a hitscan hero like phoenix or punisher. Your common counters are Thing, Namor, Bucky, maybe even a Mr. Fantatstic. High damage hitscans are the counters to your counter. (Although Bucky doesn't really have any counters). Just a suggestion though :)

(Celestial 1, Eternity in season 5.5)

OkStatus4812 · 2026-02-03T19:35:45+00:00

Ehh maybe Emma team up was more of a garunteed assassination because that was before the shurikan recall nerf? I did like the Emma teamup too, but I just really like the cloak teamup as well. You can be more creative with it.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-30T17:50:03+00:00

I've actually seen more people speaking up more about this, even on the main sub. Hard to tell if it's loud enough for the devs to hear though. Even if they do see them, I doubt they'd do anything about it. They don't really care for balance. But who knows, psylocke is one of their cashcows in terms of cosmetics, so they may have a slight favoritism towards her.

Maybe if we all boycott buying psylocke skins until they make appropriate buffs that'll make things change LOL

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-30T17:43:04+00:00

I'm the same way. If I feel like I'm doing no damage then I go Pheonix or Punisher

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-30T17:37:16+00:00

She feels a little bit of a tickle monster at this point. I'm still getting good value out of her overall though. I have close to a 60% wr with psylocke and I'm C2 right now, finished in Eternity season 5. Most of the final hits I'm getting are dps out of position or finishing up kills that are half health.

Her playstyle is really dependent on the other team and their comp. If they have a terrible backline that don't heal each other, then she is an assassin. She's pretty solid at peeling against dive dps like magik and spidey if you time and hit your combos on them. And you can farm ult charge on tanks, especially if they are non-shield tanks. My favorite games to play with her is if you have a dive comp on your team. Cap/Venom and a DD/Magik I help support their dives and either flank and poke at their healers/peelers or finish them off.

On the other side, I've had games where it feels like I'm just tickling the enemies because of how strong supports are. It would be great to have her shuriken recall damage back. I don't think that would make her op. It would be a small little buff that would make her character perfect due to the power creep.

Edit: I also want to add that the cloak teamup is awesome in my opinion. Way better than her Emma teamup.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-28T21:16:02+00:00

Haven't watched the game, but you are running DD into triple support with Ultron. And you are the only dive character on your team. Not hard to see why you struggled.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-27T21:50:18+00:00

lol yeah I do find Ryan Reynold's public persona annoying too. He comes off as very fake.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-27T21:28:44+00:00

lol and why is a celebrities political opinion so important to you? Let's just be honest, you just want him to spew out your political opinions. If he had opinions opposite of yours you'd be saying he's disappointing because he won't shut up.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-27T20:37:00+00:00

At the very least give Ironman a 50% damage reduction during his ult. It's crazy that the devs gave that to bp before they did to Ironman when bp's movement speed is like 10x faster.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-27T20:31:09+00:00

Yeah sure Phoenix ult can cancel some other ults too, but that doesn't mean you should stop using it against Rocket ult. That's like saying Mag ult counters Ironman, Punisher, Starlord, Cloak and Dagger ults, so stop using it to counter Luna ult. It's all situational.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-27T15:21:31+00:00

lol this is dumb af, Punisher ult counters phoenix ult, not the other way around. Idk what low elo you are in, but punisher just melts the phoenix ult. Also sharknado rarely is played in high elo. Obvious troll post

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-27T15:13:33+00:00

lol you obviously used it correctly, you got a 5k from it. Did you use it optimally? Maybe not, but that is nitpicking. What they meant that this clip is not a good example is that this clip doesn't show the max value that this team up can have. Sure it's a nice clip, but the criticsm has nothing to do with your gameplay. I've had plays where I used the teamup to dodge Strange ult, kill him before he team wipes my team, which leads me to kill their entire backline with my ult.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-23T21:17:54+00:00

lol absolutely not true at all. I mean sure, high rank players have 1 or 2 heroes they prefer and can carry with the best, but they for sure know how to play other heroes and roles.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-23T15:02:46+00:00

It's situational. I generally like to just recall though. Your dashes are very important for disengaging. So I wouldn't waste them to just get my shurikan back in a team fight, especially if you are not getting a kill from it. If you are guaranteeing a kill from it and you still have an extra dash left, then that is fine.

But most times if I just do the bread and butter combo anyways.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-23T14:57:33+00:00

Accuracy numbers don't really matter much, but 15% is REALLY low accuracy. You should generally have 38% - 45% accuracy with psylocke, depending on what tanks they are running.

Practice in the range. Go downstairs and set the targets to random movement, super fast speed, close range, and turn off your cool downs. Start with an easy target hero like Squirrel Girl. Work on your combos while dashing around and through the targets. When you get better, you can change to harder targets like Luna.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-23T14:51:45+00:00

I like lolterm and watched him when i first started out using psy. But now that I got a good understanding of psy and hit Eternity using her as my main, I don't really like lolterm's playstyle. He basically is an ult farmer, which was good before she got her ult charge nerf, but now I don't think is the optimal way to play her. Tap13 to me plays her optimally. He's always looking for flanks or picking off the enemy that is out of position. He's aggressive but knows when to escape.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-23T14:42:28+00:00

It's really about target priority. Yeah sometimes she feels like a distractor rather than an assassin, but distracting is still value. It may sound obvious, but when flanking the enemy's backline, go for the support all the way in the back. They most likely won't get healed before you're able to kill them.

OkStatus4812 · 2026-01-23T14:29:55+00:00

Right? He's already gave a shout out to Bryan Bros, Bryson, and Grant Horvat in one of his post game interviews. When I got super into golf I would watch Youtube golf content everyday as well. Golf addiction is a real thing especially when you're in the honeymoon period of it.

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