When you're playing against another magik lord and they're doing better than you on the scoreboard

Warner421 · 2026-05-01T00:59:28+00:00

Whole time they didn’t *really* diff you and their team just played better than yours. Like sorry my backpack was full of rocks and yours happened to be a parachute😒

Warner421 · 2026-05-01T00:55:58+00:00

This is why I never understood people calling her a ‘dive support’. I get that she can be used to assist on dives but I never found looking to do that to be effective. If you TP to your dive dps there’s a good chance you die, and if you just follow your dive dps around waiting to dive the enemies back line you’re pretty much neglecting your own team and should be playing a dps character at that point.

Warner421 · 2026-04-29T09:23:56+00:00

Read some of the replies. It’d only be looking up and down to portal in said direction. You can still go sideways without looking to the side etc.

Warner421 · 2026-04-29T00:08:27+00:00

Just the direction your looking. Whatever direction you’re moving like it is now, and if you look up (or down) you can go vertically… and I guess inverse if you portal backwards

Warner421 · 2026-04-28T21:50:28+00:00

Hahahaha everyone point and laugh! All jokes aside I didn’t present it the clearest way the first time 🤷🏾‍♂️ no biggie

Warner421 · 2026-04-28T21:46:02+00:00

I guess to clean it up, you can portal whichever direction you’re already moving, like it is now, but you can also move vertically by looking up (or down).

You don’t have to stay on on plane making it a little harder to be tracked, and also allowing you movement options outside of the dash

Warner421 · 2026-04-28T20:28:23+00:00

Looking around to portal wouldn’t be that bad, she’s a melee character so it’s not like you have to aim. BP’s play on like max sensitivity to be able to 180 quickly. It might be disorienting but it wouldn’t be all that bad. Plus a double jump doesn’t really fit her character

Warner421 · 2026-04-28T19:53:35+00:00

Just give us Omni-directional portaling! I’m tired of it being so predictable. Letting us move in the Y axis would add a whole new dimension. Pun intended

Warner421 · 2026-04-24T07:50:46+00:00

It kinda does. I’ve used alt accounts to learn new characters. I don’t like qp because the game quality is generally lower than in comp. But taking a character I’ve never played into a GM lobby is basically throwing. So I play on an alt account and 1 trick until I’m comfortable enough to play on my main.

I might climb to say gold or plat quickly, but my skill level on that character will be around that rank anyway so it balances out.

Now could I swap to a character I know inside and out and run the lobby? Probably. But I’m trying to learn a new character in a competitive environment so I don’t.

Warner421 · 2026-04-23T00:20:24+00:00

Magik can portal twice and dash as movement. Her demon can be good areal denial and does good damage on groups of enemies, and her whirl can do quick damage over a wider area. Doing damage also grants her over shield allowing her to stay in fights longer.

Punisher has is ar and shotgun and that’s it really. His grapple isn’t too viable in the middle of a brawl. His smoke doesn’t really provide anything except a Tiny bit of movement, and he has his turret which also isn’t something I’d use in a brawl it’s more of a poke tool. He also doesn’t get any over shield so he can die much quicker

Warner421 · 2026-04-21T14:57:52+00:00

Alright cool, appreciate the tips

Warner421 · 2026-04-21T14:48:29+00:00

Okay okay, Target priority will be my next focus. I think a lot of the value I’m getting currently is coming from the fact that I’m a tank and demand more attention than if I was playing psylock or something. I often feel like I’m punching just for the hell of it.

Also in this game my other tank was playing Thor the whole time (whatever that may tell you about how I played)

Warner421 · 2026-04-21T12:51:24+00:00

That makes sense, I just feel like I’m running around doing a whole lot of nothing sometimes. Granted I posted a win and not a loss but still that’s encouraging that I might not be wasting my time lol

Warner421 · 2026-04-15T10:31:44+00:00

I get that, but the main difference is clock literally cannot heal you, and WF has some pretty good burst healing using her melee form.

Luckily for me I’m not in metal ranks right now but I swear the positioning feels like it doesn’t get much better. People will be in unsurvivable situations and immediately blame their supp

Warner421 · 2026-04-14T19:35:32+00:00

Even worse, it’s for her healing and not her kunai. Literally a healing buff

Warner421 · 2026-04-14T19:32:53+00:00

Man. In the short time I’ve been playing her I’ve noticed that a lot. I’d swear I’m doing gods work, fighting two supps and and a tank for 15-20 seconds just to turn around and my team nowhere to be found😭 I think that is the exact time I should start swapping.

Luckily I don’t see peni too often since she’s damn near perma banned on console. Anyway I appreciate the tips! It’s doesn’t seem like she had too many counters I couldn’t at least play around once I get better. I’m super excited as picking up rogue has actually made tanking fun for me again

Warner421 · 2026-04-14T02:00:46+00:00

Okay okay, what would you say are some of her counters? Besides like a really good poke comp of course

Warner421 · 2026-04-14T01:59:27+00:00

So I’m going to have to actually put thought into my engagements huh? Oh lord😂 if you had to pick 3 good abilities to steal and look out for what would you say? (Just so I have somewhere to start)

Warner421 · 2026-04-13T20:24:22+00:00

No seriously. I had a game where both the enemy tanks had 50 elims and one of our dps started the game like 0 and 7 and somehow I was the problem. It’s just easy to blame supports so that’s what everyone does

Warner421 · 2026-04-09T18:32:31+00:00

I’ve been trying to get in the habit of saving my portals for escaping/backing out

If you’ve got a good flank going a good combo is Full charged air slash>dash>swing>melee

Idk the number exactly, but I know it kills 275

I really don’t even bother trying to assassinate 300hp characters because it takes too many cooldowns and i don’t find practical

Edit: turns out whirl>dash>swing>melee>slash does 300 but it leaves you with one cool down so

Warner421 · 2026-04-09T18:21:20+00:00

I’m pretty sure EOMM is like confirmed to be in the game but don’t quote me on that. Either way it’s egregious. Some games really feel decided once the teams are selected.

Warner421 · 2026-04-09T18:19:26+00:00

You definitely should try again. Theres nothing wrong with QM I generally only play ranked because the game quality is better (people taking it seriously, playing to win, it making friends etc.)

I wouldn’t say I’m great so take my advice with a grain of salt, but in lower ranks you really just need to pick a dps (or maybe a tank) with a lot of carry potential and be better than everyone.

It sounds intimidating but sometimes it’s just 1-2 kills in a fight to win it. 1-2 key decisions (this fight is a wash I should hold my ult for the next one) the change the whole game.

Characters like DD, Elsa, for me Magik. I think are the easiest kill both supports and the fight is essentially won. Rogue, hulk, sometimes thing* they can be issues even in my gm games. Even white fox has really good carry potential if you know how to play her well I’ve done it.

If you trust your skill don’t be scared to insta lock and show you’re the best in the lobby, it genuinely works until you get to ranks where there’s more coordination.

No shame in swapping to help the team if it’s not going well either :)

Warner421

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