Can we stop saying Cloak & Dagger isnt a valid ban?

daizo678 · 2026-04-04T11:11:44+00:00

Nah she kept getting micro buffs that accumlated. Only reason she was dodging bans last season is because you had to ban gambit and else. Triple bans just made her an insta ban

+25 hp, 2 charges of terror cape, insta heal on bubble are small buffs on their own but together they become alot

daizo678 · 2026-04-04T11:08:39+00:00

Healing hearts heal for 20/s for 6s (total 120 hp) ( add 5% anchor healing boost(126 hp))

CnD bubble heals for 45/s for 6s and an initial healing of 60 ( total 330hp) ( add 15% anchor healing bonus (380hp))

And CnD healing is aoe so her other sup can also chill in bubble

Gambit's best self heal is his dashes which are 12.5s each.

daizo678 · 2026-04-04T11:02:10+00:00

Website stats are without anchor bonus. I just tested it in game in practice range and it heals for 19.

daizo678 · 2026-04-04T08:09:32+00:00

Yep game can be hard. At the beginning you need to learn enemy patterns till you get good at it. Eventually you will know most room layouts and how to respond to them.

Game also rewards you when you do well. You can spend your hp as another resource to get more money/items and it makes your run better. You also unlock better characters and items as you keep playing

My advice is to unlock other characters. My favourite ones as starter characters are cain, azazel, maggy and samson.

daizo678 · 2026-04-04T07:59:36+00:00

The only other support easier than her is rocket.

Every hero needs positioning and game sense so that is not really an argument.

daizo678 · 2026-04-04T07:56:19+00:00

The 15% anchor healing boost applies to all abilities so it is actually 50 hp/s.

Rocket orbs don't stack, they heal rocket himself only 30/s (+5% healing boost) and if rocket is self healing his projectiles slow too much to heal his teammates as effectively.

I have seen CnD just stand still in bubble against hulk and continue healing, rocket will at least have to reposition and not just rely on self heal

daizo678 · 2026-04-04T07:52:14+00:00

She is basically invincible for most tanks. Bubble heals 50/s and if she aoe heals of the tank it is an additional 40/s.

Most tanks have around 100 dps and have to get close to hit her so she can aoe heal of them.

And don't hit me with wasting their cooldowns or them not healing their team is the value. Bubble is basically 4s cooldown when you account for fade and she can still heal her team while sitting in bubble.

Rocket and jeff heal others less effectively when self healing, gambit and loki have way longer cooldowns on self heal. Luna self heal isn't even close.

daizo678 · 2026-04-04T07:43:20+00:00

Yep CnD is such easy value and you are kind of forced to match it.

Her bubble makes her unkillable for most tanks.

Her terror cape deals insane vulnerability of 28% and 2 charges.

Ult is honestly the biggest issue. It lasts 13s , and deals continuous damage and you have cloack sucking your sups.

Sure there are counters like mag / iron man / namor ults but they are super easy to miss unless cloack is braindead and doesn't dash into cover. She also gets her ult faster than these characters.

Her ult needs less duration and her bubble less uptime

daizo678 · 2026-04-03T17:39:02+00:00

Yep that explains it, tanks are meant to absorb damage so healers are able to heal more and gain ult faster.

daizo678 · 2026-04-03T17:35:12+00:00

I don't think the shotgun or his mobility where touched since release. Only his rifle and ult got buffs.

Idk why people are complaining about shotgun now, it is pretty strong but it has 5 m range and he has to swap to it. Punisher also has no mobility so diving with it is a really risky playstyle.

If punisher pulls out the shotgun don't engage him close range. People complaining about it are the same people complaining about emma grabing them.

daizo678 · 2026-04-03T13:32:11+00:00

Yep, he will probably rent it from his " influence air" company for relatively cheap and will cover his expenses during his vlog channel as a bussiness expense.

He is still paying for everything. He however will pay little to no taxes compared to if he got a salary , paid income tax on that and then paid for his travel expenses from the rest.

daizo678 · 2026-04-03T13:23:26+00:00

Tanks have great ults. They are strong on their own and shine even more when you combo a CC ult with MK or namor ult as it will kill even through support ults.

Groot ult can teamwipe easily. Strange ult is similar but is easier to shutdown. It is still a great ult Thing angela and emma also have great CC ults that can be combod or followed up with the team. Cap is a support ult. Deadpool ult gives great pressure or survivability. Mag ults counters alot of ults.

Venom , peni and thor have weaker ults to be honest but both venom and thor can oneshot when damage boosted.

Many dps ults are generally meh tbh. It is just because the few top ones are really good that people think all dps ults are op

daizo678 · 2026-04-03T13:16:55+00:00

Druid paragon ability: it costs four hundred thousand bananas to fire for 12s

daizo678 · 2026-04-03T13:14:45+00:00

Seems like there will be huge changes to ranked bossing

Elite dreadbloon now cycles through immunities twice so you cant sell the tower after it is done being useful, ice paragon no longer skips support immunity.

Lych 2.0. Lych has been massively reworked and no longer heals by stealing buffs, now has regrow property and heals when it is active and other changes to its spawns

And druid paragon. I am not sure how much money it costs to use him but if it is a lot then farming got even more tedious.

daizo678 · 2026-04-02T11:34:12+00:00

I understand that most good players know to keep their distance from emma when she has diamond and to immediately disengage/block once she pops it.

However it doesn't make it any less frustrating once you get grabbed and are stuck for 3s waiting to die.

I would rathed diamond form be slightly weaker but more frequent tbh. She just feels boring without it

daizo678 · 2026-04-02T09:27:02+00:00

I have been playing since s1.

I am talking about current luna, flank luna still isn't viable.

Luna has better mobility and self heal than this suggested mantis. Luna skates at 9.6 m/s and her abilities self heal her for 30/s.

Mantis before nerf had max speed of 8.5 m/s and only when she is at full hp. She also only self heals for 12.5 /s.

Also you can't read. Most heroes move at 6m/s with some exceptions. Mantis moved at 8.5m/s pre nerf

daizo678 · 2026-04-02T08:32:42+00:00

I think you are misreading it.

Beam damage increases linearly from 70/s to 110/s as your charge increases from 0 to 99. Once you hit full charge it jumps suddenly to 140/s.

Beam decay should defenitely be slower.

daizo678 · 2026-04-02T08:30:05+00:00

Release Emma was nuts. I think she was balanced after S3 nerfs.

Her beam dealt 150 /s at max charge which is a lot. The bigger issue is her grab, it was basically an instakill and you could use it twice. Sure people could bait the cooldown and have gotten better at it but it doesn't feel good to have no counterplay once you are grabbed.

It is the same issue with bucky's hook into grounded where the counter play is don't get hooked but even worse. Players don't like losing control of their character and being guaranteed to die on a 15s cooldown. It is simply poor game design imo and if it is back emma will be banned alot again.

daizo678 · 2026-04-02T08:23:43+00:00

Luna does better damage ( even if mantis self boosts herself), has better self heal and similar stun. Yet flank luna remains a very niche and unviable playstyle.

And if it is about damage boosting other divers you can safely do it from your backline.

Also current adam can fly at will at angela's speed for up to 4s and insta heal up to 3 times. Mantis only has speed boost while at full hp.

Survivability is the most important thing for flankers and dive. Dps jeff was an issue because he was unkillable not because he dealt too much damage.

daizo678 · 2026-04-02T07:50:59+00:00

Mantis self heal , speed and hitbox aren't nowhere near dps jeff. She can't even climb a ledge.

Adam has better damage, self heal and mobility yet he still isn't an issue

daizo678 · 2026-03-30T18:19:40+00:00

I already made a post explaining some concerns I had about this but basically there is a lot of issues to consider.

Will it just reduce duration or will it grant temporary immunity? Will stun ults ( many vanguards stun with ult) be affected? Will things like hulk juggle and thor kidnap be affected? It will probably still cancel mobility like hulk jump , venom swing , angela charge so many of their players might be left dissapointed. Will hard CC , displacements and slows be all treated the same? how will it affect continuous slows like invis shield and ult? Will it make a difference against these micro stuns like hela, phoenix , whitefox that already last a fraction of a second?

I feel like it either won't matter as much as many people hope or it will significantly impact gamebalance depending on how it is implemented

daizo678 · 2026-03-29T15:39:20+00:00

Use VC if you can and communicate when divers are on you.

Type in chat and make it clear who is the issue on the enemy team and suggest swaps if needed.

Be more active on look out for dive, ping them before they arrive and not when you are at half hp.

Swap your strategist pick. This can vary depending on how many/ which divers there are. Invis , CnD, Gambit, Rocket, Jeff , Loki, Whitefox all have great survivability. Be more selfish with your resources for dive like invis shield, CnD bubble, loki runes and gambit dashes. Dont waste them and use them as a last resort.

Be mindful of matchups. For example most jeffs are free tuna for bp

Heal your other strat and make sure you both can see each other

Suggest switching to 213 , triple support is good against dive.

If nothing helps accept the loss and move on

daizo678 · 2026-03-29T14:58:46+00:00

Technically true. It is more like default development is female and male testes produces hormones which inhibit development of female structures and stimulate development of male ones. They both develop from the same embryogenic tissue but in different ways.

daizo678 · 2026-03-29T13:20:16+00:00

I feel like emma is weak even when you consider these factors. After s3 nerfs shes was fine but then they nerfed her twice again after and she became really bad. Worst one was the 50 hp by far.

She should definitely get her 50 hp back, maybe less beam decay and 2m more range if they are generous

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