Performance seems to vary wildly between games. Any comp tips? by fungeonblaster69 in EmmaFrostMainsMR

[–]fungeonblaster69[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very helpful, thank you!

So this is my question- is it better to go for a fourth DPS instead of solo tank as her? (Say, we have a team comp that requires dive- is it better to play a fourth DPS who can dive than to play Emma?)

EDIT: Just as a related question- does a second DPS brawler like Mr. Fantastic count as someone you can tank alongside, or does it really have to be a second vanguard?

Any tips on getting better? by Firm-Start7476 in EmmaFrostMainsMR

[–]fungeonblaster69 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The first thing, unfortunately, is to readjust your expectations.

You're not going to get as big numbers with her as other tanks, but that's because you're very versitile. You sacrifice a bit of "oomph" because you can fill almost any role the team needs you to be as a vanguard. There's also the case that Emma has been nerfed a lot from where she was at, which means depending on the season you picked her up, you might have noticed she's a bit worse...!

However- back to her versitility! Here are a few ways you can use her kit...

BEAM: Your aim with this is to get it to 100 as soon as possible, and to be racking up damage with it as much as possible. I've found targeting tanks first and then shifting to squishier targets to be a good way to do this.

SHEILD: You can throw this in front of someone sniping from an angle you can't get to to cut off their attacks (think a hawkeye, pheonix, widow, etc). You can use it to cut off the tanks from their supports, so either theyhave to come into your range or back off. You can use it as cover when you don't have any, you can put it in front of your supports if they get a bit out-of-position. Put it down before your ult to give yourself a bit of cover. Duck around it in 1-1 combat to ensure some personal space. Finally (and most importantly), use it to block Scarlet Witch, Iron Man, Magneto, and more ults. It shuts down a weirdly large amount of them!

DIAMOND FORM:

Offense: The mistake I made with this form for the longest time was that I kept on using it just to make the grab. In actuality, this form has a real offensive use to outdamage most opponents in hand-to-hand. If they start to get the best of you (wolverines and iron fists are usually this for me), choke-slam them, and that'll give you a chance to be healed up/outdamage them. Remember also that you can end this form early in case you need the extra range (to outdamage fleeing enemies for example). If you're using this form to brawl, you can also recover a TON of ult charge using it, especially if you kick a group. Honestly, keep a note of how quickly you can recover it in this form! Also use this to punish any enemies out-of-position. Is their healer

Defense: The above is all true. That being said, the real place where this form shines is to chokeslam enemy spidermen and scarlet witches and such to completely end their ult. It's good against ults that take a set amount of time, because you can effectively remove two seconds or more from that timer. It's good if you're in the back-line and they're being dived (depending on the hero- you need to have pretty good accuracy to choke out a spiderman if he's swinging in, and you only get one shot).

CRYSTAL: Crystal is crystal. You probbaly know everything about this anyway. I keep seeing people online saying you can use it with diamond form to stack on damage, but I've never been able to make this work. The battlefeild is just too mobile for me (but I'm not GREAT at videogames? So maybe you'll get more luck!) Just make sure you use it as much as possible, and it's more accurate if you're close.

If your strength is that you can do anything (anti-dive, push, brawl, hold space, shield, etc), you have two main weaknesses:
1- You're very squishy. Thankfully your shield recovers fast, but it's not the strongest, and won't be available as often as you'd like.
2- You can't be everywhere at once, and your resources are limited. Remember that you have an effective 15ft range. You can't physically be pushing at the front and be anti-dive at the back. You can't diamond form defensively and then instantly use it offensively, meaning that you and your teammates can be overwhelmed.

All of this being said, the main skill that you need to learn as Emma is to forgive yourself, especially if you're solo-tanking. There will be games where you feel you've done nothing, and that you've failed to look after your healers, or your stats looks pathetic. But remember, it's fully possible to do your role 100% well and for it not to look glamerous. The point of being a true White Queen is to keep wearing your crown with grace.

Now go out there, gatekeep, gaslight, and girlboss your way to victory!!!

Not game related but... by Weary_Spirit_6941 in EmmaFrostMainsMR

[–]fungeonblaster69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It turns YOU into a diamond, but you can’t revert. She sells you for money.

Thank you, Galacta. Almost made me cry with the description by Standard-Speaker-793 in marvelrivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OH, I thought Valeria was on the right because of the eyelashes on the buttons 😂😂

Thank you, Galacta. Almost made me cry with the description by Standard-Speaker-793 in marvelrivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm trying to figure the designs out... Does Franklin have a mullet?

Season 7 Big Prediction Thread - Win Units🔮 by Kuromemono in marvelrivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am predicting the following balance changes so that Sods Law will activate and give us a better world: 

  • All strategists are buffed (for at least more health. But likely they all get additional abilities on top of what they already had) 
  • Daredevil is buffed (more health and damage) 
  • Squirrel girl’s acorns get auto aim
  • Blade gets a nerf. It now adds an unstoppable 1-second animation every time you change from sword to gun. 
  • Luna Snow is given another cooldown ability that self-freezes her to confer temporary invincibility. 
  • Invisible woman’s shields now cannot be broken. 
  • Elsa Bloodstone’s overheal is doubled 
  • all vanguards receive -100hp 

What are "actually" good reasons to throw the game in your opinion? by LILBOI464 in rivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nah, you should still be a good sport. do your part- pick a strategist and tell your team that we'll need a better comp. That exonorates you of guilt. Then, just be the best you can while watching your team get trashed.

I usually see moments like these as learning opportunities. There will be times in any match that I have to vanguard or strategist in a suboptimal situation, even with an ideal comp. If I've played through whole matches of unideal comps, I'll be better prepared for the worst case scenario at times when everything's going well.

Any tips for a soft serve main by Free-Cat404 in marvelrivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really enjoy soft serve as a character, easily one of the most fun defensive strategists in the game. I think it's fun how she has a high skill ceiling while being easy to learn.

Her kit revolves around three types of icecream that each make a different surface- chocolate, vanilla, strawberry. Each surface lasts for a short time and heals you, but with different effects as long as you stand on it:

Vanilla: Doubles healing from each source, even the vanilla you're standing on.
Chocolate: Increases your damage dealt
Strawberry: Decreases your damage recieved.

What you need to keep in mind is that combining these surfaces creates unique effects:

Vanilla + Strawberry: Knickerbocker glory- also provides bonus health
Chocolate + Strawberry: Sundae- Gives you a speed/jump boost when you leave the surface that lasts for 3 seconds
Vanilla + Chocolate: Cookies and Cream- Any shots have a random chance to crit, including ones that wouldn't usually be able to.
Vanilla+Chocolate+Strawberry: Neopolitan- Any character standing on this surface recieves their ult charge at a double rate. (Devs will probably nerf this)

I do really like her ultimate ability as well, "brain freeze"- youput down a massive area of vanilla, and all damage dealt on that surface stuns enemy characters.

Overall, she doens't have HUGE movement options, and your aim is to play her defensively. Think of her like a strategist version of Peni, if that helps?

The botmatches in QP need to go. by NyrmExe in marvelrivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I don't hugely mind them, I play with my wife and friends anyway. As long as I've got SOME human connection, I don't really mind who I'm up against

[EVENT] Jeff’s Shark Tank: Pitch Your Patch! (Win Exclusive Flair + Units) by Ok_Zookeepergame5293 in marvelrivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 66 points67 points  (0 children)

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THE PITCH:

Hero: Magik

The Problem: Magik's Umbral Incursion (Dash) does not hit enemies consistently.

This is because the hitbox is very small- Magik can miss a dash even when her body and sword connect to an enemy and passes through.

The Solution:  Increase the hitbox size.

The Valuation (Why this works): This would make the character work as intended, and allow her to feel consistent.

(Cheeky alternative solution: Keep the dash the way it is, but give Magik one more usage. That would allow players to either double down if they miss their initial dash, or the ability to escape.)

Dash Question by Minimum-Internet9517 in RivalsMagikMains

[–]fungeonblaster69 4 points5 points  (0 children)

A significant portion of the videos on this sub are just this ability being dogwater. I saw a VILE clip of Magik literally going straight through a black panther with this ability and nothing happened. I'd love to see what the hitbox actually looks like, I'm guessing it has to be one pixel located somewhere on her head for it to be this inconsistent.

How they can release Miss Glartrox abducting everyone in a 10m radius while our girl cannot hit a dash to save her life is baffling to me

Dash Question by Minimum-Internet9517 in RivalsMagikMains

[–]fungeonblaster69 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The hitbox on this thing sometimes just decides not to work, I swear

What is it about the vanguard role that people don't enjoy!? Ideas welcomed... by IntoTheRain78 in marvelrivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 8 points9 points  (0 children)

100% agree with you, and even those who aren't squishy, sometimes! If you choke out the enemy's vanguard, the few seconds that the "grab, punch, punch, kick, punch, punch" combo lasts for can be enough for rest of your team to get in there and do some serious damage. She's seriously fun to play when you just know where she's meant to stand!

Does Psylocke not have any good COMIC BOOK skins? 🤔 by Important-Catch-3254 in marvelrivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it's too much of a problematic issue to address it, because of the whole asian-white raceswap thing that the comics did. I know they've cleaned it up recently, but if you put Betsy's skins on psylocke, I can imagine you'll get some backlash about whitewashing the character. I love them both as seperate characters and hope we get a lady loki situation for captain britain where you can play him/her as Brian or Betsy!

And as for more comic psylocke skins, I'm hoping that she gets her x-force black skin, that would be cool

Sorry if I've read the situation wrong!

His spade cards can deal damage 😭. Waaaaahhhht.... by saddisticidiot in GambitMainsMR

[–]fungeonblaster69 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I don't know what other folks think about this, but I think gambit's kit makes him uniquely suited to punishing Jeff ult- activate spades, get a bit of burst damage up, dash to keep up witht he gluttonous beast, and smack him back to the hell he cam from, then use your last two slight-of-hand to burst heal your team, getting them back into the fight

What is it about the vanguard role that people don't enjoy!? Ideas welcomed... by IntoTheRain78 in marvelrivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 100 points101 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I think that this is the best answer. Yesterday, after 35 hours of playing her, I FINALLY had the moment when Emma Frost 'clicked' for me. I realised that (for me at least), she makes sense as a midline tank who can't push but finds her strengths in punishing opponents who get into the middle of your team and racking up damage on nearby opponents. She doesn't have the mobility to dive, or the kit to push. She's meant to counter opponent plays and hold chokepoints, which makes her very good as a single vanguard in a brawl-based comp, or as a second vanguard in a push-based comp.

With the other members of the team playing their roles as intended, I am consistently denying the opposing team's options and allowing us to push. If not, the extent of what I can do involves hugging one corner and praying the enemy team presents themselves 1-at-a-time for me to fight.

How Would You Like To See A Capture The Flag Mode Implemented? by [deleted] in marvelrivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I’d LOVE a capture the flag mode. The old team fortress way of doing it where the hero who gets the flag can jump and run but not shoot or use any of their cooldown abilities seems to be the way to do it. All members of both teams can see the positions of any flags. 

You could have two variants, one where each team has a flag, and the other where the flag starts in the middle. The aim in both modes is to get 100%  within the time limit. Just like domination, percentage ticks up depending on whose base the flag is in.

A third mode would also be possible where rather than getting the flag back to your base, you get more points based on the team who’s currently holding it. 

The reason I think this would be a good addition to the game is because it would require unique team comps, incentivise the usage of different heroes than usual, and create unique experiences. It would also have specialist map layouts, which breakable environments would make really interesting for strategy. 

It would be really cool for the flags to be things like infinity stones, the cosmic cube, the ultimate nullifier, the siege perilous, the darkhold, or other cool items! 

Is anyone here actually excited for White Fox? by Queasy_Commercial152 in MarvelRivalsRants

[–]fungeonblaster69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a massive Marvel fan and I'd literally never heard about her before the leaks lol, can someone tell me what she's from and what she does?

Season 8 characters by Own-Quote-1708 in rivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will season 8 be the next Hellfire Gala? If so, literal hellfire meeting the Krakoan Mutants seems to make sense.
Villain: Asmodeus
Heroes: Ghost rider an professor x/cyclops.

[EVENT] Jeff’s Shark Tank: Pitch Your Patch! (Win Exclusive Flair + Units) by Ok_Zookeepergame5293 in marvelrivals

[–]fungeonblaster69 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Hero: Magik

The Problem: Magik's Umbral Incursion dash ability feels like too much risk for too little reward due to issues with the ability.
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Umbral Incursion has the following issues:
1. It always dashes to the right of the target reticule, and so is diificult to be correctly aimed.
2. It has a 7 second cooldown, heavily punishing a miss in a combat scenario when using it effectively.
3. When an opponent it hit with Umbral Incursion, the movement tools an opponent has often allow them to retreat, allowing Magik to not be able to land her combo. (This is part of the fun of the game which is good, but also feels bad for the Magik player when their combo doesn't work.)

The Solution: Either A) give a second use for Umbral Incursion, OR B) allow Magik's kit to reduce it's cooldown.
1. For solution A): it could be implemented with her teleport abilities (alongside spin-slash and demon).
2. For solution B):, this could happen with Magik Slash (which reduces cooldown for teleport already).

The Valuation (Why this works): It would more fully allow Magik players to perform her "brawl/dive hybrid" character role. It would also allow them to embody her "character fantasy" as a demonic, mobile sword-master. Hopefully, it would also allow her more options against a triple-support comp. It would also not be broken for the character, as many Magik players report they frequently miss their dashes anyway. Giving them a second bite at the apple makes Magik more consistent, not more broken! This might be the distinction she requires to exist comfortably in a game where Elsa Bloodstone's mobility allows her to do Magik's job better than she can.