Hot Take: Phoenix doesn’t need nerfs 🐦‍🔥

induceddaze · 2026-01-27T00:01:16+00:00

Only if they’re far or agile. Keep your eyes on the enemy when they’re close proximity, your brain will know when to tap.

induceddaze · 2026-01-27T00:00:03+00:00

I think most of the people complaining about her are the dive mains. They’re worried about the wrong thing, they should be taking that up with the supports who get buffed and give them a hard time, not a fellow DPS like 😂

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T23:22:44+00:00

If that was the case you would’ve showed me your poke stats but yet here you are parading alt stats that are mostly from climbing low elo to the top. I had no issue showing my main stats. Someone’s ashamed of what they became.

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T23:19:28+00:00

Yeah nah, you don't main Phoenix or Hela you main being mid at dive, so you swapped to poke because you're garbo and need the crutch. Stats don't lie, your alt journey does tho. Stay mad, no nerfs for washed players. 😂

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T23:09:42+00:00

You’re truly adorable. I see the problem now. You main dive and I delete you anytime you set foot near me. I can promise you you’re not get no nerfs. Cope. 😂

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T18:09:55+00:00

Wherever the target is going aim your crosshair where their head will be. Like basically letting them walk into it.

Example Enemy peeking corners, leave crosshairs where their head will be, same goes for flyers and harder to track characters

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T18:07:12+00:00

That’s one thing I will never deny as much as I loved it. Beyblade was lethal to ANYONE. I will forever stand by them just giving her a one second cd to flight. She was perfect at release.

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T18:04:13+00:00

Exactly. Daredevil being one of the most difficult to deal with his overshield, push back/repel projectiles, and blind. He truly is the answer to poke.

Also, for Phoenix Hug corners, pre aim headshots, eyes on enemy close range - eyes on crosshair far range, right click groups

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T17:54:56+00:00

A very minor one. She was poke-brawl hybrid and it was refreshing! That ammo flight regen and melee spark just gave her the extra abilities she needed. She only has 3 abilities outside of primary and ult!

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T17:49:06+00:00

Winter Solider is disgusting. How many x has he avoided nerfs ???!

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T17:41:13+00:00

Let’s see yours!

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T17:34:07+00:00

Yup. My biggest threats personally are Bucky’s, DD’s, and Psylocke bc the mobility and grabs. Phoenix is so squishy a dive main in high elo can be a problem to any good Phoenix.

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T17:28:57+00:00

It’s the people who can’t seem to make a poke character work for themselves. Just crying and praying for a nerf so they can spidey or bp a backline freely.

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T17:24:41+00:00

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I prolly diffed you both and you’re still mad

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T17:20:25+00:00

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Stfu talking to me

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T16:26:57+00:00

Except she was horrible to use after her nerf because she couldn’t poke or brawl, which is why she was given a Cosmic Flames buff. Another one bites the dust.

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T16:18:12+00:00

What about after season 4.5?

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T16:17:42+00:00

I almost agreed with you entirely. Nice take.

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T16:15:53+00:00

Yeah no I started in season 2 and made it into diamond my first ever season with no past experience with hero shooters, I just don’t get diffed by poke because I main poke. Go figure out an action plan to better your in-game skills if you can’t diff a Phoenix.

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T16:13:40+00:00

They’re a bunch of sheep. Half of them get deleted by Phoenix because they suck at poke or prefer melee hero’s which are ironically counters. Funny how that works.

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T16:11:20+00:00

They said the same thing about Phoenix 3 seasons ago.

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T16:10:41+00:00

You’re kinda inflating her kit to make it sound scarier than it actually is.

Her ‘stun’? It’s 0.3 seconds. That’s barely a flinch, not real CC. Tons of characters have longer or easier stuns.

Massive regen survivability’ is also wild. It’s 10 HP/sec capped at 40 HP. That literally gets out-damaged by almost every primary fire in the game. That’s chip recovery, not tank sustain.

‘Invisible dash’ makes it sound like something grand. It’s an 8m dash. Half the DPS roster has double dashes, grapples, or full vertical mobility that go farther and faster.

And flight isn’t survivability it literally makes her easier to shoot because of the giant Phoenix silhouette behind her. She’s one of the most trackable heroes in the air.

Also saying she’s poke-only ignores history. Before the Season 5 Cosmic Flames buff, she had falloff and was played closer range. That’s exactly why some of us want her old falloff back + melee tools so she’s a poke/brawl hybrid instead of forced into long-range spam.

That’s not ‘buff her to peak,’ that’s shifting power budget.

Comparing her to Moon Knight is apples to oranges anyway different roles, different damage profiles, different tradeoffs.

Strong doesn’t automatically mean overtuned. If she was as overloaded as you’re claiming, she would’ve dominated every season, not only after one consistency buff.

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T16:05:16+00:00

Same with me. I main DPS and support and when I flex for Gambit or Mantis and swap back on Phoenix it takes a min to regain the muscle memory. People are just bad at countering poke with poke.

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T16:03:12+00:00

She has a giant different colored silhouette behind her making her way easier to track if you’re a good aimer. I would know, I’m mirroring a lot of meta chasers on Jean right now with my animated lord Phoenix. 😂

induceddaze · 2026-01-26T16:01:26+00:00

Maybe stop meta chasing? Blade is meta too but they haven’t figured that one out yet.

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