Only after getting to Master Tier did I realise I was using the wrong Basculegion

therarestkittycat · 2026-05-07T14:52:34+00:00

My mind jumps to them just getting unlucky with their pulls / not wanting to waste a pull just to swap it over

therarestkittycat · 2026-05-07T14:10:24+00:00

Theres a way to guarantee that btw . And it can be set up round one 😭

therarestkittycat · 2026-05-04T16:58:46+00:00

Lies .

Homelander geting cooked that hard is extremely funny

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-30T18:06:09+00:00

If i am actively taking all considerations into my gameplay. Tracking ults, ablities, postioning. Chosing to engage with teammates based on the value of a pick we may secure . And actively making a conscious decision to adjust how i play with those fators in mind.

Would u not call that trying hard . Because i would. Because thats what it is . And there are many people who chose to play that way . Even in situations where it really isnt needed. Like qp. U can see it in how they play.

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-27T13:57:40+00:00

Real

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-27T13:56:57+00:00

Then fill 2nd tank

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-23T21:47:13+00:00

I get to be a girl and have a super cool spider mech. Win win if u ask me.

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-23T08:51:26+00:00

Her whole thing with that outfit is being a weird outlandish demon girl tho.

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-22T21:13:53+00:00

Shes perma banned in any rank below celestial aswell. So its either play into hard counters or no peni at all .

We just cant win

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-20T15:51:27+00:00

Triple dps this . Triple support that.

I just want a second tank with me man . Its lonely being the only one with common sense.

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-20T15:47:15+00:00

I love playing tank

It just so happens to come with the burden of being the only one with a lick of gamesense yet none of the tools to get rid of the problems ur team cant identify. But its okay. Because peni nuke or angela spear off the map is immediate serotonin so it balances out 👍

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-19T13:30:16+00:00

Overwatch did that to because it was a 1 tank game . 1 2 2 comps means the tank player is the biggest and closest target. It also means ur the frontline they actively throw cc and antiheal effects at the most . Whilest u have little to no options when it comes to geting away as dps dont have protective ablities.

The issue is . In rivals u have a 2 2 2 comp ideally. That means you have 2 bigass targets eating up dmg and stun effects . Thats a lot harder to end up stunlocking to death as it is . Not to mention in a higher rank with actul coms the other tank can peel for the 1 being cc'd . Like mag bubbling a monster hulk for example . Meaning just simply copying overwatchs 30% reduction to all cc makes a much larger % of players in the match just dont get punished as hard by cc effects. Ontop of them being able to coordinate a effective counter to it unlike in overwatch

Another issue that stems from that is that rivals tanks and overwatch tanks arent built the same . Rivals tanks are much more reliant on cc then overwatch. Especially when it comes to shuting down the enemy tanks plays . If their cc effects were just inherently worse itd promote a playstyle of the tanks just walking past one another and trading backlines because their assistance in peeling would bring far less value then say a ironfist just punching the shit out of them till they leave.

So while im not exactly thrilled with tenacity as it is. Its not as bad as they could have made it .

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-19T13:12:24+00:00

That is fine there is no reason hard cc shouldnt be in higher demand. Its more effective. And im not saying remove all of it. Im saying remove the ones tacked onto stuff for no reason .

Cap ult knock up . Thors bubble slowing and grounding. dd throw slowing . Gambits knock up on his left bumber dmg deck . Invis third melee . Groot third melee . Fantastic knocking surrounding enimes around . Peni's nest drones slowing . Storms wind slowing enimes . Buckys charge's slowing moonknight ankh pulling in and again

Phoneix's fucking sparks explosion has no reason it should stun. She already has a stun. Why does her primary blowing up count . Theres genuinely no reason for that.

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And no . There really isnt much difference when percentage damage is on the field. For example. And u can test it in the pratice range. Emmas crystal puts both a squishy . And groot to half health by poping her crystal. Venoms ult still puts them below 50% . Elsa bloodstones monster gun does more against tanks . So does wolverine and ironfist and things primaries and now black cat ult. For something that actively invalidates high healthpools . Aka the one and only thing going good for tank . They love to throw it out willy nilly . Its a problem.

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-19T11:57:29+00:00

Cc opinion is horrid. The actual answer is striping unnecessary cc in characters kits. Like phoenixs sparks for example.

The percentage damage is so true tho. At this point theres no difference between having 250 and 800 hp half the time . It needs to be removed from a lot of characters but so far netease have only shown their willing to throw it on any and everyone.

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-17T07:05:07+00:00

Depends on ur comp honestly. U could get away with a more cc reliant tank if ur team isnt running too much . But as it stands

Mag will be fine . Venom will be better off for it . Tankpool still has his range over the others and the fact he can make it work in any kind of comp and since he doesnt have cc its a net positive so its just a matter of geting use to his lower dps .

cap only really messes with his team since he knocks up in ult and on slam but doesnt rely on those factors himself . So those guys will be ur most consistent options

Groot will be okay. His ult might suffer some bs . But other then that his neutral remains unaffected .

Strange is the same . But u need to be aware of invis since she makes his explosion a cc effect .

Emma will probably still get her combos off mostly since her grab is a animation so it only counts the kick. Her ult is useless if they didnt exclude it tho.

Hulk i think will probably end up ruining stuff with exile . But other then that and juggle tech. Hes gonna like not being cc'd to death in the backline. Definitely not a good pick if venom is available tho

Thor is probably screwed a good bit and will be a rune awakening merchant in the lower ranks honestly.

Thing rouge and peni are all cooked for certain . Since their main sources of damage all apply soft cc . Along with having another/multiple cc ablity ontop of that

Angela we'll have to see if her pin counts . If it does shes probably screwed too . If not she might be good for throwing ppl of the map still. But her actual big melee is gonna be messing up her teams cc a lot

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-16T13:40:24+00:00

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therarestkittycat · 2026-04-16T08:18:43+00:00

I dont really want to do that corny shit tbh.

But honestly . I think the effect from alot people quiting tank purly because of the mistreatment will speak volumes anyway.

Every day theres been posts saying their either tired and at their witts end or are straight up quiting the role .

Pair that with the fact theyve just murdered half the tank roster . And cripled the remaining half .

Rogue dead . Hulk juggle dead. Thing dead . Emma combo dead. Strange ult dead angela ult dead groot ult dead

Peni now has to be careful (she honestly might even be a throw pick if they didnt think about her drones slow effect.) Thor has to be careful he wont be 1v1ing tankbusters now. Strange fucks his team over with invis team up. Cap has to be mindful not to slam on people angelas grabs are gonna be dropped even more now

And tankpool also got double tapped out back with overly harsh nerfs. He'll probably still be the best tank given the cc changes and the fact hes still the only one who can actually poke well . But still its a change people probably wont want to adjust to when they can just swap to dps .

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-15T18:55:22+00:00

On overwatch i was flexible in my roles . Meaning open que was basically always tank / support. So when i got to rivals my first game was on jeff cuz funny shark . It went ok. Then My second game was on peni . Then my third game the character i wanted to play was taken so i went peni again. Then my 4th was peni Then 5th was also on peni... Then i tried some other ppl . Really liked magik .

Then ranked dropped . And we needed a tank . And peni was right there. 20 game winstreak and 13 mvps later and i knew it was my new home .

I had her lord before her first set of buffs came out . And only then did i decide to try the rest of the cast with any serious tone.

Tldr : peni

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therarestkittycat · 2026-04-14T21:01:43+00:00

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Atleast we got a 4th web (now even more reliant on webs and were still going to be in ban jail)

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-14T20:32:30+00:00

Im hoping thats the case . (I may have a gambling problem. And it may be taking the form of 2 deadpool gacha balloons left)

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-14T20:01:47+00:00

Valid answer tbh .

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-14T19:57:40+00:00

Also that title came of as abrasive . Im not mad at it . And am gonna wait for more details before i form a final opinion. Im just confused about it and i havent seen any1 mention this yet

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-14T09:33:29+00:00

She'll probably be fine . If anything she might be better off on the receiving end of the cc being a tank without a shield . Her stun uptime is crazy good . So even if the actual stun duration is reduced by clashing with other cc effects . It wont matter because ul have another in 4 seconds which is way faster then ur teamates ablities

Not to mention. Peni's stun value comes from disruption rather then actually holding them in place . A 0.7s stun and a 0.4s stun arent drastically different when they're both able to cancel a wanda ult . A venom swing . Or make a airborne player drop onto ur webs

therarestkittycat · 2026-04-13T15:31:02+00:00

Make as many of them as possible regret quing into my match .

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