The Philistine Crow

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On specific strategists in season 11 of Marvel Rivals patch notes.

These are mostly good directional changes. They reduce some of the overlapping control and free sustain that was making certain Strategists frustrating to play against, while giving clearer strengths in the areas the designers wanted.

White Fox specifically is now much more of a specialist. Against heavy dive and brawl she should feel excellent —longer Awakened uptime, better damage, faster pounce, and an ult that can actually be supported. Players will still lock her into poke or mixed comps where she was already mediocre, but the gap will be more obvious now. Default form lost a lot of its ability to create safe windows, so the mismatches will punish harder. Your matches with a forced white fox into even moderate poke will provide significantly more frustration.

Luna’s fox change is the weakest part. Removing the Charm and just bumping the numbers turns it into another straight-line heal/damage tool that stacks with her clap and primary. Adjusting cooldown, radius, or how the Charm applied would have been cleaner than stripping the function entirely. This seems like it was a last-minute change.

Gambit’s changes are the cleanest of the bunch. Widening Kinetic Cards’ outer spread and cutting Healing Hearts self-heal from 30/s to 20/s raises both the ceiling and the floor. Full value now requires being closer and managing your cooldowns properly—otherwise you lose a chunk of your output and get shredded for standing at the edge of your range. It keeps the resource loop intact while removing some of the free safety that let him fish for value without real commitment.

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@Rogieon @DarkDeception4D I totally (do not) believe you.

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Dracula has been massive for the game since launch. He’s tied heavily into the events and we all got to see him during Blood Hunt. He also has a lot of stories in the comics with popular heroes beyond Blade.

Doom is going to have an in-game event in December where he plays the villain like he does in the movie. I wanted Doom as well but I understand wanting to save him for January.

If he comes out then that’s like a couple of weeks after the film drops while people are still going out to watch it. Doom will be much more relevant for casuals as well by that point. And it lets them start the new year off with a massive reveal.

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I get you think it was really big. But that’s just what you feel as a fan. You didn’t see the memes and suddenly become a huge fan did you? You were already a fan and hopped on the hype train with other fans.

But that locomotive never really took off the way the studio wanted it to. And while it is an unfair comparison they’ll always point to Iron Man starting the MCU and Man of Steel starting off the Snyderverse. And in both those cases Superman 2025 has a much weaker outing with far less relevance. The actual profits from the film weren’t what the studio had projected either.

But again had Gunn only had this then I’d agree. But Supergirl literally cost them a small fortune and that likely sealed his fate.

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@Hennysickomode @nebi_neko @MarvelRivals Exactly. Dive should be strong this season and White Fox is the perfect anti-dive healer. While her output is lower she can effectively take down most dive on her own.

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@MarvelRivals I have Champ on Gambit, Loki and White Fox. I also play a lot with Jubilee and Jeff. The changes seem fine to me but I see other strat players tweaking hard about them.

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I have Champ Gambit, White Fox, Loki and almost have it on Jeff. I honestly don’t have any real issues with these changes. But I don’t really touch any of the other strats.

I’m more upset they won’t touch White Fox teamups and the shield nerf is kind of annoying but really won’t impact gameplay. And if Dive is strong the awakened state getting buffed is a huge bonus.

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I dunno I think we’ll be fine.

Like the White Fox nerf is annoying but objectively speaking her Awakened state is perfect for anti-dive and was made stronger.

Everyone thought Jubilee folded to dive at first but the reality is she’s had a perfect toolkit to handle it.

Dive will be strong but we have options to play around it.

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@Rogieon @DarkDeception4D Memes are absolutely pop culture.

It said it lacked pop culture impact. Not that it had none. But that it didn’t have the impact the studio wanted it to have.

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@Rogieon @DarkDeception4D No, it’s me searching up a character and finding something related to that character.

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@Rogieon @DarkDeception4D 👀 And? If I do Green Lantern I’ll find Guy Gardner flipping people off with his constructs

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I think it’s funny because I was getting yelled at for “not healing’ with White Fox when she dropped because I was playing aggressively and using the awakened state a lot and using awakened state in brawls.

People complain strats are mindless heal bots and will rage tf out if you don’t play them like a mindless heal bot. It’s actually pretty hilarious to see.

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@X0X_LEAK Did not think they’d do magical girl skins but White Fox has a new skin so I’ll get it

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@X0X_LEAK Classic Daredevil and Silver Centurion are finally here!

I’m kinda iffy on the other skins and need to see more to know if they’re decent but those 2 alone make the pass worth it

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@julioransga @DarkDeception4D Honestly though, I think we reached an impasse several replies ago and having you reply with multiple comments to what I say speaks a lot about your head space and how emotionally invested in this you are.

I’m not. So I’m muting. Good day sir.

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I said it was for like a month and you said it was for a few months. Neither of us has brought any data to this conversation of impact.

However, the studio is the one stating that is there reason and my data is the box office of Iron Man and Man of Steel adjusted for inflation. Your data is “wahhhhhh wahhhhhh that’s not relevant waahhhhhh” or something.

And now we are going in circles because you can’t admit to being wrong. And I’ve seen nothing that acknowledges that you are right.

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@julioransga @DarkDeception4D Manlet

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@julioransga @DarkDeception4D Ok and I’ll still call you a moron because you said I was being pedantic because I wasn’t acknowledging something that was said in my first comment.

I’ll take back the ‘fucking moron’ and just upgrade you to a regular moron. Congratulations I guess.

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@julioransga @DarkDeception4D You legit called me an asshole. Why cry if you get slapped back?

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You can call me an asshole and I’ll call you a fucking moron because I already said it isn’t exactly fair for the studio to expect the same reaction today as Iron Man or even Man of Steel had. So you pointing this out like I’m just ignoring it is really stupid my guy.

But they grabbed Gunn because they wanted him to do that and probably trusted in him because his involvement with Marvel and his succcess with GotG. And I’m guessing Gunn was fully aware of what they wanted from him as well. He then went on to make a film that, with today’s inflation, was less successful than Snyder’s Man of Steel