We’ve been sleeping on White Mags
ThePredator1001
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Since the magneto buffs launched white mags has been over looked because red magneto’s buff was better. But I’ve been using white mags since I pulled the 7* and he’s actually crazy too. He’s got the same 70% AAR that red mags has and with his pre-fight you can counter purify/cleanse champs. I’ve been testing him out and was shocked by his damage even against non-metal champs. Took mine to R3 and have a had blast with him so far. Not saying he’s better than Red Mags but I don’t think we will see him as a 7* anytime soon.
Screenshots are with suicides but no boosts or synergies
Screenshots are with suicides but no boosts or synergies
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Got this with a rank 1 7 star. The 5 and 6 star gambit relic actually makes him crit so much and nuke everything. I’ll definitely be picking up the dupe from the selector and giving him the r3 gem
His special 1 is physical. And the second hit of his sp2 is also physical. You can check aunt mai.
Red mags is the one with all energy specials.
I think that played a huge part in him getting overlooked.
Yeah Whites has the pre-fights, and bleed immunity, but Reds is 90% bleed resistant..which is close to bleed immune. Reds prowess stacks like crazy, giving him insane damage.
And for me, once I got used to Red Mags Specials order, I did not like them being in reverse with White Mags.
And another good thing is that his sig ability scales great at sig 20, gaining only +23.10% armor break and bleed duration at sig 200.
With red mags, you’re not even supposed to use his sp1 and sp2 so not sure how the special order matters. White mags definitely gonna be a faster bg attacker and better support
Honestly. I think wags dupe is gonna be way more needed so if you select him and he’s unduped, I would rather just have an unduped punisher.
That said punisher would still be a great dual threat champ unduped, hard to say which would be the better choice since they have very different roles, but I’d personally choose wags since he’s a great attacker and also adds a lot of utility to your team for quests and AW.
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However, as a long term user, a few points for people to be aware of, if you're choosing him from a selector:
He doesn't reduce the overall amount of combat power the opponent gains by 90% - he reduces their combat power rating by 90%.
Since 7* opponents start with 120% CPR, that means he reduces it overall to 30% of standard. It's a big reduction; but your 7* opponents will still definitely get a special attack, here and there. More on Combat Power here: https://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/329394/7-champs-have-higher-combat-power-how-does-this-change-things#latest
No-one is immune? Not true: Serpent is immune.
It's true that the CPR reduction works against opponents that are immune to other forms of power control; like Galan and King Groot. In fact he's fantastic against some of those guys in particular!
However his three main limitations are:
1 - Buff-heavy opponents (2+) slow his ramp markedly - this will definitely be significant for that of you planning to use him in Battlegrounds.
2 - He can't control passive power gain (loads of Cosmics and Mystics), and Energise abilities are very good against him.
3 - Offensive Ability Accuracy Reduction can prevent his reduction of CPR (Magneto x2, Domino, Warlock, anyone with Glancing).
Hope that's helpful - he's great, but it's important to know his limitations 🙂
and both have the same special attack descriptions .. is it the "direct damage" note that tags it as physical damage? because neither say directly that it's physical damage . both Mags say they deal energy instead of physical. and both special attacks are described the same more or less.
OR do we just go by animations lol ... if they look like they should cause physical damage, they do?? because both are smacking you with objects but the way I've heard is to just go by whether or not the CONTACT says energy or physical.
In many fights, his Sp 2 with stacked prowess has ended a fight quicker than waiting for Sp 3.
People were soooo focused on straight damage that they slept on the long term potential of White Mags.