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Who is the Better Dual Threat? Jean or Spider Woman
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Who is the Better Dual Threat? Jean or Spider Woman 118 votes
Jean Grey
57%
68 votes
Spider Woman
42%
50 votes
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Jean has Reverse Controls, plus a forcefield that can tank a lot of damage with a relatively short cooldown. The Reverse Controls can catch anyone off guard if they do not have an RC immune like Jack o Lantern.
Spider Woman has Evade, Inequity mastery, and Fumble (prevents dexterity from being used during specials)
I pulled a 6* Spider Woman from the act 5 exploration rewards, she was not in the game when I quit…any good ? Tips ?
Maybe it's because I'm more comfortable with reverse controls, but Jean isn't too bad if you keep an eye out for the tells (when the controls might switch— force field depletion, after 1st hit of her specials). You don't necessarily need a counter for her, maybe someone that isn't crit reliant would be fine. Her force field can be a bit of a time sponge, but champs with good burst dmg or dot can take it down at a good pace. A tricky defender with more of a skill ask than an rpg one.
Spider woman on the other hand, I've found her to be extremely annoying to fight. Maybe it's because I'm not fighting her correctly, but she's a menace with her fumble (dex fail), inequity, power stings, and evade. Without a counter to her debuffs or evade, she's very annoying to deal with. That said, counters like Mantis and Okoye shut her down completely. So, for her I think it depends on whether you're able to draft a champ to deal with her defensive annoyances. If so, she's a lot easier, if not she's tougher imo.
For example: I've fought both champs with my r3 Vox, I could take down a 7* r4 Jean with a decent score after learning her defensive kit, but I timed out vs a 6* r5 ascended Spider woman. They were in different metas, but that didn't really affect Vox's offense nor give Jean/Spider woman an edge over the other defensively, so I think it's a decent point of comparison.
TLDR; Both great offensively, but defensively one has a skill ask, the other an rpg one. Jean's difficulty remains at a similar level across champs, but Spider woman's varies with counters.
Pig > spider woman > photon?