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New Metal Champs
Mxylplk
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In looking over the changes- it looks like champions wearing metal have been added as #metal.
So why hasn't Mr Sinister been added as #metal? It seems that he is wearing metal armor...
Drax also seems be wearing some metal - but not #metal.
Arguably, I don't see why Hulk Rag would be metal - I think if someone tugged on his metal should pad - it would just rip off before actually moving him. I think that would be the case for Drax as well...
Anyway, Sinister is the big one here.
Opinions?
So why hasn't Mr Sinister been added as #metal? It seems that he is wearing metal armor...
Drax also seems be wearing some metal - but not #metal.
Arguably, I don't see why Hulk Rag would be metal - I think if someone tugged on his metal should pad - it would just rip off before actually moving him. I think that would be the case for Drax as well...
Anyway, Sinister is the big one here.
Opinions?
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If you want to ponder on a puzzling one, consider Black Bolt. The tuning fork is metal, and it focuses his powers.
Stealth Spidey is wearing a mostly fabric suit from the looks of it but he's #Metal.
Yet Agent Venom has armor but it could be argued it comes from the Symbiote, but e also has several guns that he fires with his sp3 but not #Metal apparently.
Colossus is #Metal despite his bio saying its "Organic Metal" that one is fair.
Juggernaut has a massive helmet, with the same properties as the one Magneto wears to keep Xavier out, Juggz also has what appear to be brass knuckles and other armor plating it looks like, unless someone argues those are leather straps and his helmet is some kind of composite plastic, Juggz should also have the #Metal
Blade and Psylocke have swords.
Domino carries 2 handguns and an assault rifle, but not Metal
I'm sure there are more examples, granted i dont mind any of this since i dont rely on Tech/Metal champs to fight Magneto but Corvus is used often, i also personally have used Proxima for some annoying Masochism fights against Magneto and now she wont work against him, the logic or reasoning isnt very clear here.
i understand Kabam runs the game as they please, but personally i just cant make sense of the criteria used for adding the #Metal
He is #Mercenary #Devilishly Handsome #1000% Awesome
I guess stealth spidey's stealth suit must be substantially metal despite looking like a ski mask.
Ghulk doesnt make sense to me. If Ghulk is metal, so should be Drax. IMO, neither should be. Maybe Juggy too then...Googling his helmet I found:
"The Juggernaut wears a helmet fashioned from an unknown mystical metal found in the Crimson Cosmos dimension of Cyttorak. The Juggernaut subsequently fashioned a skullcap from scraps of the metal used to construct the helmet."
How Stealthy is metal is beyond me
I really don't agree with them changing champs that already existed prior to the rework happening to now have the tag because it "benefits" the reworked champs.
Adding new tags to existing characters, which fundamentally changes how they work in certain scenarios is not a good move, as they had been established in such a way since their release. And considering that Kabam have stated in the past that Champion tags are "determined by people at Marvel" previously, why is Marvel now okay with a sudden tag addition to many champs now, considering that Magneto has ALWAYS had some sort of interaction with Metal champs in the past.
It really does seem a bit shady to not have implemented the metal tag to the champs that are now being changed to have it, when the two champs that have major interactivity with the tag are being releases in the reworked state.
To the second point, I think that adding #metal may be the first of many updates. Someone mentioned Blade earlier. Now that we are able to sort basted on the #hashtag of the champs, I wonder will we see new dimensional beings pop up at a later time. There have been no changes to Blade so I would not expect any changes for that particular category. I see the addition of #metal as another part to the Magneto buff.
Rather than changing existing tags on existing champs to further buff a champion that for all intents and purposes will be a high tier champ going forward, they could have and should in my opinion simply started adding new champs that would be #metal rather than tweaking the existing roster to add more.
It also strikes me odd with their selection of Champs they added the tag to.
Annihilus, an annoying defender.
Corvus Glaive, still one of the top 10 champs for EQ and AQ
Heimdall, synergy use
Hulk (Ragnarok), best for fun interactive damage Nova, an annoying defender
Proxima Midnight, a damage dealer and synergy for Corvus
Ronan, stun cheese against buff heavy opponents (such as forcing new Mags to heavy and baiting him so he gains a lot of prowess perhaps?)
Taskmaster, an okay champ with some potential
Thanos, a trophy champ and occasional Boss
Thor, a still semi useful armour break champ
Thor (Jane Foster), a stagger champ
Out of those, 7 are either relatively good/useful/great, for either attack or defense, and are also the most affected by the tag change when Magneto fights them (again either as an attacker or defender depending on the champ)
But the thing that strikes me odd about their selection... why Thor, and Jane Foster on there, but not Thor Rags who is considered pretty low on both an Attacker and Defender tier, yet has metal weapons and shield, but both other Thors and his Ragnarok Hulk companion are?
It really does make me question whether Kabam was simply "Trying to add more favourable match ups for the new Mags" or indirectly nerf some champions to make them less viable in either an attacking or defensive manner.
EDIT: I forgot to add, to further explain my gripe with the new additions. All of those champs COULD have been #metal from the moment they entered the game with the exception of Thor (I don't remember if the metal tag was there when the game was released or when tags were originally introduced). It's only now when 2 champs who benefit from the Metal tag are available, that they decided to add the tag to the listed champs.
Sad, but typical
Sp1 and Sp2 successful hit, has a 100% chance of opponent suffering from magnetism for x seconds...
Sp1 and Sp2, if successfully block, reduces the chance of magnetism by 50%
Also, how is magneto, an omega level mutant does not have his magnetic shield or bubble? Yes, he is given bleed resistance/immunity and shock resistance.. yet to me, an active magnetic bubble would have jus reduced the chance of offensive ability accuracy or chance of triggering debuff on him by 100%..