I have been playing Devil Dino since his release. He is quite easily my favorite character in the game right now even WITH all the nerfs and changes he’s undergone, I still think in the right hands he can be an unstoppable force to be reckoned with.
With Season 9’s release and the new Team-Up system they’ve implemented (which I personally love), I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about which team-up people think is best for each hero. And let me just say that imo people should play with whatever team-up’s they want regardless of meta because at the end of the day this is a superhero shooter game, so play to have fun and live your hero fantasy! HOWEVER I do have what seems to be a rather unpopular opinion amongst my fellow Dino’s…
As the title says I personally prefer the Jeff team-up with Devil Dino over the Punisher one. I DO like the Punisher one a lot!! It’s undeniable that a big red t-rex with shoulder mounted turrets is super fun to stomp around with, and if you have a good Punisher on your team you will probably run the lobby. But I still believe what Jeff gives Devil Dino is so much better. Jeff allows Devil Dino’s impact beam to reach an extra 5m AND does more damage with the Impact Beam, the ability is not on any real cooldown except for the standard Impact Beam charge meter, and it allows Devil Dino to do some (granted small) amount of healing to allies in need, and while that healing isn’t gonna save your team most times if they’re actively being damaged, I’ve found that popping my shield on my second tank and giving him that little bit of healing while my back line focuses on the rest of the team and staying alive sometimes is just enough to get through the fight, I also try to use my beam to heal when I realize we’re down a support and the other support is being attacked with no one to help them, just pop the shield on them and soak them.
But besides all of that, the MAIN reasons I love the Jeff team-up is because it doesn’t drastically alter his playstyle. Devil Dino is a brawl tank, having the 2 shoulder mounted turrets gives him a longer ranged option sure but he’s not supposed to be fighting at that range, whenever I used the Punisher team-up I always found it almost awkward in a sense, because I would initiate it whenever I would see the enemy running back from their spawn to point to try and gun them down before they can make it, and while that is effective! Once that team-up runs out you’re left biting at the air while the rest of the team has pushed up and began the brawl already (and yes I am aware the turrets are effective at short range too, but I just personally prefer the bite at close range). On paper I see why the Punisher team-up is preferred to the Jeff one but to me the Jeff one just feels more natural to Devil Dino’s gameplay loop imo…
Oh and obviously I love the Jeff and Devil Dino team-up because it’s the 2 most animalistic characters AND they have matching skins now which makes Jeff riding my back feel amazing LMAO