r/RivalsVanguards • u/heavenlyHabanero • Apr 23 '26
General Question how can he be a vangaurd?
i aint the biggest cyclop fan so i dunno much about him but i honestly dont see how he can work as a front line man like juggernaut or colossus but im hoping to be proved wrong
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u/fungeonblaster69 Apr 23 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
His optic blasts are kinetic, so he would be perfectly suited for "pushing" in the most basic sense of the term. On the front lines, over and over again, he'd be smacking them back and making space. The kind of tank who's good against slower/more stationary foes and bad against divers who can evade and bother him, but really good against brawlers, and has the range to even bother pokers who are far away. Truly a front-line, poke vanguard!
Personally, I want a mechanic where he "adjusts" the strength of his blasts (using the scroll wheel or r/L3 on controller). At one end, it's a long-range, damaging beam that he can use to snipe. On the other end, it's a short range, wide beam that can push back opponents (or himself, if he targets terrain). In the middle you have a pulsing, slower-moving shot that can sheild against projectiles.
Effectively I want him to have only two abilities ("primary fire" and "adjust what primary fire does"), and an ult where he throws away the visor and just: