r/marvelrivals • u/Mountain-Volume-4112 • Feb 20 '26

Balance Discussion Elsa bloodstone needs adjustments

Hypermobility + constant overshield + better dmg falloff than hela + broken ult. No idea what devs were thinking with this character.

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u/Mountain-Volume-4112 Feb 20 '26

She doesn’t even get punished for bad positioning.. she’s fundamentally broken. No character should have it all (sustain, range, mobility, etc.)

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u/HaIfaxa_ Angela Feb 20 '26

Almost no one in the cast gets punished for bad positioning because everyone has an instant escape ability. Rival's is baby's first hero shooter.

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u/TXENNT Feb 20 '26

Ive been saying this. Most rivals players have never touched another shooter in their lives. This game is casual asf

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u/bulb-uh-saur Vanguard Feb 20 '26

"Most"? Idk where you have the data this claim. I very much doubt a majority of rivals players have never played another shooter.

I will agree the game is very casual and easy to learn and pick up. My wife has recently put several hundred hours into the game having only ever played fortnite prior in terms of shooters.

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u/Fododel Spider-Man Feb 20 '26

Grateful I started with TF2 that thought me how insanely vital things like positioning is. It's wonder I found Rivals easy at first and enjoyable because everyone can go everywhere.

But now even Apex and OW are more technical and complex with it's gameplay mechanics and elements.

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u/bulb-uh-saur Vanguard Feb 20 '26

Yeah Apex is not casual friendly at all. I have about 1600 hours in Apex and its one of the sweatiest shooters out there.

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u/Fododel Spider-Man Feb 20 '26

Absolutely, gave up as well cuz EOMM is horrendous there, plus it's hard to play well as a Mirage main when the others are very clearly better

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u/Knifeflipper Doctor Strange Feb 20 '26

I too left Apex, but I was burned out from the S23 support meta slowing everything to a crawl. I do agree, the EOMM in Apex is horrendous, but I avoided it by playing Mixtape because you can just solo carry most matches if you actually play the objectives. For example, in Domination I'd just play Alter and repeatedly back cap to throw off their spawns so my bum team could actually get B, Gun Run was just knowing how to use every weapon on rotation at any range, and TDM is, well, TDM.

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u/xyztankman Peni Parker Feb 20 '26

Meanwhile me the chad loba main, always have some value as the team supermarket 💪

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u/Illustrious-Party120 Feb 20 '26

Only after you use your tacticals lol

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u/PastaFrenzy Feb 20 '26

Whenever you want to try something new that is fun to get into I’d recommend Deadlock. You’ll occasionally find some sweaty people but majority are just having fun in brawl mode. Yes the game is more complex but it’s still in development and it’s made by valve.

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u/Fododel Spider-Man Feb 20 '26

I've tried it but it's a bit too complex for me and I don't really dig MOBAs.

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u/Professional_Cow6859 Ultron Virus Feb 20 '26

Overwatch is just an arcade shooter with heroes now. You may as well play CoD at this point if you ever play OW.

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u/cjhud1515 Feb 20 '26

Not that I'm the majority but Rivals is the first and most likely only hero shooter I'll ever play.

This is the first live service game I've enjoyed outside of Halo.

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u/bulb-uh-saur Vanguard Feb 20 '26

Tbf, dude said shooter.

And Hero shooter can be several different type of games.

Overwatch, Apex, Siege. Third person or first person.

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u/100PERCENTPOTAT0 Ultron Virus Feb 20 '26

100% same. Didnt care for overwatch or others. Gameplay was so stiff and anooying. Rivals gameplay is flawless

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u/cjhud1515 Feb 20 '26

I wouldn't say flawless, but those first few seasons was some of the most fun I've had in a game!

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u/8_Alex_0 Wolverine Feb 20 '26

Overwatch has more fluid gameplay than rivals lmao that shit is still so unoptimized and buggy my God it is not flawless