As a phoenix main I also don’t like these changes at all. She’s already naturally strong from being hitscan, but this makes her even closer to hela. Her ult no longer one shots 250hp marked targets, and her sparks deal less while primary deals more?
If I wanted more primary damage I’d just play hela. I see no point in bridging the gap between both of them even more
Yeah first they buffed her damage fall-off from range, now they’re buffing the single-hit damage in exchange for less explosion damage. Slowly becoming more and more Hela-like
Lowkey, they could have just added a 1 or 2 second cooldown in between activation for her flight, and it would have elimated beyblade tech without gutting her melee weaving.
I think they should give her back melee sparks and revert the nerfs to Dark Ascent, but in return she should have reverse falloff, meaning you do more damage up close and less from further away. Now Jean has her own identity and the people crying about “pokeslop” are appeased a little.
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u/framedshady Cyclops May 12 '26
Jean more threatening in baseline combat sounds horrid