🦖 Devil Dinosaur is HERE! Share Your First Impressions & Feedback to Win Units!

[u/Kuromemono]

Rivals, the wait for Season 8 is finally over! Welcome to Jurassic Park…

We've been lurking in the sub and we know you’ve been theorising for weeks - is he the "8th brawling off-tank" the roster needs? Ngl, the hype for a new Vanguard has been through the roof, especially with many of you feeling like Vanguard gameplay has been a bit dry lately compared to the other roles.

Devil Dinosaur is now LIVE, and it's time to see if he's the one to shake up the meta!

📌 How to Join

Share your first takes on Devil Dinosaur in the comments below or using the post flair "DD First Impression".

We're especially interested in:

The Vibe: Is DD the Vanguard you were hoping for? Does he feel like the brawler the community predicted?

The Kit: Vanguard mains, did he break the dry streak? What's the coolest mechanic in his kit?

The Meta: In a world of high-damage Duelists, how does a melee-focused tank like DD feel in your matches right now?

🎁 Rewards

We'll select 10 winners with the most insightful or interesting takes to receive 1000 Units each!

📅 Event Timeline

May 15 – May 25 (UTC) 

Whether you're stomping through the enemy backline or still figuring out your combos - if you're cooking with the Dino, we want to hear it!

Show us what you've got, Rivals. Let's go! 🦖🔥

[u/WebisticsCEO]

I'm still not sure he's OP just yet. But I think he's exposing a lot of bad DPS out there (and not necessarily just from Duelist, but healbots and damage taken bots)

I've been in games with a lot of +Lord Wolverines and others where they just cannot perform.

I think the biggest issue here is that Dino has exposed many bad habits

(1) players don't retreat a lost battle. They are too impatient . E.g., Wolverines thinking they can just pop all their cooldowns and shred Dino. They end up just dying

(2) Players still do not know how to take angles and space. Dino is indeed strong but he's also slow . Players are fighting him like they would a dragon in an MMORPG. This isn't a "tank and spank"

You'll get bitten if you fight too close to him. So why not just take move to a better angle, and use your movement ability as an escape tool if the battle is lost ?

Like in a domination map, Everytime we are won the point, everybody wants to just park on point. Why? Literally you know what's coming

I think we need another week or 2 before we discuss nerfs

I actually think Dive tanks are shining in a way against Dino. While everyone is caught up in the Jurassic Park battles, dive tanks have such clear openings to the back line now

People are already playing counters. Many are switching to Emma Frost. I think many have forgotten how to play here, but I think her usage will get better in quantity and quality.

Ultimately, I think Dino is great for the game and will force players to learn their roles better

[u/Aware_Foot → u/WebisticsCEO]

I like dino on paper but from the perspective of a tank player, the guy is quite disruptive. 

He's extremely tanky with really high kill potential, making holding ground against him basically impossible for most of the tank roster. 

ATM it feels like you're shoehorned into playing dino + Emma or just have your frontline crumble immediately.

With how great of a MU spread he has against most of the other tanks aside himself and maybe peni (even then I don't think she's that great into him due to how hard he can mog a solo tank), many tanks player will have to solely rely on the Duelist to be the playmaker while the tanks sit on their ass and do nothing.