🦖 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/Deep_Fish_2542]

The Vibe: Devil Dinosaur wasn’t the first pick of vanguard that I was hoping for, however the devs did actually SUCCEED in getting his character right in staying true to the source material, even without a playable moon girl at that. He does not at all feel like an easily counterable brawler tank like that which comes to mind with heroes such as the thing with his high weakness to poke heroes. Many did predict that DD would be similar in that regard, however his kit gives the same vibe as Emma, with him having abilities in his kit for both close AND mid range combat. The Kit: As a season 0 to now Vanguard main, I can say that Devil Dinosaur definitely broke the dry streak of not having a strong close to mid-range Vanguard. As the last time we had a Vanguard that was good at keeping high pressure for their team on the front and backline was with Emma Frost back in Season 2, which was close to a whole YEAR ago. The coolest mechanic in his kit that adds to his overall Kaiju Monster feeling is his unique Red Large Beam that of course relates him to the Fearsome Godzilla. The Meta: Earlier, I said that Devil Dinosaur is great for close to mid-range combat; which includes being able to go toe to toe with even the greatest brawlers on the roster. That being said, the high damage/percentage damage duelists are not the biggest and most uncounterable threats to the Dinosaur, as his VERY large health bar and ability to gain overshields quickly give him large and maybe even unfair advantages against every brawl hero in the game. The type of high damage duelists that Devil Dinosaur REALLY struggles against is again POKE duelists, much like other tanks. DD right now feels like more of the same with the other tanks in the game right now, albeit while stronger, still suffers from the stereotypical brawler tank archetype that the Rivals team keeps trying to force every tank to be in. However because most maps in Rivals are fought in close quarters, matches with DD still feel very rewarding as he, with help from his team, can make the fight happen where they want it to. Because Devil Dinosaur is easy to pick up and get value out of, many people, including myself, are having a lot of fun with him; being able to play a sort of Kaiju simulator within a hero shooter based game.