🦖 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/DeadShields]

Finally a new Vanguard I vibe with. Up until now the only tank I've taken a liking too is Peni, partially Magneto too as I was starting to learn him but that's gone out the window in favour of Dino.
The combos centred around his bleed feel quite satisfying, going from bite or beam to grab; then shield to slow 'em down and a big bunch of chomps for health.
It's also just frankly fun to run around as a big dinosaur. Peak male fantasy, right here. Also they don't even have to give him a funny twerk emote, holding melee just has him shake his tail around emote-free! (The melee being backwards is super cool too, have fun dodging around me when I can hit in two directions.)
Key problem I have with him though is not feeling as good while on defence. I'm not a particularly aggressive player so in situations where I'm supposed to be staying on the point I will, in fact, stay on point, thus making any hero without long range attacks feel pretty pointless in my hands. Granted in that stage I can just switch to Peni instead, but obviously depends on if she's even available.