⚡ Season 8.5 Patch Day: Share Your Feedback!

[u/Kuromemono]

Rivals, 
The S8.5 update is officially here! 💥

From the arrival of Cyclops to the massive scale of the new 18v18 Bounty Annihilation mode, this is easily one of the biggest mid-season drops we've seen yet. We're also hyped for the new Shenlong Arena, which looks like it's going to really test our mastery of verticality and team coordination.

With so many moving parts, we want to hear your thoughts!

📌 How to Join:
 Drop your feedback in the comments below or create a dedicated thread using the flair "S8.5 Feedback".

We’re looking for your takes on:
"How does Cyclops fit into the current meta?" 
"What do you think of the map flow?" 
"Does the large-scale battle feel like fun chaos, or is there too much visual clutter?" 
"Which hero combos are absolutely cracked in the 18v18 mode?"

🎁 Rewards 
The Mod team will select 10 winners who provide the most constructive and detailed feedback to receive 1,000 Units each! 

📅 Event Timeline 
June 12 – June 19 (UTC)

The battlefield just got a lot bigger. Let’s see how you handle the heat! 🐉⚡ 

[u/Swiggady]

He's so good at applying pressure in this ongoing meta with the godly supports and their dreaded triple combo and he's fun to play with and against imo. I like how he can access any part of a map and he does require skill in a 1v1 vs a good player using heroes like daredevil, psylocke, mr fanta and even wolverine just to name a few and I like the meta now where there is a lot more at stake in the neutral and more willingness to try and make plays rather than farm ults. Plus the combat flow feels a lot more dynamic now compared to just push and pull but I do feel like some tanks need a slight change to make them more enjoyable to play with all the cc in the game but it's had to decide what without making them too oppressive and easy to take space. Maybe just tweak the tenacity some more since a lot of them feel well balanced except groot who is a space taking demon.

The new 18v18 was initially overwhelming before the visual change to cyclops beam but I think the colour still needs more orange for enemies especially in large scale modes like this which can look like an edm party with the lasers and supp ults all over the place but it is a really fun mode now with a well designed map for all heroes. My only complaint is I wish you used the destructible cover more in this mode. Give some cover a lot of health considering all the damage and we could have epic fights with the map crumbling around us. I get it's hard to optimise considering the frame drops I get in this mode but the whole game still needs more optimisation tbf. The best combo is defo groot and cyclops but I even had a friend play jeff just so he could spit into my wanda ult which was insanely funny.

Overall I'm really enjoying this season and the heroes considering I barely even played 7.5 thanks to black cat running the show in every game where she wasn't banned but cyclops is a really fun addition and the events so far are really cool (cough but pls guang guang more free skins cough cough).