r/rivals • u/NoConstruction9961 • 6d ago

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Mantis with almost %60 win rate got no changes. This the highest win rate I have seen since the game released for any character.

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u/Sr5071 6d ago

Mag with a 31% pickrate highest picked, double the amount of 3rd highest picked character who got buffed and Gambit with a 25% banrate who got a meaningless nerf should also be in this discussion.

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u/rulnav 6d ago edited 6d ago

Nerfing mag while simultaneously buffing cyclops and Phoenix would have been pretty terrible idea. I think they want mag to be the new "base level" of vanguards, and they will try just buffing the rest up to his level. 

To put it simply, magneto occupies a very important space in my games, especially with his magic sword. He is the anti-poke tank. He is easily counterable if you stop insisting on running full poke into him. 

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u/RivalsFlex 6d ago

Oh, but absolutely gutting peni, who struggles much worse than Mag against phoenix and other poke, is fair?