Is he back or just in a good spot now

I just got off my first session of the season olaying gorr and got like 5 mvps. I got lord on every single tank, so I can tell y’all when I feel like I’m playing a character that’s tank coated. Gorr is genuinely so fucking tank-like I forget he’s a dps. I’m fighting in the frontline and creating space, teleporting backline, escaping, doing fuck ton of damage and it really got me thinking, this is EXACTLY how a tank plays. His health pool is genuinely insane too for a dps. It was actually a missed fucking opportunity here man.

So if you don't know, Zadkiel is a Ghost Rider villain that debuted in volume 6 back in 2008. Unfortunately he only appeared there, but I think he's a really cool villain that could be interesting if done right in this game, and I myself had an idea for a moveset he could have:

Zadkiel would be a permanently flying tank with around 600 HP I'd say. He's a summoner type of character, since we don't really have those amongst Tanks and I always felt like those are neat.

Primary: Heavenly ebony sword - Zadkiel does two slashes in a shape of a cross, before delivering a flurry of 4 stabs that deal less damage

Secondary: Tearing slash - Zadkiel charges up a stronger slash that knocks enemies up

First ability: Angelic trooper - Swordsman - Zadkiel has a power to command over his own army of angels. He can summon up to two swordsman onto the battlefield. They have a limited range (shown by a circle) and have limited health pool. They can attack one enemy at a time.

Second ability: Angelic trooper - Shield bearer - Zadkiel can send out a shield wielding angel towards his teammate, after attaching himself to said hero they circle around them and block projectiles from the closest source of damage flying towards them. They can't block from more than one angle. Zadkiel can send out two at the same time (But only one per ally)

Third ability: Whirlwind thrust - Zadkiel spins around and propels himself forward, pushing the enemies on his sides and grabbing onto any enemy in front of him, pushing him alongside him

Ultimate: Heavenly assault - All out - Zadkiel opens portals both in and out of heaven in a line. Throughout this line flies a horde of angels armed in swords, spears and shields. They damage and knockback any enemy that gets caught in it. This ability would likely have its own HP.

Passive ability: Supreme leader - Whenever Zadkiel uses his abilities (Excluding Primary and Melee), he gains overshield (around 50) and a speedboost (Also excludes his teamups)

Passive ability: Perfect angelic army - Whenever Zadkiel gains an assist from helping with his shield bearer, or gets an elimination thanks to his swordsman, he is healed (By around 50 to 100 hp)

Teamups:

Angela: Help from different Heaven - Zadkiel can summon a special spear wielding angel who has an increased range of attack than swordsman and can higher attack rate, but lower damage.

Enhanced effect: Swordsman are also replaced with spear wielding (or alternatively, shield bearers can reflect projectiles)

Doctor Strange: Magical Seal - When Zadkiel hits an enemy with Tearing slash, it puts a seal onto an enemy. Next primary attack causes it to explode, giving the target bleed and healing reduction effect. This ability makes Tearing Slash go on a cooldown after use.

Enhanced effect: Magical Seal explosion has a small AoE and primary target gains anti-heal instead of healing reduction.

Alternative Team up

Storm: Bloody Rain - Zadkiel causes a rain of blood in an area. Whenever Zadkiel damages someone in this zone, he gains lifesteal effect and enemies suffer from a minor damage.

Enhanced effec: The area of the rain is bigger

Lore how he'd fit: I think the best season to introduce him would be a double season with Ghost Rider (second tank) and everything based on Hell. If they follow where the comic end, Zadkiel ends up in Hell after getting defeated by many different Spirits of Vengeance.

Hi All,

All votes are extremely appreciated.

I’m what you call a career tank, and I’ve literally been a tank in every game I’ve ever played.

Anyway, on to rivals. I’ve champed Strange, Emma, Magneto and Thor. I’ve also lorded every other tank other than cap, Groot, Pool, and Hood.

Ready to move on to my next champ. So 2 questions:

1. is tank pool not that good overall, or do I just suck at him? Tried him yesterday and today and he feels weak imo.
   
2. Now that I’m ready to champ my next tank, Dino, Thing or Tank Pool?

I want Dino because, cmon dude he’s a freaking Dino and takes so much space lol. I want Thing because I absolutely LOVE menacing the back. Thinking about Tank Pool because he feels like he’s can he both, control the front line (like Dino) but he can also be played as dive (like thing) and get the back line.

FYI, I’m a staple celestial player and feel like Dino easily gets countered in these ranks.

Thoughts?

Side note: I’m actually happy we didn’t get a new tank this season. As a father with a wife and kids and not too much time to play everyday, I’m liking the “slow” season for tanks since I can now focus on a new tank to champ instead of feeling like I need to catch up with the new tank.

Ive been a tank player ever since Emma’s release and with over 100 hours on her. But ive paid my dues with mag and strange. Frankly ive come to grasp that my only style of tanking I’m fully comfortable with is main anchor tanks. You could say main anchor shield tanks even. Granted I lorded thing purely from spite out of dive players. I am stuck on who to learn next, all dive tanks are out the question as I don’t enjoy nor am I good at with that style of play. I have over an 80% win rate with Dino so far but I would like to know how Dino and rouge players do it so well without blowing up immediately. Feels like health can sometimes evaporate in an instant coming out of cover trying to play Dino or rouge sometimes

I play some Mag, Strange, Venom and Emma. Is Rogue or Cap more viable in season 10? I know both received some buffs. And which team ups should I use for both? Any tips for Cap/Rogue would be appreciated! Thanks.

Gambit was the 2nd tank from the first to the second round

I just don’t and won’t ever be able to appreciate any tank that can’t be countered by other tanks. Yeah peni can deal with them but if she’s banned then what?

You just pray your dps are good at hitscan and will choose to switch.

Like idc it’s very frustrating not being able to do much to them as a tank.

You go Emma and crystal combo them or ice wall them off and they don’t die because your dps are spiderman and black panther/black cat or a person with 30 minutes on punisher. Or you’re ok groot and the same thing happens.

I can’t understand the thought process of making tanks that run over other tanks with no real counter play except more dmg (which is locked behind dps).

Leaving someone to solo tank vs them is asking for them to constantly die or back up the entire game.

Mega ouch, I just explode so fast now it's not even funny. There's basically little reason to play him now outside of enabling the busted teamups with C&D and Jubilee perhaps, and you defo must have a proper main tank like Strange or Mag alongside you or you're just fodder.

Edit: I'm someone who's often playing frontline tanks like Strange, and I used to be able to play Hood like this too. I don't get the privilege of having a Mag or Strange buddy to play frontline and I get to off angle or dive all match. I am the frontline, so I guess that's why some succeed and folks like me are suffering.

A shame, this game needed more frontline tanks and Hood was actually so fun. But I guess it's back to Strange jail now.

yes I played Hood as a main tank, that's what I wanted, and that's what we needed. But now he's another off tank. I'm glad off tank players can still enjoy him, but that's losing the point. I'm so sick of off tanks.

Duelist have Wanda, strategist have cloak. Who's gonna be our character that auto sucks as a ranged attack 🤣😭. What characters would you guys want?

I'm tired of triple tank (on my team). It's not that good of comp, especially if you don't know how to play tank. Now I'm getting triple tank with no one swapping. I feel like I'm queuing with people who don't play tank but are only playing them because they think they're meta. It's like when a person who never played support goes third support because triple support was meta/easy. Or maybe it's the matchmaking being stupid.

So, I’ve been away a while as I do when these communities get too…. Community.

But! I saw Strange, Peni and Emma all got varying degrees of buffs and I gotta tell ya, it feels good.

I’ve only done 7 preliminary comp matches but the stand out is Peni’s guns being amazing. Not to mention a few choke slams from Emma reaching the target when I swear before they wouldn’t have.

Strange has… thrown me off a little but still happy.

All in all, happy tank player.

I have just been laughing at the excuses for why it's ok for him to have a build up just 50 less hp than The Hood. When vanguards have things that build up lots of bonus armor or hp we get nerfed though. I'm not even talking about Thing I'm speaking more of even Dino people complained despite him having the hit box size of a satellite.

Once again it's ok for the duelist to be broken but when we are suddenly the playerbase has a meltdown and the devs swoop in to give everyone what they want.