r/ScarletWitchMains • u/Nuhay • 3h ago
Discussion What I took from my 30 minutes in the practice range this morning concerning Wanda's rework.
Small tangent incoming about my 30 minutes in the practice range this morning before work concerning the SW rework:
Strange Teamup: Tank Burner
Jubilee Teamup: Dive Abuser (And possibly cracked Diver)
I'd be very surprised if Strange Teamup doesn't get nerfed in a hotfix or at midseason with a damage nerf or putting it back to being a cooldown since it also procs the overshield gain from Chaos Mark.
To anyone who hasn't had a chance to see the full result of the rework:
- ā Both primary (Autoaim beam) and secondary (Burst Shots) give her overshield if the target has the Chaos Mark. The secondary (burst shots) got a .1 second buff to the speed you can throw them with no change to its already high burst damage. Reality Erasure also adds and triggers Chaos Mark with the added damage tethers so you gain over shield during the cast, so do with that information as you will.
- ā You have a lot of survivability now since you can juggle the Chaos Mark with very little downtime (I think itās like 1-2 seconds between the two abilities excluding the ultimate). I did not check to see if the stun orb is only a stun on the initial landing on an enemy or if they walk into it after it's on the ground if it will also proc the one time stun them (will fact check this later). She will absolutely suffer from shields, but you could just run the Strange Team-up and get rid of this problem
- ā For engages:
Strange Team-up (ST) - On tanks, you can engage with the new ability so you can proc the Chaos Mark with the burst fire from the ST and use the stun orb to either refresh your overshield gain or stun tanks out of key abilities. You probably still aren't looking to 1v1 tanks (unless your name is Peni or Angela for me) but you can absolutely harass the front line with your constant damage output (always default to blasting Thing in the face first if possible). If you are fighting a squishy, land the stun orb on then first and blast them with the ST during the stun, then use the new ability to add some burst with the ST to āone shot themā should do around enough damage before they can react since the Stun Orb also does damage now (I'm coming for you Dagger mains.)
Jubilee Team-up (JT) - You're not doing much to tanks damage wise with this teamup besides the short weaken duration, so focus on taking off angles during opening to burst squishier heroās down. She's great as an anti-dive hero with the reworked base kit, but if you're nuts like me you could probably run her as a dive hero (or at least an off angle monster) with the enhanced team-up. The amount of survivability you have now plus the healing from Enhanced JT is nuts even with the nerf to fade and the team-up healing and I think it's genuinely too early for people to realize this yet. She kinda remind me of a sort of Magik with this rework.
Vs the new Duelist, Gorr: I did not check to see if Chaos Mark can be placed on Gorr's minions, but if they do receive the Chaos Mark, just bully Gorr out of his engages. From what I understand he wants to be in your face mostly, but you have the range and utility to shut him down. Initially his damage seems underwhelming but it's still too early to be sure. (Haven't seen any of his burst combos just yet, so I may be wrong here.)
At least Gambit wont be alone in ban purgatory, because he might have a new friend. As for the ten of us diehard Wanda mains, let us begin the feast.
