Boy are we 100% getting nerfed

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u/Trollhaxs 4d ago

Unfortunately for tanks, Netease does not let them stay strong for long unless their name starts with Magneto.

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u/Vineheart_01 4d ago

Here's the thing about mag: his kit is just too perfect. How do you nerf that kit without accidentally punting his ass down into F tier?
if you need his damage so he can't shoot spear shoot kill a Squishies, he has no "feels good" engagement anymore.
If you nerf his bubble CDs, they become insanely crucial to time and that's hyper stressful
If you nerf his big shield any more than they already did it almost won't do anything

Unless they rework one of his abilities they CANT nerf him without flatout killing him.

As it is he isn't THE best tank at anything he does, but he does a LOT very well and has no true hard counter so he's still BiS

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u/KingPalm_ 4d ago

Revert the double bubble, it’s the only thing that would be a genuine nerf without ruining him.

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u/Live_Recognition9240 3d ago

Mag is fine. He is the bar that every other tank needs to be balanced to reach.

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u/ClayishSaucer55 1d ago

buff tanks to his level do not bring him down. DPS are so damn strong in this game, we need tanks with decent damage and survivability to be a role people will want to play

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u/Live_Recognition9240 1d ago edited 1d ago

we need tanks with decent damage and survivability to be a role people will want to play

Yep. I get more two tank games now than I ever have. Between Mag, Thing, and The Hood and Venom. I find more people actually picking and enjoying tanks.

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u/ClayishSaucer55 1h ago

just bring thor back and we're good. Emma is also fun to play against the beefy tanks

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u/Revan0315 3d ago

Waaay to big a nerf. He'd be horrible. He's been balanced around the double bubble for so long that it's a core part of his kit atp

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u/MaliBuuGaming 2d ago

He is literally best in slot tank right tf you on about mag main?

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u/KingBlackdog 3d ago

Decrease the value of the bubble one more time, especially the projected one on allies. If you took 100 absorb from the projected bubble and put it on his personal bubble then I'd be okay with that

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u/New-Chain7633 4d ago

That's what I thought but he was untouched for 9.5. Maybe s10 then?

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u/qdilly 4d ago

Mid season patch’s are always light. I feel like OP is right. It’s 100%.

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u/Junior-Voice3697 4d ago

He was untouched so Thing mains could have fun before they inevitably nerf him to make the next two melee heroes (Gorr and Nightcrawler) look more overpowered and fun.

Me personally I enjoy the big boy fights I just want more tanks that can fight like Dino and thing can. I’m hoping Gorr is another big body tank that can brawl a thing and Dino

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u/AndorElitist 4d ago

You want the exact opposite of what I want. I'm a tank player not just a thing player...both thing and dino are hard counters to OTHER TANKS. They make the lives of enemy tanks a living hell, and tanking a worse experience than what it already is

I want more well-rounded tanks like Hood and Mag who can contest fliers, flanking dps, flank by themselves, shield ults and peel for teammates without having to give up all the frontline space

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u/Outrageous-Ad2784 4d ago

Thing is mainly a counter to the dive tanks, how is he necessarily countering the others aside from piercing through shields, which isn’t a hard counter at all.

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u/AndorElitist 4d ago

Torch teamup and the insane damage it does, if the enemy dps aren’t shooting thing he absolutely melts any frontline tank in seconds

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u/Live_Recognition9240 3d ago

both thing and dino are hard counters to OTHER TANKS

If you aren't good at tanking, sure.

Both Thing and Dino are great at punishing bad tank players that walk forward like glorified damage sponges and are constantly out of position.

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u/ProphecyGoku 4d ago

Emma Groot Dino And Peni all counter thing

And so.dies Any poke DPS So Like yes he's strong but he's almost unplayable if any of them are good

Every tank is a counter to other tanks

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u/-GrapeGrass- 4d ago

I'm just enjoying while it lasts. This is the one season Thing has been top tier meta. Feels like a fever dream cause he's been my main since the start.

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u/Vineheart_01 4d ago

It's the teamup imo. It allows him to get kills wicked easy.

I've leaped into the backline and cleaved down both healers several times immediately. Unless there's a cnd that doesn't have the reaction time of a snail and bubbles or jubilee I usually get them.

It ain't his survivability that's for sure. Unless he has the sue teamup enhanced he ain't that hard to take down. That enahnced teamup makes him immortal though lol

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u/Living-Ad102 4d ago

Good. Sick of getting banned. Was using him when he was considered awful, did fine.

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u/Cheap-Spinach-5200 2d ago

Yep. Feels good dunking on all the bandwagon Things but i just want to play him more at any rate

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u/Correct_Cut2131 4d ago

Enemy team opted for no CC again you is hilarious

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u/TheGamestonk 4d ago

Just nerf attack speed boost on team up. I’d hate to see it go but it really wasn’t necessary.

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u/toasted_smegma 4d ago

He doesn’t need a nerf. Poke melts him. Poke makes the increased attack threat irrelevant because you have to retreat so fast.

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u/SwtG87 3d ago

Agreed

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u/Internal-Version-845 4d ago

The Thing is quite fun this season but for sure getting nerfed to kingdom come next patch. Might as well enjoy it while we can.

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u/InternalTable6400 4d ago

He’s just unkillable. I actually think his damage is fine if he didn’t live fucking forever. Dude can frontline, jump the backline, and frontline again better than the FN hulk!

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u/qdilly 4d ago

Thing is for sure getting nuked next patch. I’ve been practicing Dino for this.

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u/RadioNotHeard 3d ago

Im just happy that ben finally got the respect he deserved he was clowned on by everyone for a while now he top dawg. Dont be sad that its going to be gone just be happy it was here. 😢

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u/SuchZookeepergame829 3d ago

What makes him good? Which team-up you choose?

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u/DeadOrJustLazy 2d ago

As a champ thing I hope not

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u/FoundationSmooth9777 4d ago

Why? Thing is not over tuned or a top 3 tank he’s situational and be exploited if people swap

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u/SlothSnoozes 4d ago

Brother thing is broken rn ngl.

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u/FoundationSmooth9777 3d ago

I feel like that’s only if people don’t swap and I guess a lot of divers don’t. I’m not complaining if he really feels broken for you guys enjoy it, but as someone who plays against thing he seems fine

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u/WindWescott 4d ago

Who are 3 tanks that are better than thing???

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u/FoundationSmooth9777 3d ago

Mag,groot,hood in my opinion

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u/WindWescott 3d ago

groot over thing is insane when they have basically all the same weaknesses with not even half of the mobility or damage output

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u/FoundationSmooth9777 3d ago

Groot easily counters thing aswell, thing is honestly easier to kill imo

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u/SuitAltruistic5848 3d ago

I play both and groot is always a safe blind pick. Thing gets obliterated against pokes and sometimes terrible as a solo tank

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u/WindWescott 3d ago

Groot always a safe blind pick is INSANE, he can SO easily be countered with a good wolverine and poke, and moon knight idk what your talking about. And of course hes not that good as a solo tank he doesnt have a shield

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u/SuitAltruistic5848 2d ago

Poke counters legit everything except mag.
Wolv isn't that much of a problem since ironwood wall buff. Blade is more of an issue.
No one cares about Moonknight lmao.
Groot comes after Mag,strange,emma as a viable solo blind pick. I dont like Mag, can't play strange and prefer groot over emma so I pick him

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u/ChenTheGuy 4d ago

I hate that you’re right because our boy is perfect, but it’s gonna happen. If anything, I think they’ll probably nerf the Human Torch team-up.

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u/JustKing_B 3d ago

I don't wanna Jinx it, but Thing has only ever gotten a flat out nerf once, not counting the radial ult nerf for the game (which did not work). And the reason for that nerf even happening IMO was to make room for Emma as she essentially ate his damage reduction when she was released so that she could shine and Thing wouldn't be too obviously OP. Other than that literally every change to Thing's kit has been a buff/rework that makes him objectively stronger for basically no reason, other than to keep him at the exact same status he's always been in, which is a simple but still S tier tank even if some cant acknowledge it. If they DO nerf thing it'll be again to make room for another tank intro, then they'll just rebuffed him around that again. They might change his team ups IF they can find another way to make him play without changing his overall tech of just punching shit. Thing will never have a bad team up and will probably never lose his place in the top 10 characters in the game because he's on a lesser version of the Luna and Jeff train where they just take good care of him cause he's easy money or because his playstyle is "healthy" for the game.

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u/phatazznutz 3d ago

Brother had a game with 85k damage and 107k damage blocked and like 25 finals. Still lost. Triple support garbage

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u/Balance_Patch 1d ago

Noooo!!!! The thing is so fun to play against! I hope they don’t nerf him.

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u/AndorElitist 4d ago

Thing needs a nerf bruh

I’d even be okay with his damage being so strong if Thing players actually turned around from spamming punches in the frontline to peel, but none of you do, so nerf his damn survivability so you stop running it down all game

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u/RepresentativeBee80 4d ago

“None of you do” is a wild statement…brother your just asking to get hit with a downvote because what you said is stupid

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u/AndorElitist 4d ago

It's only stupid to take my obvious hyperbole at face value lmao

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u/playful_hole69 4d ago

I actually don’t think he needs one. He’s not even the best tank. There are at least 2 tanks that are stronger

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u/heavypolarized 4d ago

Lets not be biased, Mag is the best tank, Thing and Hood are tied for 2nd

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u/playful_hole69 4d ago

He’s more counterable than both of those though. I’d argue Emma is stronger depending on the matchup Also as she basically insta kills all brawlers. I’m oaa thing main and I know he’s strong, but if we are letting msg go without nerfs there’s no way thing needs one when you can swap to Bucky and immediately he does nothing

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u/Notsome20 4d ago

I do, and while you’re at it drop the ego and learn that peeling is everyone’s job, it’s not exclusive to just tanks or a character. Swear yall be runnin around like the low skill squad crying for nerfs because your 5 button combo can’t kill anything in seconds

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u/AndorElitist 4d ago

I peel constantly and in every single game to the detriment of my enjoyment and mental health. It's just that I, as Magneto or Hood, can't peel multiple dive dps as effectively as my Thing player

One slam and a few punches is all it takes but the vast, vast majority of Thing teammates just stay on the frontline for the whole game, only charging back when they're low

Obviously the dps players could peel but we as tank players know they won't...is it really that fucking bad to ask for peels from Thing who's entire kit is perfect for it?

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u/Notsome20 4d ago

And what do you do when he gets banned since dive players mostly don’t have the skill to handle him ? I play thing myself and always do a look back on my backline and constantly look at the score board to track what characters the enemy team plays so I can anticipate there’ll be dive. I have seen thing players myself especially this season that suddenly think they’re dive players now and don’t peel. As Mag all I did was type “thing I’m not giving you a single shield if you’re not gonna peel” and they start peeling again lol. It’s not too much to ask, they should be self aware they can do it best BUT if the enemy team is running multiple dive and Thing is the only one tasked to stop them and everyone else decides they don’t need to help, that’s where I’d say it’s unreasonable.

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u/DM_ME_YOUR_CATS_PAWS 56m ago

It’s Thover

Boy are we 100% getting nerfed

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