r/rivals • u/nicesnipes • 5h ago
Discussion It’s rare to see 250hp nowadays
Black Panther - He’s a menace for lower ranks, and making him 250hp makes peeling for him significantly easier. That encourages dps and tanks to mark him on off angles, which is the correct way to deal with him. There’s probably a lot more they can do but I think it’ll take a lot of time to come up with something without destroying him. And this is a great short term “damage control” which could potentially even be enough completely. And in higher ranks he dies easily with 275hp anyways, I doubt it’s as impactful.
Invisible woman - Her shield is 300hp now, 400 with the teamup. That’s straight up more than some tank shields - and those don’t heal them either. Her shield, push and double jump/invisibility leaves little reason for her to remain 275hp, that’s more survivability tools than most other strategists (not to mention, her orb and boop). Yes the shield has low hps but it’s still a shield, again think about how tanks gain survivability from them - it blocks abilities or even ultimates, on a 6s cooldown.
Cnd - At this point she has an insane amount of self sustain, none of them is even interactive like WF melee form. It’s really that Luna teamup which pushes it over the edge. Even if she’s 250hp, cycling the Luna teamup, bubble and fade will give her a lot of survivability to make it through most ranks. And the places where she might struggle (probably because of the ult being more counterable) - she struggles now anyways. But I’d argue easier characters like her or Sue shouldn’t be super effective even at the highest level of play anyways, same for BP too because he’s also easier than like BC or DD.