What stat are they looking at? I understand the tankpool nerf, but then why buff the strongest poke dps in the game?? Why buff starlord? Why ignore daredevil? Gambit has been unplayable since he came out, why not do anything?
We are getting devil dinosaur next season and i can't see him being anything else other than a brawl tank. The thing is mostly used to counter-swap dive characters, thor is good but he needed consistent buffs for a year to get here, rogue is only played with gambit team-up, And with his size Devil might become a bigger poke victim than the thing. So I've been thinking, what is keeping brawl back?
Poke has been meta since the game came out, dive has been getting better since 4.5 and it's meta this season, but what about brawl? I feel like the last time brawl was good was during 1.5, but it just felt worse ever since then. Some brawl characters are good or have their uses, but brawl comps don't seem that strong.
What are we missing? What do we need for brawl comps to be better?
Do we need more ways of sustain other than healing? Thing can give damage reduction to allies, but it lasts for 3 seconds and it's better used as an engage/disengage tool, mr fantastic and ultron can give their allies bonus hp but it's either not that useful or it's just used to counter-dive. The thing is my second most played character, but since the rework i've mostly used him to counter-swap. Maybe they should focus more on the damage reduction part of his kit instead of the earthbound?
Do we need a more reliable speed boost? Storm doesn't get played and it seems like jeff is played more with dive. I hope devil dinosaur has something similar to a junker queen shout so we can have a speed boost tank.
What is stopping brawl from being good? Again, poke has been meta since the game came out, so brawl not being good isn't that surprising. But is it some characters specifically that's keeping it in check? Phoenix is one of the best dps in the game, but she's even better against grouped up enemies, same with moon knight and he got a damage buff in season 5. Or is it another character i'm forgetting about?