u/jonathansoma

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So it seems very likley that cyclops in coming to marvel rivals in season 8 and everyone is anticipating that he will be a duelist. The reasoning is always that his only power is his beams and therefore he cannot be anything else which makes me question if people misunderstand cyclops or if my own understanding is wrong.

Imo these are the defining character traits of cyclops and any accurate depiction of him in rivals should uphold these characteristics.

1. Cyclops is a known pacifist who views his abilities as a disability rather than a gift or weapon. For that reason, cyclops should never been seen as a duelist or assassin in the team as by nature, he looks to incapacitate rather than eliminate targets with his beam. His beams are concussive which always seperates him from characters like ironman for example.
2. Building off the first point, I think that cyclops should used his power creatively. The idea that cyclops only uses his beam to do "powerful attacks" fundamentally goes against the first point considering his beams are concussive. Ricochetting beams to hit crazy angles, using beams for mobility, adjusting beams size to act like a area of effect shield to push back against attacks are all comic accurate interpretation of his powers. Its not that he cant do powerful attacks, but by nature he prefers to use his beams in other ways.
3. Cyclops true super power is his leadership and therefore he should be put into roles that makes him a team player rather than a 1v1 expert. I am so appaled by how many people downplay his leadership and reduces him to "guy who shoots lasers" yet also claim to be fans of him and want him in the game. With Cylcops recent surge in popularity, I always felt like it was because shows like xmen 97 focuses on the hard team decision cyclops has to make which made him compelling. So why do we want to reduce him back to that stereotype when he is about to be making his grand return to video game in such a long time?

Please let me know if I am misunderstanding cyclops in this situation.