r/TheThing_Mains

I am so sick of the new tenacity system ruining my ults. Either make some adjustments to the system, or give Thing some sort of compensatory buff. But right now it's just ridiculous. His ult already isn't that good. It's much harder to get a team wipe with it in comparison to something like Strange's ult. Combining it with Yancy street charge used to give it a bit of skill expression. But now it actually punishes you if you do. So stupid. Now I feel lucky if I can get even one kill with it. Please Netease, don't do my rocky boy dirty!

Seriously, how has the tenacity bug not been addressed yet? It’s making it almost impossible to use his alt properly. You line everything up, commit to the play, and then the bug just eats the value because the interactions are completely broken.

I was really hoping to see a fix—or at least some gameplay tweaks to help counter the issue—in this latest patch, but there’s absolutely nothing. No changes, no mentions, just vibes while one of his core mechanics stays bugged.

It’s exhausting trying to main a character when the devs don't seem to care about game-breaking bugs that have been around this long. Is anyone else finding a way to work around this, or are we just benched until they decide to do their jobs?

Hello, the respected vanguard community!

I'm a GM vanguard main, my main tanks in order are Angela (I know), Tankpool, Emma and Peni. I'm also somewhat proficient with all the other vanguards with one glaring omission.

Every time I try playing The Thing, I just die, die and die. If I have a game when I die less than 5 times in QP as him, it's a big win for me. And often I encounter your brethren that just seem unkillable to me.

Can you give me some tips how to play him correctly? When should I use basic attack vs. the secondary? What are his best match-ups? What are his worst counters? When should I engage? When should I disengage? What is his ability economy and so on? Also, how do you deal with Black Panther? Just play a bodyguard and slam when you see him?

As for the tank counters, I usually find the biggest success in running Emma/Thor/Peni vs mister Grimm. And I'm obviously hard countered as Angela, and maybe sometimes Strange because The Thing just ignores my shield.

Thanks in advance for your contribution!