Marvel Rivals Launched last week, fans are flocking to the game hordesthey’re also figuring out their favorite and least favorite characters on the hero shooter roster. Right now, the game feels like it’s in a pre-patch state Become a real chaos shooter It hasn’t been polished by months of balance patches. Currently, there are few characters as chaotic as Jeff the Shark, a strategic hero who at first glance appears to be just a silly little guy. However, as Marvel Rivals Players have learned that this jolly guy is actually one of the biggest threats in the game, and man, I hope NetEase keeps him like this forever.
Jeff is a “Strategist” Marvel Rivals Equivalent to an auxiliary hero. Most of the time, he’ll spray water from his mouth to patch up teammates and leave healing-infused bubbles around the battlefield for players to walk through and restore some health. However, his ultimate has become the bane of most players. “It’s Jeff!” creates a sizable vortex on the battlefield, which Jeff spins around before swallowing any players within the area of effect. From here, he can do one of several things. He can chew them while swimming, causing minor damage over time. He could spit them out and replace them. Alternatively, he can do what most players have learned to do and send them off to the side of the map.
Initially, my experience with Hungry Jeffs was that players would gobble up several opponents and then spit them out of the map and into the cracks. As a Star-Lord main, this usually isn’t a big deal because I can just fly back to safety. However, as more and more players use this tactic, Jeff players have wisely realized that diving off the side of the map themselves while their enemies are still trapped on the map is better than just spitting them out Come and risk their return to get more value for safety. It has become a foolproof strategy that seems to be used by every jeff player while everyone else wants the land shark’s blood.
While this is the most common tactic nowadays, sometimes when there are no holes nearby, some players will use Jeff’s ultimate to deflect the team from their target or launch other more damaging attacks, such as grouping together several enemies to throw them Enter Scarlet Witch’s explosive ultimate. No matter what strategies Jeff players use, the character’s destructive power contrasts with his lovable, unassuming demeanor, making him the center of numerous jokes within the gaming community within days of the game’s release.
We still don’t know how NetEase will balance Marvel Rivals future, but part of me hopes it remains this messy, unpolished hero shooter and “unfair”, “toxic” crap that stays in the game just like Jeff’s Ultimate. Ultimately, it will depend on what the studio wants from the game. do you want Marvel Rivals Become a big hit in esports, or do you want to continue to appeal to casual gamers who can’t break a sweat and just want to bang each other with superhero toys? At this point, I prefer the latter, and Jeff the Land Shark’s Mayhem is one of the best examples.
