Pokémon GO: The best Pokémon for the PvP Super League – How to get every victory

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 6 minutes

The pre-season of the PvP League in Pokémon GO has started, and you have to compete against global trainers in the Super League. We will show you the best team for this so you can dominate the battle.

This is what is shown here: These are the best Pokémon you can use. Many of them are only suitable for the PvP mode and require a lot of Stardust to fit into the league.

If you wisely use these Pokémon together, you can win every battle in the Super League.

Tier List for the Super League of Pokémon GO

How to find the right Pokémon: It is important that you bring your monsters’ CP close to 1500 CP. The higher the level of your Pokémon, the better it is.

A monster with 100% IV is not decisive here. If your Pokémon has an attack value of 0, but the other two values are at 15, that might even be better. This way, you can level it up and it will be even sturdier in battle.

It is also important that you focus on the right moves. It is useless if you have a top Pokémon but with the wrong moves.

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This is what sets the Pokémon apart: The Pokémon shown here all have special characteristics. They are particularly sturdy in battle but also have interesting move combinations or charging moves that charge quickly.

They are not the classic attackers known from raids, but are particularly strong in the lowest PvP league.

Panzaeron

Panzaeron

The best moves: Air Slash (Fast), Sky Attack (Charge), and Flash Cannon (Charge)

This is what sets Panzaeron apart: Panzaeron is effective against many other top Pokémon from the Super League. It can be effectively used against Tropius, Altaria, or Venusaur.

Additionally, the move combination of Flying and Steel covers many types. It also has resistances to a total of 10 types! However, if your opponent sends out a monster with Fire or Electric moves, you should switch. Panzaeron is weak against that.

Altaria

Altaria

The best moves: Fire Spin (Fast), Sky Attack (Charge), and Dragon Pulse (Charge)

This is what sets Altaria apart: Altaria is a brutal attacker in PvP. Its fast move Fire Spin inflicts extreme damage and also charges its charging moves quickly.

Additionally, it is hard to resist its attacks. Dragon is at least somewhat effective against almost everything, and alternatively, you can always switch to the Flying move.

Altaria is particularly vulnerable to Ice moves. Rock, Dragon, and Fairy are also effective, and you should then switch your monster.

Registeel

Registeel

The best moves: Bullet Punch (Fast), Flash Cannon (Charge), Focus Blast (Charge)

This is what sets Registeel apart: Particularly effective about Registeel is the move Bullet Punch. This is one of the best fast moves in PvP and charges charging moves quite quickly.

Additionally, Registeel can only be effectively hit by the types Fire, Ground, and Fighting. A total of 11 types are not very effective against Registeel.

Azumarill

Azumarill

The best moves: Bubbles (Fast), Hydro Pump (Charge), and Play Rough (Charge)

This is what sets Azumarill apart: Azumarill is one of the Pokémon in the Super League that can withstand the most damage. Even a strong charge move often cannot knock out Azumarill directly.

Additionally, it is effective against various attackers in the Super League. Altaria or Alolan Marowak can be effectively hit.

Tropius

Tropius

The best moves: Air Slash (Fast), Leaf Blade (Charge), and Aerial Ace (Charge)

This is what sets Tropius apart: Admittedly, this regional Pokémon is not available in Germany, but those who possess it have an advantage. Tropius has fast charging moves and hits many Pokémon effectively.

It is even effective with its Flying moves against other Grass-type Pokémon. Additionally, it effectively hits Pokémon like Machoke or Azumarill.

Bollterus

Bollterus

The best moves: Catapult (Fast), Stone Edge (Charge), and Flamethrower (Charge)

This is what sets Bollterus apart: Just like the look of the Pokémon, it fights in PvP. It is sturdy in battle but also deals considerable damage against almost every type.

Panzaeron, Altaria, or Tropius are easily eliminated by Bollterus, and it is also resistant to a total of 9 types.

Meditalis

Meditalis

The best moves: Counter (Fast), Ice Punch (Charge), and Dynamic Punch (Charge)

This is what sets Meditalis apart: This Pokémon is surprisingly sturdy in battle and can withstand a lot of damage. Additionally, it has a surprising charge move with Ice Punch that can effectively hit many Pokémon.

Meditalis can be one of your most important Pokémon in battle, as you can use it well against other Fighting-type Pokémon, Bollterus, or Registeel. However, when facing Fairy, Flying, and Ghost-type Pokémon, you should switch.

Deoxys (Defense Form)

Deoxys

The best moves: Counter (Fast), Thunderbolt (Charge), and Stone Edge (Charge)

This is what sets Deoxys apart: Already in raids, the Defense Form was incredibly hard to beat. This is also the case in PvP mode. Additionally, it masters moves from many different types and is therefore ideally suited.

Interestingly, Deoxys can even defeat its counters. Bug Pokémon are eliminated with Stone Edge, and Dark-type monsters are taken down by the Fighting move Counter. Only Ghost-type Pokémon can become dangerous.

Since it can take down almost every counter, you can effectively use Deoxys in almost every battle. Especially Water and Flying-type Pokémon are quickly dealt with.

Swampert

Swampert

The best moves: Mud Shot (Fast), Hydro Cannon (Charge), and Earthquake (Charge)

This is what sets Swampert apart: The fast move Mud Shot quickly charges the following moves. Hydro Cannon is one of the best moves in the game and deals decent damage to almost every Pokémon.

Only Grass moves effectively hit Swampert, resulting in few enemies. It is effective against Registeel, which is often used.

Alolan Marowak

Alolan Marowak

The best moves: Fire Spin (Fast), Shadow Ball (Charge), and Bone Club (Charge)

This is what sets Alolan Marowak apart: The move combination makes Alolan Marowak so dangerous. It can effectively hit various popular attackers. Deoxys, Panzaeron, or Registeel will all be defeated by Alolan Marowak.

Alolan Marowak may not have strong moves, except for Shadow Ball, but the variety of attacks here is interesting.

This is what your teams could look like

This is important when building a team: You want to cover as many types as possible with your 3-member team. So don’t put together 3 Pokémon that are all effective against the same types.

Here we show you 3 possible teams that you can build from the Pokémon mentioned above and that can take down almost every Pokémon together.

Pokémon GO battles PvP battle title

Team 1: With this team, you can cover classic attackers like Altaria, Panzaeron, Alolan Marowak, Swampert, or Tropius. You also have Pokémon that are effective against many types.

PanzaeronSwampertTropius

Team 2: This team is notably sturdy in battle. In addition, you cover classic attackers and ensure a lot of damage.

AzumarillAltariaDeoxys

Team 3: This team also covers attackers that are not common in battles. Here, there is a good mix of sturdy Pokémon and good attackers.

BollterusMeditalisRegisteel

You can also obtain a new Pokémon through the PvP mode. We’ll show you how:

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Call of Duty servers could soon get better – Here’s why

Maik Schneider Maik Schneider Reading time 4 minutes

Activision-Blizzard announced some time ago that the company is now collaborating with Google. For “Call of Duty” players, this is initially good news, as the switch to Google Cloud could significantly improve the servers.

What’s going on with CoD? The publisher behind the “Call of Duty” series, Activision-Blizzard, announced on January 24 that they are starting a close collaboration with Google.

For Google, this is mainly about the relocation of e-sports events from Overwatch or also Call of Duty from the streaming platform Twitch to YouTube. Here, Google aims to grow further and become successful not just with videos but also with streams.

But we players could also benefit from this collaboration. With the transition of the multiplayer servers to Google Cloud, the quality of the netcode and the servers could become significantly better.

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Activision-Blizzard announced that they will organize the multiplayer servers through Google Cloud in the future.

Better servers through Google Cloud, but why?

What could be improved with the servers? Currently, Activision-Blizzard relies on multiple providers for the infrastructure of the multiplayer servers. This may drive costs up, as the publisher currently prefers to organize private matches through a player host.

With the transition, this could change, even if the current CoD: Modern Warfare likely won’t benefit from it anymore. But that wouldn’t be the only advantage. Possible improvements include:

  • AI-driven servers
  • Less packet loss
  • Regional options
  • Private dedicated servers
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The quality of the servers could thus become significantly better.

AI predicts actions on the servers

What do AI-driven servers bring? With Google AI, the games will be smoother, as the system can anticipate certain behavioral patterns and thereby improve the overall calculation.

Google has immense computing capacities. These capacities help the AI analyze certain gameplay styles and then understand the patterns behind them. This can greatly improve server quality.

For example, if you start a match and sprint immediately, the AI can predict this action and already calculate it on the server. If the system notices that you are actually performing the pre-calculated action, the data can be transmitted to the server faster, as the calculation is already complete. If you do something different, the action will be recalculated and sent to the server at normal speed.

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More server options, a better connection – all this is what Google promises with the transition.

How do fewer packet losses improve the game? If fewer data packets are lost on the way from the player to the server and back, lags or missed inputs happen less frequently.

Even with a good internet connection, it can happen that data packets get lost, meaning important information does not reach the server. This is when you sometimes see players who are not running smoothly but are “lagging” or an order to fire is not recognized by the game and you wonder why no shots from you are visible in the kill cam.

This point goes hand in hand with point one, as the AI tries to predict these data packets. Through the system, certain packets can be replaced by the AI. According to Google, with the transition, packet losses would be reduced and the server latency would decrease.

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If the private servers also move to Google Cloud, there will be no more super bullets.

Quality of regional and private servers could be improved

What do regional options do? With this option, you can choose the best server available in your region.

In many online games, this is considered standard, but not in Call of Duty. You are automatically assigned to a server and have no option to change it. The new options are particularly interesting for us Europeans, as there are usually multiple servers in relatively close proximity, including at Google.

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The switch to Google Cloud offers only advantages, right?

Why private dedicated servers? The current speeds are far too low for professional players. Most private games are currently organized through a player host, and the netcode processes the information between players at a speed of 12 Hertz.

For e-sports, clan wars, or private events, that is way too slow, and Modern Warfare is not ready for e-sports. The RAM-7, for example, has a fire rate of 882 bullets per minute and theoretically fires at a frequency of 14.7 Hertz. Thus, it can happen that you fire 2 bullets within a single update window, which then arrive at the opponent as super bullets.

The servers of the regular multiplayer operate at just under 60 Hertz, or 60 updates per second; Ground War rather at 20 – 30 Hertz. If these rates were also available for private matches, it would be a significant upgrade for this feature.

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But for some, this is the ultimate nightmare, as they fear giving even more data to Google.

The data lands at Google

Even if all this sounds great, for some players there is a catch – the diligent data collectors at Google.

What is the problem? Depending on which server functions are handed off to Google, the AI could influence many areas of the game. This starts with matchmaking and then progresses towards personalized offers to increase revenue from in-game items.

However, it remains to be seen what the new server infrastructure will look like on Google servers. Server AI is a very interesting but also somewhat controversial technology.

Activision-Blizzard should pay close attention to player reactions and inform well; otherwise, another shit storm could be just around the corner.

What do you think about the transition? Will we players benefit from it?

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Destiny 2 wanted to fix locked Exotics – makes them stronger and locks them again

Philipp Hansen Philipp Hansen Reading time 2 minutes

In Destiny 2, an update should fix two broken exotics. Why this hasn’t really worked and what the status of the items is now, we reveal to you in this article.

Why were the exotics originally locked? Recently, Bungie pulled the emergency brake on two exotic gloves. The armor pieces could accumulate an enormous damage buff through a trick and maintain it unnaturally long.

These are the exotics in question:

Both gloves temporarily stacked their damage through melee kills. With an equipment switch, the timer could be effectively tricked. Bungie responded by locking the two exotics until a solution could be found.

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The update did not bring the desired effect

This is the situation after the patch: The recently released update unlocked the exotic gloves and stated in the patch notes that a fix had been found.

“Wormgod’s Caress” and “Winters Guile” no longer grant the buff status when the armor piece is unequipped.

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However, the fix apparently was only cosmetic. Although the gloves no longer show a buff after an equipment switch, it is still active in the background.

If you hit the opponent after the switch trick, the normal damage appears. However, the damage number is misleading: You still deal the stacked damage from before the update to the enemies.

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Check out this video to see how the gloves worked after the patch

Gloves are stronger than before: The community quickly discovered that the two exotics became even more effective. The illegal damage buff no longer disappears with a kill or similar.

As long as the Guardian does not die or switch the armor piece again, the 5x melee damage remains permanently active. Thus, the broken exotics were not repaired, but are even more broken and stronger than before.

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Currently not equippable – Winters Guile

Locked – fixed – re-locked

What does Bungie say about this? The Destiny developer responded quickly. On Twitter, it was stated that Winters Guile and Wormgod’s Caress are deactivated for the time being. Until a solution to the problem is found, Guardians have to do without the two exotics again.

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What do you think about the re-locking of the overpowered exotic gloves? The update also brought a much-needed improvement for a popular exotic.

Furthermore, thanks to the new data, further hints for the return of the PvP king class were found:

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Overwatch patch nerfs 5 heroes but McCree got better

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 2 minutes

A new patch for Overwatch is likely to shake up the meta. There was a nice buff for McCree, but also harsh nerfs for Baptiste and Orisa.

In Overwatch, the annual Chinese New Year event is currently taking place, but a new patch is already live. This patch has been widely discussed by the community beforehand as it includes some specific changes affecting several heroes.

Update 30.01.2020: The patch is now live, and the patch notes have been updated.

Nerfs for 5 heroes and adjustments for McCree

Which heroes are affected? The latest update brought nerfs for 5 heroes. Hanzo lost a bit of damage on his Storm Arrows ability, and Reaper can heal himself less effectively. However, Orisa and Sigma received the biggest nerfs – increased cooldowns or the ability to interrupt their ultimates are likely to weaken these heroes somewhat. Among healers, Baptiste has been nerfed; he shoots slower and heals less.

Overwatch Baptiste and McCree Title 2

Only McCree received a slight adjustment that can be seen as a clear buff. Improved movement when using the ultimate should allow for quicker reactions.

Hanzo

  • Storm Arrows
    • Damage has been reduced from 70 to 60.

McCree

  • Deadeye
    • Firing no longer briefly locks the player’s aim – players can now turn while firing.

Reaper

  • Passive Healing
    • Healing has been reduced from 40% to 30% of damage dealt.

Orisa

  • Fusion Cannon
    • Damage has been reduced from 11 to 10.
  • Defensive Fortification
    • Cooldown has been increased from 8 seconds to 10 seconds.
  • Halt!
    • Duration of the halt has been reduced from 1 second to 0.65 seconds.

Sigma

  • Gravitic Flux
    • Can now be interrupted before targets hit the ground.
    • Impact slow duration has been reduced from 0.9 seconds to 0.6 seconds.
  • Accretion
    • Explosion damage has been reduced from 60 to 40.

Baptiste

  • Biotic Launcher (Primary Fire)
    • Cooldown has been increased from 0.38 seconds to 0.45 seconds.
  • Biotic Launcher (Secondary Fire)
    • Explosion healing has been reduced from 60 to 50.

What do you think about these buffs and nerfs? Necessary to make Overwatch more exciting? Or is this going in the wrong direction?

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GTA Online: How to secure your “1 million dollars” gift now

Patrick Freese Patrick Freese Reading time 2 minutes

In GTA 5 Online, a gift of 1 million dollars will soon be distributed. Now is the time to qualify for it. And it’s quite simple.

What kind of gift is this? In December 2019, Rockstar Games had an exceptionally strong month as the two online games Red Dead Online and GTA Online performed remarkably. As a thank you, the developers are now giving big gifts to the communities of both games.

In GTA Online, you can receive up to 2 million GTA dollars as a gift. However, this will be split into two qualifications. The first qualification has now started. You will receive this gift in Red Dead Online.

How to qualify: To secure the gift for GTA Online, you simply need to join the online world of GTA 5 in the coming days. If long loading screens annoy you, try this trick against them.

You have the time to qualify from Thursday, January 30, to Wednesday, February 5. So when the next bonus week starts on February 6, you will be too late for the first qualification.

  • Log into GTA Online by February 5
  • This qualifies you for the first gifted million
  • Log into GTA Online between February 6 and February 12
  • This secures you another million
  • If you log into GTA Online during both periods, you will then receive 2 million GTA dollars
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When will the money come? You will not receive the million directly upon logging in. Rockstar Games explains that they will credit the money within 72 hours after qualification.

What should you spend the money on? In the world of GTA Online, there are many contents worth buying. If you prefer shooting it out in PvP with other players, investing in a new or upgraded weapon is advisable.

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If you enjoy racing, you have a wide selection of fast cars in GTA Online, which usually cost more than one or two million dollars. So consider the gift as a financial boost to afford one of these speedsters.

If you are new to GTA Online, here are the 5 best cars and motorcycles for beginners. And you can get them for far less than a million GTA dollars.

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The Division 2: This is what the Chameleon can do – The new weapon exotic from Episode 3

Sven Galitzki Sven Galitzki Reading time 3 minutes

With Episode 3 and Title Update 7 (TU7), The Division 2 receives a new weapon exotic – the Chameleon. Now we also finally know what the weapon can do in detail. We take a closer look at the new exotic assault rifle.

This is the weapon: The new exotic weapon is called Chameleon and will expand the previous exotic arsenal somewhat in February with Episode 3. Despite its similarity to the SMG from Kriss Vector (also in the game), it is not a submachine gun, but an assault rifle.

The Vector platform served as a template, but it is a derived assault rifle with a larger caliber and a lower fire rate.

By the way, the name Chameleon is well chosen, as the weapon can dynamically adapt its color to the immediate environment.

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What we know about the new assault rifle Chameleon

This info is new: Although the weapon was teased some time ago, only a few details were known so far. However, in the recent SotG stream from the developers on January 29, there was a first look at all talents of this new exotic, so we now know exactly what the Chameleon is all about.

The talents of the Chameleon

The two talents of the Chameleon are called Adaptive Instincts and Overlap. They have the following effects:

Overlap: This talent is still quite unspectacular. Overlap ensures that you receive a +5% bonus to weapon handling when the Chameleon is holstered.

Adaptive Instincts: This talent is what really makes the Chameleon shine and sounds very powerful and promising.

The talent includes three buffs with different bonuses. Depending on which body parts of the enemies you “work on”, different effects are triggered:

  • If you land 30 headshots, you will receive +20% critical hit chance and +50% critical hit damage for 45 seconds.
  • If 60 shots hit the body, it grants a +100% weapon damage bonus for 45 seconds.
  • If you place 30 shots on the legs, it adds +150% to reload speed for 45 seconds.

What we still know about the new exo-weapon

Is the new exotic assault rifle overpowered with its talent? The Chameleon sounds very strong purely in terms of talents. However, how it actually plays out in PvE and PvP remains to be seen.

Based on the gameplay shown so far and the builds used during it, experts like NothingButSkillz cannot yet draw any final conclusions. Particularly because the weapon had a relatively low damage (for assault rifles) of just under 14,000 – even for 900 RPM.

Nevertheless, or precisely because of that, many are very curious to see how the weapon performs in practice and can hardly wait to try out the new exotic themselves.

These bonuses are provided by the attachments:

  • +15% precision (optic)
  • +20 rounds, for a total of 50 (magazine)
  • +5% critical hit chance (muzzle)
  • +10% critical hit chance (under-barrel rail)

How to get the Chameleon?

So far only speculation: There is currently no official information about this; the developers did not want to disclose anything in the stream. All we know is that the weapon will come into the game with Episode 3 and TU7 sometime in February.

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However, some fans speculate that you might receive a little hint in the weapon description about where you could find these weapons. It states that the special coating of the weapon was developed by a team of DARPA researchers.

In the game, there is a mission that leads agents to the DARPA research lab. Some consider it possible, and even quite likely, that one could obtain the weapon there. However, this is currently pure speculation.

Further info and gameplay of the weapon can be found in this video by NothingButSkillz:

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Does the beautiful MMORPG Moonlight Blade ever get a EU release?

Andreas Bertits Andreas Bertits Reading time 2 minutes

The MMORPG Moonlight Blade impresses with great graphics, but will we ever be able to play it in Europe? We look back at the beginning of 2020 regarding the status of an EU release.

What is Moonlight Blade? Moonlight Blade is reminiscent of Age of Wulin or Age of Wushu and is a so-called Wuxia MMORPG. This means that the story is based on Chinese mythology and martial arts battles are at the center.

You join one of eight clans. Each of them instructs you in different combat techniques and philosophies. This then leads to conflicts with rival clans. PvP battles are therefore important.

In addition, you can also engage in other activities and become a composer, merchant, scout, or assassin.

On a successful course since 2015

Since when has the game been around? Moonlight Blade was released in 2015 in China through Tencent. It is very popular in China and receives continuous updates. In 2017, the launch in Korea followed through Nexon.

How has the game developed? In addition to updates that brought new classes with interesting skills (including flying), Moonlight Blade also received a battle royale mode. In this, you jump from the air into a combat zone, collect equipment from crates, and fight each other until only one player is left.

What about a release for us? In 2017, Nexon still stated that Moonlight Blade should be released in the USA and Europe. This was also confirmed again in 2018.

However, since then there has been no statement on when we can expect a release of Moonlight Blade in Europe. Since Nexon oversees distribution outside of China, the situation is currently somewhat tense.

Nexon was supposed to be sold but has not found a buyer yet. As a result, there have been restructuring within the company. Several MMORPGs have already fallen victim to this, including the interesting online RPG Peria Chronicles.

Currently, Nexon has other concerns than taking care of a western release of Moonlight Blade. At the moment, there is no information about whether the game will come to us or not. This is strange, as Nexon actually has a presence in the west, but that seems to currently focus mainly on MapleStory and the mobile version MapleStory M.

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Nexon is the big uncertainty factor

What is the assessment of a western release? Moonlight Blade is an MMORPG that certainly captures the interest of players. It looks fantastic – even around 5 years after the original release – and it is quite popular in Asia.

However, the failure of Bless Online shows that it is not so easy to position an Asian MMORPG strongly and stably in the market here. The release of an online role-playing game carries risks, and Nexon probably cannot afford to take them in the current situation.

Therefore, one must wait to see how Nexon develops this year before one can see what could happen with a possible release of Moonlight Blade here.

It might be possible for Tencent to take care of a release in the USA and Europe, but this is also unclear. We have no choice but to wait and hope for the best.

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Destiny 2 fixes weapon exotic – Is Hard Light finally usable after 5 years?

Philipp Hansen Philipp Hansen Reading time 3 minutes

In Destiny 2, an exotic was considered virtually unusable for a long time. Read why that was the case and how the update affected Hard Light.

This weapon is about: Hard Light is in the energy slot and requires primary ammo. In terms of stats, Hard Light is impressive across the board.

For an auto rifle, its handling is extremely quick, and the stability stat is excellent. With the exotic catalyst, you can achieve maximum stability. The hidden values for recoil direction and aim assist are also maxed out.

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Solid stats, why is no one using Hard Light?

The special feature of this futuristic auto rifle is its two exotic perks:

  • Volatile Light – Your projectiles do not suffer damage drop-off and penetrate targets. Additionally, shots bounce off surfaces, increasing bullet damage.
  • The Basics – If you hold reload, you can change your damage type (alternating: Solar, Void, Arc).

What was the problem with Hard Light? Solid stats, the ability to change the element as needed, and bouncing bullets on steroids – all of this sounds good. The issue with Hard Light was the firing animation.

Especially under sustained fire, the so-called screen shake (the shaking of the screen) and the gaudy animations became too much for the Guardians. In PvP, it was nearly impossible to keep an enemy in the crosshairs. In PvE, some players even felt physically ill.

Hard Light literally makes me nauseous […] I’m not joking. The screen shake from Hard Light has made me vomit twice, without exaggeration.

D1eThx via Reddit
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The problematic update also brought some good

This change came with the update: The yesterday’s update caused quite a stir. Amid the whole commotion about lost resources and emergency maintenance, the actual patch notes were somewhat overlooked.

Regarding Hard Light, there was only a minor adjustment: “Scope feedback and camera shake when firing Hard Light have been adjusted.” But the effects are anything but minor.

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As PvP expert Aztecross reports, the difference is immediately noticeable. Especially after a few shots, it becomes clear that the weapon feels good, stable, and calm. This finally matches the strong stats.

Whether with mouse or controller, the auto rifle sits calmly in your hand. The fact that Hard Light has no damage drop-off compared to all other auto rifles sets it apart from its peers.

And after a long wait, the bullets now also hit where they are supposed to. Guardians can now easily unload the generous magazine of 49 shots into other players or NPC enemies – without worrying about their own health.

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Hard Light now sits still and steady

What does the community say about this? Among the players of Destiny 2, the change has been positively received. Some Guardians joke that after 6 long years, Hard Light is finally how it should be.

For some, the weapon has always been a hidden gem. Its capabilities can impress in both PvP and PvE. Especially the noble, futuristic design appeals to the players.

Since the beginning of Destiny 1, I think Hard Light looks the best of all weapons.

u/ch4_meleon_ via Reddit

Therefore, players requested dozens of times from Bungie: Please take care of this auto rifle. Bungie also responded and buffed the weapon, but the firing animation has not been adjusted until recently.

Hard Light ornament Destiny 2
Also looks good frozen – Hard Light

Have you tried Hard Light yet? Did the shaking and flickering of the weapon annoy you too, or was aiming never a problem for you?

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PvP League in Pokémon GO Introduces New Pokémon Zurrokex – Here’s How to Get It

Noah Struthoff Noah Struthoff Reading time 2 minutes

In Pokémon GO has the big PvP league entered the preseason and brings you Zurrokex, a new Pokémon from the 5th generation. We will show you how to secure it.

This is the status of the PvP league: After the feature was first launched 2 days ago, but then turned off after a few minutes, the rollout has now gone smoothly.

First players can try out the feature and more and more levels are being unlocked. According to Niantic, all players at level 35 or higher can now access the PvP league.

PvP league brings Zurrokex – Here’s how to get it

Here’s how to join the PvP league: If you have already reached the required minimum level, you can easily join the PvP league. To do this, you need to tap on the Pokéball in the bottom center and then tap on “Battles” on the right. The league will then open, and you can join.

Pokémon GO Battles field PvP league
The “Battles” field is now unlocked

This new Pokémon is available: First players report that they received the Pokémon Zurrokex as a reward for a battle. This is a new monster from the 5th generation and was not previously available.

Zurrokex evolves into Irokex and is expected to be especially interesting for the PvP mode. In raids or arenas, however, it is not better than Machomei or Lucario.

Zurrokex
Zurrokex and its evolution Irokex

Here’s how you get Zurrokex: At each rank, you will receive a Pokémon when you achieve enough victories. At the first rank, it is Relaxo if you win a total of 4 times.

You will receive Zurrokex as a reward at rank 4. If you achieve the required victories there, you will receive a Zurrokex as a reward. This is reported to be guaranteed for every trainer, according to initial reports from players.

You need to rise to rank 4 and then achieve the necessary victories to secure your Zurrokex.

Here’s how to get Zurrokex faster: If you obtain the premium access, you will receive the Pokémon reward after fewer victories. You obtain this access by redeeming a raid pass in the PvP league.

This has not been discovered yet: Niantic mentioned in their announcement that Wrestler Pikachu is coming to the game. However, this special costume Pikachu has not been sighted yet.

A leak already reveals what rewards await you at later ranks:

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Warcraft III: Reforged receives 2/10 points – What the hell happened?

Cortyn Cortyn Reading time 3 minutes

Warcraft III: Reforged has launched and player criticism has turned into negative ratings. Hardly any game has ever been rated so poorly.

Just almost a day ago, Warcraft III: Reforged started and was supposed to excite both old and new players, leading them back to a strategy classic that has lasted over 18 years. However, this plan has thoroughly failed. Players are rating the remake of Warcraft 3 devastatingly, the result can be seen on metacritic.com – a miserable 1.9 out of 10 points given by players. By comparison: The original version of the game received 9 points (Reign of Chaos) and 9.1 points (The Frozen Throne).

Warcraft 3 Reforged User Score Metacritic
Image source: metacritic.com

Players feel cheated: Especially angry are players who feel simply cheated by Blizzard. To this day, Blizzard advertises with trailers that show cutscenes that never made it into the final game.

Particularly prominent is the scene in the Stratholme map. This is one of the crucial moments in Arthas’ story. At BlizzCon and in trailers, this scene received an extensive redesign with gestures and better animations. In the final game, this overhaul is missing. While the new models and a new camera perspective are present, the characters appear quite wooden. There is no trace of good animations.

Many accuse Blizzard of “False Advertising” – that is, promoting something that the finished game does not deliver.

It’s about this trailer:

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Another low point for Blizzard

The worst Blizzard game of all time? With a rating of 2/10 points on Metacritic, Warcraft 3: Reforged is likely to be the lowest-rated game by Blizzard ever released. Even the already much-hated Diablo: Immortal will have to struggle to break this new negative record.

Will the game turn around? It is clear that Blizzard’s developers need to step up quickly. It is obvious that Warcraft 3: Reforged, despite the one-month delay, is still not in a condition that can be called “finished for release”.

Many features still need to be added, and the functionality of some things that have worked flawlessly for 18 years must also be restored. Moreover, many players complain about performance issues, even when using the old graphics. The main problems include:

  • Missing clan system
  • Missing opponent assignment in multiplayer
  • Missing support for tournament modes

But even the rest is not really running smoothly, so there are additional areas that urgently need to be addressed:

  • Switching to “old” graphics leaves some units without sound
  • Performance in the menu is poor, lagging for many players
  • Especially large custom maps (over 256 MB) do not work
  • Custom keybinds still have to be set via a text file and cannot be done in the menu

How could this disaster happen? There is no reasonable explanation for why Warcraft III: Reforged was released in this condition. Blizzard would have needed more time; not a few weeks, but several months. Even if a lot has changed visually in the last few weeks of development, it apparently was not enough to fix all the errors.

Players didn’t want changes – but did they? The criticism of the non-overhaul of the cutscenes is a bit exaggerated. Blizzard had already announced beforehand that they would not pursue some planned things anymore. It was stated at BlizzCon that they would embellish characters who would later become particularly important a bit more. This but was met with great criticism from players who did not want any changes to the game’s storyline.

However, that now nearly all in-game sequences were only lightly or not at all revised was likely something no one thought. It seems that Blizzard simply wanted to save time and costs to finish.

Should you buy the game? In its current state, even a hardcore Warcraft fan can only advise against buying Warcraft 3: Reforged. What Blizzard has delivered to the players here is nothing short of a disgrace for the game developers who once prided themselves on nearly perfect games, which, although they needed a long maturation period, launched solidly.

Tip: If you want to get more insights into the criticisms, we recommend you the following video by our colleagues at GameStar:

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What is your opinion on Warcraft 3: Reforged? Did you buy it and instantly regret it? Or are you satisfied with it and have no noticeable issues?

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5 powerful decks with which the first player became Master in Legends of Runeterra

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 3 minutes

In the card game Legends of Runeterra, the first player has reached the Master rank. On a website, he shares his decks with which he achieved success. These are probably some of the strongest and best decks early in the game.

Which player has reached the Master rank? The currently best player in Legends of Runeterra is the Czech player Mikulas ‘PokrovacHS’ Dio.

He even used 5 different decks and did not specialize in just one. This provided variety and apparently also success.

What kind of decks were used? The five decks consist of three aggressive and two decks focused on control. None of them are surprising, as they are used in a similar way in the current meta:

  • An aggro deck with Darius, Elise, and many spiders
  • A midrange deck with Braum and Zed
  • A control deck with Braum and Tryndamere
  • An aggro deck only with Elise
  • A discard aggro deck with Draven, Jinx, and Darius

PokrovacHS highlighted the first aggro deck with which he apparently made the leap to the Master rank.

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These are the decks of the Master player

Below we briefly introduce you to the various decks that PokrovacHS used in his rounds. If you want to rebuild them, we have already revealed tricks for quickly obtaining new cards.

Aggro deck with Darius, Elise, and many spiders

Source: Mobalytics

How does the deck work? This deck is all about bringing the opponent’s life points to 0 as quickly as possible. For this, there are many cards with low mana costs and synergies among the spiders.

Thanks to Rhasa the Discerner and Darius, the deck also has some power in the midgame. Darius levels up automatically once the opponent’s nexus has lost 10 life points. This can be done quickly with the deck.

The deck resembles the beginner deck that also emphasizes aggro in its concept.

Deck link: CEBAGAIDB4MTOBIBAUTSQKZVHABAEAIFEIRQGAIDAQESMAQCAECSCMIEAEBQWDATCY

Midrange deck with Braum and Zed

Source: Mobalytics

How does the deck work? This deck is about buffing Zed or the unattackable cards and then using them to destroy the opponent’s nexus.

Unattackable creatures can only be blocked by opposing unattackable creatures. This allows for a quick victory, and thanks to Braum and some other cards, it also has a good defense.

Deck link: CEBAGAIFCMUCWAYBAEBQSFACAIAQCBZKA4AQKAIPDURCGMJWAIAQCBJBAMAQCHJHGQ

Control deck with Braum and Tryndamere

Source: Mobalytics

How does the deck work? The deck focuses on defense and long matches to eventually defeat the opponent with strong cards like Tryndamere or Jene, the Wanderer.

For this, several spells are also used, which should make survival in the early and midgame easier. In the late game, the strong cards of the deck impress.

Deck link: CEAQIAIEBQOCOKACAYAQGDAUD4RSKKYGAECACDISEYWDIAQBAECDSAYBAMCBUJQ

Aggro deck only with Elise

Source: Mobalytics

How does the deck work? This deck conceptually resembles the first aggro deck with Elise. However, this time it places more emphasis on the combo with the Twilight Speaker.

This grants allied creatures +1/+1 at the end of the turn if an ally has died. Since you can quickly regenerate spiders, you can constantly send them into battle to strengthen the remaining allies.

Deck link: CEBAKAIBAQERMHROAUAQEAQGBENCQAIEAEBBIHRMHEAQEAIBA4UQ

Discard aggro deck with Draven, Jinx, and Darius

Source: Mobalytics

How does the deck work? This deck values quickly cycling through your hand cards and sometimes even playing without a card in hand.

In this way, Jinx develops her full power, while Draven creates a new axe with each attack. Through the Extreme Experimenter, you can draw three new cards if you give up your current hand for that. This should normally be very empty anyway.

Deck link: CEBAGAIADUUTMCABAUQCEJBIFMYDCNICAEAQAHYCAECQWIYBAEAQKOA

Our author Alexander Leitsch really likes Legends of Runeterra. He finds it better than other card games like Magic or Hearthstone:

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PS Plus fully meets the taste of PS4 players: “Who is supposed to play all of this?”

Max Handwerk Max Handwerk Reading time 2 minutes

The PS Plus games in February 2020 are known and PlayStation 4 players are excited: The new free PS4 games bring good mood.

These games are available in February: In February 2020, PS Plus offers technically five games. Besides a simulation and a VR game, there is also a real classic trilogy among the titles:

  • Bioshock: The Collection (all 3 parts)
  • The Sims 4
  • Firewall Zero Hour

The new games will be available for download starting February 4th. And given the current reactions to the games, it seems that some PS4 players will be hitting the “store” button.

PS4-Players are excited – February offers really strong titles

This is how the echo sounds: Last month, PS Plus offered the Uncharted collection as a classic trilogy. In addition, there was the Goat Simulator – and this game was viewed critically by many players in January. However, this month the reactions are significantly positive.

The announcement video of the games on YouTube received predominantly positive feedback. And the voices in the comments show: This time the games apparently hit the right note.

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“I have never played Bioshock and always wanted to know what the hype is about. I already own Sims 4 (great game), maybe I will try Firewall. This is actually a good month,” finds user “Duecys”.  

Many of the positive comments specifically relate to the Bioshock collection. A video from “Inside Playstation” on the new games prompted one user to comment: “Who is supposed to play all this?! I’m still on the Uncharted trilogy, now another trilogy, and I got a VR headset since Christmas.” Firewall is also a suitable game for VR players – which many are also interested in.

Of course, there are also some players who already own the games. Nevertheless, the mood remains good – with Xbox Games for Gold it looked quite different lately: 

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Warcraft 3 Reforged is a nightmare – especially for multiplayer fans

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 2 minutes

This morning, Warcraft 3 Reforged, the remake of the RTS classic, was released. However, many players are disappointed with the new version. They miss important content, especially in multiplayer. In addition, Blizzard has also changed the old WC3.

What are the problems of WC3? Warcraft 3 Reforged is not in the state that players expected at release, even though it had already been delayed before. There are many performance issues and some promised content regarding graphics and cutscenes is missing.

However, the multiplayer is particularly affected, as it cannot be used competitively. The following features are missing:

  • Ranked matchmaking
  • Clan support
  • Tournament support

This makes the remastered version of Warcraft 3 nearly useless from the perspective of multiplayer players. And this is doubly frustrating because Blizzard has made another change.

What has Blizzard changed? With the release of Reforged, players who want to compete against others in the old version of Warcraft 3 through Battle.net are prompted to update to version 1.32.

This means they have to completely re-download the game and update to the same version as Reforged. Thus, they also lose access to ranked matchmaking and the like.

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Fans furious about the remake

How are players reacting to this? Currently, there is a lot of complaining about the lack of changes in the campaign or the cutscenes. However, the real problems lie with the multiplayer fans.

In addition to the missing content, many custom maps that previously worked without issues have become unusable. All custom maps larger than 256mb automatically cause the game to crash.

Accordingly annoyed, the reactions on reddit are:

  • Junkhead_88: “Did you ever have the problem where you loved a game and one day it required 400% more storage on your hard drive but won’t let you play it properly? I still don’t get it today.”
  • Bombedd: “We downloaded a 30-gigabyte patch that removed profiles, ranked matchmaking, clans, tournaments, and more? And I, an idiot, spent $30 on it?”
  • ThePhoneBook: “Since all players who paid for Classic WC3 no longer have access to the content, wouldn’t it make sense to at least offer Reforged in a significantly reduced version?”

Custom maps now automatically belong to Blizzard: Another new feature includes the game policy of Warcraft 3. All custom maps now automatically fall under Blizzard’s copyright.

New modes like Dota or Auto Chess are thus nearly excluded or would immediately be transferred to Blizzard’s ownership. This could also harm the modding community as a whole (via VentureBeat).

How did you experience the release of Warcraft 3 Reforged? Were you also disappointed or did it go better for you?

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Fortnite: Surprise update brings emote – players hate and love it

Max Handwerk Max Handwerk Reading time 2 minutes

On Thursday, Fortnite surprised players with a new update. A new emote was also released – and it’s dividing the players.

This is what the update brought: The small update mainly brought bug fixes to the game. Among them were the fixed ziplines, which had been removed due to exploits. Additionally, there were some new contents for “Save the World”. 

However, the update also includes some cosmetics that should be available in the game soon. Among other things, there are new varieties of the football skins, presumably for the Super Bowl.

And then there’s the “Freemix” emote – which is generating quite mixed reactions. 

Freemix Emote: Fantastic or terrible?

This is the Freemix emote: The new Freemix emote may not be the craziest of all Fortnite dances, but the connection of some skins with the dance is quite funny.

Many highlight the rather unusual music in the background. YouTuber Spook uploaded a 1-hour mix of the emote – you should make your own impression:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O29JGw_IpjU

Fans divided: The reactions to the dance are mixed. While some fans directly condemn the emote, others find the quirky dance quite amusing.

One of the comments under the video reads: “Man, this is even more uncomfortable than the Poki emote.” The streamer Pokimane recently received an emote that was similarly controversial. Another user resorts to irony: “Um… this emote is so… beautiful.”

Furthermore, many ask: “Why does it sound like Alvin and the Chipmunks?”

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The Pokimane emote was also widely discussed

On the other hand, there are players who are celebrating the emote: “At first the music surprised me, but now I love it,” one person says. Another user mentions: “I will definitely get this emote.”

What do you think of the emote? Let us know in the comments!

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PS Plus February 2020: Free Games Announced – There are even more than usual

Sven Galitzki Sven Galitzki Reading time 6 minutes

Sony has just announced the new PS Plus free games for February 2020. We take a look at which new monthly PS Plus games subscribers can look forward to for their PS4 this time and present them to you compactly.

In February, there are a total of three new free games waiting for PlayStation Plus members – actually even 5:

  • BioShock: The Collection (includes 3 games)
  • The Sims 4
  • Firewall Zero Hour (PSVR required)

Normally, PS Plus comes with 2 free PS4 games each month. However, there were already the first 3 parts of the Uncharted franchise in January, but only the Goat Simulator as the second game. This time, there is also a VR game on top. You have only a few days left to download the PS Plus games from January.

When exactly will these PS Plus games be available? The new free PlayStation 4 games can be downloaded starting February 4 as a digital download in the PlayStation Store. The download should be available to all PS Plus subscribers by noon.

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And now let’s take a closer look at the games. What is worthwhile for whom?

BioShock: The Collection

What is BioShock: The Collection? Games in the BioShock series are first-person shooters that also feature some role-playing and horror survival elements.

BioShock: The Collection is a compilation of previous BioShock titles. This collection includes all single-player content from BioShock, BioShock 2, and BioShock Infinite, including all released single-player add-ons for these games. Additionally, BioShock and BioShock 2 have been specially adapted for PlayStation 4 technology, meaning they are remastered versions. In principle, you get three games here.

You take on the role of the only survivor of a plane crash who ends up in the secret underwater city of Rapture. This city is a kind of social experiment that has failed, and now they are trying to get out as quickly as possible. Because there are all sorts of terrible dangers lurking there.

Along the way, you experience many exciting stories, told in a very captivating way, and shoot your way through the ruins of a once elite society in classic shooter style, using cool abilities – all set against a fantastic backdrop and accompanied by fantastic sound.

Part 2 of BioShock continues the story in Rapture, and BioShock Infinite then takes the series above water for the first time. It goes on with exciting adventures in the flying city of Columbia.

Who should consider BioShock: The Collection? Basically, anyone who enjoys shooters even a little and has missed the BioShock games so far. But also for anyone who wants to experience BioShock in a new light. If you appreciate solid shooter mechanics, a great atmosphere, and exciting stories, you won’t go wrong with this collection – especially not for free.

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How is BioShock: The Collection rated?

  • PS Store: 4.5 out of 5 stars from over 3,400 ratings

Here you can find the free download with PS Plus: Will be added on February 4

The Sims 4

What is The Sims 4? The Sims 4 is a life simulation where you can unleash your creativity. With an extensive editor, you create and design so-called Sims. These are virtual people with dynamic personalities who are influenced by their environment.

You build the perfect home for them, explore vibrant worlds with them, send them to work, school, university, on vacation, or to parties and outings. In short – you control their lives, their social environment, and their development.

The goal is to best respond to their emotions and needs – or not. Your decisions have tangible effects on their development and significantly influence their existence – from birth, through childhood, to adulthood and death.

The game offers a plethora of add-ons that can bring all sorts of variety and fresh air into virtual life.

Who should consider The Sims 4? Those who enjoy crafting properties and characters with extensive tools will find this wonderful here. In Sims 4, you will have your hands quite full.

Even those who have always wanted to manage the life of a virtual character or entire families in everyday life will not go wrong here. Satisfying the needs of the Sims while maintaining their social integrity can keep you quite busy.

In principle, the game is a kind of sitcom, and you are the director. If you’ve always wanted to try this role, you won’t go wrong for free. And if you like the game, the experience can be enormously expanded.

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How is The Sims 4 rated?

  • PS Store: 4 out of 5 stars from over 5,700 ratings

Here you can find the free download with PS Plus: Will be added on February 4

Firewall Zero Hour

What is Firewall Zero Hour? Firewall Zero Hour is a first-person shooter that is played exclusively in VR, meaning virtual reality. Therefore, the PSVR headset from PlayStation is strictly required.

The game is played in a team-oriented 4vs4 format. Two mercenary teams compete against each other and must retrieve or protect a laptop with secret data in various scenarios. There are various PvP and PvE modes.

As a player, you control one of 12 characters with different abilities and choose weapons and equipment to take into the battle. You can control your character using the DualShock 4 controller or the specially designed Aim controller for PSVR.

Completed matches earn you experience points that you can use to upgrade your character. Furthermore, you receive in-game currency, which you can use to purchase characters, as well as weapons and upgrades.

Who should consider Firewall Zero Hour? If you own a PSVR headset and enjoy shooters, you cannot miss Firewall Zero Hour on PS4. If you enjoy immersive firefights on well-designed maps with impressive scenery and have always wanted to feel right in the midst of wild shootouts or tactical raids, then Firewall Zero Hour is the game for you – especially if you own an Aim controller.

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How is Firewall Zero Hour rated?

  • PS Store: 4.5 out of 5 stars from over 1,500 ratings

Here you can find the free download with PS Plus: Will be added on February 4

How do I get these free PS Plus games?

To do this, you need an active subscription to PlayStation Plus. This is a paid add-on service from Sony. Currently, you pay about €60 for a yearly membership.

With a subscription, as a PS Plus member, you enjoy not only the monthly games but also some additional benefits such as

  • Access to online multiplayer in many games 
  • Exclusive discounts in the PS Store
  • Exclusive in-game content for numerous games
  • Free trials, which allow you to test some full games for free

By the way: If your membership expires, you keep all the PS Plus games that are already in your library, including progress. Without a subscription, you simply cannot start them. If you extend or renew your membership, you can continue playing all PS Plus titles where you left off.

Are you looking for new PS4 games? Here are some offers from the PS Store:

Until the February games become available, players with a PS Plus subscription can still secure the free PS Plus games from January:

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CoD MW: How strong are the top weapons M4 and MP5 after the nerf still

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Actually, only a small playlist update for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare was expected. However, alongside the new game modes, significant changes in weapon balancing were also introduced. The top weapons MP5 and M4 have been revised. Find out here what changes were made and how powerful the weapons still are after the nerf.

What is going on with CoD? Normally, players of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare receive a playlist update every Tuesday, bringing new game modes for a week. However, last night’s update on January 29 held a few surprises.

Overall, there were 4 weapon adjustments, and 2 of the most popular weapons were nerfed. The assault rifle M4A1 and the SMG MP5. Both are considered the strongest weapons in their class in the game and are therefore very popular.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare MP4 M4 Nerf Title
The throne of each weapon class is at stake for the MP5 and the M4. The MP5 might be in trouble now.

MP5 and M4 now weaker, but not excessively

How strong were the nerfs? Fans of the MP5 will probably have quite a bit to chew on, but overall, the changes sound reasonable. Infinity Ward writes in the patch notes:

  • MP5: Reduced headshot multiplier, slight reduction of 10mm range
  • M4: Slight reduction in damage to decrease headshot effectiveness, slight reduction of range
Call of Duty Modern Warfare MP5
The MP5 has been the strongest SMG so far. Here you can find the best attachments and setups.

MP5 significantly weaker, but not broken

How much will the range of the 10mm rounds be weakened? With these rounds, you now have a few meters less in which you can kill an opponent with 3 shots and, in general, less range.

The 10mm rounds give you more damage and increase the range of the MP5. With the nerf, the ranges for 3- and 4-shot kills decrease, making the rounds less worthwhile. Consequently, the crucial 3-shot range falls below that of the 9mm bullets.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 5 Weapon Build Title
In Hardcore mode, other rules apply; the MP5 cannot compete here. Here are the strongest weapons of the HC mode.

The nerf makes the decision to choose between the ammunition types harder now. Less range for 3-shot kills (from about 13 to 10/11 meters) with 10mm or less damage at longer ranges with 9mm.

The information about the changes comes from an English video by the YouTuber JGOD and a Reddit post by the user “darkrangeresp”.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare MP5K Title
The MP5 can be modified well. This is how you build the secret MP5K.

How does the new headshot multiplier affect the weapon? With the new modifier, you now need one more headshot to land your kill with one less bullet at all ranges. Additionally, you can no longer achieve 2-shot kills with headshots at short distances.

Before the nerf, you could reduce the required shots for a kill directly by 1 with just one headshot. At the usual 4-shot range, 2 torso hits and one headshot hit were enough for a kill. Now you need 1 torso hit and 2 headshot hits at this distance.

This makes the weapon significantly weaker now, but the MP5 can still keep up with the other weapons. Alternatives like the Bizon, with its huge magazine, or the MP7, with its high mobility, become more interesting.

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Should I still play the MP5? If you aimed for the 2-shot kill, it might be time to try a new SMG. Otherwise, the MP5 still does a good job.

The weapon combines good range with the capability for 3-shot kills and feels nice to play. However, it also brings it closer to the AUG, which already knocked on the door to being the strongest MP.

Call of Duty Modern Warfare M4A1
With the M4, you can’t go wrong. You can find a guide with attachments and setups here.

M4 will not be dethroned, but faces competition

How much did the range of the M4 go down? The change particularly affects the area of 4-shot kills. According to “darkrangeresp”, the weapon now has 3 meters less range at which it can take down opponents with 4 bullets.

Previously, the range was about 27 meters, and now it’s about 24 meters, where you can land kills with torso hits and without attachments.

What does the new headshot multiplier do? With the new values, you now need 2 headshots to save one bullet in the 4- and 5-shot range, instead of just one.

For distances over 50 meters, one headshot is still enough, but this range often plays a secondary role.

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The RAM-7 is catching up well after the nerfs. With these attachments, it is even stronger than the M4.

Should I still use the M4? You can still use the popular assault rifle. The M4 does not suffer too much from the nerfs and continues to play well. However, with these small adjustments, other assault rifles are dangerously close.

Due to the changes, it now falls behind the RAM-7 in the 4-shot range, which offers about 26 meters here. However, with attachments, this disadvantage can still be compensated well.

Another option is now likely the M13. With the patch, the assault rifle received a decent recoil buff and may now compete with the big players.

Were the nerfs sensible or just annoying? What do you think needs a nerf or buff?

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The new mount in Guild Wars 2 is having an identity crisis, everyone is laughing about it

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 2 minutes

With the latest update in Guild Wars 2, a new mount skin has been introduced. However, it is a mix of many animals and thus has received a lot of ridicule from the community.

What kind of mount is this? With the new episode “Shadows in the Ice”, the griffon mount has received a new skin. It is named the “Holy Pegasus” griffon.

Even the name already suggests issues with identity, as Pegasus in mythology is a winged horse and not a griffon. To complicate matters further, the Pegasus-griffon has been given a horn.

Overall, the mount looks rather peculiar and has consequently drawn a lot of laughter and memes.

As usual, the skin is not particularly cheap: Those who wish to buy the revamped griffon must pay 2,000 gemstones or approximately 25 Euros.

“What the hell is this?”

How are the players reacting? The reactions from players include just about everything one could hope for:

  • Some players respond with ironic memes
  • Others engage in serious debates about what kind of animal it is
  • Some react in disbelief and think the animal is an early April Fool’s joke
  • Others release improved versions of the skin

The most commented thread was titled “What the fuck is this?” from which some delightful reactions stem:

  • JobroniBoni: “Dear God, deliver this creature from its misery.”
  • Nepentheia: “I believe it is a Trollicorn. ArenaNet is trolling us. They must be trolling us, because any other explanation would just be awful and heartbreaking.”
  • Nicebrood: “Oh my God, I was so hyped until I saw it. Kill it with fire!”

Moreover, you can find numerous threads and memes about the new mount on reddit.

“Charlie, we gave you Wings” meme (Source: reddit)

Why does the mount look so strange? The mounts were introduced with the expansion Path of Fire. Each mount has its own skeleton created. However, the same structure of the mount is always used for the skins for which the skin is created.

This is also the case with the Holy Pegasus: It is fundamentally a griffon, which limits its appearance and keeps the legs so short.

However, ArenaNet has not done itself any favors with the griffon’s front feet and the horn on its forehead. This results in an even weirder look and even more ridicule in the community.

However, the developers aren’t doing everything wrong. The current episode is being received better than the previous one. They also intervened in good time during the New Year’s Festival:

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What Blizzard says about the future of Diablo 3 in 2020 and new patches

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What does the balancing of Diablo 3 look like? What Blizzard considers there and whether they will allow Greater Rifts higher than level 150 will be revealed here.

This is what Blizzard says: In a blog post, Blizzard addresses the Diablo 3 community and discusses balancing and the design of class sets in upcoming patches.

With the recent Patch 2.6.7 from November 2019, two new class sets were introduced that redefined the meta. Blizzard intended this. Work on Patch 2.6.8 is underway, and the team wants to give players insight into what they pay attention to in balancing.

In the future, the Diablo 3 team wants to ensure more variety in gameplay by implementing additional new builds and improving existing builds. They will focus on existing builds that are currently underperforming.

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What does Blizzard pay attention to in patches? When developers tweak the balance of sets in Diablo 3, they look at the “ideal” performance of the class sets. Thus, for 5000 Paragon points, they expect to reach level 130 in the Greater Nephalem Rift.

  • If classes are 1 to 2 GR levels away from this calculation, it’s still okay
  • If classes are 3 to 4 GR levels away from the ideal performance, they keep an eye on the class
  • Anything over 5 levels difference means for Blizzard: Something is too strong or too weak, we need to change that

A few weeks after the release of Patch 2.6.7, the overall picture for seasonal players looked like this. By then, however, some players had not yet reached Paragon level 5,000:

Avg. GR Level
Barbarian135
Crusader136
Demon Hunter124
Monk134
Necromancer118
Witch Doctor120
Wizard130

Keep in mind that this is an overview of the total data. Blizzard filters the data based on build performances and then analyzes how the classes perform with those.

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Will there be higher Greater Rifts than level 150?

What is this about? In the community, the topic often comes up whether Blizzard is planning higher levels in the Greater Nephalem Rifts for Diablo 3. So far, it has been the end after level 150. In Season 19, a four-player group reached this level after just 4 days.

Will it get harder? No, Blizzard does not want to implement higher levels in the Greater Rift. The reason is that this would only bring additional problems, more than it would solve.

It can be recognized that the “stretching of long-term content through additional levels of Greater Nephalem Rifts was not beneficial for Diablo III.”

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Problematic Playstyles – Here Blizzard intervenes

Which builds are we talking about? Blizzard discusses that zDPS builds are something special. These are playstyles that are not designed to deal damage. Rather, they are about providing support for groups. Although D3 is generally about annihilating monsters, the developers tolerate these builds.

However, there are problematic playstyles that Blizzard does not tolerate. Specifically, the “Bazooka Wizards” and “Stutter Runners” are called out. The Bazooka Wizard ranks at the top of the Tier List of Season 19 in Diablo 3.

When we make bug fixes and new problems arise from player experimentation, it admittedly feels like we’re plugging holes. Initially, we will focus on disabling the cancellation of certain skill animations. Crusaders are particularly (but not exclusively) affected, and we will ensure that no class falls too far behind because this “trick” can no longer be used.

Source: Blizzard

So we can be excited about what surprises Blizzard has in store for Patch 2.6.8. New sets and balance changes are expected. The patch will first be playable on the PTR server and then activated on the live servers.

Blizzard also had to intervene with this “method” that gave players great success:

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Temtem: With these tricks you can make the strongest Temtems

Alexander Leitsch Alexander Leitsch Reading time 4 minutes

In the Pokémon MMO Temtem, each of your companions has several attributes that also depend on the so-called TV/SV values. In this guide, we will reveal how the numbers are related and how you can specifically improve your Temtems.

What is this guide about? The guide is meant to first explain generally which attributes exist and what they influence in battle. After that, we will explain how you can specifically improve these attributes.

This also includes the special values SV (Single Values) and TV (Training Values), which significantly influence the development of your Temtems.

This guide is aimed at both beginners and advanced players who want to optimize their Temtems. More useful guides for the MMO:

The Attributes in Temtem

What attributes exist in Temtem? Your Temtems have 7 attributes each:

  • HP – Hit Points
  • Stamina
  • Speed
  • Attack
  • Defense
  • Special Attack
  • Special Defense

Many of these values are self-explanatory, but some functions are not immediately recognizable:

  • Stamina determines how many skills a Temtem can use before it is exhausted.
  • Speed influences the order in which Temtems attack in a round. However, there are skills that have higher speed and therefore are prioritized.
  • Some skills have a “special symbol” in the form of a star. These are influenced by Special Attack or Special Defense.
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Improving the Attributes

How to improve the attributes of Temtems? With each victory over an opponent, your Temtems gain experience. This will eventually lead to a level up.

Each level up improves the base attributes of your Temtems, always according to their type. However, a level up also recalculates your Temtem’s SV/TV values. And this is exactly the values we want to look at more closely.

A freshly caught Skail focusing on Speed

TV – Training Values

What are TVs? The so-called Training Values are a value that influences the attributes of your Temtem. Unlike a level up, which improves your base values, you can specifically improve the Training Values.

Newly caught or freshly hatched Temtems have no TVs at all. You need to train them specifically.

You can obtain a maximum of 500 TVs in one attribute and a total of 1,000 TVs for one Temtem.

How to improve TVs? To improve TVs, you need to defeat or catch certain enemy Temtems. Each Temtem enhances a different value:

  • A defeated or caught Skail always gives your two active Temtems +1 Speed.
  • A Houchic, on the other hand, always grants +1 Special Attack.
  • You can find a detailed list in the Temtem Wiki

Alternatively, you can feed your Temtems specific fruits. These also enhance a certain value.

How are TVs calculated? Anyone who has a little familiarity with the numbers will notice that one TV does not automatically correspond to an improvement in the value.

The TVs are recalculated, with the factor at levels 1 to 48 (Max level in Early Access) always being 10. So, 10 TVs correspond to an improvement in the attribute.

The fixed SV values of Houchic

SV – Single Values

What are SVs? Single Values are uncontrollable values that are determined when capturing a Temtem. The Single Values depend on various factors:

  • Starter Temtems always have fixed SVs
  • Luma Temtems always have three maximum SVs
  • Wild Temtems have random SVs
  • Hatched Temtems have a mix of their parents’ SVs

Unlike Training Values, theoretically all attributes can be maximized here. However, the maximum is 50 per attribute.

How can SVs be improved? SVs cannot be improved through level ups. However, there are rare items in the game, like the Telomere Hack, that enhances individual values.

Additionally, SV values can also be increased through breeding. With targeted items, the right parents, and a bit of luck, the hatched Temtem can get better values than its parents.

How are SVs calculated? At this point, we are not 100% sure. However, it seems that the calculation is similar to TVs, 10 to 1.

The Maximum Attributes

How do I get the maximum out of my Temtem? Your Temtem has maximum values when it:

  • Reaches max level, currently 48
  • Has 1,000 TV points
  • Additionally has gained SV points through items or breeding

How you distribute the values then depends on each Temtem and your personal strategy. In Deniz, you will find two strong Temtems, Nessla and Oceara, that you don’t need to train as much:

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The outbreak of the Corona virus paralyzes LoL leagues in Asia – Even Korea reacts

Schuhmann Schuhmann Reading time 3 minutes

In China, the LPL, the Chinese professional league of League of Legends, is on hold until further notice. No matches are taking place in the second division either. The reason is the outbreak of the Corona virus, which has already infected thousands and is causing significant restrictions in China. The Pacific Championship Series in Southeast Asia is also on hold, and the LCK in Korea is excluding the public.

This is the announcement: The Chinese LoL league LPL announced through its English Twitter account that week 2 of the league matches is postponed until further notice. They want to ensure that the health of players and fans is not at risk.

The LPL apologizes to the fans for the situation and promises to provide updates as soon as they have them.

The message ends with: “Stay safe and thank you for your support.”

The LPL’s junior league, the “Academy League,” is also on hold until further notice.

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Why is this being blocked?? The LPL has just started. They had planned a break to celebrate the Chinese New Year. The league was supposed to resume on February 5.

However, due to the outbreak of the Corona virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan in December, public life in China is paralyzed:

  • According to the latest reports, there are 87 deaths (via t-online)
  • Thousands are said to be infected with the virus
  • 56 million people are under quarantine

The Chinese LoL league is played in large LAN events: Players and fans have to travel and gather. This is seen as too dangerous under the current circumstances.

Meanwhile, the LoL leagues in Europe and North America are already underway. For the German representatives, Schalke 04, the start of the season does not look good.

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Korea and Southeast Asia react

Update 29.1.: It is now known that the Korean professional league LCK is responding to the Corona virus. The 2020 Spring Split of the LCK in Korea will take place without spectators to ensure the safety of players.

Measures will be taken for players and officials to prevent infection and transmission of the Corona virus.

It is still unclear how long the exclusion of the public will last.

Another Asian league, the “Pacific Championship Series,” has announced, like China, to postpone the start of the Spring Split until further notice. Teams from Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Philippines play here.

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The decision to pause the LPL league does not necessarily have to come from the LPL itself. The government has suspended professional sports events until March.

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Head coach of the team is stuck in Wuhan

Some professional players are not with their teams. It is known that the coach and former player of Edward Gaming, Ming “Clearlove” Kai, is stuck in Wuhan, the center of the epidemic. There, the former star jungler celebrated the Chinese New Year and couldn’t leave the city afterwards.

However, he is not overly concerned about the virus. He said he could submit his draft online. However, this won’t be necessary if the league is on hold.

Meanwhile, the LoL leagues in Europe and North America are already underway. For the German representatives, Schalke 04, the start of the season does not look good.

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Korea and Southeast Asia react

Update 29.1.: It is now known that the Korean professional league LCK is responding to the Corona virus. The 2020 Spring Split of the LCK in Korea will take place without spectators to ensure the safety of players.

Measures will be taken for players and officials to prevent infection and transmission of the Corona virus.

It is still unclear how long the exclusion of the public will last.

Another Asian league, the “Pacific Championship Series,” has announced, like China, to postpone the start of the Spring Split until further notice. Teams from Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the Philippines play here.

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