In the Auto-Battler Teamfight Tactics, the LoL Auto Chess,Riot apparently cannot stop nerfing the item “Locket of the Iron Solari”. The amulet was still considered one of the best and strongest items yesterday, according to the tier list. It had already been nerfed twice by then. With the LoL Patch 9.15 today, Riot finally put an end to the item.
What kind of item is this? The item “Locket of the Iron Solari” (en. Locket of the Iron Solari) is created by combining Armor and the Needlessly Large Rod.
This results in an item that benefits not only the wearer – like other items in Teamfight Tactics – but several champions as well.
This is how the item originally was: At the very beginning, as mentioned in the Item Cheat Sheet for Teamfight Tactics, the item granted its wearer and all nearby allies a shield that absorbed 200 health points.
Since up to 6 champions could stand around the central champion, 7 champions could be affected if they formed a tight grouping. The item was often given to the Sorceress Lulu (featured image).
This meant: The amulet could protect up to 7 champions for a total of 1400 health points. It was as if you gave 7 people a belt that granted them 200 additional health points.
This was the effect: There were players who specifically aimed for the tactic of stacking several of these items on one character, up to 3.
This was called “Locket Stacking.” Sorcerers or Rangers are generally considered glass cannons in Teamfight Tactics: They deal a lot of damage but have low survivability.
With Locket Stacking, these glass cannons suddenly had more health points, survived longer, and could at least cast a spell and deal damage to the enemy.
This tactic was considered too strong. Players engaging in “Locket Stacking” in Teamfight Tactics were often insulted and cursed in chat.
Was often played as the 7th champion in a 6 Sorcerer team: Ninja Akali.
This meant: Up to 5 champions could still be protected, for 1500 health points. They no longer needed to be clustered together but rather aligned in a row, making squishy targets theoretically more vulnerable.
However, this did not work at all.
She was a typical beneficiary of the buff: Morgana.
This was the 2nd nerf: As a hotfix, due to urgency, Riot Games shortly thereafter reduced the item to 200 health points. This meant that only 5 champions could be protected for 1000 health points.
This was the effect: In a tier list of Teamfight Tactics that just appeared, the item “Locket of the Iron Solari” was still considered the best or at least second-best item in the game, according to a top player. Even 1000 health points (5 belts) were still too strong.
Players say: Locket “sucks” now
This is the killer nerf now:Now Riot Games has finally killed the item with a nerf. Because the shield now lasts only 4 seconds at the start of the fight after LoL Patch 9.15 and then fades completely. However, the shield increases from 200 to 250.
Let’s see if this nerf is enough to end the reign of terror of the item.
The only thing left for Riot is probably to keep hammering the amulet until it breaks completely.
This is how it is seen now: According to initial reactions from players to the patch, the item is currently just dead (via reddit). The item is considered to be bad and useless in its current form.
However, players already have ideas for stacking a new offensive item. Because it deals damage to opponents when they cast spells. It seems Riot Games is facing the next balance problem in Teamfight Tactics.
Rayquaza can already be defeated with just two players and can easily build a strong counter team and even assist newcomers in the game.
Here’s how you can easily get strong counters against Rayquaza
What are top counters? Two of the best counters against Rayquaza are Mamutel and Glaziola. Especially the latter can be obtained particularly easily, and you can have a strong counter team.
Here’s how to get Mamutel: In February this year, there was the Community Day with Quiekel. Those who played there should have enough candies to evolve several Quiekel.
The only downside here is the Sinnoh Stone needed for the evolution. So, if you don’t do many trainer battles, you could have some problems.
Here’s how to easily get Glaziola: Glaziola is particularly easy to get. It is an evolution of Evoli, which only costs 25 candies. Everyone should have plenty of Evoli candies, as this Pokémon is very common almost everywhere and had a Community Day last August.
The Evoli evolution Glaziola
So activate a Glacial Module, and you can then evolve unlimited Evoli into Glaziola. Just use high-level Evoli. The IV is not that important when you have enough candies. After all, it is better to fight with Glaziola than with an ineffective counter.
Here’s how you can help others: Rayquaza is great for being defeated in duo. This way, you can also raid together with a buddy who might not play much.
Just trade them the evolved Glaziola or Mamutel. Perhaps it even becomes a Lucky Pokémon and even more useful. This way, even a player with no high level can have strong Pokémon.
If you use the right teams, you can defeat Rayquaza with just two players at level 25:
After FIFA 20 the cover of eFootball PES 2020 is now known. Why the player choice for the cover brings Liverpool fans to laughter, you will find out here.
EA Sports has entered a long-term partnership with FC Liverpool and has showcased Virgil Van Dijk for the cover of the Champions Edition of FIFA 20. Konami is doing something similar and is forming a partnership with Manchester United for PES 2020.
As a result, a Manchester player will be on the PES cover. The difference from FIFA: No one knows the Manchester player!
These players are on the cover: Together with Lionel Messi, Miralem Pjanic, and Bayern star Serge Gnabry, a relatively unknown player has made it to the cover: Scott McTominay.
A pretty unusual choice, since McTominay has only played 31 competitive matches for the Red Devils so far and is likely unknown to many.
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Who is Scott McTominay? The 22-year-old Scot has been playing for Manchester United since his youth. He made the leap to the first team in 2017 and has since been a regular member of the squad.
So he is certainly not a bad player, but compared to Liverpool’s Van Dijk, who is known worldwide now, the unknown McTominay is not a star player.
FIFA 20 has the world’s best defender on the cover, PES has Scott McTominay
This is how fans are reacting: Especially the fans of the eternal league rivals FC Liverpool cannot help but laugh. After all, Virgil Van Dijk is an absolute world star compared to Scott McTominay.
This is the FIFA cover
People are reacting to this on the internet:
A Liverpool fan jokes: “I can’t find the star, can someone help me?”
Another user comments on Twitter: “McTominay? Please delete the cover before anyone else sees it.”
Additionally, many users are asking: “Where is Ronaldo?” Especially since eFootball PES 2020 has an exclusive license for Juventus Turin.
One more fan is wondering: “Who is the guy in the Manchester jersey?”
This is how it was back then: In 2008, Konami made a pretty strange decision for the German cover of PES 2008. Alongside the young Cristiano Ronaldo, Bayern player Jan Schlaudraff adorned the cover of the FIFA rival.
Particularly curious: At that time, he had not played a single match for Bayern. That he was still on the cover surprised many.
Jan, who? Schlaudraff played two successful years at Alemannia Aachen and moved to FC Bayern Munich for the 2007/2008 season. However, he never managed to establish himself there. He scored no goals in 8 games, which is not a good return for a forward.
Today, Jan Schlaudraff is the sporting director at the second division club Hannover 96.
Monster Hunter World will soon receive its new expansion Iceborne. Our author Leya was able to test the DLC for 5 hours in full version, before the release. She played in Master Rank, the new and hardest difficulty level.This is her impression.
This is what I often read since the release: Monster Hunter World is too easy and thus destroys the series.
Monsters show damage numbers, which allows me to quickly figure out their weaknesses. Likewise, the beasts are displayed on the map by the Spähkäfer, making them easier to find. Such features weren’t available in the past. Capcom even wanted to make the endgame in Iceborne harder, based on fan feedback (via ign.com).
Expectantly like this Boa-Boa, we look forward to the release of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne.
This is my experience with the comfort adjustments: I played some older titles of the Monster Hunter series before World was released. I like the comfort adjustments, as they make the gaming experience feel smoother for me.
The fact that there is no loading screen when switching areas within the map is a huge improvement for me. When I picked up an older title from the series again, the familiar clumsiness frustrated me a little.
Iceborne takes us into the Raureif expanse, a large winter map with new animals, like the Anteka seen here.
The Master Rank should now bring the ultimate challenge
This is the Master Rank: In Monster Hunter World, the difficulty of the quests is determined by the Hunter Rank, which players increase gradually. The final and hardest stage is the Master Rank, formerly known as G-Rank. Here, the monsters are faster, stronger, have new attacks, and possess more health.
The challenging Master Rank is now introduced with the Iceborne DLC. It is the great hope of veteran hunters who have felt underwhelmed so far. But it should also represent a significant increase in difficulty for the newly acquired “casual player.”
The Master Rank makes the monsters more powerful and the fight against them harder.
This is how I experienced the Master Rank: Capcom invited various media representatives to an event where we could play the full version for five hours. Here I played a few quests in Master Rank, for which we were provided with high-quality equipment and a fully packed item box.
This was my first hunt in Master Rank against Beotodus
On my first quest, I encountered a Beotodus, a completely new monster. It lives in the new area, the Raureif expanse, and moves almost undetected through the winter landscape. The wyvern “swims” under the snow cover and attacks from ambush.
Beotodus slithers undetected through thick layers of snow.
The Beotodus had one thing above all: health! Even though I significantly increased my attack with items, I had to beat on the monster for quite a long time until it was finally down. Dodging its attacks is learned quickly, as they also resemble those of the already known Jyuratodus, which attacks from the mud.
After I had slain the Beotodus after almost an hour, it was on to the Banbaro, a monster that resembles a Canadian moose. It has some funny moves when it picks up rocks with its antlers and hurls them at you. Here, the knee-deep snow can also be a real problem, as you cannot run away as nimbly.
The Banbaro resembles a moose and has some cool attacks. With its antlers, it picks up stones or trees and throws them at hunters.
New tools, new ease?
This is the new Clutch Claw: The tool is an extension of the slinger, allowing hunters to pull themselves directly to monsters. It can even target the monster’s weak points and hit them hard.
While it is already possible in the base game to jump onto monsters, this requires quite a bit of practice with most weapons.
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Here you can see how the Clutch Claw works in practice.
This is why these tools could be seen as “too easy”: Targeting with the Clutch Claw requires some skill, as you need to properly judge distance and speed. But once you get the hang of it, you can pull yourself to the monster easily. The beast can be targeted much more effectively if the weak point is, for example, the leg.
Additionally, there is also the “Recoil Shot,” which can be used to keep monsters at a distance. This gives you the time to sip a healing potion or sharpen your weapon.
Yes, this sparked the thought in me that complaints would arise saying that the Master Rank would be too easy. I find these new mechanics to be a relief, but a welcome one.
This is why I like the new Clutch Claw so much: The tool simply brings something refreshingly new to Monster Hunter World. I had a lot of fun hooking into the body parts of monsters, riding on them, and working them from the side, above, and below.
The Clutch Claw adds more dynamism to the otherwise rather static game. There are weapons that made it easy to jump on monsters before, especially the Insect Glaive. But now anyone can jump on monsters with any weapon, and that brings me a lot of joy in the game.
In the Raureif expanse, it is always cold, which is why hunters need a hot drink. Alternatively, a soothing bath in a hot spring can be taken.
Challenger Viper Tobi Kadachi enters the ring
This monster raises the difficulty: The first time I realized that I was in Master Rank was with the Viper Tobi Kadachi. This monster is a subspecies of the known Tobi and attacks with poison instead of electricity.
If the Viper Tobi caught me with its poisonous tail, my health went away quickly. The other monsters before required time but didn’t really make me sweat.
Unfortunately, my five hours with Iceborne were up before I could take down the Viper Tobi. I was really looking forward to getting a few hits in until I got the hang of dealing with the agile monster.
The Viper Tobi Kadachi, a new subspecies. This Tobi has some pretty nasty poison bites.
The question of ease surrounding Iceborne
Why do I actually ask myself this question? The difficulty of Monster Hunter World has been much discussed in the community – also in my own hunting circles. I believe this is simply a question that interests many.
On the one hand, players who have long been familiar with the franchise need to be catered to. On the other hand, there is a large mass of players who have come to know and love the franchise with Monster Hunter World. You do not want to scare anyone away with gameplay that is too easy or too hard.
Iceborne is supposed to represent the new Master Rank hurdle. I am just sure that this discussion about ease will flare up again. I am aware that after five hours of playtime, I cannot answer this question. Too many monsters are still unexplored for me.
The Nightshade Paolumu is a new subspecies of the Paolumu which also comes with Iceborne.
This is how I assess the matter now: I consider myself to be among the moderately skilled players. I am the casual player who is fully engaged in professional life and only has limited time to play.
I prefer everything that brings variety, like this new Clutch Claw, to a monster that is overly challenging.
From my first impression, the difficulty seems just right for my type of player. However, I can imagine that the veteran player may still find it too easy. But this is a common problem that many gamers face.
The Coral Pukei Pukei sprays a large jet of water instead of poison. The water can unbalance hunters.
Iceborne is a winter fairy tale
This was my highlight: Away from the discussion about mechanics and difficulty, Iceborne is definitely stunningly beautiful. The snowy landscape is simply a winter fairy tale. It’s no wonder that fans of the series longed for a winter map.
I am particularly impressed by the reflections in the scales of the monsters that sparkle like ice crystals above the snow. The winter map is mirrored in the monsters. Visually, it is simply breathtaking.
The new monsters from Iceborne in the video
Our colleagues from GameStar and GamePro were also on-site and created a video from the new material. Here you can see the newly shown subspecies like the Coral Pukei Pukei in action:
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When is the release of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne? The expansion will be released on September 6, 2019, for PS4 and Xbox One. All further information, including price and content, can be found in our extensive Iceborne overview.
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Who wants to shine cool in Destiny 2 has to reach deep into their pockets. Thousands of Guardians are currently discussing the prices of Armor Glow during the Solstice of Heroes.
This is about these cosmetics: On July 30th, the summer event “Solstice of Heroes” started in Destiny 2. This brought a new armor set into the game, which can be upgraded through a long and arduous process. The final touch can be given to this set with the so-called “Armor Glow” cosmetic – which makes it shine.
The Solstice Armor Set with Armor Glow looks like this, with each Guardian class having an Arc, Solar, and Void Glow available:
How to get the Armor Glow? You can exclusively acquire these cosmetics through Eververse. You can get an Armor Glow for
800 Silver
or 5000 Glimmer
purchase. If you want all three Armor Glows (in Arc, Solar, and Void), you have to pay three times the amounts of the currencies above. Here you see all three Glows of the Titan:
Community reacts divided to these prices
That’s why this is a hot topic: On reddit, several threads sprang up directly that have these prices as the topic – including one with 7,000 upvotes and one with 1,200 upvotes. Some criticize the prices as unreasonably high, but there are also many voices defending Bungie.
This is being criticized:
The Armor Glow is considered one of the cooler features of the Solstice event. That they want Guardians to reach so deep into their pockets for it is outrageous.
800 Silver is approximately 8 Euros. 500 Silver can be purchased for 4.99 Euros, the next higher Silver package costs 9.99 Euros for 1100 Silver. If you want all 3 Armor Glows, you would have to spend over 20 Euros. Because a Silver package for 2300 Silver costs 19.99 Euros – then you still lack 100 Silver.
Glimmer can be earned, but to get 5000 or 15000 Glimmer, you need to invest a lot of time in Destiny 2. Especially since Bungie recently introduced the Tribute Hall, a place where you could pump all your Glimmer supplies to quickly get Bad Karma.
This means the Solstice of Heroes misses the goal of celebrating the past Destiny year and instead becomes a frustrating grind for Glimmer.
This is how Guardians justify the prices:
One Guardian writes in a widely noticed post that the Solstice of Heroes as an event is completely free for everyone. Spending money on the Armor Glow is purely optional. And the employees at Bungie have to pay their bills as well, so it is okay to spend 8 Euros on something that also makes you look pretty cool in the game.
Many agree. One Guardian jokingly says he spends even more money on beer when raiding.
Whether you buy the Armor Glow or earn it, you have to decide for yourself.
What’s new in Eververse? In addition to the Armor Glows, further cosmetics have been added to Eververse with the Solstice of Heroes, such as exotic emotes, ghost shells, sparrows, a ship, ghost projections, and teleport effects:
Will you treat yourself to one or the other Armor Glow?
Summer trends in gaming like Pokémon GO or Ark Survival Evolved have always been something that our author Schuhmann has observed from a distance. But in 2019, he is right in the middle of the trend frenzy and plays the latest hit game Teamfight Tactics every day. He is fully in the summer hype – and does so without spending a dime.
This is why summers in gaming are so strange: Since we started the site MeinMMO and I have been following the online gaming market, I’ve noticed how odd each summer is. The other seasons are always the same:
In spring, the first release window comes, with AAA titles that are not quite mainstream but from which developers have high expectations – sometimes a The Division, sometimes a Monster Hunter World
In autumn, the big release window opens with the annual blockbuster titles, featuring FIFA, Call of Duty, Destiny, and the major new releases of a year like Red Dead Redemption 2
The really big titles don’t come in summer, but in autumn.
The winter is usually quiet; players stick to what was new in autumn. Expansions and DLCs come out.
But summer is always somehow different
Every summer, a gaming hit comes out of nowhere
What’s going on in summer? Usually, in early summer of a year, it’s so quiet that it feels like the summer hole reaches to the earth’s core and nothing will ever happen again. Gaming sites report about TV series like Game of Thrones or cats throwing up in streamers’ fans.
But then something happens that no one anticipated. A hype erupts:
In 2015, “Jurassic World” hit theaters and suddenly the survival game “Ark Survival Evolved” became the big thing on Steam, which many PC gamers talked about. A chaotic indie studio created a massive hit with dinosaurs and a complex game system.
ARK Survival Evolved: Launched on June 2, 2015, simply in early access on Steam.
Back then, it seemed like Pokémon GO could change the world and how gaming is perceived as a whole.
Release was in July 2016. Pokémon GO drove everyone crazy.
In 2017, there was actually nothing happening in gaming. PUBG had started its triumph in spring. Until suddenly Fortnite “Save the World”, then still a PvE title, appeared. This was a long-lost game from a studio that hardly anyone remembered anymore.
For a few weeks, Fortnite “Save the World” was a major topic until it quickly faded. It was only later in autumn that Epic started its mission to conquer the world, which continues to this day.
The summer of 2018 was somewhat different, as Fortnite Battle Royale completely dominated online gaming, even though it had already been on the market for three-quarters of a year. But even here there were small trends: With SCUM, a strange hardcore game came to prominence on Steam for a short time, that too was a surprise.
Now almost forgotten: SCUM was released in August 2018.
This is how summers went for me: I had little to do with all these summer trends. Well, I enjoyed playing Fortnite “Save the World” in 2017, but that was a matter of a few weeks until the game got too grindy for me with its Asian mobile ideas.
Otherwise, summers and their gaming hypes always passed me by.
The summer trend in gaming 2019 is totally niche and I love it
This is the trend in 2019: The summer of 2019 clearly belongs to the “auto-battlers” in online gaming. These are strategy games where players buy heroes, place them on the battlefield, and they fight against each other without the player’s intervention.
The trend has been discovered by MOBAs and they are applying this formula to their selection of heroes.
What seems completely absurd and lame to someone who doesn’t know it, gives me the total gaming kick this summer.
I haven’t played and sweat this much in the last few weeks. I am in the summer gaming hype.
He is an important hero in Teamfight Tactics: The ninja Kennen.
I love the gaming summer of 2019
This is how I feel about auto-battlers: I only caught the trend out of the corner of my eye when it started with Dota Auto Chess. That was far away – some mod from a game I never played. I tried to ignore it. To me, it sounded somewhat lame: auto-battler.
I then jumped into Dota Underlords for a weekend. I just wanted to take a look, but I ended up playing from Friday evening until Monday morning.
Ultimately, I became completely hooked on Teamfight Tactics, the LoL auto chess, that came out shortly after. I know the heroes and the items from my time when I regularly played League of Legends.
Teamfight Tactics is brief, intense, and tactical.
Each round is a bit different – and the strategy I won with half an hour ago can fail badly the next time because the items and heroes available mess up the plan.
I had phases where I felt like I finally understood the game, only to then perform much worse than in the previous days because I desperately wanted to play a tactic that luck simply didn’t support.
I even started with ranked matches, which I never do, and managed to reach platinum level.
I’m not super proud of it, but tracker sites tell me I currently belong to the upper “1%” of played games and I’m number 28,988 in the world. Yay!
The statistics really only say: Diligent, but only moderately successful.
Hundreds of hours of gaming for 0 cents
Why am I so susceptible to the trend? The auto-battlers revitalize old “strategy ideas,” pack them into a brief format, and constantly demand important decisions from the player.
As a result, after losses, one feels that with a bit more luck or different decisions, it could have gone totally differently. After victories, one feels like a tactically brilliant general.
Looks inconspicuous – but when you’re deep into the game, it’s so much fun.
What is particularly cool? Although I’ve probably spent over 100 hours on Dota Underlords and Teamfight Tactics in the last few weeks, I haven’t paid a cent. I haven’t even considered spending money anywhere.
For me, 2019 is the best gaming summer in a long time. For many others, it’s probably, like many trends of recent years: hardly comprehensible.
The Swedish streamer “Anomaly” has over a million followers who now have to wait for his streams. Twitch banned him for 30 days because he wore an offensive outfit in Minecraft .
Who is it about? The banned Swedish streamer is Ludvig “Anomaly” Lagerstedt. On YouTube, he has nearly 2.5 million subscribers, and on Twitch.TV, he has almost 1 million followers.
Why did he show a Hitler skin? On Twitter, Anomaly posted a statement explaining that he was banned for 30 days. He writes that he accidentally showed a Minecraft skin for less than 2 seconds.
One of his followers responded with the clip that likely led to the ban. In it, you can see Anomaly’s gameplay in Minecraft. He opens his inventory in the clip, which results in his Minecraft character being visible.
We are embedding the Twitter clip with Anomaly’s skin here in the article. If you don’t see it, follow this link to Twitter.
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The skin bears visual similarities to Adolf Hitler. Brown uniform, a red armband, and even a little mustache adorn the pixel figure. When Anomaly realizes that he had activated the wrong skin, he quickly closes the inventory again. He says, “Oh my God, I was wearing the wrong skin!”
On Twitter, he explains why he wore the skin: “I had the skin because I wanted to record a Minecraft video with a few friends and make a joke about ‘Meinkraft.’ I forgot to change the skin back.”
This is the consequence: With this action, he likely violated the rules of Twitch.TV. Their community guidelines state how to handle hate-driven behavior and harassment. Showing the Hitler skin probably falls into this category.
Hate-driven behavior is any content or action that promotes or encourages discrimination, degradation, objectification, harassment, or violence based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, medical condition, physical traits, or veteran status. Such behavior is prohibited. Hate-driven behavior is considered a zero-tolerance violation. All accounts associated with such behavior will be permanently suspended.
The violation has now led to a 30-day ban. However, Anomaly intends to challenge this. He says he wants to contact Twitch. A 30-day penalty for this offense seems excessive in his opinion.
As Dotesports reports, this was not the first ban against Anomaly. A year ago, he was banned from Twitch for hate-driven behavior. The reason for this ban a year ago has not been officially confirmed. However, the ban came after a clip circulated showing Anomaly dressing his character in PUBG in prison clothing and editing a dark skin tone. He found this hilarious.
A special skin in Overwatch is currently interesting for German players. They can dress Reinhardt in the national colors.
In Overwatch, the last week of the “Summer Games 2019” has begun. In addition to Lúcioball, there were also some challenges and new skins that could be earned during the event. Especially for fans of the German character Reinhardt, the event should be interesting since he received the special skin “Bundesadler,” which adorns him with the German national colors – black, red, and gold.
This is how you get the skin: To unlock the Bundesadler skin for Reinhardt, you don’t have to rely on the luck of loot boxes. Instead, you need to complete the “Weekly Challenge.” For this, you simply need to win 9 matches in any game mode. These can be both ranked and “Quick Match” games. All modes in the arcade can also be used for this. If you want, you can quickly rack up 9 wins in Lucioball to earn the new skin.
How much time do you have? The Summer Games event only has a few days left. But until the end of the event, you have time to earn the Bundesadler skin. That’s still 6 days from today; the event ends on August 5. Whether the skin will be available for credits afterward is still not clearly known.
If you want this skin for our little Swabian knight, you should hurry and play some matches of Overwatch.
Have you already earned the Bundesadler skin for Reinhardt? Or are you not interested in it at all?
Further interesting Overwatch news can be found here:
So far, most gaming smartphones cost a lot of money. But that could change, as Xiaomi announces a challenge to the competition with the Black Shark 2 Pro. What can the new smartphone from Xiaomi do?
Because the Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi has also announced a new gaming smartphone, the Black Shark 2 Pro, which competes with the ROG Phone 2, as it also targets gamers. Let’s take a look at…
why the price and release are a challenge
what the technical specifications look like
who the new smartphone is suitable for
what features the Black Shark 2 Pro offers
what alternatives are available
This is what the new Black Shark 2 from Xiaomi looks like
Challenge to the Competition – All About Price and Release
Affordable price: The Black Shark 2 Pro is expected to cost around 400 Euros for the 128GB variant and 456 Euros for the 256GB variant.
The gaming smartphone ROG Phone 2 from Asus will probably cost around 900, nearly double, and there are few gamers who are currently willing to spend a lot of money on a gaming smartphone.
Good technical specifications on paper: The Black Shark 2 Pro offers similar good specifications on paper as the ROG Phone 2 but costs only half. Since we currently only know the Chinese prices, the price for Europe could also increase slightly.
When will the Black Shark 2 Pro be available in Germany?
When can it be purchased? On August 2nd, the Black Shark 2 Pro will officially be available in China. It is not yet known when it will appear on the European market, but it is likely that Xiaomi is targeting the Christmas business.
Are you interested in the ROG Phone 2 from Asus? In our article, we have summarized all the important information for you:
Latest processor and plenty of RAM: After Asus, Xiaomi also uses the Snapdragon 855 Plus in its new smartphone. In addition, there are 8 to 12GB of RAM, which is currently more than sufficient for all games and apps.
Large internal storage: 128 GB or 256 GB of internal storage is also sufficient, but is only offered in the older UFS2.1 standard (Universal Flash Storage).
Integrated
802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ 2×2 MIMO antenna configuration, Wi-Fi Direct,
WIFI display and WIFI hotspot
Dual nano–SIM card slot, support for two SIM cards:
Primary SIM card: TD
LTE/FDD/LTE/TD–SCDMA/WCDMA/CDMA/GSM
Secondary SIM card: TD
LTE/FDD/LTE/TD–SCDMA/WCDMA/CDMA/GSM
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 5.0
(EDR, A2DP) with aptX & aptX HD music transmission
Ports
2.0, Type-C
1.0 reversible connector
Audio: no 3.5mm jack,
USB-C port
Main Camera
48MP
Rear Camera
Main Camera:
48MP 0.8µm (equivalent to 12MP, 1.6µm in 4-in-1 mode)
Lens: f/1.75; 6-lens camera, LED flash, autofocus: PDAF
Secondary Camera: 12MP 1.0µm with lens: f/2.2;
6-lens camera
Speakers
Dual front speakers
with DTS:X Ultra DSP
Microphone
Active
noise-cancelling design with dedicated microphone
These are the features of the Black Shark 2 Pro
How good is the display? The Black Shark 2 Pro offers a resolution of 2,340×1,080. So far, nothing more precise is known about the refresh rate.
How strong is the built-in battery? The Black Shark 2 Pro also features a 4000 mAh battery. While it is slightly smaller than the ROG Phone 2, it still provides more energy than conventional smartphones. For a few hours of gaming on the smartphone, the battery is completely sufficient.
Does the Shark 2 Pro have a good camera? With 48 megapixels, the Shark 2 Pro from Xiaomi offers a very good camera on paper. With PDAF (Phase Detection Auto Focus), the camera has a very fast autofocus, which is beneficial for photography.
This is the cooling system of the Black Shark 2 Pro: The smartphone from Xiaomi works with liquid cooling. According to the manufacturer, this should significantly reduce CPU temperature while also increasing frame rates.
This is how Xiaomi explains the liquid cooling. How good it is will have to be shown in practical tests. Source: Xiaomi
The Shark Button as a Special Feature: With the Shark Button, Xiaomi offers a unique feature. With this button, you can directly access an overview and see which games you have all installed.
Therefore, it is a smartphone for gamers – Who is the device aimed at?
This device is suitable for these users: The Black Shark 2 Pro offers more than enough power for all current games with the latest Qualcomm processor and with 8 or 12 GB of RAM.
The battery is at 4000 mAh, one-third smaller than the competition from Asus (the ROG Phone 2 offers 6000mAh), but should be completely sufficient. Also interesting is the very good camera specified at 48MP with fast autofocus.
For whom is the Black Shark 2 Pro not suitable? If you use your smartphone for casual games, surf the internet, or read emails, you don’t need so much power. Here, you can also find quite usable devices for significantly less money.
Alternatives to the Black Shark Pro 2
Predecessor Model Black Shark offers a lot of power at a fair price: If you are interested in a lot of power for a relatively low price, then check out Xiaomi’s predecessor model, the Black Shark. It offers the Snapdragon 845, the predecessor of the 845 Plus, and with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of system storage, it has more than enough leeway for gamers. With four and a half stars, buyers on Amazon are also extraordinarily satisfied:
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The Razer Phone 2 with a 120Hz display: Also a fair offer for gamers is the Razer Phone 2 from the same manufacturer. The Razer Phone 2 also offers the Snapdragon 845 and 8GB of RAM but has less internal storage (64GB) compared to the Black Shark. However, the Razer Phone 2 has a 120Hz display, making gaming very smooth. You can also find a comprehensive report on the Razer Phone 2:
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In Wizards Unite, the 2nd round of the Brilliant Event surrounding Potter’s Calamity has started. We provide you an overview of the event details.
How long does the event last? This event has been running since July 30th. You can collect special found items until August 6th.
This is already the 2nd round of this event, as there was this occurrence surrounding Potter’s Calamity back in mid-July. Now there are 6 additional found items for you to collect.
All about the new Brilliant Event in Wizards Unite
What bonuses are there? There will be new brilliant found items for you to collect. They all revolve around Harry Potter.
Additionally, there will be new tasks that you need to complete. You will receive some of the found items from these tasks.
These are the 6 found items available
What found items are there? In total, there are 6 new items waiting for you. You will receive them in various ways:
Brilliant Golden Snitch (findable everywhere on the map)
Heroes of Hogwarts Daily Prophet (only in fortresses)
Photograph of the London Five (At level 3 of the new tasks)
Framed Family Photo (At level 4 of the new tasks)
What tasks are there? In total, there are 4 levels with 3 tasks each. You can find a complete list on Reddit, compiled by a diligent player.
The tasks are definitely manageable, as you need to brew potions or collect special found items.
These items were introduced during the 1st round of the event series
What is behind this brilliant event? This is a series of events held by Wizards Unite. There are a total of 2 parts to this series, focusing on the theme “Potter’s Calamity”.
For each of these events, there are specific tasks that you need to solve. This way, you will receive special found items that you can’t obtain outside of the event.
Two weeks ago, the first Community Day in Wizards Unite took place. However, it didn’t go as well:
This player has discovered an interesting method to have a lot of fun in Red Dead Online . He takes pictures of other players in the online mode of Red Dead Redemption 2.
Which player is it? The player Aaron “ALG_627” Lutz shared his interesting hobby in Red Dead Online with the community. In the game, he has taken up photography as his focus.
What does he photograph? Mainly other players he encounters during his gameplay sessions. These are simply strangers who cross his path. Lutz then puts away his weapons, moves into the right position, and takes a screenshot of the other player.
Afterward, he sends the photographed player his screenshot. They are often surprised, but they also appreciate it. Others just shoot him in the game.
Why does he do it? He takes photos for fun when there isn’t much happening in Red Dead Online. He explains that sending them to the players in the photos makes sense because “Everyone likes it when photos are taken of them. Usually at least.”
In the process, he experiences many interesting stories. In an interview with Kotaku , he talks about his hobby and his experiences.
“The main reason I started photographing other players was that I had enough of Rockstar’s lack of attention for Red Dead Online. That’s why I decided to experiment with this idea and see what would happen,” explains Lutz.
The experiences the photographer has with his hobby in Red Dead Redemption 2
When he sends the players the screenshots, he usually receives a simple “Thank you” in return. Sometimes, banter is exchanged over chat. One player asked where his eyebrows had gone, which apparently vanished in the screenshot process. Lutz replied, “They’re probably where your hairline has also disappeared.”
Deadly encounter: In the online world of Red Dead Redemption 2, you meet many cowboys. Some of them are more trigger-happy than others. So, when Lutz puts away his weapons to photograph, he doesn’t always survive the situation.
This encounter did not survive by Lutz
After this deadly encounter, he sends the killer the screenshot.
“Ok, why are you sending me that?”
“Because I like taking pictures of people and sending them the photos. By the way, you could work on your aiming.”
“Thanks for your kindness. I know I could use some work on that.”
He encountered another player during stranger missions. After some time had passed, the new player told him about their tough life. At some point, they stopped doing missions and just stood around on the map while the player shared their worst times in life.
Then suddenly a full moon appeared and stood perfectly for a photo. Lutz photographed it and sent it to the player.
He then said:
“Wait, is that me?”
“Yes, the moon came up and I couldn’t help it.”
“Wow, man. That’s a really good picture. Did you just take that?”
“Yeah, I do this a lot now because there’s practically nothing else to do in the game. So I take pictures of players I meet and send them. Want to see more? I have some really good ones.”
“Sure, man. Send it over. This is really artistic stuff here, I really like it.”
The two then talked about the pictures Lutz takes. Also about the current state of Red Dead Online and its future.
On Reddit, the photographer ALG_627 shared his best pictures. The album on Imgur can be found here. In the following overview, you can see some of them:
Source: Imgur
This cowboy also had a lot of free time in Red Dead Redemption 2 and started a crazy ride with a rail vehicle:
With the game Mavericks: Proving Grounds, a British studio aimed to revolutionize the battle royale genre. But shortly after the alpha launch, everything is over and the game is dead.
What is Mavericks: Proving Grounds? The British studio aimed to create an innovative battle royale game with Mavericks: Proving Grounds. The initial plan was for around 1,000 players to fight against each other simultaneously. This was to take place on a gigantic map and would work via the MMO wonder technology SpatialOS.
Later, this was streamlined to still impressive 400 players on a 12×12-kilometer map with a central hub in the middle and seamless transitions. The game even went into alpha testing on July 25, 2019, after months of preparation.
But now it seems that everything may soon be over again, as the game is likely to be discontinued.
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Why is Mavericks being discontinued? In a small announcement on their homepage, Automaton Games stated that the company is likely insolvent and is being organized by insolvency administrators. They would ensure that the horror multiplayer shooter Deceit, also developed by Automaton, would get a new home and be licensed.
For Mavericks, however, they have to discontinue development. The reason for the insolvency is a lack of financial resources. This is likely the end of the ambitious battle royale project. Additionally, another highly anticipated project for SpatialOS is going down the drain. Recently, the sandbox MMO Worlds Adrift also faced closure, which also used SpatialOS.
What do you think about the end of Mavericks? Did you never believe in it, or is it surprising for you?
Another dead battle royale that has already been resurrected multiple times can be found here:
World of Warcraft is still fun even after more than a month of the new patch. But what is the reason for that? Cortyn makes a small analysis.
For over a month now, Patch 8.2 Rise of Azshara has been live in World of Warcraft. It not only brought two new zones but also the possibility of flying, a new raid, a stylish dungeon, and plenty of long-term goals if one wants to engage with them.
The “most annoying” part of Patch 8.2 is behind most players
With the release of a patch, there are always a few things that players view as necessary. Those who do not complete these tasks may soon find it hard to keep up and miss out on a large part of the game’s possibilities. In Patch 8.2, this was the unlocking of flying, which basically meant farming reputation in Mechagon and Nazjatar.
Yes, some definitely see this as “work”, but the reward was really good. After all, it’s a clear time-saver that allows for much faster travel and more convenient completion of numerous quests.
Exactly this “mandatory part” is now in the past, allowing players to focus more on other content that they play “just for fun”.
World of Warcraft has become quieter, but thus also better
Meanwhile, the unlocking of flying is several weeks behind, and since then, World of Warcraft has clearly slowed down for me.
The content that I currently find appealing is more diverse than it has been in a long time. I am not only doing quests and pet battles, but I also try with a handful of friends to push the “Mythic+” key a bit higher each week. We occasionally join an LFR group and participate in PvP brawls (recently Arathi Basin against bots – incredibly funny!).
Arathi against bots is quite fun, even though it’s not real PvP.
I even managed to get a friend to finally dare into rated arena matches. There we do get incredibly frustrated when we are matched as a double DPS combo against a healer, but the victories are all the sweeter, and we often laugh. Are we good arena players? Definitely not. But it’s fun.
Numerous goals that you can set for yourself
I have found joy again in “small goals” that I can pursue without necessity and pressure. The advantage is also that I am generally open to all types of game content. This makes it easier to find something nice amidst the abundance of choices:
Island Expeditions: No matter how many people hate them, I love the basic principle and enjoy the numerous transmog rewards.
Pet Battles: Especially the Pet Battle Dungeon of Stratholme is quite challenging and requires a lot of stamina and creative ideas (or a guide).
Achievements: My goal currently is to complete “one achievement every day” from the current expansion. So far, I am managing that.
Essences for the Heart of Azeroth: Even if not all essences are necessary for a character, I want to have as many as possible. The hunt for them motivates me and “forces” me to engage with a lot of content.
The Brawler’s Guild: I had long ignored the Brawler’s Guild, but with Patch 8.2 I’m back and completing the cool quest line about a conspiracy.
Rare Mobs: Farming 3-4 specific rare mobs per day. Eventually, Rustfeather will surely give me her mount.
A certain parrot is still missing from the collection …
Of course, one can now say about a large part of the listed things, “Hey, Cortyn – this stuff has been in the game forever, why are you having fun with it right now?” And the question is indeed justified.
I find it hard to find a suitable answer and can only respond by saying that the “overall package” is currently cohesive again. World of Warcraft is fun for me in its entirety, and therefore I can again engage more with smaller goals and pursue them. I had not felt that way for quite a while before Patch 8.2.
Perhaps it’s the social aspect that plays a subtle role. For with Patch 8.2, WoW has become significantly more social again. People announce in chat when a special rare spawn appears or join together to give a certain assassin in Nazjatar a good beating. Although many things are done solo, it does not feel “lonely” and that adds a big part to the appeal.
Playing with friends makes WoW more fun anyway – no matter what you do.
World of Warcraft has become my “main game” again
Until a few weeks ago, I thought my interest in World of Warcraft would slowly wane. I had WoW: Classic in mind, was incredibly looking forward to Lúcioball in Overwatch and was already eagerly staring at Borderlands 3. Sure, all these games are still appealing, but WoW has become more than just a filler again. I can pursue my own goals for several hours at a stretch, and they are currently as numerous as they have rarely been before.
If World of Warcraft can maintain this trend, it is on a good path – at least for me.
How are you currently experiencing World of Warcraft? Can this MMORPG still keep you entertained? Or have you lost interest?
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Fortnite: Battle Royale has particularly come into the public interest since the big World Championship. In an interview with FOX, there was an embarrassing mistake where a “Cheat” was presented that caused a lot of ridicule among players.
What was said? In light of the hype around the big Fortnite World Championship, the American TV channel FOX managed to get the well-known eSports expert Rod Breslau for a short interview.
The segment itself was not particularly spectacular, and Breslau briefly explained the game and the tournament. What caused a stir was one of the graphics that the channel played during the interview.
One of the graphics described, among other things, that you could buy “Add Ons” for Fortnite and that there was a winning cheat: “Hide in bushes until the end of the game and sometimes you win without doing anything.”
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“Winning Cheat” Causes Mockery and Ridicule Online
What’s the tactic behind it? What Fox promotes as a winning tactic and a “Way to Cheat” is indeed possible. However, the chances of being able to hide in a bush for the entire match and seeing all the other players eliminate each other or burn in the storm, only to triumphantly achieve the “Epic Victory” at the end, are exceedingly slim.
Fun Fact:I, Jürgen, have actually won that way once.
Moreover, hiding in bushes is not even prohibited. In fact, there is even a specific item that converts players into bushes until they are hit. So one cannot even really talk about a “cheat.”
This is how the community reacted: It didn’t take long for fans to pick up the topic and ruthlessly mock it:
Pro player Sypher via Twitter: Why do I bother creating tutorial videos when the news just broadcasts this high-level strategy for victories that require no effort?
Dety via Twitter: “Sypher, you really played the game wrong the whole time!”
Especially cheeky: Pro player Sypher used the situation to poke fun at the Solo World Champion Bugha: “You need to explain yourself. Did you use the bush cheating strategy or not?”
It seemed like a fun challenge in Destiny 2 that players could never crack. The first Guardian to collect 100,000 Baryon Fragments would receive one of the sold-out physical Collector’s Editions of Shadowkeep. Just under a week after the challenge was issued, a streamer actually managed to do it.
What was the challenge? It all started with a pure satire post in the Destiny subreddit. The user Boobel jokingly called for Bungie to allow purchasing the upcoming expansion Shadowkeep with Baryon Fragments.
The Community Manager Cozmo responded to this joke and presented the players with a challenge: The first Guardian to collect 100,000 Baryon Fragments gets one of the sold-out physical Collector’s Editions of Shadowkeep.
The resource from the Dreaming City is likely to be found in abundance by many Guardians in their inventory – but by no means 100,000. The small trees can be found in the area at every corner and in chests, and Petra Venj regularly gives players a bounty that requires them to collect 15 units of this resource.
However, there isn’t much you can do with the Fragments. The resource is used for infusing gear from the Dreaming City. At the secret vendors in the Dreaming City, Baryon Fragments can also be exchanged for Light Charges for the Blind Well or Queen’s Wake tinctures.
Many Guardians therefore have hundreds or even thousands of Baryon Fragments – but 100,000 seemed like a distant goal.
Who accomplished this? Just under a week after the challenge was posed by Cozmo, a Guardian actually managed to collect 100,000 Baryon Fragments. Sweatcicle from the clan Redeem cracked the challenge.
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The Community Manager Cozmo has already verified the achievement. Sweatcicle is thus the first Guardian to conquer the challenge.
How did the Guardian achieve this? The streamer obviously did not start from scratch when collecting. Like other players, he already had some Fragments before accepting the challenge. He also received a lot of help from other players who supported him in a fireteam.
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The tactic was that Sweatcicle repeatedly ran a Lost Sector while his teammates fought bosses and completed patrols. They collected the Fragments together as a team for several hours a day.
By the way, the physical Collector’s Edition that Sweatcicle receives from Bungie is to be raffled in his stream. Additionally, the Redeem member announced that he plans to buy a Collector’s Edition for each of his teammates who helped him in his search for Baryon Fragments as a thank-you.
Since its record-breaking launch in February 2019, Apex Legends has lost some of its player base. However, death is far from certain for this Battle Royale. The developers reported new player numbers in the summer of 2019: How many people play Apex Legends on PC, PS4, and Xbox One?
How many players Apex Legends has: Currently, between 8 and 10 million players play Apex Legends per week. This was confirmed by publisher EA in a conference with the game’s investors (via venturebeat).
These numbers refer to players across all platforms: PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
Shortly after, in May 2019, the mark was broken once again. With 50 million registered players, Apex Legends even recorded larger growth for a short time than its competitor Fortnite at that time.
How Apex Legends performs currently against Fortnite or PUBG is hard to say, as current player numbers are missing. However, a flattening of player numbers like that of Apex Legends is normal, so there is nothing to indicate a “dying game” here.
How is Apex Legends doing?
This is happening in Apex Legends right now: Currently, the second season of Apex Legends is running, in which a part of the map King’s Canyon is destroyed and significantly overhauled, and in which the new legend Wattson has made her appearance. Additionally:
This is what’s next for Apex Legends: For the future, new gameplay modes are coming to Apex Legends, which the developers have already confirmed. One of these modes was the ranked mode. What other modes might come is only speculated by players so far. Recently, a Royal Rumble has been very popular among fans.
There are also hints about the new legend Crypto, who may arrive with season 2, but possibly not until season 3.
Will Crypto come?
There is no release date for season 3 yet, but according to EA, it is supposed to be even bigger than season 2.
If season 2 lasts about three months like season 1, it would end on October 1, 2019.
The Twitch streamer Ninja is known for his spectacular kills in Fortnite. But recently, he was a bit too cocky and was coldly punished by his opponent.
But this time he was perhaps a bit too reckless, as what should have been a secure kill ultimately resulted in Ninja’s own elimination.
This is how Ninja is punished for a cocky maneuver
This is what Ninja did: After already eliminating two opponents, he planned something special for the third player.
He initially threw some Boogie Bombs at him to make him dance and defenseless. Then he built a structure with the player and wanted to eliminate him with a trap.
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This is how it was punished: What Ninja didn’t consider during his action was that his opponent had full health and shield. So the first triggering of the trap did not eliminate the player. After that, the Boogie Bomb stopped, and his opponent quickly eliminated Ninja and escaped from the trap prison.
How does the streamer react? Initially, there was silence from Ninja. He couldn’t believe that he lost the secure kill and ended up getting eliminated.
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After a few seconds of silence, he just shouted loudly: “Brooooo!” In the end, he laughs about the action and realizes that one shouldn’t be so cocky in Fortnite, as it is often punished harshly.
What do you think of the clip? Have you had similar situations where cockiness was punished?
In The Division 2, you can get the exotic gloves BT Data Gloves. How to obtain them and what the Exotic can do, you will learn here.
What kind of gloves are these? With the DLC “Washington’s Suburbs,” which has been fully playable for all agents since July 30th, new Exotics have been introduced. In addition to the Diamondback, an exotic rifle, you can now also earn exotic gloves: The BT Data Gloves.
This Exotic can be useful for you if you focus on skill builds in The Division 2. The exotic talents clearly focus on the skills.
How to get BT Data Gloves – Locations
This is how you obtain BT Data Gloves: These are gloves that you receive as drops from Black Tusk enemies. In other words, you need to shoot down Black Tusk and hope for luck. The Exotic is a random drop.
Confirmed sources include:
The new main mission “Camp White Oak.” At this Black Tusk outpost, many agents have received the gloves, mainly from the boss but also from any Black Tusk units. The difficulty level can be anything.
According to some YouTubers and English-speaking gaming sites, this mission is the only source for the gloves; however, many other agents report that they have received the gloves from random Black Tusk enemies. Thus, it can be assumed: You have a chance for the gloves wherever you can defeat Black Tusk. Users report from Potomac Event Center, Grand Washington Hotel, Bank Headquarters, Lincoln Memorial, or also Tidal Basin.
If you play the activities on heroic difficulty, the drop chance is said to be higher.
Exotic Talents of the BT Data Gloves
These are the glove talents:
Elemental Device: Skills that apply status effects receive +50% status effect duration and +50% skill speed.
Energy Fusion: Whenever a status effect is triggered, the gloves become infused with this effect for 60 seconds. For the duration of the infusion, you gain +10% skill damage, +10% skill healing and repair, and +10% skill duration for each additional protocol (yellow battery) on the equipment.
Charged Helpers: Whenever a skill is thrown, an explosion occurs 1.25 seconds later, applying the infusion status to all enemies within a 6-meter radius. Enemies affected by the infusion status take 50% more damage from your skills.
This means in practice: If you play a skill build, you can enhance it with the gloves. However, if you do not focus on strong skills, the gloves offer little benefit.
This is how you trigger the talent buffs quickly: Status effects like burns or bleeds can be triggered with multiple skills, such as with the Flamethrower or the Chem Launcher. To quickly gain the Energy Fusion buff, you can use the Flare Fly and then deploy seeker mines with the active buff.
According to initial user opinions, it is fun to experiment with the BT gloves and combine them with various skills. They probably do not represent the new meta, but they are a must for skill build enthusiasts.
Do you already have this Exotic? Which skills do you play with it?
The return of Rayquaza in Pokémon GO is being celebrated, as for the first time you can catch the shiny version. How likely is it and how many raids do you have to do?
This is the calculation: A clever player on Reddit calculated the probabilities for a Shiny Rayquaza. So how many raids do you need to do to have a 99% chance of finding a Shiny?
The chances of getting a Shiny are good. Even if you only use the free passes, you will likely get a Shiny.
How likely is Shiny Rayquaza
What is the rate? The probability for a Shiny Rayquaza is estimated to be 1 in 20. This has been the case for every Legendary outside of a Raid Day.
You can now easily apply this rate and compare it with the number of raids. The following probabilities will emerge:
Number of Raids
Probability of a Shiny
1
5%
2
10%
20
64%
33
82%
60
95%
90
99%
What do these numbers tell us? Rayquaza will be available for exactly 33 days. So if you make 3 raids each day, you should likely have a Shiny.
Even if you only use the free passes, meaning you don’t spend any money, you have an 82% chance of getting a Shiny. So the chances are good to snag the coveted Shiny.
This is what Shiny Rayquaza looks like
So many coins you need to invest: To have a 99% probability of getting a Shiny, you need to invest some coins in Raid Passes. If you buy the current offer box with 14 passes, you will need to buy it 4 times to have enough passes for the 90 raids.
This would cost 5920 coins. This is approximately 50 euros. So you would need to invest a considerable amount to be quite sure of getting a Shiny.
What you still need to consider: This is purely probability calculation. There is no guarantee that you will get a Shiny after 100 raids. The chances are just very high.
Is raiding worth it even without a Shiny? Even if you already have 3 Shinys, it is always worth doing Rayquaza raids. It is the best dragon attacker in the game and is versatile.
It is definitely worth having a full team of Rayquaza. In later raids, it will be useful, as Rayquaza is also a good counter against itself.
The dragon Pokémon can also be easily defeated in duo. We show you how to do it:
In Call of Duty: Modern Warfare a particular killstreak is currently causing controversy. It concerns the phosphorus incendiary bomb that you can drop over the battlefield.
What is the issue with the killstreak? Recently, the developers of Modern Warfare announced which killstreaks can be earned in multiplayer. Killstreaks are special items and actions that you can use when you get a lot of kills without dying in between.
Among the items and actions were a tank, heavy body armor, and an airstrike with a phosphorus bomb.
Players criticize alleged double standards of the developers
What is the problem with the phosphorus bomb? Diverse players on social networks are bitter about the phosphorus bomb. Such bombs have been used since the two World Wars as highly effective but cruel incendiary devices.
Phosphorus ignites upon contact with air, is difficult to extinguish and causes particularly gruesome injuries and deaths due to the high heat of the fire and the highly toxic smoke. Therefore, phosphorus bombs and their use are controversial.
Since Modern Warfare strives to depict the horrors of modern warfare in its single-player campaign, some critics have a problem with how casually the game introduces such cruel weapons as mere “reward items” for massive kills in multiplayer:
Lewis White writes on Twitter: “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare – We want to tell a meaningful story about the horrors of war. Also in CoD Modern Warfare – In multiplayer you can drop phosphorus bombs when you have killed enough people!”
E350 After Dark via Twitter: “I love that an option here simply allows war crimes.”
Eva Cantor on Twitter: “It horrifies me that people in the West have become so barbaric and desensitized to the most vile forms of violence that phosphorus bombs are just a cool, fun video game thing.”
What does the other side say about it? In contrast, fans of the game contradict, seeing a clear distinction between multiplayer and campaign, and perceive the phosphorus bomb simply as a killstreak effect without greater significance.
No one is forced to use the killstreak, and besides, it’s all just a game. A user notes on Twitter that the military use of phosphorus is still not prohibited and thus completely legitimate in the game.
A statement from the developers on the matter has yet to be released. There have been controversies in the past regarding the subject of war in Modern Warfare:
