Iron Mans missles. Whats the point?

[Nydas]

Despite Iron Man being one of my most played heros, i think ive gotten like 3 kills with his missles. I dont even remember to use them 95% of the time, becuase they literally serve no purpose. His left click does better aoe and his right click does better single target.

How do abilities like this get past the design phase? It really does show Neteases's lack of skill.

[OmegaMilton25]

The primary reasons I see for using the missiles are for destroying environment and obscuring enemy vision while you haul ass to safety. The secondary reason I can see for them is just something extra to throw out whenever you go into high-speed or while your armor boost is in effect; yeah they do paltry damage, but you can get a pick every now and then on a low-HP opponent. I'm not necessarily trying to defend them and say they are GOOD; I'm just trying to get in the heads of the designers and see if I can figure out what they had in mind implementing them as they are.

I used to use them alot when I first started playing Iron Man, activating high-speed into enemies just to use them. Now, after I've put a good amount of play time into him, I'm convinced Unibeam is what you need to be using primarily with a spattering of Repulsor Blast while you build up that ult charge. Missiles are an afterthought, if that.

[Nydas]

Originally posted by OmegaMilton25:

The primary reasons I see for using the missiles are for destroying environment and obscuring enemy vision while you haul ass to safety. The secondary reason I can see for them is just something extra to throw out whenever you go into high-speed or while your armor boost is in effect; yeah they do paltry damage, but you can get a pick every now and then on a low-HP opponent. I'm not necessarily trying to defend them and say they are GOOD; I'm just trying to get in the heads of the designers and see if I can figure out what they had in mind implementing them as they are.

I used to use them alot when I first started playing Iron Man, activating high-speed into enemies just to use them. Now, after I've put a good amount of play time into him, I'm convinced Unibeam is what you need to be using primarily with a spattering of Repulsor Blast while you build up that ult charge. Missiles are an afterthought, if that.

Ya same, ive gotten ONE pick that i can remember while using missiles in flight mode. Forced a Hela to retreat and flanked her while activating missiles right as her crow ended. Even then it was just luck that her ability ended literally right in front of me and took a face full of missiles.

[Hasher22]

As an ironman player, I rarely use missiles. I only use them when I activate your self-buff but when using your boost, it's completely useless, low damage and it's RNG AOE.

[Konidias]

I mean I guess you can use it as some damage when you fly into a fight and just peg the enemies before starting to shoot LMB, but the missiles feel incredibly weak and it's not like there'es any accuracy to them at all. Maybe if they did 2-3x more damage

[Nydas]

Originally posted by Konidias:

I mean I guess you can use it as some damage when you fly into a fight and just peg the enemies before starting to shoot LMB, but the missiles feel incredibly weak and it's not like there'es any accuracy to them at all. Maybe if they did 2-3x more damage

But literally NO iron man is flying INTO a fight. Thats suicide. Flight boost is used to run away or to get into a flank position. Never to engage. So, again, it begs the question. What the hell are the devs thinking?

[Obtuse Moose]

You should try pairing it up with a Doctor Strange portal, it's an absolutely disgusting combo.

[Nydas]

Originally posted by Obtuse Moose:

You should try pairing it up with a Doctor Strange portal, it's an absolutely disgusting combo.

The missiles, or the ult? cause the missiles are still awful even with the portal.