Playing s9 at GM level impressions : Gambit NEEDS the team ups.

Ok so they are obviously very strong.

And yet, 250 hp in what is literally a hellzone of dive and poke that can all dish out that damage near instantly, means Gambit is a sitting duck.

With no way to reduce his cooldowns and with heals already being limited compared to other characters (insane Mantis and Adam buffs for instance), you don't have the luxury of saving your cooldowns as much as you would like.

The mag team up has saved me virtually every single time I got dived. A stark contrast with last season where you could 1v1 most of them just fine, here the devs clearly identified things were gonna get ugly if he didn't have a "get off me" move.

You literally can not win a 1v1 vs psylocke, iron fist, bp, spider-man and DD without it now.

Now granted I do think maybe they could have made the Mag team up an explosion around Gambit instead of something he can aim because that is a strong tool, but then again, the team ups of other characters are INSANE too.

He is still banned in most matches because of ult and Rogue PERMANENT team up (lmao ?).

What is your impression so far of new patch (not just Gambit) and what rank are you playing currently ?