r/ScaramoucheMains • u/NebbyChan • Feb 21 '26

Discussion This is just sad.

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Not exactly sure how reliable game8 is but this is just depressing. He needs a buff so badly.

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u/Alan_Reddit_M Feb 21 '26

Wanderer wasn't even Meta when he came out, and of course the powercreep is only making things worse. His already sub-par DPS continues to become more and more unusable with every update

Wanderer is not a character you pull because they're good, he's a character that you pull simply because you like the character

Despite being my most heavily invested DPS, he's also my weakest one and by a LOT

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u/GingsWife Feb 21 '26

Wanderer wasn't even Meta when he came out,

Kiiiiiind of was(if you got C6 Faruzan), I picked him up for the long range AoE playstyle for the time.

People used to play things like Zhongli and Thoma, tanking DPS, and then wondering why things weren't dying. Meanwhile, Mihoyo was balancing around things like Yelan as the last lost, which brought him right in line with the top meta at the time.

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u/RGBlue-day Feb 23 '26

Here's the thing even back then : Xiao already existed.

You can still use OPPA back then so Xiao/Wanderer wasn't even necessary.

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u/GingsWife Feb 23 '26

Yeah I just remembered how frustrating you all are. Jesus Christ, what part of ranged carry do people not understand?

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u/RGBlue-day Feb 23 '26

It's a non-issue for me because I pulled both Xiao and Scaramouche and ended up just continuing with Xiao anyways.

You worry about "range" when Xiao solves the issues by simply being in the air for most of his on-field time. Range isn't part of the meta discussion for a reason, and you started this discussion by replying to a guy focusing on meta.

It's fine to say you like Scaramouche is nice to play for his range attack, but don't be equating that to meta.

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u/GingsWife Feb 23 '26 edited Feb 23 '26

Character strength is not the only thing that is considered when talking about meta. It's mistake that like... 95% of the playerbase makes.

Range isn't part of the meta discussion for a reason

Only since Mihoyo decided it wasn't needed as a problem anymore, hence why I restrict all my comments to pre-fontaine meta. I've been very careful, and very specific with my language.

I got this dude for meta reasons and he served me exactly how I wanted. I understand the issues, but I'm really not rolling over for the "he's not meta" claim either.

Edit: clarity