"This literally does nothing": Marvel Rivals community sarcastically debates over Peni Parker's abilities

The Marvel Rivals community is debating over the effectiveness of Peni Parker's Spider-Nest ability, but not in a serious manner. This Vanguard class hero is considered something more than a tank character and relies upon her spiderweb and mine abilities. According to Rivals Tracker, a third-party Marvel Rivals statistics website, she has a win rate of 54.66%, the highest of all, and yet, the Peni Parker mains have some opinions about the usefulness of her Bionic Spider-Nest ability.

The game's fans expressed their views regarding the same issue in a recent post u/jimmythechicken on the official Marvel Rivals Subreddit. The post got over 8,500 upvotes and hundreds of comments. It features the picture of Peni Parker's Spider-Nest and the heading reads:

" PSA: this literally does nothing"

PSA: this literally does nothing byu/jimmythechicken inmarvelrivals

The comments thread attracted many opinions from the players. Mainly due to the hilarious reason behind it. The Spider-Nest is one of her deadly abilites and when opponents step on an Arachno Mine, it explodes and causes heavy damage. However, Peni Parker mains are suggesting opponents should turn a blind eye towards those mines and step on them (in a sarcastic manner).

A player sarcastically remarked that the Spider-Nestof Peni Parker could be encountered very easily. u/ZOMBIESwithAIDS also humorously mentioned that any second a player spends to damage the Spider-Nest is a waste of time and compared it to the Loki's clones.

Comments from the community (Image via Reddit || r/MarvelRivals)

Additionally, u/lantran3041975 and u/looking_at_memes shared GIFs revealing the joke to the community that the post spreads misinformation.

More comments from the community (Image via Reddit || r/MarvelRivals)

This humoruous bit from the Peni Parker players has taken the Marvel Rivals community with storm, with many players now more aware of the ability. However, discussions like these contribute to the evolving nature of the game and help developers know what to buff or nerf.

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What is the purpose of Peni Parker's Spider-Nest in Marvel Rivals?

The Bionic Spider-Nest is a strategic ability that allows Peni to control areas on the battlefield. When deployed, the nest periodically spawns drones that can damage the opponents and apply pressure in key areas. This forces the enemies to either engage with the nest to destroy it, or avoid the area altogether, ultimately making them reposition against their will in many situations.

Peni Parker's ultimate (Image via NetEase Games)

Additionally, the Spider-Nest synergizes Peni's ultimate ability by deploying Arachno-Mines within the Cyber-Webs generated by the nest, making a large trap that automatically detonates if an enemy approaches. This combination disrupts the enemy and provides a reliable defense system to the allies.

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