Junkrat’s Q is SO. FREAKING. BORING…
until level 16. Then it becomes amazing. I don’t care which talent you pick, but it’s fun af. Suddenly you get to do hit and fade, or giant explosions, or a constant barrage, and he’s such a delight to play. Before that, his Q is just some boring drudgery of a skillshot compared to what it can be. Not that it’s bad or underpowered or anything. Just freaking Q. Q. Q. AA. Q. wait 5 seconds. etc.
Flip them. Picking the 16 at level 1 would have huge implications for his entire build going forward and would make the character way more fun to play for the major portion of the game. It might take some rebalancing or they could be quests to work toward (e.g. hit 2+ heroes with a single bomb 30x to unlock Spread Volley). But man, if you want to build for his Q, the low-level talents are SO. BLAND. and have minimal impact on how you play him, just making him better at what he was going to be doing anyway.
Give us the 16’s at 1. Don’t make the mad bomber wait until 13 minutes in to become a mad bomber.
No it’s not. You can annoy and poke your enemies from far away, that’s always funny.
Um, the only lvl 16 talent Junkrat has is Endless Nades.
He needs full talent rewamp, because he has only 1 build without any flexibility (and 1 heroic too).
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agreed its a big power spike at 16, but most heroes have that,
also if i could call JR anything, “boring” would be the last thing i’d pick!
you’re still setting up traps and booping people around 
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boom bam kapow at lv 1 is one of junkrats best talents no matter what build you go. putting that power spike at 16 will mean he will need some buffs to compensate for the damage loss
Junkrat is fun and the Q recharge is better than having to deal with mana.