3 Doom Counters Getting Buffed

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So when’s doom’s turn?

Atleast before with the fire rate there was some sort of play you could make against mccree… now he’s just able to roll out of combo’s + his flashbang…

Soooo…

Rising Uppercut:

  • Uppercut recovery time decreased from .35 seconds to .2 seconds.

Thanks :smiley:

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Plz n thank you :slight_smile:

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If you add a slam buff while slightly nerfing punch, it could work.

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I think it would be cool if Doomfist could perform combos, like characters in fighting games do. It would reward quick reflexes, but button-mashing would get you nothing.

However, I think Overwatch would have to be a much more complicated game than it is now. I have so many good ideas, why won’t these giants just let me ride their shoulders?

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I wouldn’t be against 200 damage punch with 20 meter slam.

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honestly I wouldn’t mind a doom buff

as long as his counters are strong, I don’t mind him being strong. Atelast then theres some counterplay.

(This is coming from someone who advocates that “no hero should ever be deleted” but deep down would prefer if doom was deleted)

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The only change I see Doom getting is him dying in the OW2 opening cinematic.

They obviously regret making him, and who can blame them. A hero with 3 displacement abilities and a one shot? He’s high skill for sure but he enforces the need for high CC, and is up there with Mei in frustration. He even sounds annoying. He has counters but he just makes the game a chore to play.

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Right now I’d say he is just a punch bot then get out with the other two abilities.

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That is his best playstyle. Too bad it’s so hilariously boring that no one other than Dannedd and Samito play like that. (and just OWL doomfists ofc)

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Not saying he should or shouldn’t get a buff but all I’m gonna say is that we’re heading into a dive meta where Doomfist will be extremely strong as a dive counter and a diver himself.

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I mean even with the dive meta going on in GM he’s still bottom half in pickrates.

He’s just not good at all. Especially cause widow, ashe, and tracer are all being played and they all dog doomfist. Plus sombra is on the rise in GM as well.

I mean pretty much all of his counters have always been better than him since release. (Other than double shield ofc but then again, no one else could physically do anything anyway)

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Let’s not…

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I honestly wouldn’t mind a Doom buff now that McCree isn’t a free kill

Zen tho…

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20 Meter slam and doom is near fixed with the uppercut revert on top.

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And why not?

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Look at their activity, they continuously advocate for him to be trash so :woman_shrugging:

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In the last weak in gm he’s right now the 7th most picked dps after Tracer,Ashe,Widowmaker,Sombra,Genji & Reaper.

  • Tracer is the leader of the meta and especially considering how weak Brigitte is, it’s clear she’s here to stay.
  • Now Ashe & widowmaker both hopefully will vanish now that dive is going up in picks… Especially after the recent Ashe’s nerf.
  • Reaper, Genji & Sombra are all divers as well (although I personally cateogires Reaper & Sombra as flankers not divers but still) not to mention Reaper is an anti dive hero as well.

7th place is not the greatest but hopefully he will be back a bit by bit with the meta, and i’m not against buffs, I like playing Doomfist but I personally prefer the rocket punch->uppercut-> seismic slam back to safety combo which is more divey and less flanky so I don’t see too much of the nerf, I’m not against that they will revert part of the nerf.

I get Widow & Ashe being Doomfist counters but Tracer… it’s all about who focus who.

  • If Tracer focus a back liner it’s very easy to punish her as Doomfist since she’s run around other target and not you.
  • But if Tracer focus you it’s very hard doing anything to her… it’s best to just try to use uppercut for a bit of shields and just run away. Tracer will mostly like win that fight but you have a lot of hp so it will be a bit harder for her.
  • If You’re on a back liner Tracer can’t really stop you.
  • If you’re on Tracer I think it’s senario I all over again but easier to hit.

Personally I would put that fight under the soft countering in favor of doomfist category (out of hard countering, soft countering, fair match-up, avoid, being soft countered, being hard countered.)

Tracer would prefer fighting your support line anyways since she preferer squishy targets with low mobility, and while punch is better for stronger targets it can have great effect on Tracer.
But still, I agree Doomfist is weak to Ashe and Widowmaker and up close Tracer would usually win the 1v1.

What do you mean by that? Counters should be better than what they are strong against…
Or you mean better in term of pick rate?
Just want to remind Bastion is one of Doomfist strongest counters and it always was worse than Doomfist.
Orisa is now F tier.
Roadhog idk what’s going on with him.
And Sombra is one of the weakest heroes in the game.

Doomfist has a lot of counters as a one shot hero but because of that potentail it can also kill pretty easily most of them.

I’m not saying he’s in a perfect condition but it makes sense such a hero will be a high risk high reward kind of hero similar to Widowmaker considering both do pretty much the same thing in different ranges.

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Yeah that’s the punch bot playstyle.

No doom player likes that other than… punch botters. It’s the most boring playstyle and sadly the most effective.

This.

She’s getting buffed.

He’s getting buffed.

She’s being picked a lot in GM now. She has a higher pick rate than doom. In fact I think she’s 4th place for DPS.

No not really. Rocket punch is hilariously easy to dodge.

???

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LOL, thats the only reason i play him

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I wouldn’t mind some ult buffs if punch was nerfed

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