A grandmaster players thoughts on the game (V2 - 5/21/19)

I think the last post was 5/8

She changed

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did you read the top?

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Also do you mean faster than normal or just fast in general?

Because he already swings faster in Overload

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i mean faster then normal, for the memes… also im a she xD

You are meant to be on a break Alexis

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Those are some really good suggestion. Most of those changes are what those heroes main want
Buffing Junkrat projectiles, letting pharah cancelled her ult, giving Sombra more mobility, Sym tp buff, Moira healing buff etc.
The only problem here is Brig, while those changes would make her better in 2-2-2, she would still be a problem in GOAT.

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The problen with Brigitte is the low cooldown of her stun, if you increase Shield Bash damage to 25 points then you should increase its cooldown to 8 secods. In order to make Brigitte viable in 2/2/2 as a healer, I think all it takes is a 5 second Repair Pack and 20 meter radious Rally.

you have to remember that SB is brigs only mobility as well, once she uses it shes pretty easy to dive and kill

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Nerfing widow would help alleviate goats anyway though.

Most of these are good but I think you’re overcompensating sombra for the hack duration Nerf. I feel like sombra gets a bad reputation for being a teamwork reliant hero when most people I’ve seen play her in competitive can’t even be bothered to call out hacks or wait for the team to be ready to emp, and this is in masters where I see this. Buffing her weapon spread means shell get emp faster and at higher ranks emp is pretty much a win button so if you’re going to buff her stealth cooldown, damage, and speed you’re gonna have to do more than just shave 2 seconds off of hack otherwise you might be making her even more annoyong

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The hack changes completely ignore Sombra’s issues and why she’s used on team.

Her base kit is already weak. She didn’t need changes to it. Nor do you want her just coming out of stealth and winning those 1v1s, as that not only moves her away from her character’s core identity but makes her far worse to play against.

Stealth assassins in games where there are no things like stealth detection are always game breaking. Her gun isn’t like that only because of hack, it’s also like that because of stealth.

Sombra could use the speed buffs in exchange for something like an increase to cast time to EMP, put it in line with normal hack/shatter. It would make it more reasonable to interrupt with a stun without making it a guarantee. And shift some of the EMP power to her base kit without buffing hack. Her ult is the thing that needs to be weaker, not her base kit.

Hack’s status effect itself needs no changes. It needs to be as long as it is because of the various cds.

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well im looking at this from a grandmaster perspective where being hacked means your going to die alot of the time, i want to fix that but not make her terrible

Wait you mean even faster than what overload already increases it to?

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The stats don’t back that up. She doesn’t have impressive stats in GM or league.

That trend is also true in league until you get to her teamfight winrate with ult, where she’s well above the norm.

Sombra is an ult bot.

Her ult is a bit too strong, but it doesn’t make up for her weak base kit enough. She needs power shifted from her ult to her base kit.

It couldn’t hurt, but I don’t know how helpful it’ll be as most DCs are mid round.

I don’t know if this is necessary. With practice, you can work out when it’s going to end. It works the same way as a Genji deflecting, just different people need to keep track.

I fear you’ll undo Blizzard’s attempts to balance her. Brig has some strong burst heal, and low but highly consistent AoE heals. Her bash is still so strong, and reliable on a relatively short cooldown. And making her able to insta-combo down a Tracer again isn’t something I want to agree to.

All of this is just making Brig easier. You need to worry about cooldowns less, you don’t need any awareness or coordination to deal with Tracer. And you are even less concerned about positioning since you can Armor Pack from further away. Making a low skill-floor, low skill-ceiling hero even easier doesn’t seem like a good idea.

She doesn’t do her job against Tracer at all in 222. Tracer has never been that great against tank comps because all she can do is farm pulse bomb, which was nerfed.

Tracer needs hazards that aren’t worse on low mobility mid-long range dps.

Bash isn’t that strong anymore, unless you’re in 333. Because of how quickly that comp can stabilize people.

No they are not, they overly favorite DPS again. DPS needs nerfs through their whole roster.

Only if they universally toned down damage and healing to bring down TTKs by a little. Otherwise, no.

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No, DPS are getting out of hand fast. Tanks are so unfun to play cause most of the time your not even allowed Todo anything, reaper or Mei. Looking at you two.

What do you mean by “her job against Tracer”? Forcing a recall is value. Forcing her off your healer is value. Or stunning her and having team following up on a kill is value.

Sure, Brig is less viable in 222 than GOATS, but there are many heroes which are more viable in some comps and not others. Right now, Genji is pretty bad, but we’re not buffing him to make him better at killing tanks.