Buff Reaper's Melee Damage

General Discussion
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Bra, even on PS4 people above play think Reaper is a troll pick. He’s like slightly above Torbjorn in terms of teammate salt.

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Reaper does not need a damage buff. He has the highest DPS in the entire game, even beyond the reach of Bastion thanks to his ability to land headshots.

What Reaper needs is for Shadow Step to not suck. That is all.

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Most of my interactions with Reaper is him wraith forming up to me in turret form and 3 shotting me. And I can’t out-DPS him nor escape.

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almost like bastion is a terrible hero or something

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dude i’m a ps4 player and i see reapers slaying literally everyday tho. :thinking:

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Almost like the devs are ignoring him or something.

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i guess that happens in low elos

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Range.

Range and other flankers. If the enemy team has a good hit scan or good Hanzo then Reaper’s a throw pick. Besides, everyone hears his teleport so he has little mobility during fights or when preparing to fight.

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i’m in high elo so that’s what i was referring to but since you’re in low elo maybe you should tell me what happens in there? i’m curious

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im sure you are meanwhile keep posting on your level 17 pc account lmfao

because you dont know how to post on your main :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

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Hmm… I guess that’s a question of POV.
Most of the heros I play nowadays are countered by Reaper (Bastion, Hammond, Orisa, …) so I kinda see him like a really strong character.

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bro you needa log into this website with a username and password how tf am i supposed to do that if i’m on ps4 :roll_eyes::mask:

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You bring up a good point, lad. Those guys are bodies by Reaper.

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nerf reaper. he has the highest dps in the game and the best ultimate ability in the game. thats 2 much

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Maybe like I did? It’s possible.

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i guess hes embarrassed by his main lmao or something :man_shrugging:

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gosh darnit smoke stop with your sarcasmmmmmmmm

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His teleport is loud and slow making him easy to find and eassh to hit.

His damage is only good up close, keep range on him.

His hit box is fairly easy to hit, burst him down from range.

There now you know how to counter Reaper.

The more are only a few reasons why Reaper is struggling:

His Shadow Step is pathetically slow and incredibly loud. Speed up the animation by half.

Wide spread pellets are distributed by rng - this is an issue for all shot gun type weapons in the game. Which results in pellets randomly missing the enemy. Using rng for Damage application for some weapon types but not totherd creates an advantage for those weapons which can be just as aim intensive as the shot gun (because you want all pellets to hit so you have to get almost point blank), but player with skill will turn to any weapon which is more reliable - anything not a shot gun (except Dva because no reload).

Fixing these two problems would make Reaper much more reliable and a viable pick vs the right comps.

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And 2 of the 3 I mentionned are currently UP.
Well, in Hammond’s case, it’s debatable. I don’t think he needs many more to be a very good hero. But Bastion really needs some love.

I also think buffing Bastion would balance more character than just the big omnic. Reaper would see more play, Sombra as well.

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R.I.P. Bastion, dragon arrow won’t let him play.