Does Reinhardt need a buff?

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Does reinhardt need a buff of any kind?

Like 600 HP or faster Shield recovery to make people enjoy playing him more.

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Let him wield 2 hammers

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Let him fly with the booster on his back.

But if we’re going to be serious, yes, he does, but something slight. Faster shield regen, maybe removing the cooldown after the shield falls, and making him heavier, as in, more resistant to boops, would do the trick.

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Worst part about Rein is that people below diamond still think he’s a viable tank. I literally have to talk people out of playing Rein (especially on defense) every other match. Orisa just embarrasses him.

As for buffs, he needs faster regen on his shield and some sort of CC immunity like Orisa. Being more mobile doesn’t mean much when your shield is busted and you constantly get CC’d.

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i think some kind of a passive called “crusaders spirit” or something like that would be a decent buff where he starts a small health regen either when his shield breaks or he goes below 300 hp so that he can brawl more and be less vulnerable on his own

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I’m personally a fan of giving him a slight increase to the rate his shield regens and that it starts regening the instant he drops it instead of taking 2 seconds to start regenerating or make it so his rocket hammer does 100 damage. one of these two things needs to be done.

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I personally want to see his shield be considered a weapon and not ability like Mercy’s staff is. that way if he gets hacked he can still use his shield.

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I think so. The game has much more damage, CC, and alternatives swinging around but Reinhardt has remained static. Of a different era you could say.

Some changes would definitely needed. Maybe firestrike hits recovering shield HP and a max shield HP buff? He rarely feels like the Crusader he is.

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Like his former master? Ok.

Or at least let him throw the hammer like that in the beta.

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I think he does need a minor buff.

  1. Fix Earth Shatter so it is more reliable.
  2. Consider giving Earth Shatter back It’s height.
  3. Either increase shield regeneration rate or remove the 2 second cooldown. I prefer the second one.

I think that is all he needs. I wouldn’t touch any of his damage abilities. They are good where they are at.

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Ult height roll back.

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As much as I love the german crusader I gotta say I don’t think he needs a buff persay as I thinkwe’ll see a natural rise in him when we start seeing some of the really good death ball enabler heroes come back, with Moira and soon Briggeette
Mei is still getting looked at as far as I know, with Hanzo being less mobile if he becomes a meta pick he’ll help, and once we even up the roster we see a good McCree who thrives on this build

In TL;DR once Death Ball becomes a more viable strategy to deal with dive or at least contend then Rein will come back as he is the only tank who can anchor an offensive death ball with Winston’s shield dying too quick and Orisa being too imobile

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maybe because below diamond he IS a viable tank

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No.

Next question.

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let rien charge with shield up and make it have brigite shield bash effect on top of the pin damage

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Rein is rarely better than Orisa. I tend to only use Rein when i want to make the other team freak out about how fast we are advancing. Kind of forcing them into a trickle.

It wouldn’t hurt to give him a tiny boost that makes him unique.

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Shield starts recharging once dropped

Earth shatter now his a hit from the hammer (give rein almost a delete key for anyone crazy to be in his face when dropping the hammer)

Maybe let him use his chargewith his shield up? It burns shield charge, but in exchange you got a fast moving barrier coming towards you. Better yet, instead of pinning it’s a huge knock back.

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make his shield regen as soon as he drops it, not 2 seconds after like it does now

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Sub diamond has less coordination and worse DPS. Nobody uses his shield and he’s pretty much just an ult battery. The only thing that makes Rein playable sub diamond is that it’s more likely the enemy team has a Rein also. Orisa destroys Rein at all levels (minus two maps), and especially in sub diamond.

I play in gold and plat, and when I see a Rein on the enemy team I know that round is in the bag. Takes about 5 seconds to drop his shield with Orisa and it’s GG.

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I think if anything, he just needs a slight buff to his shield recharge rate. But other than that he’s good.

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