Does torbjorn’s turret do too much damage?

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I mean it’s an automatic weapon that literally requires 0 skill… should an ability like that really be in the game?

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It’s fine as long as there’s proper counter play, which, let’s be frank, is over-abundant. He’s one of the least viable heroes in the game.

The turret’s intended to deal with mobility heroes and create AoE damage.

The only issue is the turret’s dumb as a sack of bricks and would rather shoot a Winston bubble than the 2 HP Tracer that’s about to recall. :man_shrugging:

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Well tracer only has 150hp so its not really fair if the turret is targeting her al the time

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Damage is fine, but the damage it deals builds his ultimate unnecessarily fast.

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That’s kind of the point of it, though. It’s meant to force squishy mobile heroes to swap (I know, heaven forbid that people have to swap). It’s just really ineffective at what it does.

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I have to agree that it does way too much damage especially when you’re playing heroes with lower health bars to begin with.

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Is this really a nerf torb thread am I seeing this with my own two eyes??? LMAO

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This is a game that one can play in their sleep, they might as well add flying drones that 1 shots people and it would still belong in the game.

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You guys know that the damage has already been nerfed right? I believe multiple times too. It’s fine. If it’s doing too much damage to you then you should reevaluate your approach

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No. It doesnt. Its a burden on Torb though, having his potential tied to such a poor deployable.

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You’ve scouted out the turret as Tracer. Call it out to team to deal with it. Change heroes if you’re having trouble dealing with turret yourself. The turret is kind of meant to keep away flankers. Stay out of line of sight. This doesn’t need a nerf just because low hp heroes can’t deal with it solo.

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I have NEVER seen any Tracer/Genji swap because of Torb. But Torb usually have to swap because of them actually…

But yeah, everything is fine. Two years guys ! Two years !! :joy::joy::joy:

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he’s actually getting a rework (should be a buff in a sense) soon, but his turret does 30% less damage on console, and it still melts.

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don’t let them know he’s getting a rework/buff, might send them into a craze

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Torb melting people… :thinking:

But you’re the guy calling Ana oppressive after all. Nothing from you can surprise me anymore. :joy:

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Torb Turrets can wreck in lower ranks becasue people don’t know how to deal with it. If Torb is left alive for a few team fight it just kind of snowballs due to the extra armor and his fairly fast ult charge.

but yeah the last thing Torb needs is a nerf.

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i was using sarcasm talking about ana, learn when people are using sarcasm, and it can definently feel like he’s melting you, when he has his turret doing pretty decent damage, along with torb right clicks.

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I think the turret’s fine, it’s stationary, takes a while to build up and easily killed. It’s like an extremely nerfed bastion.

However if you were to suggest lowering the damage of the turret and move it over into his rivet gun I’d be totally on board

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OMG!!! this was enough Forum 4 me today

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Just understand how it works. It’s a very simple AI, and it won’t deliberately swap target to kill a flanking Tracer. If you have a tank walk into it’s sightline, it will shoot away at a well fortified and most likely supported target, and completely ignore you, even if you’re right next to it and wailing on it’s creator.