So I’ll just list the heroes in 3 sections according to my beliefs in a locked 2-2-2 scenario, Too strong, Too weak and balanced. Here we go:
Too weak:
Baptiste. The only real place I see him being useful is with bunker comp like orisa-bastion-hog, outside of that I can’t see any use for him.
Brigitte. I don’t think she needs much to be honest, slight buff to her healing would probably make her a nice off-healer. I think one second reduce cooldown on her repair pack will probably put her in a really good spot.
D.Va. With all the nerfs she got during GOATs meta, I think it’s only fair they go back on some of it.
Reinhardt. Okay, that’s a hard one, I’m thinking either reduce the shield recovery time, or reduce Orisa’s shield uptime. But Orisa and Reinhardt should be on par with each other in terms of shield value.
Balanced:
Ana. I see some people on the forums think she’s OP , but given how easy it is for Doomfist/Genji/Tracer to deal with an Ana in a 1v1, I don’t think she’s problematic.
Doomfist. I think he’s sort of okay, maybe slightly too strong, but I don’t think he’s a problem.
Genji. He hasn’t been doing too hot lately, but I think that’s mostly caused by the powercreep and the tank stacking. So if those two are addressed he’ll be in a great spot again.
Mercy.
Moira.
Lucio. Maybe revert back his speed boost nerf, and that’s about it.
Pharah. I believe Pharah is fine, problem is hitscans are buffed too much due to powercreep, nerf them and Pharah will be a great choice.
Roadhog.
Symmetra. (it is my personal belief she’s doing way better than the forum makes her to be)
Torbjörn.
Tracer.
Winston.
Zarya. Not really sure about Zarya. Possibly take away a little bit of her damage and put more value in her bubble to make her feel more like a tank and less of a dps. She’s deffinitely not problematic tho.
Zenyatta.
Soldier 76.
Too strong:
Ashe.
Hanzo. (I don’t understand why storm arrow is still allowed to do crits.)
Junkrat. I really enjoyed Junkrat before they nerfed his grenades splash radius. He got buffed to help deal with Goats, but since Goats will now be impossible I guess that’s not really needed.
McCree.
Orisa. She’s just straight up better than Reinhardt right now which for me is just straight up unfair. Orisa and Reinhardt should be on par in terms of value they provide.
Reaper. Got buffed to the skies to deal with Goats. Goats is gone, no need for that anymore.
Widowmaker. Nerfs to tanks, nerfs to D.Va, all her counters are weak, and she is more or less free to do as she pleases more often than not. Also I’m really not a fan of a double-sniper so I’d love if Widow and Hanzo are brought down a little bit.
Wrecking ball. Wasn’t really sure wether to put him here, but he’s pretty annoying and has really strong CC. Maybe a bit too much.
Unsure:
So I left out three heroes, which I wasn’t quite sure where to put them in: Bastion, Sombra and Mei . I’m gonna have to wait and see how these three are doing, they all have potential to be great, or sub-optimal in my opinion.
Please let me know what are your thoughts on 2-2-2 balance! Which heroes need nerfs? Which heroes need buffs? Do you think if they launched 2-2-2 with current balance state it would be fine, or do you think certain heroes would stick out too much and which heroes?
Thank you for reading and I hope everyone is having a great day!
My rank is high diamond, however I haven’t played competitive in a little while. About Reaper, I’m just thinking he needs something else, his power distribution is very uneven. Ultimate is very underwhelming, his E teleport is extremely underwhelming, almost to the point of it being useless.
Reins in need of buffs but not Zarya?
Definitely not true
She’s complete troll pick right now, Implement 222 and she’ll be even worse. She’ll need buffs. (Second lowest pickrate, lowest winrate)
The reason I put her in Balanced, is because buffing Rein will automatically get her in a better spot aswell, given how well she synergizes with him. But with the current damage output of most DPS heroes (cough hitscans and snipers cough) I wouldn’t be opposed to the idea of her having a little more value in bubbles, either increasing the damage it takes for bubble to break, or slightly reducing bubbles cooldown.
So you limit her synergy even more by only buffing rein and leaving her? She needs to be a strong hero by herself and not be garbage without synergies. Zarya only has rein, rein doesn’t need zarya. Buff zarya if 222 comes.
i personally dont think shes garbage at all.
she has one of the strongest ults in the game and unique utility with her bubbles.
if anything slight tuning is all she needs
I get the feeling you want them to be equal viable, but I’m afraid that’s an unrealistic wish, especially in high ranks and OWL.
They both have their own niches in which one excels over the OTHER. Expecting them to perform equal in, lest say Bunker, is simply impossible, because their kit are just too different, despite them both being anchor tanks.
Eh, maybe.
To be honest, I consider her already pretty balanced. Her pickrate and winrate aren’t exactly bad, you know?
Only in OWL is she not picked often anymore, but she isn’t the only one. This is an esport, and pros play to win. It’s their job after all. And the best way to win is by playing those who are meta. Occasionally do we see rare characters like Torbjorn and Symmetra being played, but the majority of the time will you see the same 6 heroes being played over and over again.
I would add his speed back if goats is no more, for the sake of giving a counter to bunker comps and give rein / Zaria comps a bit of light. It would even make picks like reaper and Mei more useful in more occasions.
yea lucio should get his speed changes at least partially reverted. now that theres no chance of having 3-4 tanks speedrush you, speed boost loses a lot of its potential.
Some of the heroes like Reaper, Rat, etc got buffed specifically aimed at GOATs. Some of those changes will get reverted or nerfed down a bit at minimum. Those heroes are very ‘situational’. You may see them at lower ranks more often. But, that’s only because lower ranked players don’t aim or shut down the weaker heroes as well as the higher ranks. (There’s also the ‘I don’t know what im doing. I’m a reaper main’ theory.)
If 2-2-2 is implemented they would have to almost start balance all over. Put all characters at a certain level and see what happens. I’m interested to see what happens or what is implemented.
Oh lord no! 190 DPS when charged and 2 second or 200-400hp damage mitigation makes her strong. Her balance comes from necessary teamwork of her bubbles and ult. She isn’t good with Orisa, so she is taking a backseat right now.
One of the most balanced heroes in OW.
I don’t see how Junk is too strong, even with your explanation. He is niche at best.
McCree is strong but only because his skill ceiling was leveled with the fire rate buff. The combination of fire rate and reload time is too forgiving for players who cannot aim.
I hate Reaper.
I don’t remember who said it, but he or she was dead on when saying, “Widow’s state is due to skill creep.” A nerf wouldn’t hurt, but it would need to be charge rate.
Junkrat is far from strong. He is one of the weakest heroes in the game right now, and really needs buffs. Especially considering his only niche was countering tank-heavy comps, he will be near useless
I’m predicting either a hard carry sniper meta, or an aggressive tracer focused meta. I believe now that there are defined expectations of team comps, it will be much easy for blizzard to balance the game. It will lead to more enjoyable games as well. For example, the structured 2-2-1-1 comp of competitive TF2 was by far the most enjoyable way to play the game.
