I remember him being one of the strongest heroes in Ow1 and in Ow2 sometimes he was considered strong (meta once) but most of the times he is considered kinda weak. But since Ow1, he has gotten the most buffs.
Right now he has the same damage, same rate of fire , VASTLY more stronger storm arrows (and less cd) , way better ult after the recent buffs, better hitbox for his bow etc
I think the most buffed received character is lifeweaver
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I only remember him being top when they remaked him in ow1 and storm arrows was very op. He was always between mid and bad. He is being buffed a lot because he have been nerfed a lot in ow2 and in the last updates of ow1. He lost wallclimb shooting, he had bigger projectiles before (a lot way back), I think they reduced his damage so he couldn’t one shot reaper and others…, and s9 was the big nerf to him, with all hp adjusted so he couldn’t 1-shot or two body shot anyone. Then they very slowly started to buff him to he being back to what was he, always recovering something but being nerfed in compensation a lot of times.
Right now I feel like he have what he lost plus some cd of storm arrows back. Still other characters were buffed with better perks than him, but in this last patch I feel like he is at least mid strong.
I don’t know if his ult is better because he received a big nerf before to it’s speed that people thought it was a buff but it wasn’t. And I think he felt more powerful in s8 because he had more damage compared to the hp, right now a little bit of healing can break his two tap easily.
For me it was a very frustrating experience with s9, because they destroyed him and it felt very bad, and they only buffed him in baby steps, so I was like thirsty to he being at least good and they only gave some drops of buff each season very slowly, it’s been like 8 seasons so like 2 years like that.
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He needed it, was it Bogur who nearly went crazy trying to do a Bronze to GM?
There are more heroes he can’t one-shot that he could before S9. These include Cass, Weaver, and Sym. He also can’t headshot+melee a Reaper or Mei, nor can he bodyshot+melee a Tracer or baby D.Va.
Storm Arrows also used to be able to headshot+bodyshot standard HP targets, now requiring 2 headshots.
He also can’t partial charge his bow to oneshot standard HP targets, as his maximum headshot damage is 250 (no boost) at full charge. To get an effect similar to this, he needs to unlock his major perk, being Dragon Fury.
His slightly larger projectiles are too account for the ever-increasing mobility in the game.
He’s not quite at the power he was before S9 even considering all these buffs, and he was considered to be a weaker hero even then.
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This is not enough, we need to cut it down even more
He needed it because his design is so god awful. How they haven’t realized that yet is baffling.
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Hanzo has been trash for so long during OW2 years, it’s refreshing to see him actually carry from time to time. I know several Hanzo mains who simply stopped playing OW, because they couldn’t overcome hero’s weakness despite hundreds of hours spent perfecting their skills.
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I had been a GM for a large portion of OW1’s life.
When he lost his oneshot, I dropped all the way from GM to Diamond trying to onetrick him. I fooled myself into thinking I was good enough to still make him work.
I couldn’t get him back to GM until we got perks. I still fell back to Masters even then.
Arrge is gone, Lars is gone, Cloud passed away (rest in peace, brother), and hardly anybody plays him at upper ranks anymore.