Its so difficult to play him rn. Im not gonna ask for a survivability or burst damage buff. But he needs a buff to his damage output since armor is so strong rn. So either buff his mag size or his fire rate. They can maybe also give him the ability to reload while using TaB, that would help him a lot.
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My buff for Hog (which I’ve suggested years ago now) is +1 ammo on successful Hook.
That way you never Hook dry/empty (which can happen even if you’re paying attention to your ammo, like if you need to react immediately to Hook off ults), and you get rewarded for landing your Hook properly.
Hog will always kinda suck in 5v5 without a Kiriko babysitter to cleanse Ana, while Anti (and even Mauga/Orisa) is in the game.
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The last thing I’d suggest is a faster fire-rate. I’m more concerned about how enjoyable Hog is to play than whether or not he’s necessarily balanced. I want them to find a middle ground where they return that heavyweight feeling he had to his shotgun with more burst damage, and the hook-combo.
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Thats honestly a very good suggestion, did not think of that.
As much as i would like for his true one shot to come back, its too good in the 5v5 world. Thats why im suggesting damage buffs that are not burst damage.
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Only Hog buff needed is nerfing Ana’s anti-grenade to a heal reduction instead, like how they were testing it in Mirrorwatch. Nerf the anti grenade then you can properly adjust all the sustain tanks.
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Fr. Even just nerfing anti to 80% heal reduction from 100% would be good enough. Then it wouldn’t hard counter Transcendence anymore either, which is it’s own seperate issue.
Yea, I think that’s what it was in Mirrorwatch, either 80% or 90% reduction instead of full anti. Only issue is they didn’t have any of the sustain tanks in that mode to test it against.
Then nerf Hook to make him enjoyable to play into. Hog should not be a good hero in his current state
They should buff hog by nerfing heroes that counter him or that he has bad matchups against instead of feeding more into the power creep. 