How I'd Balance Every Hero 💕

[DarkStar-2811]

Interesting that you are fine with removing Transformation ults from Genji and Soldier, but Torb, Winston, Brigette and Bastion get to keep theirs. Makes absolutely no sense

[Solastraea-1148]

I didn’t remove them, they just have a window where they can be stopped. Blade and Visor have pretty long cast times that mean nothing, but having them be able to be stunned out of the ultimate during that time made sense. I honestly forgot about Bastion, so he’d be the same way. The other ultimates aren’t as impactful as a blade or visor, with much shorter cast times, so I didn’t even think about mentioning it for them. It’d be the same all around; vulnerable to stuns/death during the cast animation, safe once the cast animation is over.

[DarkStar-2811]

THe cast times don’t mean onthing. The cast times alert you to the ult coming so that you can prepare counterplay.

Just because you don’t see them getting kills does not mean they aren’t impactful. Primal is strong. Molten is strong, Torb himself. Rally with it’s added permanent armour is strong. Tank is strong, Bastion himself is not.

There’s no need to change how ults work just because people somehow can’t kill a stunned soldier or Genji anyway

[Cheddar-22950]

Shots now ignore full health teammates.

This is actually poggers.

[WhateverAlex-1969]

Mercy

Valkrie

Moved to her E ability.
Grants chain healing/boosting to nearby allies for 33% effectiveness (30 HP/s, 15% damage boost), as well as free flight.
Increases base healing/boosting by 50% (90 HP/s, 45% damage boost).
No longer grants increased regeneration.
Lasts for 8s.
Cooldown is 16s.

Resurrect

Moved to her ultimate ability (Q).
Cast time increased to 2s (up from 1.75s), but only affects Mercy for 1s (cast animation). Takes 1s extra for the target to be revived. No longer slows Mercy. Can be cancelled by killing or stunning Mercy during the 1s cast time.
Range increased by 10m (up from 5m).

YES.

Absolutely perfect. Counterplay in the form of a cast time, and an ability that keeps her active in the fight. I feel the Valkyrie “E” may be a bit strong but otherwise it is perfect, I love it.

You have my stamp of approval, for whatever it’s worth.

[Solastraea-1148]

It just makes sense. Reinhardt loses his ultimate if he’s stunned during the animation, as does Lucio and Zarya. Having all ultimates be cancelled during their cast animations seems to level the playing field, and punishes bad positioning for transformation ultimates.

[WhateverAlex-1969]

I’d actually suggest that you make a separate thread for that Mercy suggestion. The megathread locked at 10K responses, and pushing Mercy changes via new threads would be great to tell Blizzard that we’d like some feedback heard.

I would post it in the megathread, but as I stated above, locked.

[Solastraea-1148]

Maybe I’ll throw it up tomorrow morning, but with some nerfs on the Valkyrie adjustment. Thanks for the support

[DarkStar-2811]

It “doesn’t” just make sese just because you say it does. Asking for nerfs to heroes when people already somehow can’t kill them when stunned is stupid. It would “level” the palying field if all ults had similar charge times, cast times and impacts. They don’t

[Kyarameru-11252]

Now disables all enemy movement abilities and passives for the duration of the slow.

Blizzard

Area of effect reduced by 2m (down from 10m).

I disagree with these 2, No one want to have their mobility hacked just by touching 1 ammo blast cost of her, the piecing freeze is already good enough.
Blizzard is not strong now, reducing its range is not the wei

[Solastraea-1148]

It “doesn’t” just make sese just because you say it does. Asking for nerfs to heroes when people already somehow can’t kill them when stunned is stupid. It would “level” the palying field if all ults had similar charge times, cast times and impacts. They don’t

Say you’re playing Genji, and as you ult, you get flashed by a McCree. Once the stun wears off, you still have your ultimate going. How is that fair compared to a Reinhardt, who’d lose their entire ultimate for using it at a bad time and being outplayed?

The mechanics of transformation ultimates are very forgiving compared to cast time and channeled ultimates. This would make it so there’s more risk and outplay potential for a limited window.

[DarkStar-2811]

Blade is melee range, Shatter is not.

All the ult changes were stupid anyway but they came about because of people whining. A change for the sake of a change to balanced heroes is stupid

[Ranter-21688]

Doomfist

The Best Defense…

Shields gained by abilities increased by 5, to a total of 35.
All cooldowns reduced by 1s when Doomfist participates in an elimination (does not affect Meteor Strike).

Seismic Slam

Cooldown decreased by 2 seconds (down from 7s).

Rising Uppercut

Cooldown decreased by 2 seconds (down from 7s).

Rocket Punch

Cooldown increased by 4 seconds (up from 4s).

I don’t like this. I don’t want RP to be on an 8 second cooldown. Besides, DF is still strong in the right hands and has seen pro play (coming from a guy that plays a lot of DF)

Swift Strike

Hitbox size reduced by 25% to match the animation shown.

Dragon Blade

Can now be cancelled if stunned/killed during the cast animation.

He doesnt need that, he has a balanced kit besides deflect

Now fires shots 50% faster when activated.

Doesnt need that, his ult can kill every hero in the game if the hero is in line of sight. ITS A ZONING ULT NOT A KILLING ULT

The Reaping

Self healing increased to 30% of damage dealt.

Hellfire Shotguns

Now ignore armor mechanics and treat armor as normal health.
Spread reduced by 10%.

Wraith Form

Now able to be cancelled.
Sound reduced by 25%.

Shadow Step

Cast time decreased to 1.5s (down from 2.5s).
Sound reduced by 5m.

Way too much, I dont want a super tank melter in the game. Besides, he is still useful at all ranks, and has seen pro play.

Tactical Visor

Can now be cancelled if stunned/killed during the cast animation.

He is balanced

Pulse Pistols

Damage reduced by 2 per shot (down from 12 per shot).

Maybe 1?

Cooldown from failed attempt reduced by 1s (down from 2s).
Cooldown from successful attempt reduced by 2s (down from 8s).

Correction:

• hack cast time 0.65 sec -> 8 sec
• remove hack punishment

Stealth

Cast time reduced by .3s (down from .7s).

EMP

Now gains ult charge through hacked healthpacks once again (at 50% the original rate).

I don’t mind it, but I hate the stealth mechanic anyway

Ironclad

Increased by 5% damage reduction (up from 20%).

Configuration: Sentry

Can now headshot enemies.

Configuration: Tank

Now gives 200 armor once cast

Bastion meta back eyyyyyyy (no)

RIP-Tire

Charge required increased by 20%

Realize its only like 2 - 4 more bombs right?
Needs to be 30 - 40 at least

Now disables all enemy movement abilities and passives for the duration of the slow.

you want a guarnteed death for the heros that walk next to her with 0 counter play? Oh hell no

Forge Hammer

Now heals the turret for 100 HP per hit (up from 50 HP).

Turret

Damage increased by 50%.
Range reduced by 50%.

Molten Core

Now deals 20 damage per second to enemies within 5m.

I completely disagree with all of that
Can you stop making cheese heroes meta? Torb is already hard to deal with in my rank (which is diamond). He needs little buffs, not major

Defense Matrix

Duration increased by 1s (up from 2s).
Maximum recharge time increased by 2s (up from 8s).

Boosters

Cooldown increased by 2s (up from 5s).

Micro Missiles

Can no longer be fired while Defence Matrix is active.
Damage reduced by 20%.

Not what she needs, and I don’t want DF to be longer. You are making her a dps tank and a DM bot at the same time.

Jump Pack

Cooldown increased by 2s (up from 6s).

Will kill him, he is balanced

Resurrect

Moved to her ultimate ability (Q).
Cast time increased to 2s (up from 1.75s), but only affects Mercy for 1s (cast animation). Takes 1s extra for the target to be revived. No longer slows Mercy. Can be cancelled by killing or stunning Mercy during the 1s cast time.
Range increased by 10m (up from 5m).

Correction

• LOS check added
• radius increased to 15 meters

Teleporter

Now has 12 charges (up from 6).
Allies can now see the location of the teleporter through the wall.

Shield Generator.

Now grants +25 shields (up from 75).
Area of effect increased by 25m (up from 50m).

Oh god, now sym will be more tilting to play against. Its not the way to buff her. She needs a rework to her abilities.

This is my opinion

[Rob-13479]

Offense: Only change I agree with is Genji’s deflect hitbox being reduced. He is a very balanced hero at the moment and simply doesn’t need changes apart from that one little thing. The rest of the changes you suggest for every hero in this category are way too much. Reaper does not need 7 buffs when he’s already not a bad hero. Doomfist does not need almost every single one of his cooldowns reduced. There is no reason to nerf 76 or buff McCree further. Tracer could use a nerf, but I would prefer if her movement or reload speed was addressed instead of her damage. These are all just ridiculous to imagine.

Defense: I like the Bastion changes and most of the Mei changes, but I think it’s fine that Mei’s ult can be cancelled if it’s still in her hand. If she’s thrown it and then dies, then yeah it makes no sense for it to disappear. Junkrat needs changes that will encourage him to actually go for airshots and generally encourage more aim. Your changes would be a net nerf which I don’t think he needs. I can’t say much about Torb, but I think your changes are overbearing. He doesn’t need straight buffs, he needs his gameplay shifted so he isn’t such a niche hero anymore.

Tank: I don’t think DM should be touched, but D.Va definitely deserves her booster cooldown increased, and the DM + Missiles combo removed. I like Rein’s earthshatter changes, but I don’t think his shield should be touched. Shields are already very powerful in this game and I don’t want his to be buffed when it’s not even part of the reason why he struggles at the moment; movement is and your D.Va and Winston changes already address that.

Support: I’m hesitant to buff Ana until I can see where she ends up once Winston and D.Va aren’t able to jump on her so easily. Your changes address that, so again I suspect she won’t need anything. Hard-no on the Mercy changes. She’s actually so balanced at the moment and should not be touched unless we see her struggle. In all levels of play she simply isn’t. Similar to Torb, Sym needs her gameplay changed rather than straight buffs.

Overall not bad, but I think you tend to give buffs out way too easily and don’t consider the impact some of the changes you suggest would have on the entire cast. There is no point suggesting buffs to certain characters when the nerfs you suggest to other characters would help address some of the problems certain characters face already.

[KuHa-21693]

Resurrect

Moved to her ultimate ability (Q).
Cast time increased to 2s (up from 1.75s), but only affects Mercy for 1s (cast animation). Takes 1s extra for the target to be revived. No longer slows Mercy. Can be cancelled by killing or stunning Mercy during the 1s cast time.
Range increased by 10m (up from 5m).

You’d make the single target rez the ult? Oh god that’s worse than the current ult

[Linuxpenguin-1748]

As a widow main, I find his critbox to be just fine

[Şęŗąpħ-2870]

I agree some of those ideas are overkill haha D.Va mains are already mad about her healthpool but if Reaper started to twoshot her things would get pretty ugly.

[PsychoPuff-21307]

I stopped at Sombra .
You want to kill all mobile heroes or what ?
Even nerf Df rp is just dumb
Nerf Swift Strike is dumb .

I doesn’t even want to read the rest

[Doomfish-21368]

I would get rid of Ana Damage Buff (Its 70 for a good reason(Involves a lot of math and whats fun and stuff), instead I would focus on buffing the sleeping dart like lowering the cooldown from 12 to 10.

I wouldn’t touch DF right now, he just got a lot of bug fixes and just got into a really good spot. Requires Skill but worth

McCree Deadeye’s is good where it is.

Sombra I think is a better spot then people know. (There was a secret buff last patch.)

Leaving Sym and Torb up to devs for now, likely something complete new coming. (Will be judging it heavily.)

D. Va is fine, once you know how to deal.

Orisa’s Halt ability could actually need a buff.

Winston is fine (Last year pretty much proved that.)

Think Devs are done with Mercy for now, you might want to just give up there. (She had so much work done lately.)

[CursedCatt-2644]

Winston

Jump Pack

Cooldown increased by 2s (up from 6s).

That would make Winston useless, his whole schtick is jumping in, killing a squishy and getting out as fast as possible, if this was implemented he’d need a health increase to balance it