Junkrat having a 1 shot is one of the stupidest things in this game, and shows the absolute lack of balance. It isn’t a skill shot, and it has an explosive radius. Not only can he BLINDLY spam high damage mines around corner and cover so you can’t even shoot at him, he can control your movement with knockback, launching you out of position, he has a trap that can lock you in place, but he also has a 1 shot combo with a mine and a bomb. Meanwhile sojourn gets her 1 shot removed (hitscan skill shot that has to be charged btw), Widow has her falloff increased, hanzo (half skill half luck, still has to be accurate), Hog (had to hit a hook). Junkrat’s 1 shot takes next to no skill to hit. Just toss a mine and bomb and blow it up at the same time, its stupidly easy. He can jump around the map like he’s Pharah, taking to the skies. Its absolutely absurd that he hasn’t received any sort of balance or nerfing and is considered a real character.
IT TAKES 0 SKILL TO PLAY JUNKRAT AND YET HE HAS A 1 SHOT COMBO DEADILER THAN MOST SKILL/ACCURACY BASED CHARACTERS, this is a joke to game balance
edit: if he doesnt get balanced in season 9, im done with the game.
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So go one trick Junk and you’ll be Top 500 in no time.
If you can’t beat 'em, join 'em.
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I enjoy my hitscan characters too much
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That’s a valid reason. I have nothing to say then.
he is balanced by the fact that he has one of the biggest heads there. No kidding I rarely miss that head when i’m kiriko lol.
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he’s only a one shot hero in close range. He’s really restricted by map geometry and his mine cooldown. Heroes that can reliably kill tire also ruin his life. His hitbox is also enormous. I don’t think he’s really a problem. Maybe on kings row, dorado 1st or rialto 3rd point or something I could see him being oppressive but otherwise idk. I don’t really know much about the flanking junkrat playstyle tho tbf, I don’t watch junk CCs
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I feel like we might need a refresher on what “one shot” means.
He fires his grenade. That’s one shot.
Then he throws out a mine and detonates it. That’s a second shot.
Both of these can happen in rapid sequence. But it’s still a kill combo consisting of two shots.
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Hitscan largely counters Junk though. Suffer, hitscan player!
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How often/much do you play Junkrat? Because I can assure you, it isn’t easy to consistently play well with him, and he gets easily countered. Imo he definitely takes more skill than you give him credit for.
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There are many people who don’t understand the difference between a one shot & a combo.
Take hog, for instance. Hook, shoot, hit is a combo, not a one shot like many people say it is.
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You can time to be the exact same, very easily, a la one shot
OP is probably some clueless tunnel-visioned goldie getting dove by a Flankrat and popped with the nade/mine combo.
“Wahhhh I can’t stare down this choke without moving or looking around, waaaah I can’t land my helix unless I’m in Rat’s face and he bursts me down first, waaah this player spent time quietly approaching a flank and outplayed me!”
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I used to main him, probably 60+ hrs
What was your winrate on him, if you don’t mind me asking, or if that info is even available?
Says the obvious junkrat 1 trick pony
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He can’t OHK though. His primary does I think 120 on a direct hit with one of the shortest ranged projectiles in the game (by short, I mean you’d be hard pressed to find someone who can land 1/4 of his shots directly against regular mobile targets) and his mine does I think 90.
If it can’t do 200 in a single hit, it’s not a OHK.
If I shoot you with two guns, one in each hand, how many shots am I firing?
Hint: The answer is not one.
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Nah. I like playing Junk but I’d be much higher ranked if I only played stuff like Torb/Sojourn.
Junk mains often play above their rank when swapping to easier, more meta DPS.
I stand by someones Junkrat takes being one of the most consistent ways to determine their rank.
Also nobody is doing flankrat properly in gold other than smurfs which is why these threads are so silly.
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It still functions as a 1 OHK, 1 frame, 200 hp gone, people complained about hog having a “OHK” he was a 2 hit, same thing, you’re forced to be dead without a chance