I think main reaper balancing problem is

[Snowflake-21609]

That Jeff says Reaper supposed to be tank-buster and fight tanks
And geoff says

@GeoffGoodman

It’s meant to be a way to sneak behind enemy lines to drop on them or otherwise ambush them. In the past we’ve buffed it towards further reinforcing this direction like increasing its range and reducing its sound range.

but why tank-brawler even needs to be sneaky tho?

They really should just decide one way and rework Reaper to fill it

[Helvetic-1880]

When the game came out and there wasnt any solid comps, yea shadow step was good. Now theres so many comps that reaper cant even get to do his job. Shadow step becomes useless because it is %100 out of combat. Its not even like he has a third ability to back it up. Wraith form is all you got so you better make it count for either engaging or disengaging.