a 5% increase would put his scrap gun from 150 damage per shot to 157.5 and 10% would put it at 165. The tiny little boost this would give would allow more consistent hook combos on Genji and Tracer while not really effecting the bigger heroes.
You’re not supposed to really be going up against Genji or Tracer as Roadhog…
Nothing screams “counter Genji and Tracer” like the ability to pull them close and give a good face shot to them before they can react. The problem with it is it works on most 200 HP heroes but Genji and Tracer are just so tiny that they get away with it half the time.
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And nothing screams Tank Buster like Reaper’s Shotguns. Is that the case? Nope.
I’m tired of people saying to go Reaper to counter 3x and 4x tank. He can’t just delete tanks anymore like he used to. It takes much more team cooperation.
And Genji and Tracer aren’t the only victims here. Both Ana and Moira can easily escape the combo.
Then it needs to be fixed. That was kind of a bad example because it is a problem.
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Lets hope it doesnt hurt bastion too, a hog hook almost leaves me with only 80 hp
Random and unpredictable abilities make e-sports more exciting. Is that Hog going to kill highly mobile hero with his combo, or will the victim escape yet another time? Audience is on the edge of their seat.
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Keep reading. He can still kill tanks: not like before though.
An extra 15 shouldn’t hurt him all that much considering Roadhog’s next shot will still kill him anyways.
I’d honestly prefer if Hog was reverted. He 1-shot every squishy equally and didn’t discriminate between small and large hitbox heroes. McCree and Soldier always dying to hook combo but Genji surviving is BS. Take a breather invincibility is also annoying.
That’s why it’s a problem. He’s the victim of power creep. The tanks have just been getting tankier, like Roadhog, and Tracer kind of does his job but better.
You know it sounds odd too say but I miss broken hog, when he was hooking people through walls.
I was on the recieving end of it a lot of the time too because im really lucky like that and I can honestly say that it was some of the best and hilarious moments ive had in the game.
Gotta love those moments when the hook goes through another roadhog, a rein and a dva and some how pull genji too you and you kill him lmao. I remember saying “jesus christ, genji im so sorry I dont even…” 
It’s funny Roadhog’s were apologizing so much for killing people before XD
we felt bad for you feeling bad while feeling bad about hooking you through your entire team - while around a wall - mid air and through a shield 
6 second cooldown hook with massive spread on his scrap gun was the most balanced hog in my opinion. People didn’t start complaining about him until his spread was reduced and he became too powerful, leading to his rework.
he was powerfull he is stil powerfull and a pain to play against.
actually Mist, the lower spread was part of the rework right? They lowered his damage and decreased his spread at the same time.
Hog is actually one of the most balanced hero IMO.
No, just his rate of fire and clip size.
Hog has had several reworks.
His first rework increased his hook cooldown to 8 seconds, and decreased his spread. They also made hook not pull targets in as close, but the spread reduction still made his M1 too powerful.
His second rework reduced scrap gun’s damage by 30% and his rate of fire and clip size were increased. This made his hook combo inconsistent with poor compensation.
After that, we got current Hog, with take a breather allowing for movement and applying a huge reduction to damage taken.