He’s already one of the weaker non-hitscan DPS and you want him nerfed further?
Also, it’s always endlessly funny to me that he’s generally hated for the spamrat style, but every nerf suggestion I ever read would only make it more prevalent by making active playstyles less viable
His combo is very annoying
He just gets played because to win with him you either have to seriously outplay your opponent mechanically, or strategically, or both, and it’s satisfying.
FIFY
I can’t say Junk’s burst bothers me. It’s tied to a resource that is also his sole source of mobility, he has no survivability options, plus the combo is close range which allows for dealing with it by staying the heck away from him and shooting him in the head at 15m+ or whatever. If he could sit on Havana ramparts and score kill combos on folks coming out of spawn way over on the other side, yeah, I don’t think I’d be happy.
For a character that can outright nuke people, he feels remarkably fair.
Good, nothing more satisfying than seeing doom die after getting trapped.
I actually thought about the heroes that would remain. Best candidates because I don’t recall any complaints are
Yup that’s it
Behind Genji, he’s the second strongest non-hitscan dps.
But as I said, I don’t want him nerfed directly. I just want the health pool nerfs reverted.
Hitscans are allowed to dominate the game, perfectly acceptable. Junkrat is playable and people are playing him, perfectly unacceptable.
I mean, I want all of the hitscans nerfed.
I am pretty disappointed that they walked back the idea of a higher ttk that the health pool changes promised. A higher ttk is more fun than just being deleted.
Lol, no. This isn’t even funny as a joke
Over the past month, he is the 7th most picked DPS in QP. After Cassidy, Genji, Hanzo, Widow, Ashe and 76.
If you’re going to complain about characters being omnipresent, there are WAYYYY bigger targets than Junkrat.
I think you could make the case that Junkrat is 3rd or 4th. Largely depends on whether you think Sojourn is a hitscan or projectile hero.
Junks not in a bad spot. He’s not server-admin Widow level, but despite the omnipresence of hitscan who kinda cook him post-S9 (especially since tire was never buffed so he doesn’t have an ult like 80% of the time), he’s doin pretty decently at all levels of the game.
7th isnt bad, I am so proud of our baby boy.
I’m talking from my purely subjective experience. It’s been almost every single game for like… Weeks. The past few days that I’ve played it’s been literally every single game.
I’m just tired of it. I’m tired of it any time this happens with any character. Seeing the same character over and over and over again gets extremely grating (Ana).
His geniuses were finally recognized
Until some boring player decides to go phara, but to true junkers thats when the fun begins
It’s me. I’m the Junkrat in every game.
I like spamming chokes that people never leave.
I like being able to contribute to a fight when I’m low health by spamming my artillery over an obstacle.
I like continually nudging tanks out of position to break up their team’s formation, or booping DPS to interrupt their aim.
I like challenging flank tanks to see if I can empty their health pool before they get me.
Sometimes I just leave the fight with a mine or two. I’m taking my bombs and going home!
Sorry, but he’s just very fun for me, and it makes me happy to play against other Junkrats.
He also doesnt beat a single dive hero. He doesnt win the close range fight because all the close range heroes have high burst dmg/mobility.
Dunno what to tell you mate, sounds like you’ve got issues with Junkrat beyond him simply existing because he’s 14th in pick-rate once you factor in all roles in QP.
Statistically speaking, there’s 4x the amount of Ana’s in QP than there are Junks.
Where are you getting 14th?
Overbuff pickrates for QP.
Junk is 7th on the DPS pick-rate and 14th overall.