I dont know if it was only me have Struggle Against Junker Queen, but Junker Queen shouldn’t Fully Tank Against Bastion’s Minigun and even 1v5. But I think her Healing Self is too much. She should have Healing Self Nerf to 1.60…
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they only care about making money. no care for balance they just nerf/buff random things to keep the game “fresh.” even if the changes make no sense
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I agree she is too strong… the bigger issue remains in widow and hanzo at least from mid plat up to masters. Every game i play how ever little feels so bad to play.
You would think that pve is dead they could actually fix the core game… but i guess those crappy paid skins are the priority lol.
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literally she does need a bit of nerfing, this is what happened in my game RN lol
poor guy didnt have JQ unlocked bruh and we lost.
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That’s less JQ needing nerfs and more that blizzard shouldn’t really lock heroes.
Junker queen isn’t that much of a problem, the only nerf she really needs is an increase in her ult cost, she actually feels like a tank now and not a 3rd DPS.
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its the concept of "okay their running an overtuned or op hero, can you switch too? ‘sorry i dont have that hero unlocked’ " which they ran us over with a literal train because we couldnt switch to JQ, because she is currently overtuned. not OP by any means but definitely overtuned. a slight adjustment is just that she needs to have her wound heal at 1.5x or 1.75x. i say 1.5x tho.
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Its been about 3-4 weeks since the change took place and top 500 tanks is very diverse. You honestly see a great deal of variety up there for players most picked hero.
In NA top 500 RQ tank right now…
147/500 JQ = 29.4%
You pretty much see dive being played. Winston, Doomfist, Dva, Hammond.
You see showings of Sigma, Ramattra, and Zarya being played very heavily as well.
JQ is certainly a bit of an outlier, but by no means stupendously broken.
She’ll probably get nerfed slightly at some point. It’ll most likely be her self-heal going from 2.0x to 1.75x. This will not only nerf her ult charge gain, but her survivability. However,
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Yes, JQ need a nerf, with the buff, is totally broken.
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nope, JQ doesn’t need a nerf, with the buff, she is an actual tank.
sorry, she needs to have a bigger ult cost so she isn’t as oppressive
Ah it’s back. The “Nerf this hero i can’t really play cause they requires skill and proper skill timing”.
Seriously. Not so long ago she was considered a dud, once people started really mastering her kit oh jeez, she’s suddenly a menace lol.
See here? Proper constructive criticism. Not just whining.
Props to you Frost.
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Sounds like you need to get gud on bastion.
iof shes 1v5 ing you and youre bastion in sentry… JQ isnt your problem… you suck
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Thx.
It was a hard time to main my beloved JQ (since season 1), I really like the recent buffs, but I’m worried about the ult charge needed.
In some teamfights I have up to 2 or even 3 ults ready to pop in the face of the other team.
Thing is, she’s not as powerful as common thought might say.
she can still be countered (by many things, specially team coordination).
on another note, i still remember when the balance team made this changes in the patch of December 6 of 2022
Rampage
*Wound duration reduced from 5 to 4.5 seconds
*Ultimate cost reduced by 10%
Commanding Shout
*Cooldown reduced from 15 to 14 seconds
Adrenaline Rush
*Adrenaline passive healing multiplier increased from 1 to 1.25x damage dealt by wounds
So, my solution here is to make the ult charge needed bigger, to make up with the self heals, so she isn’t as opressive
The other changes made to JQ in the patch are pretty much ok and are nice additions to the kit:
- More ammo? (6 ->8) less reload, more shots
- Bigger knife? (0,15mts->0.2mts) More consistent to hit
- More self healing? (x1.25->x2) Now it feels like it always should, but this triggers another problem…
- No ultimate cost increased? this makes so the most oppressive thing in her kit be almost twice in every team fight.
TL;DR
Balance Dev team, give JQ an Ultimate cost increase
anyway, i might change this comment if i think it needs an update, but for now that’s the only change i see beneficial to the character and the general health of the gameplay
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As a JQ enthusiast who played a ton in the beta and is happy to play her again without getting flamed or completely getting mowed over… I agree, but only to a certain extent.
Her ult belongs onto the chopping block. It’s too easy to get and instantly starts charging after pressing Q. That’s too much.
Trust me though when I tell you that her self-healing is needed, so she can play her role as a bruiser. Overall, she can still be focused pretty hard and you can get forced into situations where Queen isn’t the pick. I had to swap Queen a lot and also won against other Queens in non-mirror matchups, even made them swap themselves.
Before she was just a 5th squishy. She couldn’t tank and you were living under constant pressure. You needed your supps building around you all game. It was really weird to manage space with her. Her neutral game is finally what it should have been.
She needs nerfs, yes, but I just hope for Blizz to take the right decisions and not dumpster her again.
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Yeah, I realized the same thing when the buff went through. She has many more sources to get ult charge and yet there was no ult charge increase. That doesn’t make any sense.
I would also argue that her ult charge should not start immediately after pressing Q. There could be a delay, like it is for Ana and Ashe for example.
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