New Flashbang seems pretty meh right now. It needs some buffs
The slow(50%), the damage(45!), the cooldown(12)…
Some of these could have a change
Either keep damage as it is but reduce cooldown to 10 sec, or increse damage to 70 at least and keep the cooldown.
Another alternative would be to have 12 sec cooldown, 50 damage and 60% slow
Some small buff is required
In fandom com wiki it says it has 7 meters max range. It SURE feels less than that. But i guess this will get fixed by muscle memory
I mean, I feel like we should maybe wait it out a bit, to see how people use it, once they are used to it.
Cass was one of the strongest DPS for a while now, so even if it makes him weaker, it might not be all that bad.
Can always be changed up in the midseason patch.
Every change to nade has sucked and more and more I wish for old flashbang to come back.
They all feel bad to play against but the original flash is so quick. The new iterations just…idk are annoying for a longer amount of time? Or feel like it.
I guess it’s visually weird that you flashbang someone and they don’t stop in place for those milliseconds it used to do. Maybe a 0.5s root was all it visually needed. But I agree on the wait and see.
The major problem was always the flashbang + fan the hammer combo that used to be easy CC + burst damage (specially against tanks).
It feels bad when you get hit with it because of the slow… but it feels worse as the cass because they it doesn’t feel like they are being slowed enough and the range sucks. Bravo Blizzard you managed to make it feel bad for both user and victim, now that is talent lol.
Now I see tracers in all my games and that is going to be a boatload of fun.
Flashbangs are unpopular because it excludes people with light sensitivity. Then again, seeing what a frantic flashing blinking exhibition every Overwatch match is, having flashbang “flash” the screen is really the least of the problems.
It could make screen so blurry you couldn’t see much without making it all white.
FB travels 7m but has a 3m radius. You can tag someone 10m away.
If you want to test it yourself, try this Workshop code: XKV2A. Press f to spawn a bot.
As far as buffing FB goes, hell no. If a snaring, movement-disabling bomb on a character that can hitscan dink for 140 is not enough deterrent against the likes of Tracer, then it’s time to look at Tracer.
