Genji was never trash. He just had a lot of counters. Now he got overbuffed for whatever reason - i guess “mobile burst dps heroes” are much more important than other dps heroes in the game, and now the heroes that used to counter him can barely stand a chance against him
Discord raiding wut?
I dont have a screen shot anymore, but here is my post from june 7.
But i dont have proof… if i didnt have too much time on my hand. Overbuff still provides daily pickrates from the last 6 months. So calculating the monthly winrate by adding up all pickrate from may 7 to June 7 actually provides you your average of around 55% winrate.
https://www.overbuff.com/heroes/genji/trends
Stats
|62,50%|June 6|
|48,84%|June 5|
|51,02%|June 4|
|63,49%|June 3|
|44,19%|June 2|
|58,82%|June 1|
|46,91%|May 31|
|50,88%|May 30|
|37,65%|May 29|
|62,86%|May 28|
|53,76%|May 27|
|61,82%|May 26|
|54,55%|May 25|
|64,20%|May 24|
|61,97%|May 23|
|55,88%|May 22|
|48,57%|May 21|
|69,01%|May 20|
|65,12%|May 19|
|52,38%|May 18|
|53,85%|May 17|
|65,22%|May 16|
|46,74%|May 15|
|48,94%|May 14|
|51,02%|May 13|
|56,21%|May 12|
|56,58%|May 11|
|64,29%|May 10|
|44,44%|May 9|
|60,00%|May 8|
|54,17%|May 7|
|1715,88%|Total|
|55,35%|Average|
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Sombra before they reworked her was the hardest hero to play hands down. The rush to get in and get out within seconds was very difficult to do but if done correctly you were rewarded with a successful hack or kill.
Her perma invisibility is the problem, nerf the time but buff the speed and she’ll be more useful. Skill dependent and niche but more useful when played correctly.
The perma invis isnt the issue, its the compensation nerfs which came along with it. It would have been fine if they just increased the stealth duration to make her a bit easier, if they didnt make her overall worse in return.