Since every hitscan in the game (Soldier, Mcree, and Widowmaker) has been buffed, with the addition of 2 new hitscans (Wrecking Ball and Baptiste) isn’t it time for Pharah to get some of that lime light too? The only thing I suggest is quicker ultimate charge. For example (Advanced Pharah Ult World Record (11 Seconds) - Pro Cinematic Short Overwatch - YouTube). Blizzard, you’ve been having trouble balancing against GOATs, but take the above video for example. Why not make her ult charge this fast on average against goats? People would have a viable counter to the comp, and it would solve her low pickrate in Masters+. And before you say that’d be too OP in lower elos, no one really runs more than 2 tanks in elo hell anyway.
RIP Ashe. Guess she’s not considered a hitscan ;_;
In all reality, potentially a big reason blizz is hesitant to buff pharah beyond minor mobility buffs is the console community. Pharah’s rough for them to deal with, and a buff to her damage could easily tip her over to that must-pick status on console.
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Powercreep, powercreep and more powercreep.
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He has more of an issue with Wrecking Ball than Sombra. I am just going to go out on a limb and say his buff suggestion would not help him much…
pharmacy is to oppressive in the mid / lower ranks for them to do anything for pharah I think.
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on console… on pc it was never an issue.
I don’t play on console…
I play on PC.
Pharmacy is still a pain in the backside for a lot of players. ( Me included sometimes )
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no its not… i’m even not a dps main and i can deal with it.
pharahs on low elo drop like potatos from the sky all the time and its so obvious when they gonna ult…
Nah. On PC too. Trust me, they do not balance around console.
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Its the AIM ASSIST.
Look at Fankda Direct Hit % on Console w/ an lolController vs on PC w/ a M+KB.
Its Auto Aim
Good for you … You don’t speak for everyone.
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but you apparently. OKAY lol
I would recommend just reverting her splash damage/knockback tech and make her ultimate cancellable
Console is HUMILIATING yall on PC for Direct Hits on Phatah.
Reduce AA for Pharah on Console by 50% and NO MORE issues. . . . . .
Pharah’s damage is already fine as it is. What she needs is a little more survivability, and maybe another sudden movement ability mid air.
Personally, I think they should try replacing 100HP with 50 armor and 50 shields, and give her some sort of Dive move. It’s not a lot, but it’d help a little. My worry is that this will lead to a Mercy change, as they’re clearly concerned (rightfully so) about the power of Pharmercy if Pharah is too strong.
But really in general the game just needs to ease up on the damage creep, reduce burst damage across the game a little, and stop adding hitscans for a while.
Just remove Suicide dmg & blatantly ignore Console in the process. Stop pretending that AA is not a thing here on Console when we dominate Direct Hit % vs PC.
Blizzard nerfed PC minus spash dmg.
Not vice versa. . . . . .
2 ppl cannot handle Pharmercy. Quick!
Must fix that…
We are already 2 years passed that. Look how fast rein his shield went down in S1 and now. with the same heros… You would laugh so hard!
Some off the buffs since s1
- Hanzo storm arrow. (Altough scatter was also quite a nasty one for shields)
- Soldier DPS inc overall more then one time.
- Reaper has its survivability improved thus can output more damage
- DVA has rockets
- Doomfist joined the game, making Reinhardt ragdol 4 life
- Pharah DPS increase
- Junkrat DPS increase
- Mccree DPS increase
- Symmetra rework = DPS increase on shields i believe
- Bastion rework
Im forgetting a ton but its just a little impression how the game keeps buffing things while not thinking about the impact it has.
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Not on PC.
Not when the Elite on PC are hitting 20% or less Direct Hits.
Thats literally 1/10 shots connecting when accuracy is alrdy around 50%
I ment on a shield m8.
She’s low key doing really well in OWL so I’m not sure they would buff her, unless they decide that’s the route to ending Goats. Which is certainly possible, as she’s not a ladder problem and the multi-DPS compositions she runs in are really popular so in a lot of ways it makes sense.
It’s just… she’s already doing okay.