Polls on Roadhog

General Discussion
1

Nerfs/Reworks are announced for Roadhog, and a lot of threads are being generated, a lot of accusations and very different conclusions are being thrown around in each of them. I don’t care for that. I want to see the community’s majority opinion on the matter of Roadhog and that’s it.

Poll 1: What is Roadhog’s Issue at the moment? (31)

1 – Roadhog’s Kill-combo (3) [9.7%]
2 – Roadhog’s Sustain (6) [19.4%]
3 – Both Roadhog’s Sustain and Kill-Combo (13) [41.9%]
4 – Roadhog being strongly enabled (3) [9.7%]
5 – Both Roadhog’s Sustain and being strongly enabled (2) [6.5%]
6 – There is no issue (4) [12.9%]

Poll 2: Do you think reworking Roadhog is the proper way to address his issues? (29)

Y – Yes, Roadhog should be reworked. (14) [48.3%]
N – No, reworks are unnecessary. (15) [51.7%]

I don’t want this thread to devolve into arguments either, I trust that we can be civil and not do that. You can answer this poll and reach the 20 character minimum just by formatting your response like the following example:
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I will update the numbers in this OP every once in a while to show the results. The numbers in parentheses correspond to amount of people that responded with that answer, and brackets correspond to the % of total responses.

2

2, N

Nerf character requirement

3

3 Y

4

6, N

5

3Y post must be 20 characters

6

2, N

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7

2, N

8

4 with a bit of 5, N

9

If he has to be nerfed, 2.

10

There isn’t too much of an issue with either sustain or combo. The problem is that he HAS BOTH.

11

3 Y

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12

Poll 1: 3. I think both the kill combo and his sustain are an issue, it’s not either/or here. Personally I think nerfing the cooldown of both is a good start, I don’t really want him to lose the potential to one shot, I want it to be A: more difficult and B: easier to punish.

Poll 2: Y, Roadhog should be reworked in some fashion. The simple fact is that he is either weak and a troll pick or he is overpowering and warping the meta, he is never just a good option among other good options. I haven’t given much thought to what a rework for him would look like but if it kept his core identity, I’d like that.

13

3, Y.

The hero is an issue by design. No tank should be designed around a one shot. Let alone one with 700 HP and a 350 hp self heal.

When will we learn that EVERY SINGLE meta with hog in it has been unbearable and absolute garbage.

14

5, N

15

3, Y.

Not super hard to where he doesn’t operate the same, but can be a displacement tank without needing to murder them outright.

16

He doesn’t need a rework, but the hook should have the range reduced to 15 m

17

1, Y.

hog shouldnt need to be able to casually solo frag on 8s cooldown to be a threat

18
  1. Having both is the issue. No other tank can compete against him in a 1vs1 situation because of the damage, stun and sustain. If they are gonna nerf the oneshot they should buff the gun in order to be able to do something meaningful outside of hook. Maybe something like reduced spread and less damage.
19

Okay, but what are your responses within the framework I have outlined.

20

3, N

They should make his kill combo harder to get. His sustain is currently just stupid when a healer can accompany him on flanks.