So I am a Reaper main and this past season I have not gotten 1 POTG with reaper. The game I just played, I Death Blossomed, killed 4, and then killed the Hog for a 5k. Who got the POTG you may ask? A Torb who only killed two walking back from spawn because his turret was firing.
Last night when playing on Numbani, I got back to the first point on defend with 30 seconds left with my whole team dead, I TP to the top area, drop down and death blossom killing 4 but who gets the potg game? The enemy reaper who was nanoed, killed 1 on our team and then died. My team was so excited to see this POTG of me saving the first point only to watch the enemy reaper do nothing. You can see that HIGHLIGHT here at https://youtu.be/yeXySY-60EM but its still uploading to 4k.
Whats up with death blossoms not getting potg’s anymore this season?
Edit - https://youtu.be/8CeI3gCTd_s - Here is 5 man kill, 4 with deathblossom and one at range with help but POTG went to the bastion being pocketed by mercy in minigun form and only got two kills
And some forum posters on here keep trying to say Reaper’s ultimate is one of the worst of the roster. Was on a receiving end of a Reaper ult last night and died with two others even with a quick petal platform. Hate this hero at times.
Anyways I’ve seen a increase of it picking people killing someone using their ult/ a bunch of abilities instead of big team wipes. Which I think is alright, how many Reaper POTGs does the world need to see of them pressing Q? But it does create the lackluster feeling as well.
Most of the time, I will use his ult just to get 1 pick, maybe two at the start of the fight. My last few games I have gotten lucky getting where the enemy positioning was.
You seem focused on the number of elims (4k,5k etc) rather than overall damage/healing done during the play.
How low hp were the 4 you killed when you started your blossom? And who did the enemy reaper kill? And did he kill that enemy from full hp to 0 hp?
The way potg works is by counting firepoints in a small window of time. Not just elims. You get firepoints by doing damage, healing/rezzing, and getting elims.
So say you killed 4 players who each only had like 20hp, it would still add up to less points than the enemy reaper killing one full health Mei because she has 250hp (versus 20hp x 4 = 80hp). Especially if she’s also shooting him and he’s healing during it.
Same for the Torb. If his turret killed 2 full hp enemies but your blossom killed 4 enemies who only had partial hp, the total hp in that time window for potg might still have been higher by the Torb.
There’s been matches I got a 4k with Junk ult. Killed three then mined the Hog to death. PotG instead went to a Lucio booping two people off a cliff, because environmental kills have a huge boost in PotG calculation.
Or I killed 3 people on the payload and saved the game, but the PotG went to our Pharah accidentally killing Moira at the very start of her ult before the beam even went off, because killing an enemy during an ult is calculated higher.
Or I, at low health, killed the tank by myself and then both supports, but the PotG went to our Soldier who ran to the payload and killed 2 players standing still, because defending the payload kills are calculated higher.
I’ve had a 5 man wipe only for potg to be a widow whiffing shots and finally getting a headshot on a hanzo at the end… Its been a thing for a while. I assume its a bug with how the fire meter is calculated on his ult
Check your history for recent match replays (history, today’s top 5) and see if it recorded one for that match. It’s supposed to do that if your play was a potg candidate.
I usually see Reapers getting 3+ kills with ult when on the enemy team, but every single time I try it I get slept, hooked, booped, sniped, walled, pinned, etc.
Or Dva or Sigma eats it.
Your post above is talking about a 5 man with it recently though? Most squishy heroes (which is most of the support and DPS roster, so 4/5 players) die in a mere second or two if he is anywhere close to them. So even if they use sleep, petal, etc they are often dead anyways.
I have no idea how POTG is supposed to work. I had a match on Dorado the other day that had me as Lifeweaver getting exactly one kill as POTG. I just shot the Widowmaker, what was impressive about that?
