I recently made a smurf account to play with my friends who are at a lower rank and I placed too low, as I try to climb I’ve found issues with two characters in particular, junkrat and much much more reaper. They are very manageable in higher ranks because teams know how to deal with different characters. But the new buffs to reaper i feel as though it nearly impossible to counter him. Pharrah is a great option but heals and enemy hitscan also make it incredibly hard. His reload out of wraith and ability to cancel his wraith make him abut tank and anti squishy. If anyone has some advice or some pointers on how to help my teammates or me that’d be great. (Devs if you by some miracle find this post please consider un-buffing reaper) sorry if I come across in this post as a whiny pleb who can’t deal with an edge lord but it seems to be a real problem
because most teams are uncoordinated and dont counterplay
ya its not that hes necessarily op but the lower ranks may not know how to kill him efficiently
Yes that is true but since the counter play isn’t obvious to them and he punishes hard, they can’t learn. It seems like something to change before the next season
Why would you change something to give people who won’t coordinate a free pass? New reaper is excellent, I’m scared of him again.
I mean, symettra is also “OP” in lower ranks cuz people never bloody counter her. I have definitely noticed the reaper thing though. I play him when I want to win, and usually that happens unless my team completely just flops.
Do we have to spell everything out for everyone all of the time? You do learn from being destroyed by Reaper when you are getting countered. It’s the other way around. If you can easily get rid of Reaper when he should be your counter you don’t learn to switch and play something else.
hitscans on this elo can take out pharah but they struggle with reaper?
It’s the reaction time that’s required and the range, a soldier can’t lay down enough dps in a low to medium range that reaper plays at, especially Since he can cancel wraith if you try to duck out of the fight with sprint he can chase you can get some damage before you turn a corner or get a health pack, he’s just not fun to counterplay because it requires team coordination to counter and that doesn’t in anything below plat