Reaper NEEDS help (he's been F tier too long!) 👺

[thee5tart-2348]

Last meta.

why pick reaper when junkrat kills tanks faster?

this meta.

why pick reaper when hanzo kills tanks faster?

hes not been the best at his job for a very long time.

[Zenkoast-1204]

Hes suppose to be a tank buster. Focus on that.
1.Armor no longer affects his shots.
2.Shadow step reworked into something like moira fade but with shorter range but three charges
3. Ult dmg hits decreased but individual hit dmg increased so he kills faster.
4. Silent footsteps please and thank you.

[RossGarner-1933]

Honestly the change they made to his Wraith form was a large net buff. He’s become much more effective as a dueler, I feel like he is close to being playable but needs a way to deal with armor to be effective.

I think the best change they could make for him would be a mechanic to ignore armor. For instance if Reaper got a headshot on an enemy, it should ignore armor. That would simultaneously raise his skillcap, while giving him counterplay against Brigette, without negating her ultimate.

[SquidwardT-11662]

Reaper works well against triple tank

Did you not see the stats?
Even in triple tank meta reaper was STILL the least played hero in the game.

Last meta.

why pick reaper when junkrat kills tanks faster?

this meta.

why pick reaper when hanzo kills tanks faster?

hes not been the best at his job for a very long time.

Exactly, the fact that he was the least picked hero in triple tank proves how trash he is

[RavageDionne-1430]

3. Ult dmg hits decreased but individual hit dmg increased so he kills faster.

His ultimate damage is already a dps loss. He can be killed by other players directly on top of him, mid-blossom, and you want to turn the damage down? If anything, it needs a slight increase.

[Lock2r-4467]

My take on Reaper, too lazy to type a response.

Just to be fair I’ll share this post on my post too

So, Reaper. (20characters)

LONG POST Now that all these damage falloff heroes are buffed, can we FINALLY look at Reaper? Even Mei got her niche as a sniper with insane survivability. Reaper has NOTHING. (P.S. If you think Reaper is legitimately an effective tank buster, I seriously don’t know what to tell you. Maybe I’m just super crap at the game) Most of the time it isn’t even because the player is bad. Reaper is filled with bugs, obsolete abilities, and horrible gameplay interactions that render him among one of the…

[SquidwardT-11662]

Thanks for being very polite when arguing by the way, a lot of people get really aggressive when arguing. I’ll try to be as nice as possible, please don’t get offended if i seem too harsh

First off I didn’t really understand your first points, if possible could you explain better?

Reaper should never be a powerhouse in maps like nepal shrine which is wide open and hard to flank in but right now in smaller lane maps like numbani he’s a good solid pick.

Except he isn’t, on EVERY SINGLE map he’s bad, that’s not because the map is bad but because he is a really bad pick. He hasn’t hit 1% pickrate in a longggg time, which is really saying something.

i mean he can one tap 200 hp heroes with close range

VERY rarely does he 1 tap, he has to be right in the face, pointing MOST pellets to the head, which is EXTREMELY difficult to pull off, unlike a hanzo headshot.

and tear through tanks.

I get it, he does a lot of damage but you need to remember a lot of tanks have counters to fighting him (TOO many counters), for example

• Shield Dancing
• Outdamaging due to high health
• Ability to easily run away from reaper (dva winston)

Not to mention he has self healing now by being in combats,

His self healing is VERY small, it’s hardly noticeable
when your fighting as reaper/against reaper.

only buff i think he needs is to shadow step. In needs faster channel time.

I put that in the thread but honestly it is probably one of his least needed buffs.
I think he could live without it, what he really needs is hitbox ruduced, bug fixes, no voiceline for shadow step, basically everything I put in the thread under the category (What reaper NEEDS)

[SquidwardT-11662]

Once I can get my account back I’ll link your post on the thread.

[Zenkoast-1204]

Higher hit dmg but less hits will make it do the same dmg as it will be stronger vs armor because of less hits. Just increase the dmg to 700

[Dorian-11406]

Did you not see the stats?
Even in triple tank meta reaper was STILL the least played hero in the game.

And think about why that was. That was back when Hog did Reaper’s job better than Reaper. Now Hog’s damage is not what it used to be, and Reaper is superior in that aspect.

Also Reaper was never the least played hero, and never will be. Back then the likes of Sombra, Torb, Bastion, Sym were all lower. I believe even Hanzo had a lower pickrate back then, but I can’t back that up.

[ConOngVang-1351]

No it’s not, Armor literally halves his bodyshot damage because it fires 20 pellets per shot with each pellet deals 7 bodyshot damage and each of the pellets are affected by armor reduction. He can take out D.Va, Reinhardt, Orisa and Winston easily mainly because of their large headshot hitbox that makes most of his pellets hit the head instead of the body.

[Lock2r-4467]

Armor only takes 5 damage off his shot per trigger pull rather than per pellet. So it wouldn’t make much of a difference. Plus, he can already take out armor guys like D.Va, Reinhardt, Orisa and Winston rather easily.

FYI armor only takes off 5 damage if the damage per shot exceeds 10. Otherwise, it halves the damage. That’s why Reaper’s shotguns deal half damage instead of 40 damage ((7-5)x20=40 damage)

[Yourself-11293]

Hi I finally got my account working again, for some strange reason it was restricted but got it fixed. Will link your post now

[Yourself-11293]

Also Reaper was never the least played hero, and never will be. Back then the likes of Sombra, Torb, Bastion, Sym were all lower. I believe even Hanzo had a lower pickrate back then, but I can’t back that up.

I would just like to note, they are lower, but not much lower at all.
I think it’s somewhere around a 0.1% pickrate difference, (and all those heroes were/are F tier) Meaning that reaper is also F tier.

[Bugsy-11164]

Yeah it’s kind of amazing that he hasn’t been buffed (or fixed) yet, considering Junkrat and Hanzo(!) exist in their current state. Rat was nerfed but still a better choice lmao. Hanzo is a god so… yeah.

His spread should be normalized so when I am right up on the enemy theres no “bad rng” that does 50 damage to them instead of what should be an obvious 1 shot.

And everything else you said. /signed

[Yourself-11293]

considering Junkrat and Hanzo(!) exist in their current state. Rat was nerfed but still a better choice lmao. Hanzo is a god so… yeah.

Exactly! People don’t seem to realize that there are too many “better versions” of reaper, so why even bother playing him?

His spread should be normalized so when I am right up on the enemy theres no “bad rng” that does 50 damage to them instead of what should be an obvious 1 shot.

Yep, it’s such an annoying bug that ruins plays with reaper, I really hope they fix it ( or just make it like tracers guns )

And everything else you said. /signed

Thank you! <3

[Bugsy-11164]

I just want my boy back. Reaper is what got me going in this game in the first place.

[Yourself-11293]

His ultimate damage is already a dps loss. He can be killed by other players directly on top of him, mid-blossom, and you want to turn the damage down? If anything, it needs a slight increase.

Exactly, Reapers ultimate has the same damage as MERCYS PISTOL
Yep mercys pistol, the heroes gun who’s supposed to be the most useless at damaging gun does the same damage as a damage heroes ultimate.

[TRIHEXSUB-1381]

Reapers ultimate has the same damage as MERCYS PISTOL

Ok that’s actually pathetic.

Death blossom actually has the least DPS out of every offense ult (not sure about defense, so I don’t use the term ‘damage’ heroes)

[Nox-23390]

So many range buffs for heroes, but Reaper remains with his Beta-teleport-ability.