He can’t do anything anymore.
He’s a close-range hero who’s outclassed by almost everyone else in that category, his ult is ridiculously easy to counter or stop completely thanks to Brig armor and stuns and DM and that he’s still very killable during it, his shotgun spread is horrible, and shadowstep…its basically a glowing red “HERE I AM, PLEASE KILL ME AS SOON AS MY ANIMATION FINISHES” –
C’mon. He was fun for like…two weeks and now he’s basically useless again.
isn’t favoured by the meta at all (armor, stuns, long range) but his kit is fine and balanced, except shadowstep.
Shadowsteps needs to get reworked. Reaper is a close range frontline fighter hero, not a bad flanker.
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It’s not that Reaper is bad …. Hanzo and Brigitte are to good. His ult is fine too. It seems like everyone expects their ult has to instant kill the entire enemy team. Just incease teleport range by 50% and everything is good.
Funny thing is Symmetra new teleporter is basicly better version of shadowstep.
No everything is not good
Before Brigitte and Hanzo he was bad too. But I agree Hanzo rework and addition of Brigitte made him worse.
Btw its not the range problem shadow step have. Its buggy, useless and its like a death wish this is why people complains about it.
I think his shadow step should be more akin to tracer’s blink, just only one per CD, and have a shadowy animation. Just my idea though. ![:skull:](https://d74zh8edaijub.cloudfront.net/en/overwatch/images/emoji/twitter/skull.png?v=5" ":skull:")
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Yes, he had a low pickrate, but they gave him some very nice buffs …. and than they released Brigitte and reworked Hanzo.
His shadowstep is not a blink because it would be to easy just to blink into the enemy group and start deathblossom.
I think he is just a bit off-balanced; I mean, close range with no mobility? Huh
Compared to the buffs they give Mei they are not that “very nice buffs” actually. I didnt know that Mei is a tank counter btw. I learned that from Jeff. Wraith cancel should be the something at the beginning. He doesnt need a blink just an actual teleport. Something you dont pray for using and hope no one sees you or hear your shouting while teleporting. It needs to be something like Moira’s fade.
He has 2 mobility abilities.
Shadowstep - Teleport to get into flanking positions, move to high ground or close the distance.
Wraith Form - Invulnerable with 50% movement increase to escape.
To be fair, shadow step can be really fun if you look straight down but make it look like you’re going behind the enemy. They will turn around thinking you are going behind them, but ur really staying still
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But yeah, it really doesn’t need to be that telegraphed…
Reaper needs to ignore armor at this point. He is suppose to be tank killer, yet the tanks has armor which is his 2nd worst enemy… first being range.
They are not really mobility abilities, one is used for flanking (but uncovers his flank because he screams “I’M HERE”)
The second is used for escaping.
By mobility I mean like Hanzo’s leap ability
Yes but reapers always manage to get behind without giving away their position. You don’t teleport directly behind the enemy and expect them not to notice the same way you don’t come out of stealth with Sombra in ear shot of the enemy if you want to remain unnoticed.
Reaper is fine. Just like D.va is fine, they just don’t fit in the meta right now. Doesn’t mean they’re underpowered.
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All that jeff and co have to do is Increase reaper’s shadow step range and maybe make him unstunnable during ultimate? (Can still get hooked though)