Personally, I think that the recent patch on the PTR is a step in the right direction but I just don’t see it pulling Reaper even with other DPS heroes, mainly Junkrat.
So tell me what you think. I’m genuinely interested in what the community in general thinks of Reaper’s PTR changes.
Maybe even too much. The death blossom one is fine but for Wraith Form the cancel thing is not ok. It will be deflect 2.0
They are far from enough, his ultimate is still trash against tanks and with brigitte and mcree + hog around his ultimate will never do anything, he is still predictable using wraith form
I feel like they’re enough. You can use wraith form to chase down an enemy or get to a healer safely with the increased speed and you can even catch them by surprise by canceling the ability.
But I still feel like Junkrat is better since he has mobility and high damage
With Roadhog, Genji (can’t stun but has Deflect), McCree, Dva (Defense Matrix), and now Brigitte all being highly picked characters, it feels like there’s very few situations where Reaper can use his ult without getting immediately shut down. Most of the time it feels like I’m trying to bait out half the dang team’s abilities before I’m finally allowed to ult, so I was hoping they’d give him some kinda CC resistance while ulting
Was also hoping for changes to Shadow Step considering how useless it is in most situations, but I guess the Wraith Form stuff is better than nothing as a first step towards buffing him
Thank you for finally giving us the ability to cancel Wraith Form. This is a feature that was asked by so many Reaper mains, myself included. The Death Blossom buff is also very cool. It’s not enough, but it’s a step in the right direction, and it’s better than nothing.
What are the changes again?
No. This was badly needed. His wraith form is too predicitable and people would punish you for using it. It will actually make it a defensive ability and more of a threat, which IMO is needed for tipple/quad tanks.
Reaper changes are enough.
Mei change is not enough. Her Cryo-freeze still does not reload her ammo.
I want to try them first, but this PTR update is friggin 14GB
Tested it on the PTR, and it actually might be good for combating clumped groups. I think we’ll need some time to know for sure. But if it works the way I think it does, it will be very powerful for defending chokes.
I don’t think so. I imagine cancelling Wraith has an animation he has to complete before he can shoot, not like Deflect where he can start animation-cancelling into other abilities to do damage.
The reaper changes sound ok to me because it’s kinda weird that he couldn’t cancel raith before, right?
It’s too early to say, people need to test him out first. Personally, I don’t think it’ll be enough but I may be wrong. I’m just surprised they left Shadowstep untouched.
These are the changes:
'Reaper
Death Blossom Reloads Hellfire Shotguns after use Wraith Form Move speed bonus increased from 25% to 50% You can now cancel the ability by pressing the Shift or Primary Fire hotkeyDeveloper Comments: These changes help Reaper use Wraith Form more consistently as an escape, but they also open up new options, such as chasing down key targets.’
IMO this will make him better in places he was already viable, but it doesn’t really increase his versatility. Hard to tell atm though.
I am saying that this change is bad. It is actually very good.
Good, but not enough to fix all problems of Mei.
I’m just happy that you can finally cancel wraith now. I mean, I’m grateful for the speed buff on it, but I would have been happy if they just added the cancel.
No changes to Shadow Step tho wich is kinda curious considering its so fakin bad 
Literally just came out and people already saying it isnt enough… Jesus christ.