The community definitely has a massive bias towards Reinhardt if it was any other tank you’d see people saying that they outperform every other Tank and need to be nerfed. The problem is Blizzard removed 2 of his weaknesses, Reinhardt is scary when Lucio amp it up speed boosts him he makes space so quickly that an Orisa just can’t really compete
“Other tanks suck, so let’s make Rein suck too.”
There’s already a shortage of tank players, so let’s give people even less reason to play the role? Heaven forbid there’s a viable tank that players can actually enjoy.
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A hero who was considered trash until another hero got nerfed is not overtuned. They’re still trash, they’re just less trash than the now nerfed hero.
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i dunno… i never felt like rein is oppressive compared to all the other tanks…
current DVA is actually oppressive!
You can barely play hitscan with her around and widow is completely countered because she is basically on primal mode the entire game with the 3 second boost.
yet widow is getting nerfed… good balancing community!
Out of all tanks Reinhardt is about the only one to have been net buffed since launch. The barrier nerf not only made Rein better in relation to other tanks, his movement speed and knockback resistance allow him to get more out of his 1600 barrier than he got from his 2000 barrier. He has never been bad, but now he’s just the best by a wide margin.
With him you run Zarya or D.va with the recent buffs. For supports Lucio and Ana, or Brigitte.
The comps are actually very similar to triple tank triple support, except with two DPS forcibly slotted in. Those are the two snipers, McCree or Mei.
Rein is as balanced as he has ever been he was trash before the speed buff which was need in compensation to the shield nerf the steadfast buff was greatly needed for him.
Even though his barrier get destroyed pretty quickly now his movement speed allows him to do what he always should have done & that is get your team to the front line
DPS power creep made him awful to play he is actually enjoyable now, the problem here is DPS seem to have a self entitlement that they should get to kill everything & anything without any challenge
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Rein only feels strong when Orisa isnt played as much too… and honestly like Orisa could group the enemy team on cooldown… all rein has on cooldown is chucking a fireball and a big shift [FEED NOW] button
he requires more patience leaves things like pharah open easier… I dunno i dont see rein as OMG so OP
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Sigma was only a problem when combod with orisa.
Dude, Rein was nerfed via:
Ult height
Charge mobility
Charge Hitbox
Shield life
Shield Animation got several frames longer
Hammer swing was glitched for ages
He got buffed by:
Movement speed with shield
Less Boopable.
He’s not the “best” because he was buffed, hes the best because the other important shield tanks got nerfed to the ground. If they didn’t hard nerf Orisa and Sigma too hard, Rein would never be considered an issue.
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Blizzard removed one of his weaknesses, and reduced the effect of the other, both of which had made im pretty much a nightmare and unfun to play. I don’t know about you but he severely needed a QoL change.
Don’t forget they “fixed” a bunch of his animation cancels. making him more clunky than launch as well.
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