Rein needs a buff, like a fire strike buff so he’s able to 2 fire strike people a maybe make fire strike faster, I wanna hear from yall how u think rein could be buffed. I was thinking about something but it could be op, I was thinking big slam can go through shields and maybe break em, that could be op tho idk
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It’s kind of crazy how Rein hasn’t actually been meta for literally YEARS. There’s been Orisa metas, Sigma metas, Dva metas, Mauga metas, Hog metas, all sorts of metas but no Rein metas since GOATS.
He’s like the most beloved tank hero (besides Dva), there’s tons of people who only play Rein, he’s fun to play, he makes the game better when you him on your team, he’s one of the iconic flagship heroes of Overwatch, and yet Blizzard really seem to hate him. He’s been in the mediocre state for years. Bring him back, make him a great pick even for one season.
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He leads every season damn near with the highest win rate per Blizzard stats
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I mean this topic says Rein when it should say Ball…
Ball is apparently doing quite well at the moment.
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Where? / Disgaree.
Ball does not need a buff…
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True. He needs several, and has since OW2 released.
That is what the developers claim. I have no idea what the context is. Knowing them, they will still rework him even if he is fine now. That’s just how they roll. Pun intended.
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LOLOLoL
Yeah, kinda scared of that but we’ll see. Their reworks lately just add on one ability and are flat buffs on heroes they’ve been ignoring for months.
Ball feels ok/nice out of combat, and that’s pretty much it. He’s fine to stall a point for a little bit, but that’s literally what he’s built for. In no way does a slight health buff fix his major issues since “2” (because if it were that simple, they could’ve done that before now).
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Fire strike to 125 damage.
A smidge more health. Possibly faster/better shield regeneration. I’d be hesitant to see max shield health itself go up, I feel like his “max shield up time” is good versus what it takes to break it when full- but it can feel a bit long to get it back and make another push, plus the moment it does go down rein is fairly fragile.
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No more buffs! Just nerf things instead…
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All the mobile tanks are doing well and I’ll tell you why. It’s about cover and rotations. Wrecking Ball jettisons himself onto the point, and just as quickly disappears. His rotations are quick, giving him ample access to cover.
Now picture Hog. He slowly trots to point and waddles away. His rotations are slow, making it so that cover is less accessible. He can somewhat alleviate this by utilizing range, but never fully.
Reinhardt is somewhere in between. He has minor mobility, but more importantly he can create cover using his barrier.
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Yes maybe in Bronze ranks.
Try playing Reinhardt in Masters, heck even Diamond, and above and you will see how much fun you will have.
He is just too slow in everything he does, a relic of the past, forgotten.
Doesn’t do enough damage and gets easily bullied left and right.
Everything can play around him and ignore him, but even in brawl fights, he just explodes without being able to apply pressure as a tank.
Ramattra is ten times better than him, he is Rein without the shortcomings.
But the main problem is not the damage its the threat of Rein.
He can’t be a threat if he can’t reach his targets.
He can’t do anything at range either. Firestrike is a joke after S9.
He needs something.
Perhaps a reduction to the movement speed penalty when holding his shield or a slight movement increase after using Charge like Orisa has with the javelin spin.
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Give him unlimited shield, and we got a hero!
I’ve suggested in the past to turn him into basically Big Brig, but with the stun always available. Mobility and play making in one.
Agreed there should be a rein meta, and this is coming from someone who doesnt like rein because he counters my main (zarya). Lower ranks can put up with a few weeks of rein dominance, not that it changes much anyways. I wouldn’t say make him HARD meta, like S2 roadhog or S8 mauga, but more like S7 sigma would be more suitable (i.e really good, but not played 24/7)
u gotta trust me on this, make it so he can place his shield for a little so he can firestrike and then go back to holding, so hes able to do something while the shield is up
A few of the Mirrorwatch changes would be nice buffs. If not a faster walk speed while shielding (which is what he really needs) then the speed boost on shield break they gave him would be a secondary ask. And the swing speed ramp up for dueling other tanks that got in his space.
ya, i feel those buffs would be pretty cool, but it would also make reins just break ther shield to run in swinging instead of shielding for the team which would be funny to see but bad for the team