Nothing in the game feels worse than heroes never dying. Incredible sustain and healing makes it almost impossible for certain heroes to actually get a kill.
This patch somewhat reverted the health pools but only for half the cast, the reasoning being that heroes with lots of mobility or sniper heroes are too powerful. I would argue heroes like Baptiste, Illari, Ashe, Sojourn, Cass, Genji, Venture, Ana, Zen would also need the 225 hp, not because they have incredible mobility, but because they are strong in other ways in terms of damage, utility, and sustain. Hell every squishy hero should get their health pool reverted to pre-Season 9. It would help with sustain feeling so incredibly powerful and would help bring back most kill confirms that got lost in Season 9.
Overwatch was always balanced around every squishy having the same hp killing threshold, with a few outliers (Torb, Bastion, Mei, Reaper). The thing that balances mobility vs non-mobility is the fact that non-mobile heroes have either incredible sustain, utility, or damage. This is what made heroes like Zenyatta work in the same game as Lucio. Zenyatta with great damage vs Lucio with great mobility.
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Thatâs the thing, squishy heroes are no longer squishy. A hero with 250 health will always feel like a tank to heroes that donât have 250 health. I thought this was common sense ever since Brigitte was released.
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How does Bap go unchanged while Mercy gets nerfed?
Maybe, just maybe, the heroes were already balanced around their mobility, or lack of.
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Tbf Brigitte is probably one of the few heroes I would accept having more than 225 health. She is supposed to be a tanky support, similar to Mei, Reaper, Bastion, Torb.
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Just the revert the game to OW 1 and it would feel a lot better
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I think Mercy was buff overall but yeah how Bap and Illari stay 250 because I guess they arenât âmobileâ even though they both have mobility spells is kinda crazy
I would take that AND revert the sombra virus rework. Dial her back to the previous version
Also revert the tanks
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Bap, Genji, Tracer, Illari, Junkrat, Pharah, Sojourn, Soldier, Venture shouldâve all had their health nerfed if mobility was the reasoning. The devs didnât even follow their own reasoning on this patch.
This all just feels like a band-aid nerf to specifically target Kiriko and Lucio yet instead of nerfing them directly they nerfed half the cast yet saved the rest. Me personally I would just revert to how health pools was before season 9. Also reduce the hitboxes and nerf tanks while you are at it.
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Yes, they nerfed 3/18 DPS and 5/11 supports. Doesnât seem like a âmobile hero nerfâ to meâŚ
Reapers ult is so bad lol, i try to do it abd insta get clapped
Agreed. But it would also require them reverting the stupid hitbox changes as well
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