I understand the buff to him was really annoying to deal with, but why nerf him to a point where hes worse than he was before the buff? cant you at least revert him to where he was before the buff? it seems both hog players and people who played against hog were satisfied with where he was, but now he just feels like a liability.
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He has almost always been a liability…
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Can he still one shot every non tank hero?
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and that was their plan sadly
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It depends, if you’re good at Hog and get used to the new shotgun pattern, yes. Otherwise, no.
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so now he is more skillful! the skill police will like that!
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There is no skill to hook shot. If he can kill the hooked hero with melee he is fine. If he can one shot reaper and mei he is more than fine.
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I think it weakens flanking hog a lot.
But if the hogs stay in their team its pretty much a tug of war of death.
He can hook shot reaper easy, ANA medium, Mei - medium-hard but doable with practice
There is skill. Silver Hogs won’t be able to do the combo consistently, just like before the changes. But good Hogs, will be able to do it. If you’re good at Roadhog, it’s a great buff. It removes the luck factor in the hook combo.
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Hog on live can one shot everyone without even melee or even walking forward. I dont see how this is a buff.
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Hog on live can also melt everyone in the game. I really didn’t want him to be nerfed, I wanted his counters to be buffed. But now that we’re here, these changes are great compared to what they could have done (nerfing his damage and not giving him ANY buffs, while keeping the nerfs).
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Its not a buff, sure making his spread not random will make him more consistant, but I think people fail to see how this is OBJECTIVELY a nerf. I dont know how people think making his spread not random anymore is a buff when he lost his damage after the buff and his speed and extra shot from before the buff.
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That’s the point. He’s overperforming and getting a nerf.
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He’s overperforming because his counters and other tanks are in a bad state right now. But the community fails to see that, so another tank that should be viable is getting nerfed. If other tanks were viable, and Roadhog’s counters were viable (except for Ana), he wouldn’t be meta.
He would be viable, but not meta.
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funny how blizzards mentality is to nerf everything til its equal rather than buff
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Exactly. If other tanks were fine, and Roadhog’s counters were fine, and he was still overperforming? Nerf. But look at those heroes. Are they fine? Obviously not.
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as long as DPS/supports can die ; Hog is good - Just like Doomfist (he also gets buffed). Tanks not being 2.6 shotted is probs what the devs want, so that the tank community is not weeping in outrage
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I just wish they wouldn’t nerf Hog. Buff most other tanks to compete.
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I think what would work better is something like this
Scrap Gun:
Damage per pellet increased from 7 to 8
Recovery time increased from 8.5 seconds to 1 second.
Ammo capacity decreased from 5 to 4
Take a breather:
Roadhog can no longer move while using take a breather
Roadhog no longer has 50% damage reduction while using take a breather
I know it seems outdated because this is close to how OG hog used to be, however I still believe that this is the best route for Roadhog. The problem with hog right now is that he can do what OG hog did way back when, however he has the heal to just get out of many situations. These changes I believe will promote more skill and positioning because the hook will be much more valuable and each shot will have to count. Hog also will be much more killable, rather than the unkillable one shotting monster he is right now on live.
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