Should blizzard nerf Junk

[Cerburus437-1424]

Most likely which is why I was correcting him, the past tends to bunch itself up in peoples minds and cause us to misremember

[Wyldernap-2124]

Being a close quarters specialist doesn’t mean he should get free value by simply existing in a certain range. There should still be a certain level of mechanical skill to land your shots.

With the current state of tanks(shield tanks, more specifically) waiting for them is not always possible or useful. The shields get shredded way too fast. And after thay’re gone just would just (assuming they increase the size) unleash an un missable barage of nades at the choke, forcing the enemy to either die or retreat.

You cannot simply buff his projectile size without touching any other part of his kit. If you wan’t more area coverege you have to either sacrafice the damage or the projectile speed.

@Xtracrizby-1693

Junkrat is still useless because why would you play him when there’s other better choice?

The hero doesn’t always need to be the best choice, he just needs to be viable. If Hanzo and other op heroes are nerfed you should be able to pick junk without putting your team at a disadvantage. Buffing heroes so they can specifically otshine others is a bad idea since it will do nothing but contribute to power creep.

@Xtracrizby-1693

Tracer problem isn’t due to the her being one-shot or CCed.

The biggest problem she has right now is that she can’t be effective through all the shield being put up.

Again, shields are irrelevant here. Tracers job used to be killing the backline. There are no shields there most of the time and if there are, she can bling through them. She cannot however burst through all the self sustain and survive the stuns and 1 shots.

@Xtracrizby-1693

Brig, her effective counter, is gutted. You can’t even punish a Tracer properly since the combo is gone. Moira? She’s used more as a detterent than actual way to stop Tracer.

That’s just wrong. Brig is in her most balanced state yet. Her healing is on par with ana’s, she has decent sustain, a stun, a boop and most importantly she can give armor to teammates. Armor alone is more than enough to stop tracer as it effectively cuts her damage in half. Not to mention that it can prevent most 1 shots in the game. Also, her cc can easily keep flankers and dive tanks off your backline.

Saying that brig is bad is simply dishonest. People doing so are either being purposely misleading or are unable to adapt to her new playstyle.

@Xtracrizby-1693

The core issue of Tracer was never actually touched, her ult was the last of that problem and this whole mess we’re is due to blizz refusal to simply nerf tracer in the first place.

That was exactly my point all along. The heroes aren’t weak. They are victims of power creep. Newly added/changed heroes are just too good at everything - cc/ damage/ healling/ susain etc. All that and they more often than not require way less mastery and overall effort to play. Making the older heroes, that were previosly strong, useless.

@Xtracrizby-1693

Comparing Tracer situation to Junkrat isn’t even close since the latter was never part of a core meta that dominated a season so thoroughly and had little changes to her kit.

A hero doesn’t need to be a part of a dominant meta to be a victim of power creep. Both tracer and junk have been affected by it, albeit in various degrees.

[EJv1-1589]

I am not a widow main
Just play her a lot in qp but my actual main is zarya

[Sideswipe-11807]

He is literally one of the least OP characters in the game, I think you just had a bad experience or you’re just a bit salty

[YoshLee44-2959]

Only part I don’t like about junkrat is his primary fire + mine combo. I want that to be nerfed but everyone on the forums will shut me down lol

[Gazblo-1462]

I kinda want them to nerf his concussion mines damage, but give him the ability to charge his left clicks for more distance and a more direct arc of travel. Would add some more skill into his kit, and prevent players from just relying on the nade mine combo for kills.