Bad player here but the so called “good” players like to come here to complain as a coping mechanism, I faced a few Freja’s in Stadium and was able to beat them and the match making on that mode is garbage, but what do I know one of these “good” players told me I shouldn’t speak here because I don’t know what I’m talking about.
Freija is busted in the right hands in stadium for sure, if you were able to swap to counter her maybe she wouldn’t feel so oppressive but some comps just can’t deal with her easily.
I have been. That’s why I know she’s OP lmao I’m the one playing her.
I thought this was going to be about the 10K restriction and how much quicker games are decided before any fun builds can be played. No, this is just about a hero in Stadium
Freja is doing nothing but getting murdered by hitscan in my games. McCree, especially, is just better than her at everything but mobility.
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Exactly these “good” players who hang out on the forum are just talking a load of rubbish half the time and they tell people like you or myself to shut up because we know nothing, I may not be a pro player but I certainly don’t think shes hard to kill.
Every game last night had a Freja in it on Stadium. She was dealt with but I will say that how high up in the air she can go is crazy. I don’t know if she gets a powerup that lets her go even higher just in stadium or what but I played against two that went so high I couldn’t even find them. Half the time they were up there and I didn’t even know they were there. She’s basically a flying helix rocket build soldier with a stun.
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I fight to heal people not hurt them – Mercy
Those heroes aren’t balanced, either. I actually contest them with Freja - and that’s a bad sign.
Soldier and Cass dominate by a wide margin because their builds are so strong and they don’t need to aim. Soldier’s gotten around 6 or 7 nerfs, and it’s still not enough. Cass only got his cash nerfed twice, they don’t address why he gets so much cash - he does too much for too little. He doesn’t need a lot of weapon power to start steamrolling.
Same with Rein and Zarya. They’ve eaten nearly 10 nerfs and still dominant.
Yet, I’m able to fight back on Freja and outdamage them/kill them faster than they can to me. That shouldn’t be the way it’s balanced - those heroes should have been toned down and they should tone Freja down.
Sojourn will be the nail in the coffin. Which they shouldn’t even bring her in, the community voted on Twitter for who they want to see next and Sojourn was last by a wide margin. The devs don’t care, they want to force these heroes on us in every mode so they dominate there, too.
This is exactly what I meant – fun is over . even as Mercy I can deal with redhead but it not fun at all. All my yesterday games were with redhead on both teams and wins were strictly related which side had better redhead
I haven’t lost against a Freja yet I believe, anytime I encountered her I was either a hitscan or I could block/evade her shots.
She’s good, but the second she takes to aim she gets eaten up by hitscan. So I never saw her as a threat the whole night I played.
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So Freja has an animation cancel that allows her to shoot out two bolts into some one basically one shotting them from round 1. this is where she gets her obnoxious advantage.
I played diva vs an expert freja and also, two bolts were one shotting the mech. forcing me to build defense, aka you dont win building defense unless you are orsia.
so far from what i can tell, shes very over tuned and needs some mega nerfs to bring her into perspective of the other characters, or at least she needs her damage scaled for earlier rounds. for example I seen a freja get 19k round 1 last night. so far i’ve only seen reapers hit the 17k mark, which is deserved since he has to risk his life to get that to happen.
Part of the problem is we are working with a very limited roster
It’s not necessarily a balance issue as
Much as we probably need them to release a few more heroes at a time.
She’s strong in this format for many reasons, one being lack of hero choice
But give it more than 24 hours, let’s see what the devs do
Cass and 76 are strong but as any tank player I was able to deal with them in some form or another and was able to play and have fun. Frej I can’t play any build other than defensive and even building pure tank she is still decimating me instantly and is making the mode unfun and boring. I am just constantly having to dodge her ult and get smacked constsntly by it bc she gets her ult insanely fast. And having my screen just constantly being lit up by her abilities is so annoying.
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Played against several skilled Freya’s and the game is just miserable.
Freya in Stadium can be summed up like this:
Helix rocket build soldier with a jetpack that can create medium area of effect stuns/slows almost constantly.
How was this not seen as incredibly oppressive and overpowered during testing? It only gets worse as the very skilled ones start to figure out the most oppressive builds.