Since yesterday more and more people have been running the same rein build. They take Smashing, and Feeling the burn as the two major powers. For perks they just take gloom gauntlets and whatever increases attack speed. That’s it. They then cannot die and get incredible lifesteal. There’s nothing anyone can do against it especially with how small the stadium maps are. The format of stadium heavily empowers the build further as brawling is basically guaranteed.
If the build was difficult or took thought I wouldn’t mind, but it’s incredibly easy for an insane amount of value. The fun I have had with stadium is going away almost completely because of how rampant the build seems to be.
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Thanks for the build, will try it out!
please do. the more people that use it the more quickly it’ll get nerfed hopefully. :]
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I tried, but a flying Reinhardt made me reconsider the build mid match.
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I’ve used this build in every Rein game except my first 2 where I ran firestrike build.
It is super fun, that’s why I love using it. But I lose very often because of matchmaking rng and build diff with my team.
Example, I’ve had several moment where I’m 1v3 against the enemy team, including their tank either a rein or zar or orisa. Sometimes for a good 20 seconds. Yet my backline lose the 4v2 against a reaper, soldier or Ashe.
I’ll often end the rounds with way more damage and elims than the 2nd highest, often also more damage and elims than the enemy team. Yet my team still fumbles the 4 v 2. Or 3 v 2. Or 2 v 1.
Just the nature of this game I guess.
The hero I get the most consistency with is Boop Daddy Lucio. Because I’m always with my tank or pressuring or folding the enemy backline allowing the tank to do their thing. And boop away any pesky Reapers trying to fold my tank.
I’ve successfully 2 v 5’d a few times with a teammate on the Immortal Queen build for example. But that also is probably the RNG of the matchmaker and build choices.
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They need to just nerf Rein in general in that mode.
And Zarya. And Cass. And Juno. And Genji. And Soldier.
Like, no more cash nerfs. The devs have to realize that they’re getting a lot of cash because they’re doing too much.
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i main jq as i find her incredibly fun and enjoy her skill expression, but when i go up against that rein build it’s basically just a better version of queen. Jq is all about lifesteal to stay alive, but when a big german man takes those two 2 perks along with gloom gauntlets and plan z they are just a better queen. like, imagine instead of having 2 jq axes in stadium you have infinite. that’s what it feels like to go up against. The last time i fought against that build my entire team was shooting them, they wouldn’t die, and they got shatter two times in one fight before we went down even when we should’ve won.
lucio is still real good though too. like the fact that they already nerfed that and it’s still amazing shows how powerful it is.
I don’t wanna take fun away from ya as you said it’s quite fun, but given just how easy it is and how it only gets more powerful as time goes on with little to no counterplay something about it needs to be changed, because i play against it almost every match now.
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if you struggle against melee rein it’s really not complicated, don’t interact with him and kill his team ASAP, I know it sounds silly but there’s not much he can do about it.
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that’s easier said than done. the maps in stadium make that nearly impossible. which is also why ashe and ana are not as good in the mode. it’s very brawl focused. along with that with that build he has increased move speed so if he even gets one swing he speeds up and it stacks 5 times, so running away isn’t really an option most of the time.
If the mode had maps like havana or circuit royal for example that would be a different story. also given how prevalent juno is, she’s the most popular support, there’s almost a guaranteed speed boost in most matches not to mention lucio.
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The speed boost can be on both sides and there are tools to CC him.
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Possibly a hot take. Instead of incentivizing other builds through nerfs, they should incentivize other builds through buffs. Being busted is what makes stadium part of the fun imo. Blizzard has a tendency to keep nerfing until it’s no fun, and let’s face it, the average player isn’t going to actually go “Hmm, what could I take to possibly counter this or make my life easier?” They’ll get killed, say it’s busted and then go whining to Blizzard to nerf it instead.
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it’s unhinged that they giganerfed dva and left rein untouched, imo
Exactly. They should also add more power & items so they can be more build. They should buff items & powers that are not used often. If they keep giganerf like they do. Stadium will eventually lose it’s lustre and player will either drop the game or play some other modes.