Even if the hook connects there is a chance it will get canceled and not pull even tho it connected.
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this is not the problem with Roadhogs hook. Hooking someone who’s already going behind cover should break. The problem is finishing the combo, even perfectly can result in no death or even significant damage if the hitbox of the target is small enough or the spread decides they deserve to live. Dude needs a vegas theme his combo is such RNG.
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The problem im talking about is when I hook someone who is not behind cover and then they go behind a shield AFTER the hook connects. Why does it matter what they do after they get hooked???
even DrRiku said they should change that.
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I don’t know who DrRiku is but any break in LOS after hooking is meant to do that. It used to be an inescapable tractor beam of death. Now you have a chance to save a teammate. Just imagine it like cutting the rope/chain.
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DrRiku is one of the best Roadhog mains in the game.
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Cool. I’m sure his opinion on his favorite character is unbiased. /s
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Watch this video and decide for yourself.
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Roadhogs my second highest played character this season. His hook is fine. His inconsistency with the end result as said above is the problem. If youre hooking someone who is behind cover then its obviously not going to pull them through a wall. A good hook can still completely stop an enemy push. You just have to let your team finish the target more now.
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… this man says “Uh” every sentence.
OK… right off the bat: Didn’t watch it all, don’t have 20 minutes to waste on rambling but I skimmed for his points and yeah… he just wants old (flanky tanky) roadhog. No offense to you or your likes or dislikes but people who play certain characters really well get very upset when their perfected techniques get broken.
Hog was super OP in the beginning, then gutted, then brought back a little and now with his last nerf most of the people who play him can agree all he needs is a little more consistency and he’ll be viable again. Baiting his hook around a corner or with someone who can break LOS is a strategy, not a failing in design. IF this is happening to you a lot perhaps a swap of character or tactics is in order.
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This kind of stuff is happening more and more with Hook and it’s frustrating as hell. There are legitimate problems with Hook that should be fixed immediately.
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They should honestly just make the hook hitscan.
THAT, is a bug and yes, that kind of junk should get fixed.
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No he doesn’t you would’ve known if you would’ve actually watched the video.
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the entire video? Maybe, but the man tells stories like my 7 year old niece, would you care to summarize?
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Hook is NOT FINE. There’s currently a ton of bugs with it right now. If someone jumps, the hook will disconnect in plain 100% LOS now for some reason, as well as the use of movement abilities also cancel the hook after the hook connects now. It’s 100% bugged and happens to me a couple times a session. I’ve lost close fights that decided games due to this. It is not ok, and I really hope the devs do something about it.
Some examples:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KQyqhW-cJs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5NZKTwPXZc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79ceQ_BPKe0
A million more examples out there.
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He’s talking about all the hook bugs and RNG spread and mentions a lot of things to compensate, like the fixed spread pattern of Doomfist, or just a lesser spread in general or a little bit more damage and fixing all the hook bugs, basically all the stuff most of the Hog players wish since Blizz gutted Roadhog.
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Its not useless, its just buggy, like a lot of stuff in the game. I got hooked straight from behind, it went sideways, then I ended up to the left of the Hog.
Fixing BUG’s I’m behind, making damage more consistent close range I’m behind. Making it so even when the LOS is truly broken like moving behind a wall or breaking it with a shield? Naw… that’s strategy. Which he seems to argue against in the beginning of his video.
if we had 100 topics on this all in a row and the devs came onto the forum they would ignore the 100 top topics and reply to the topic about giving mccree a justin beiber skin
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I’m still waiting for that to happen…
youtu.be/rVsutFKbqBc