Junk was honestly cancer on console before… all these changes just make this 100 times worse.
REALLY BLIZZARD?
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Why is he particularly good on console?
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Yes. Very much so. Dude wrecks because ranged damage effectiveness is so all over the place on console
Probably because he requires less aim than Moira and most people struggle to aim with the sticks themselves. Makes him a safe pick pretty much all the time. I would not call him “good.” But nobody will ever complain that you picked him unless the infamous “Zarya is getting charged” nonsense breaks out.
He’s reaper level cancer at gold on console
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Nope, this guy has no idea what he’s talking about, Junkrat is just as bad on Console, unless he’s below Plat lol. The only hero who perform slightly better on console is Pharah and even then she still dies easily at +Diamond rank.
yep
Minority*
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Soooo the vast majority gets shafted? That’s awesome blizzard
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If that was the case, hie come he’s in the Top 500s on PS4? He’s broken, he takes no skill, there’s no downside to his damage(there used to be one), he instantly kills squishies and is a pest to Tanks.
And Pharah doesn’t take skill either, especially after her splash damage buff, straight up encouraging players to not shoot directly at targets.
Play Pharah. Problem solved.
Not a DPS? Play Zarya. Problem is dealt with easier,but not solved. Or Roadhog, although you may feed, you can also one shot him fairly easily and break his ult fairly easily (and if not, you can survive it with take a breather)
Not a tank or DPS? Go Lucio and cancel his ult with beat and don’t rely on your shields. Or Moira and bait the ult to you and fade out.
I’m on console too, even used to be in Gold. He’s never that big of an issue.
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Eh, it depends, I think OP is just a bit salty cause they get wrecked by Junkrats often. I sit in Gold/Plat on Xbox and Junkrat isn’t really that much of a problem if you aren’t a potato.
Oh my gosh, 1 of the 31 heroes is picked for top500??? Totally can’t be Junkrat mains!
Seriously, it’s not that surprising that top500’s are rocking the board with just about anything. It’s kind of what they do as top500’s.
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I haven’t seen a Junkrat in forever on console. Might just be a rank thing, but I think that’s also true for PC. He’s stronger at lower ranks, awful at higher ranks.
Junkrat takes no skill. Same for the other DPS that are all over the Top 500s on Consoles. But my point is that Junkrat isn’t bad on consoles. He never will be balanced again as long as he’s not harmed by his own explosives like he used to be.
If Junkrat took no skill, everyone in Bronze could just jump their way to at least Plat or Diamond one tricking him.
No hero takes ‘no skill’. You obviously have to have quite a few things going for you in terms of each characters limitations and abilities plus the know-how to use them effectively.
Just saying.
But eh, I didn’t say he is bad, I’m just saying he’s not as overpowered as OP is suggesting with this thread.
(I should not be allowed to type this late at night lol)
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While I agree he’s cancer, all you have to do is have competent aim on a mid range hitscan hero and you can shut him down easily…
Also try taking high ground once and a while.
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this. junk isn’t a problem at all on console.
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You’re saying Junkrat will never be balanced as long as hes not actually terrible?
Cause self damage was terrible
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The self damage made him balanced. He had a downside to his big damage. No one tried that grenade & mine spam back in old OW. Those that used Junkrat were actually good with him.
That’s a joke because it meant he could play CQC at all. What other dps do you know cant do that because they are a liability to themselves?
Closest thing I could think if is Pharah obliterating herself with Barrage cause she was too close to a wall. Is that balanced?
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Yes actually. But Pharah had that splash damage buff, so Pharah players arent even a threat to themselves all that much because they dont need to directly aim at targets & are always in the air.
Junkrat however, is always on the ground. Instant killing targets with no effort & no risk what-so-ever, isn’t balanced. Yet Blizzard thinks buffing him even more is a good idea.
That’s entirely on the person Junkrat is fighting for allowing him to get close.
There’s a difference between being good, and people not knowing how to respond to you. Junkrat fits the latter far more than the former