Im all for a fun experimental from pros or content creators to kind of break the game for a tournament. What im not okay with is the fact that this has delayed a well overdue REAL balance patch for the live game. There are obvious changes that still NEED to be made for the health of the game:
Mcree is objectively overtuned. Whether you like the character or hate the character is irrelevant. He is at a ridiculous pickrate across all ranks, has no real weaknesses other than longer range hitscans, has multiple heroes that he hard counters out of playtime. Look at the top 500 dps right now and tell me that mcree is okay. He needs a nerf. He doesnāt need to be gutted, but he 100 percent needs a nerf.
Baptiste is ridiculous at high level. Yes in lower ranked games where coordination isnāt as common, he seems relatively balanced, however at high level he completely runs the game. He has the insane damage of zen, the slippery mobility of lucio, the insane aoe healing output of moira, strong single target healing on par with ana, self sustain like brig and a defensive ult like zen and lucio except itās on a cooldown. He has all of the strength of off supports AND main supports with none of the drawbacks. The only argument before was that window was a subpar ultimate but that has been buffed into an extremely solid ult on par with nano boost in terms of offensive power. Now we have a universally powerful support with no real drawbacks or weaknesses, that outright supersedes and replaces moira and ana in the meta.
Bastion literally doesnāt fit the current game. Shields are too weak, bunker in general is gone, and bastion simply has 0 niche. Do SOMETHING with him blizzard. Take him into a more healthy direction because his current state is a complete joke.
Doomfist is still equally problematic as he was a year ago. You took his fluidity and speed away which is why doom players love the hero, and yet somehow left his crazy burst damage that make most players hate the hero. Now doomfist is relegated to boring mr. punch man and only works when the enemy team plays 0 counters to you, and yet when he works, most players still find him incredibly frustrating. The fact that there are threads every day about hating playing as doom, AND hating playing against him, should show you that the hero is in a terrible spot for everyone. Again, do SOMETHING with doomfist. Itās been over a year since he was gutted. Itās time for doomfist to be changed.
Genji wasnāt compensated enough for his changes. Either nerf the ult charge a little less, or give him 29 damage shurikens. He was nerfed heavily, but buffed slightly. He is very close to being balanced, and i like the shift away from blade bot into a well rounded hero. Finish the job blizzard!
Sombra is just in a awful state. Emp is still just broken at high level, and yet the rest of her kit is absolutely terrible in ranked. Make sombra a real dps that can get kills, and contribute without constant team support. To compenate, hack and emp should be made way less powerful, especially considering how hard they can dumpster a hero at the click of a button. Sombra is currently either a counter pick, or an emp bot. Both playstyles are boring and unhealthy for the game. Make sombra a real dps hero.
This experimental has taken the spot of the next real experimental despite being completely worthless to most players. Despite some people being happy, there are a great deal of people not happy with the state of their hero, These changes are just scratching the surface. Im incredibly disappointed that the REAL experimental is delayed when there are clearly heroes that are long overdue for changes.