Look at his pickrate. Thanks.
Edit: as a hint the pickrate is a better telling of what is actually good because win rate is measured is a very flawed way and the way its measured has caused problems for years.
And there is a pretty obvious reason why. He was not meta and definitely not good. He just had a high pickrate. He is a hero people like to play and the only real hitscan. No scope, no ads, no spread.
Iām pretty sure it was explained by someone here that he was basically mirrored at his peak which made his winrate go down. I wouldnāt know because I donāt like him or pay attention to his stats and viability.
Launch bri was mirrored every game. 58% winrate. Moth meta mercy literally in every game, 56% winrate.
I am ok with mccree going back to OG state. Just give him the fb back! The only heroes affected are 4 flankers! The ones he should kill after the flash and now they can escape!
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Yeah he has. Not that im accusing OP of this, but mccree players always seem to make it out like heās one of the weakest DPS. Even with the flash nerf heās arguably still top 5. And before this recovery rate nerf, easily had one of the best primary fires in the entire game. Together, yeah heāll be a little on the weaker side. But I doubt theyāll let this go through without something else.
I do agree with OP that heāll need compensation buffs somewhere though. I hope he gets some utility, like another dodge roll, or more I frames etc.
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Well, he was one of the weakest dps, statistically.
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He is already nerfed indirectly because of shield nerfs. Although he has more free space to shoot, he is the first to die from spam. He is walking, has nothing like regen or escape, he cant access high ground and he has to be played closer than any other hitscan. I wont be surprised if he is gonna be the first ever dps to reach sub 40% winrate across the ranks.
I didnāt mean to make it sound like he wasnāt already struggling, my bad. He is def struggling at the moment and will more so if changes go live but I am sure they will correct it and give him the necessary buffs to stay in line with other heroes. Of course it may take a while for that to happen thoā¦
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Of course, they have always been slow to buff or nerf McCree in the past. They have also been extremely flip floppy with him in ptr/experimental. He is clearly a character they struggle to balance. Always has been.
Took 15 seasons to give him more than a suicide useless ult. His ult is still the worst of any hitscan btw, close to the worst in the game above diamond. But you can always ult if you want to stretch your legs or grab a beer.
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Heāll still be stronger relatively because the other hitscan nerfs are much harsher.
Ya I would be down for a flash bang revert, it is trash currently.
McCree was the best DPS before Ashe and Widow take over.
It only makes sense and it is completly deserved to nerf him.
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Buff Genji? lmfao. They aint touching Genji again for a year now that hes bad to being a blade bot.
Fun fact
Ashe has more dps than cree WITHOUT ads!
Ill put that on op just for the lols.
heās been struggling for 4 years lol
All the changes are so tanks feel stronger. Guess OP doesnāt like tanksā¦
Mccree had storm arrows on M1, cry all you want. Now he can be open to buffs in another part
Oh damn, McCree wonāt be played for a while, OH BOY WHAT A SHAME.
Coughs in doomfist and genji
If exp goes live. Mc is way worse than ashe even if ashe doesnt even hit dynamites or use bob properly. Using asheās kit at 50% is like playing mc 100% for a 50-55% accuracy on both heroes.
So mc is useful for his FB. This tool is now nerfed so hard to even justify running mc who is gonna die almost twice as much as ashe anyway. He has no coach gun and he cant stay far behind because his gun is useless at 30m where ashe can do her job effectively.
one hero cant be better than another hero in every aspect. Its bad balance.