How I hate solider 76 I mean everything about his kit guestions me how the devs could allow this to be released I mean I’m just going to start of by saying this if they just removed the sprinting ability halted the damage helix rocket does and rework it into a mobility move and majorly debuffing his damage to fire rate ratio it would be perfectly acceptable and he would still be playable instead of getting hit by a helix rocket and half my health being dissolved and dieing to the pure strength of his damge per bullet from his gun and his kit makes him able to literally get out of almost every situation
He does insane damage
He’s one of the fastest characters
He literally hast gotten like any debuffs for ever
My experience with Soldier is this: If he’s left alone, he’ll do good damage.
If he’s focused, he goes down like a chump, healing ability or not. He’s better off sprinting away.
You know what he can’t do while sprinting? Yeah, shoot, or Helix, or Heal, or anything else but run.
In order to land the Helix rocket, either you have to be really predictable on your movement, or he has to land a lucky shot. Travel time + Enemy movement makes it a fairly unreliable projectile unless you’re catching someone unaware, or you’re close enough that he’s likely taking splash damage from the rockets.
No, I think Soldier 76 is just fine the way he is, and this is just a lack of skill on your part. Correct me if I’m wrong, of course.
If S76 were as OP as you say he is, he’d be in every match. I rarely see him anymore, unless it’s in Classic.
TBH 76 is in a weird spot. He does nothing special and will not win you games but he is also really good like REALLY good. Really good damage , self heal and burst damage with helix on top of being able to move fast.
Problem is 5v5 IMO. I don’t think he needs any changes and he is just suffering from the 5v5 change. If it was 6v6 i’d agree on him needing nerfs (maybe not since 1 extra tank) but on 5v5 he is basically lacks the ability to win the team games/fights because he does nothing against the tank. He can kill supports and DPS if he gets good high ground but a good team should be able to chase and throw him off high ground easily. Basically he is both useless and really good.
This is basically the whole thing with the DPS roster. A lot of annoying/powerful characters not even being touched because they don’t perform well due to the fact that they cannot do anything against a tank and need certain requirements met in order to kill squishies. Genji , Tracer , Ashe , Soldier and so on and so on.
My simple suggestion to OP is just wait for the 6v6 rework and then voice your opinion. For now you can try playing Open Queue i guess. Even that mode is all over the place because everybody just plays off brand GOATS.