Why doesn’t Reinhardt have knockback reduction while he holds his shield?

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D.Va and Orisa do while firing because they are slowed down. It would only make sense for Reinhardt too because he is also slowed down.

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Uhm interesting, I’d think he should indeed have knockback reduction since it seems to be tied directly with movement speed and he’s slower while holding his shield up… right?

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This has been maddening since forever, especially on Illios:Well. Can’t tell how much I’ve been booped down the well. Why is Reinhardt an exception? The balancing in this game is horrid and makes zero sense.

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You would think so, but atm it isn’t the case.

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they’re fixing this, it’s a bug, not intentional, should be going in april 10th with the archives event, but they said in patch notes, that d.va and orisa having reduced knockback while firing is a bug. (but theoretically rein shouldn’t be knocked back as far as he does, considering the speed reduction while holding up his shield)

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This, its a bug, will be fixed, its an unintentional benefit of theirs.

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This is a bug. They aren’t meant to have reduced knockbacks.

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