you realize torb can 1 shot ppl 2 right… also using ss as a reason for why reaper can be used over torb LOLLLLLL also reaper literally cant kill most tanks with deathblossom it doesent do enough dps so yeah teamwipes 
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At least 76 is gonna get a sick edgy skin.
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Papa Jeff be blessed.
He anticipated what would happen and planned accordingly, genius.
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Lol why is this so true 
like I should be offended, but it is so true.
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Reaper’s inconsistent damage was actually not due to his spread. He fires enough shots that some of them will always hit unless you can’t hit the broad side of a barn. The problem with Reaper’s damage, previously, was that his damage was either all critical or all regular damage. Individual pellets could not crit from hitting the head on their own. The result was either extremely high damage in a single shot, or extremely low damage with zero critical pellets.
The previous live patch fixed this problem. Currently, Reaper’s critical hits are calculated per-pellet instead of per-shot, which means that Reaper in general deals more damage at longer range than he used to. The change was a net buff, and it made Reaper feel a lot better to play.
Reaper is now one of the most consistent damage heroes in close quarters at all skill levels. He has the highest sustained damage potential in the game–even higher than Bastion since he can actually crit–and the ability to move while completely invulnerable. When played with skill, he is one of the best duelists in the game, and he’s capable of wiping an entire enemy team without even needing to reload.
With just slight tweaks, Reaper could easily become an overpowered monster that completely dwarfs the contribution of all other damage heroes. Few people seem to understand how little it would take for that to happen. That said, a very slight buff to his shadowstep ability would put him in a great place. As-is, he spends too much time locked into the animation at the location he’s teleporting to, making it trivial for enemies who spot him to kill him before he even has a chance to move.
yeah hes so good dude evident by his amazing stats 
UGH im just being destroyed by reaper takes 4 steps back great dualist btw
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Reaper has a 2.23% pick rate and 50.37% win rate as an average across all ranks according to Overbuff monthly stats. His pick rate is a little low, but still okay. At least he does make his presence known from time to time unlike current Torb, Bastion and Symmetra. His win rate is almost perfectly balanced, and even slightly positive. While his pick rate does decrease with SR, his win rate remains healthy in all ranks. By the numbers, he’s in a decent spot right now.
He can. It’s a rarity among his left clicks, but I still do it all the time. Anyone who tries to barrel stuff a Reaper is asking for it, and you’d be surprised how many people still do that in high rank play. People think he’s bad even though he’s not, and they don’t respect his space.
He has much more than that against a tank that he can critical. Shooting Reinhardt in the big glowing jet engine on his back is absolutely devastating.
The problem people have with Reaper is getting into a position where he can actually put his extreme damage potential to good use without dying in the process. Buffing Shadowstep, as I suggested, would be the best way to help Reaper do what he already does best.
reapers trash anyone who dies to him is 2 he has almost no mobility a trash ult a trash spread trash fall off a joke of a passive his dmg is crippled by armor, and the literal worst ability in the game hes only good in low elos because like I said the only ppl who think reapers a good hero aren’t good
I play in Masters, not low ranks, and I disagree with pretty much everything you’ve said in your post… but I suppose you are entitled to your own opinion.
I play in gm but its ok pretty much everyone knows that reapers trash one person being wrong doesent change anything and spewing out things like he can kill an entire team without having to reload is pretty funny
I didn’t know 3.1 was considered masters weird unless I couldent find the right person on overbuff 
but their was only 1 gold soldier icon that I could actually find…
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They shouldve given reaper the same reduction in pellet / bullet rng torb’s alt fire got
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I’d remove his self heal. Increase his damage by 20% and have it ignore armor. Plus give him a mid-range option on his secondary fire. Also just change his ult maybe to a “death aura” that surrounds him and provides an anti-heal effect in it’s radius (perfect for killing Tanks)
Reposting this here (71 likes) Why Reaper s̶u̶c̶k̶s̶ and what he needs - K he still sucks 12/18/2018
As stated previously, websites like Overbuff are a lot more unreliable due to the private profile thing. And all of this banter is still excluding the main point a lot of us have with him – HE’S. WAY. TOO. BASIC. COMPARED. TO. OTHER. CHARACTERS. He’s a Niche pick on certain scenarios such as Anubis yeah you’re right. But come on, we’re not asking him to be overpowered, but when we’ve been asking for Shadow step to either be a real useful ability or replaced for about 2 year now, yeah people are starting to get upset. Especially since there was a long time period where Roadhog made Reaper completely obsolete, and now we may face that with this torb rework.
Yes, we want a better ability than shadow step. His Leech is also garbage in comparison to Moira who can already heal her darn self.
Reaper just doesn’t have a strong sense of independence as other offensive heroes do. You’re likely to rely on Zarya to bail you out because it’s way too easy to focus you. His ultimate is also mainly used to try and guarantee a kill on a single support rather than it’s initial purpose of spread damage.
Edit: TL;DR MAKE HIM FUN TO PLAY.
Edit 2: 200 hours on Reaper, man I deserve 200 hours of whining now. Dealwithit.
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lmfao this this is just so true
It’s literally one of Reaper’s achievements to kill multiple targets without reloading.
Does it happen in organized GM/Masters games? Not very often. It’s hard to do. However, it’s not impossible with good team support.
Actually, no. Overbuff is almost exactly as reliable now as it used to be, because it has always collected data on people who actually go there and sign in. It tells you that you need to make your profile public to get data. The people who want their data on Overbuff still have their data on Overbuff.
It’d still be awesome if Blizzard would provide a public API so that we could actually see the complete aggregate stats instead of only the sample taken by Overbuff. Until that day, however, in the practice of statistics one only needs a random sample of significant size to draw conclusions about the larger population. Overbuff is the best resource for statistics that we have.
I’m not a Reaper main like you are, but I don’t think Reaper without Shadowstep is still Reaper. I think Shadowstep just needs some small tweaks. The ability to suddenly show up pretty much anywhere on the map is what makes Reaper different from the other flankers, along with the need to fully commit to fight or flight instead of zipping around everywhere all the time like Tracer.
Maybe making it work like Doomfist’s ultimate would be good… perhaps while Reaper remains vulnerable so he can use it only as initiation and not escape? It would make Reaper much less dependent on specific map geometry.
As another idea, perhaps giving Shadowstep two charges would allow Reaper to do his job without providing too much additional mobility. Frequently, I find it difficult to get a good angle for Shadowstep without being seen by the enemy, and having a height advantage from the first Shadowstep would help make the second one count.
Moira does 50 DPS, not 280, and cannot headshot. She heals herself for 30 hp/sec with her right click.
A Reaper shooting into a tank’s body without criticals heals himself for 56 hp/sec, nearly twice as much as Moira’s self-healing.
Moira has a range advantage and her yellow orb, but she is a low damage support hero. Her being more survivable overall is fine because she is not anywhere near as much of a threat. Reaper’s “The Reaping” passive does a lot for him that people just don’t notice because it’s a passive. If he catches an entire team with Death Blossom, The Reaping heals him for 204 hp/sec. That’s huge.
I hear your concerns, and I agree that Reaper feels like he needs… something. However, he is definitely not “trash” or unplayable, and because of his incredible damage output and survivability, Blizzard needs to be very careful about how much they buff other aspects of his kit.
oh you meant with his ult garbage blossom right got it… LOL it literally doesent do enough dmg to kill most tanks good luck team wiping and unless youre like in bronze or something you should be able to cc it with any sense of awareness the majority of the time his ult is aj oke
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Just to role play as the Grim Reaper, pretty much. I really do not want to play Torbjorn, but he is just better. And they gave him a tank busting ability just to add insult to injury. Not going to lie, doubt it will actually perform that well against armor. But whatever, it is just the concept that makes me cry while listening to “Crawling in my Skin” by Linkin Park.
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and he actually has range and a good ult and well I mean his turret is nice
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please please please, go look at the link I posted. It’s to the thread I made regarding Reaper. I give a better explanation of why we want him changed. I know you think Shadow step is a huge part of his kit, and that might have been true at Day 1. But trust me, with all the new heroes being added in, with everyone just having better map awareness, and everything else. It’s just not what he needs anymore.
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I’m not sure about all that, but counter point:
Reworking one hero to be good (hopefully) shouldn’t be refrained from just because it edges out other heroes. They should continue to make heroes good picks, and add Reaper to the list of priority changes to make him better too. They shouldn’t not re-work Torb because it hurts Reaper currently.