He’s just the only Tank that can be slept/stunned/hacked/slowed through his one defensive ability Power Block.
What I find kinda silly is that even with his ‘empowered’ Rocket Punch, he can still be shut down by any of this very easily.
What I find even more silly is that Brig can ‘counter pin’ this with her Shield Bash, which I thought the stun had been removed from. I feel like empowered Rocket Punch would trump Brig Shield Bash.
I hope if they give him any buffs, it’s to this ‘empowered’ Rocket Punch. I think it’d be interesting if this could negate incoming CC effects during the animation.
How about Blizzard uses their brains for once and nerf everyone to his level instead of making fat overpowered dps heroes that destroy everyone in the entire game.
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Doom should definitely have some form of CC immunity while his punch is empowered so he can actually use it to pierce hotly contested areas. Giving his block cc immunity only solves part of the issue if the enemies are just going to save their CC for when you punch instead.
It feels awful to do the block mini game correctly and play well only to have your punch shut down easily anyway.
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I can’t feel any difference between his empowered punch and his just regular punch. Because they both deal less damage then Winton’s tickle gun.
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Lots of people don’t seem to know what empowered punch does, so as a quick run down:
When a rocket Punch is empowered:
- It travels 30 meters instead of 20
- It travels 50% faster
- Knockback effect is increased
- Maximum stun time after wall hit is increased to 1 second
- Cone size for the cleave hitbox is bigger
- 50% damage bonus (by far the least important part)
It’s very strong and has team wipe potential without being an ultimate, like a mini grav that requires a wall. Doom can only do so much on his own so it needs follow up from his team in most cases. Vegetable teammates means the Doom can’t do much even if he’s good.
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It’s not for the damage though. It’s for the AoE stun for 2 seconds or something he gets when it hits. The follow-up when both supports are stunned is HUGE.
Tank doom is awkward tbh. And its very easy for him to become cancer if they buff him competently. I wish they just revert him back to DPS, get rid of his 1 shot and stop this Tank Doom experiment
I feel he’s only awkward because he’s a CC sponge, which is ironic.
I just want his empowered Punch to feel… empowered.
hes awkward because he makes a lot of noise but theres no reason to fear him while he misses all his shots. and he looks funny in powerblock, all slowed down in a hugging stance
One trick dooms in GM are already monsters. Zbra is a god of course so I’d expect nothing less even if Doom did 0 damage, but he looks incredibly strong when everything goes “right”. Everything going “Right” though requires not making a mistake and hoping your teammates are on the same page as you which is something most of the other tanks don’t need to get value.
I watched this the other day. This is actually what made me want to get better with him.
You will notice he’s not CC’d in any of these punches - I wish he’d make a video on that just to see how often it happens.
