You know what? Genji buffs are fine

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Let’s balance all the heroes like we balanced Genji. I already have 3 heroes in mind. (Obviously satire, and a little fun)

Mercy:
Caduceus Staff-
Healing per second increased to 70. 85 in Ultimate.
Damage increase ratio boosted to 35%.
Guardian Angel-
Reduced flight cooldown by 1 second from 1.5 to .5.
Doubled flight speed.

We think that these buffs will make Mercy overpowered and have approved them as such.

Pharah:
Rocket Launcher-
Direct hit damage increased from 120 to 150.
Removed self-hit damage.
Concussive Blast-
Cooldown reduced from 9 to 7 seconds.
Now deals damage. Animation changes to create a small pulse explosion, all enemies caught inside take 45 damage on top of being knocked back as they do on live.

We decided to push a meta for OWL spectators. With these changes, Pharmercy should see a rise in popularity as Pharah now, with a Mercy assist, can deal 202 damage on direct hits.

Zarya:
Particle Barrier-
Duration increased to 3.5 seconds.
Cooldown reduced to 7 seconds.
Projected Barrier-
Now affects a second ally, will target them automatically based on who is closer to target within a max of 10 meter radius.
Duration increased to 4 seconds.

Again, just need to push an agenda for OWL. With the ability to conveniently bubble two allies and Pharmercy coincidentally buffed in the same patch, we hope to create such exciting plays as Grav-Barrage.

This should be the next set of patch notes. What could go wrong. At least it would be more honest than repeatedly nerfing barriers, then giving up and just breaking Genji (instead of Dva and Winston who are dive tanks that honestly need the assist as well).

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but, but, but, gengi is one of the cool boys club he needs those buffs, he was trash before, I want to play my roboweeb and one shot people :upside_down_face: /s

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That’s fine :smiley:
Everyone knows that Pharmercy and Zarya are just as fun too. And with the new changes, Pharah can also one shot people :smiley: ! What could go wrong

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But we want (to force) dive back :upside_down_face:

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Precisely. What’s more divey than these changes :grimacing: Just float around them barriers and insta people.

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Oh wow, a sarcastic OP about how Genji is busted, how original :sleeping:

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I like how ppl are still complaining when he’s already about to get nerfed lol

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He doesn’t need nerfs tho :open_mouth: Weeb overlord stays as he is. These go live. Now we have 4 happy hero bases. The other 27 (? Is that how many we have? I lost count) will catch up at some point.

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The minor reload nerf?

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What minor reload nerf? I’m talking about the upcoming Experimental Card. They never mentioned what the nerfs would be.

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Read about a streamer talking about a potential reload nerf. Could be that or something else they have in mind.

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haha funny i want to oneshot people as brig why i have low dmg and low self healing like this also i don’t want to learn or improve at the game but i still want to get value and compete at higher tiers just cuz i want haha brig go brrrr

u realize landing 3 headshots as genji is hard and if it’s not give me a clip of u doing and i will give u my ow account

otherwise stop talking about game balance when u r at an elo that picks don’t matter at all because of how bad people play at that elo

Yo guys let’s balance the game around plat because high tiers players that worked hard to get thier ranks are just annoying haha
lower elos should be taken into consideration haha

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Lmao, that is way more than what Genji got.

Mercy:
Caduceus Staff
Healing increased to 57 from 55

Resurrect
Can now be cancelled
Cast time reduced to 1.25 seconds from 1.75

Would that be “obviously” too much for Mercy? Statistically, she’s in the same spot Genji was in before his buffs. Slightly better in fact.

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Well written satire, gave me a solid chuckled and really let me feel that good ole Blizzard meta manipulation delivered with just the right amount of matter-o-factness.

However, just wanted to throw my 2 cents nobody wants to hear, but I pray every night, EVERY NIGHT, to the blizzard gods, to keep DVA right where she is, and I hope for more DVA nerfs. Like stick her SO FAR IN THE DIRT that any buff will have DVA mains leaping with joy, jubilant at their victory (.3 seconds off DVA’s booster cooldown heehhehe).

BTW isn’t monkey balanced fairly well? I saw him in owl games a couple weeks ago and both teams was running him.

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If Dva was buffed like Genji was, I’m pretty sure the forums would have an epic meltdown because Dva isn’t allowed to be good.

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Bro if DVA was buff’ed like Genji, I would put the game down and never come back LOL. I HATE that character. I don’t like playing against a bunch of others, but DVA is the absolute worst fun sucking entity in the game for me.

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isn’t allowed to be good ?

dude dva was like always meta before 2 2 2

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Yeah, i recall D.Va being the most played hero or at the very least second most played hero in literally every rank from bronze up to GM. D.Va might not be that great now, but shes nowhere near Bastion, Sombra and Symm tier.

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You forgot buffing Junkrat to have 200 grenades per clip, fire them off like Bastion, and his reload being reduced to .1 second. Oh, and he’s got 200 mines as well. You know. For mobility.

Moira’s ult has become her primary fire. Her new ult is “It’s Moira Time” and she explodes via a D.Va-like nuke. Afterward, there are 9 copies of Moira all firing her new primary fire at any enemies they see. Ult lasts 30 seconds.

Roadhog’s rebreather is on a 1 second cd and can be used while firing or hooking. Every primary shot also hooks a target and drags them into the blast. His alt-fire can now explode like a JR mine if it hits a target before bursting into shrapnel. His ult is now altered to allow for either blowing people away OR pulling them into a funnel of meatgrindery death.

D.Va is now a tank. She has more armor, has a new move called Defense Matrix is Good Now that absorbs all damage for 20 seconds with a 10 second cooldown. D.Va nuke is now on a 10 second cooldown. Also, her new ult is “GG!” and she summons all her other fellow mech pilots to come help her “take out the trash.” Her rockets also tag enemy targets for 100% extra damage. If she jets into you, you get knocked into walls like Doomfist.

Mei is become Death Incarnate. Her ice beam now freezes you within 1 second, does not require reloading, does extra damage to barriers, and can make the floor and walls too slick to be wallclimbable. If you walk on a slick floor, you slide uncontrollably and do a “Whoa whoa whoa” motion and wobble with no control over your character. If you ice block while running, you slide into an enemy. If you hit an enemy, they are knocked around. If they hit a wall, they die, DF-style. Her ult is now on a 10 second cooldown. She gets a new ult, “Chill out” that gives her new ice wings and she soars into the sky, shooting down a freeze beam that freezes any targets that gather together with her bot automatically shooting headshots into any frozen target. Lasts 2 minutes.

Widow can headshot 200hp heroes in one shot instantly from a thousand yards. She has a quick escape, a mine to notice enemies that are coming, and an ult that lets her see where people are to dispatch them. Wait… that’s the real version already. Wow.

And Hanzo would stay the same shield-breaking, insta-killing headshot-shooting, tankbusting with rapid arrows, mini-Widow ult on a cd, with a great ult, and amazing escapes he’s always been. Like, he’s already the ultimate version of himself.

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You forgot some cool resets for not getting the killing blow on such buffs-