The Flaws: Doomfist slowly made his way to the bottom of the roster heap with the unwanted help of drastic ability adjustments. While I won’t advocate for an undetectable Reaper, if he is simply harder to pursue, it enables him to lurk and pounce on unsuspecting foes which encapsulates the entirety of his role on the battlefield. Relative to wraith form, programmers can look to Moira’s “fade” for inspiration. Drop the latest lifesteal patch, throw in visual cues for the new ability, add a lengthy cooldown – maybe 15 to 20 seconds – and I’d be all for this suggestion! Like Tracer’s “blinks,” he would be limited to horizontal navigation. Highlighting Widowmaker’s “grappling hook” and Ashe’s “coach gun,” YouTuber Blame The Controller posits that Reaper could benefit from a skill that swiftly places him within range of his targets.
As double-sniper and triple-healer team compositions become more common, Reaper will likely remain a situational hero. Additionally, his shotguns suffer from considerable damage distance drop-off, meaning that without a speed-boosting Lucio, he struggles to get within range of enemies. While under the limited protection of wraith form, he can retreat to safer locations, but when nimbler heroes are in tow, he is easily tracked down and vanquished. Shadow step’s lengthy cast animation leaves Reaper susceptible to incoming attacks and often leads to an instant demise. Rather, he is notorious for having extremely weak core abilities: “shadow step” and “wraith form.” Yet, issues never sprang from his high damage output or self-healing capabilities. Does this make him overpowered? On lower tiers, perhaps. With major tweaks to his passive lifesteal, Reaper is unkillable unless actively confronted. The Flaws: Everyone’s favorite flanker received a tremendous buff last month. With his dual guns rendered unusable, Wrecking Ball’s “adaptive shield” ability would have a new purpose, allowing him to be as tank-y as Reinhardt and Orisa, but also giving him the potential to seal the deal on battles against counter heroes. To prevent him from massacring foes with smaller health pools, an increase to bullet spread and an ensuing overheat-period that substitutes a normal reload timer would be important. Perhaps by replacing his quad cannons with infinite-ammo chain guns (like D.Va’s firearms), players could secure their own chance at survival when attacked. The Fix: Wrecking Ball is easily defeated by most crowd-control heroes. Considering that Overwatch is primarily about the decimation of one’s enemy, Wrecking Ball’s damage deficiency is alarming. Now that tank-heavy, brawler team compositions are becoming the standard, Wrecking Ball has a harder time contributing to the kill count. Likewise, his utility stems from enabling allies to swoop in and dispatch specified targets. Players prized him for an uncanny ability to initiate skirmishes. The Flaws: Wrecking Ball’s fall from grace was as quick as his initial announcement. If the revival time is reduced to a manageable 1.5 (Overwatch, after all, is a game of seconds), Mercy might find herself in a sweet spot that won’t threaten the popularity of other heroes. Since resurrection has a cast time of 1.75 seconds, death is almost always assured (all of this just for the attempted revival of one ally!). Right now, she sits at a meager 50 hps which often fails to sustain heroes with both large and small health pools.
The Fix: A return to Mercy’s old healing capabilities of 60 hps would work wonders for the character. Her angel wings momentarily clipped, Ana, Moira, and Zenyatta have become increasingly commonplace. Now the forgotten ultimate has become nothing more than a single-target reviver on an egregious 30-second cooldown. The power to revive an entire team was overpowered, so it was only a matter of time until that was patched. With a healing per second (hps) reduction, and a less sustainable ultimate called valkyrie (for 15 seconds her core abilities are slightly enhanced), she is no longer reliable at her own role.īefore valkyrie, Mercy’s resurrection ultimate earned the ire of many Overwatch players. Currently, however, Mercy’s viability is at a record low. With ample healing numbers and high mobility, she provided a dependability that no other hero could best. Comparably, Mercy’s ability-kit was easy to execute and, in some cases, stronger. Others, notably Ana, were too mechanically demanding to use efficiently. Supports, like Lucio and Zenyatta, were limited to specific stratagems. The Flaws: At one point, Mercy’s selection rate soared above her support comrades, because she was such a capable healer.
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