One of the key elements of Overwatch is that you are able to counter any hero by switching yours at any time. Every hero has a weakness and strenght, even when it comes to their ultimates.
But what I dont understand is WHY IS DOOMFIST AN EXEMPTION? Every single ultimate in the game can either be deflected, destroyed or simply blocked! but not when it comes to Doomfist. You just press Q and BAM magic happes. There is no way to deflect it, no way to destroy it and no way to block or dodge it (at least for most heroes). So my question is, why is Doomfist getting a special treatment by getting an invincible ult?
Would it not be better to have more logical and fair ult for Doomfist? Having an ultimate something like Thor has in Smite (the game) seems perfect to me. Doomfist is still able to fly up in the air and smash down to the ground while being vonurable in the air, giving the opposing team a chance to counter it and forcing Doomfist to play fair.
To prove my point that Meteor Strike is invincible and unfair ill list every single ultimate that can be countered:
D.Va: can be grabbed, pushed or blocked
Orisa: can be destroyed
Reinhardt: can be blocked, avoided or stunned
Roadhog: can be stunned, killed or pushed
Winston: can be stunned, pushed or killed
Wrecking Ball: his balls can be destroyed or just avoided
Zarya: her ult can be deflected or eaten by D.Va
Ashe: Bob can be killed, stunned or pushed
Bastion: can be stunned or killed
Genji: can be stunned or killed
Hanzo: can be deflected/eaten or just avoided (judging by how loud and slow it is)
Junkrat: can be destroyed
McCree: can be killed or stunned
Mei: can be deflected or eaten by D.Va (or even avoided by some heroes)
Pharah: can be killed, deflected or stunned
Reaper: can be killed, deflected or stunned
Sombra: can be stunned or killed after the ult (the enemy team still has a chance)
Symmetra: her ult can be just avoided or destroyed with some effort
Torbjorn: can be avoided
Tracer: can be deflected, eaten or bloced
Ana: someone she ults can be killed, deflected or stunned
Brigitte: can be killed or stunned
Lucio: he can be killed in time or pushed away
Mercy: can be killed or stunned while she is easier to detect with huge wings
Moira: can be killed or stunned while being easier to detect
Zenyatta: can be pushed out of the reach of his teammates
Widowmaker: The only excemption, but players can still hear her use ult and stay behind the cover for a bit.
Doomfist: you hear METEOR STRIKE and hope to god that he does not appear in front of you (since large amount of heroes cant always dodge him) or if you’re killing him he just dissapears and goes away.
I know this is a bit too much but am i the only one with this opinion? I would really love to see Doomfist jumping up in the air for real and smashing down on chosen location instead of misteriously dissapearing into another dimension.
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I bet you meant “cree: will be killed” there eksdee
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But it usually only kills a single guy.
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I know, it’s annoying, and the best thing is when you are playing a character that has “high” mobility like ana or zen
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That does not make it any better,
First of all its AOE damage so its meant to kill more than 1 and second of all that 1 unlucky person wont even have a chance to defend himself most of the time
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I mean Widowmaker can do that same without using any ultimate.
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Well not really, she is limited by her line of sight and if she reveals herself she can be killed or avoided, while doomfist can enter his ultimate mode and travel across the map with high speed, undetected and with littel to no warning (untill the end that is)
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No? He yells it loud and clear for everyone, the red marker is also clearly visible on the ground. Even on the characters without mobility you can still try to bait it to land somewhere that doesn’t kill you instantly. There is some time window before he lands, there is counterplay.
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True, but that is not counterplay, its just avoiding/dodging it. Pressing Q makes him invincible and he is the only hero who has that. In my opinion its a lazy ultimate and can be done much better
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I mean what more do you want? An ultimate which is designed to wipe out a single guy and sometimes fails vs someone like Reinhardt who can wipe an entire team with his? It is strange to me that we’ve come to deem something as powerful as pulse bomb as too powerful while being perfectly ok with team deleting ultimates.
As i mentioned before every single ultimate can be countered in one way or another. Doomfist is the only exemption and that is what im not ok with.
P.S. this is a topic about Doomfists ultimate, not about Reinhardt or anyone else.
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It’s a strong ult, but ultimately (^^), it can easily be just a 1v1 trade if the enemy team coordinates. It’s not that hard to time a sleep dart or hook to immediately take him out afterwards.
Well not exactly, especially if he has his Shift and E avaliable. He can even easily get away with his rocket punch in some cases.
Well he is a melee hero with out a shield
He gains a shied every time he lands an attack.
Also if his invincible ult is the only thing that gives him power then there is definitely a design flaw in Doomfist
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I’m 100% with you on this point.
Never know why he got a free-kill ult…
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Doomfist should be removed
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It’s getting nerfed, smaller radius.
I actually managed to hack someone in the middle of their strike. I’m not sure if they froze or if they were just shocked, but there was a moment afterword where we all just stood around before blowing him away with concentrated fire.
leave that guy…he just defends doomfist on all threads with stupid explanations or examples. Doomfists ultimate is a problem and nobody really wants to acknowledge that.
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