[OW2] Empowered Punch on Doom needs a new source

Source of acquisition for the empowered punch needs to come from somewhere else than his Power Block. It’s really cool to actually get the empowerment, and make use of it, but half the time you won’t be able to, because you’ll be spending that very charged punch on getting to safety and waste it completely.
To be effective as Doom, you need to make the most of your empowerments, since it’s so powerful to potentially stun an entire team and deal some significant damage, but having to throw yourself in harm’s way, to use a defensive in order to maybe be able to do something offensive, just doesn’t work consistently.

Offensive play should give offensive rewards, and preventing damage with Power Block is enough of a reward in itself. Let empowerments come from somewhere else, whether it be hitting X amount of damage through regular punches, ultimate, Seismic Slam or w/e, just make it so you can reliably make use of the empowerments.

I think the best way to play doom is to block just enough for empowerment then cancel and either slam out or use the punch

not really because every other damage mitigation tank ability is better at mitigating damage apart from hog’s

In reality the best way to play Doom in OW2 is to use his mobility to get yourself back to spawn and swap to Junker Queen or Sigma.

Junker Queen is classic Blizz new hero overpowered, and Sigma is just strong in all elements of tanking.

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