Roadhog has been nerfed on the ptr,
why?
And this is still a bug: THIS IS WHY I STOPPED PLAYING HOG - YouTube
If this nerf goes through, Roadhog is ruined, simple as that and that is such a shame, I love playing offtank (Dva/roadhog/zarya). if this goes through I’ll pick Dva 90% of the time (King’s row is the exception where I pick Zarya).
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It was probably so broken that fall off increased damage instead of decreasing it, in which case they need re tune the damage it was never that strong to begin with, its fine that they fix it but they should re adjust he’s damage to be more close to what it used to be and keep eye on him.
Im pretty sure blizzard don’t really know what they are doing at this point anymore.
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what this ? i subbed to taimou?
This guy addressed one of the main issues at GM.
Now i love you taimou.
This is not even something new.
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Nerfing tanks eh? Seems like a reasonable course to take…uhh…and it’s even one of the least played ones.
With by far the lowest winrate of every tank
Because Roadhog is very tanky. He one shots people in a single successful chain. He can survive all ultimates by simply using his heal.
He inconsistently one shots some heroes, and he is the one giving everyone their ultimates in the first place. Also, even if he lands a “successful chain”, it can bounce off of the target like they are using Orisa’s fortify. But Blizzard are gonna go and fix a “bug” which no one has complained about?
tank is tanky? Wow!1
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This isn’t a nerf, it’s a bug fix.
The end result may be that he is weaker now but that’s fine as they’ll likely buff him in short order afterwards. They try to balance heroes around the current game state so when that bug existed they aimed to balance him with that bug present. Now they’ve fixed the bug, they’ll obviously reevaluate him and make changes accordingly.
So in short, I think you need to chillax a bit. It’s not like they sat in a board room rubbing their hands together evily “Mwahhaa we shall nerf hog!”, no, it was a bug fix and they’ll re-balance once they see the results.
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But they have fixed this bug which will now make him worse, while we have waited months for them to fix the most prevalent bug that he has.
Which they still haven’t actually fixed.
He’s not a proper tank though, he’s an off-tank, that’s more tanky than Rein and Orisa… That can one shot most heroes.
He can inconsistently one shot some of the cast at the moment, and he isnt more tanky than Rein and Orisa?
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He is becuase of his heal ability…
For clarification here’s a visual link to the nerf:
https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/villainoushandmadeduckbillcat
And a quote from the notes:
Roadhog
Fixed a bug that prevented Roadhog’s alternate fire now calculates falloff damage correctly
Well if we are using abilities, Rein has a 2000 health shield, and Orisa has a 900 health shield, and they also both have armour, which Hog does not have.
im sick of playing the slotmachine when you get that pesky THOT from highground so you could punish her for overextending, but no as she slips away with her grapple after hook+2steps ahead+meatshot+melee
If I had any faith in blizzard, I would say it was because they intend to fix shot gun spread and his consistancy issues.
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