Chomper needs buff
by marche567Original Post
It's very interesting how people want the "Grody Goop" to be buffed when I actually think it should be tuned down a bit.
Let me explain to you how the Grody Goop works:
- Grody Goop has a huge radius that can infect zombies with "toxicity". With an ability buff of "Upset Stomach: Longer duration of Grody Goop." you'll have it on that area of a longer time.
- After one of the zombies is infected, they get 35 damage and then 1 damage per second for 15 seconds. (if I'm not mistaken about the numbers)
- The toxicity transfers from a zombie to another upon contact. That means during the 15 seconds mentioned above, if that infected zombie came close to another zombie, the other zombies will get 35 damage upon infection and then 15 seconds of 1 damage over time.
Why is it actually OP?
- The zombies are denied health regeneration for 15 seconds. (to some people, the 1 damage per second might seem underwhelming, but it actually slows down the health regeneration process while weakening every zombie by 35 + 15 = 50 HP)
- In an objective based game where zombies will most likely gather around one place (pushing payload, stopping payload, contesting on zones), this ability can infect more than half of the zombies and deny them health regeneration.
- Not only that, it also applies to all summonable zombies as well.
- In some cases, the infection process could last a very long time, since players are still infecting each other, even after you get your ability back. (if I'm not mistaken)
Knowing all that, I started playing Chomper entirely different than anyone else. I sneak up on hordes of enemies... Spit my Goop, burrow my way back and watch everyone infecting each another while laughing out loud seeing 1's all over the screen. And when they come to the objective, I still goop them again and again... Guess what? I get a lot of assists and in some cases, kills... If you ask me, this ability itself is way much better than burrow in terms of "usefulness".
Factor in that I have 2 traps and can place up to 4 traps in total. Each trap does 75 damage (that kills an imp in one shot, other injured enemies could die from it). Traps during "overtime" can be overkill. The enemies will have to rush and push, having no other choice but to step in.
If I'm not mistaken, a Scientist is the only hero that can deny toxicity. If the enemy team doesn't have one, then they'll suffer without having to regenerate health.
Chomper's "new" role, by design, is probably to deny pesky zombies from trying to break and disrupt the plant's defense lines. What do I mean by that exactly? For example, a Deadbeard tries to use his barrel to explode your teammates. The Burrow is a perfect ability to counter it (assuming it's not a bug that he can swallow his barrel now). The burrow helps keeping away cocky Super Brainz players from waltzing in and taking down your allies at back. Chomper's burrow is best used around teammates because you'll most likely die in 1v2 situations. But since there are many "Kamikaze" players in this game and too many Chompers, it seems like they are OP to some players. *Kamikaze players = players who just burrow and swallow anyone without any strategy and then just die anyways. Claiming that Chomper sucks.
Throughout my journey to make Chomper Master, I rarely used burrow to swallow anyone as it puts me in vulnerable situations. I try to swallow around teammates who would cover for me. Or when I know for sure that there is only 1 enemy around the corner. Or I intentionally swallow "good obnoxious Super Brainz" players who have 40+ vanquishes when my team's top vanquishes is only 20. This is when I know that I have to do something about that problematic player and not worry about the consequences. Because he is the real reason why we can't defend or push. (The aftermath of Engineers and Super Brainz in attached screenshot. This is when I had to switch to Chomper and deal with the issue. Luckily, they couldn't push beyond the next point.) Otherwise, if there were 2 players in the vicinity, it's better to just goop them, disable their abilities, and try to take them down quickly. When in danger, burrow your way back to safety.
There is no one definite way to play a hero in this game, Your play style might be different than mine. And I respect that. I just wanted to express my findings and feelings towards the topic.
*Disclaimer: no offense to any players here.
*Edit: Format and Tweaks
