July 2019
Just because something is good doesnt make it O.P.
Somethings dont need nerfs. Ex...
(Please hear this out, this is only one example)
Wraith was great day one. She is still good.... ish. I never had a problem killing a wraith (pathfinder yea, hit box and registration issues) yet she now has a 5% damage nerf.
Why??? Because her skills are good and playable?? So when a competitive player uses her they are hard to kill??? Too bad, thats the skilled opponent that made it hard.
Her portals dont deal damage and she can be hit while doing them, plus she cant attack while doing them... and thats her ultimate.
So look at her ability and compare to others... she can phase to be immune.. buttt not that great. The streak she leaves is easy for even people across the map to see and follow without even being bloodhound.. the distance traveled is like 6 steps and the time to actually phase or recover from phasing takes too long. Octane does his almost instantly to get away and he can still use his gun or interact with the environment (doors, creats, repels, ect.) And octane generates his back to back. Wraiths takes too long to get a second one for how short and crappy it is. Mirage actually goes fully invis... and leaves no trail... i say make wraith leave a shiny blue footprint trail of the last 4 steps instead of a long glowing blur for the world to see.
POINT OF TOPIC YOU UAVE TO ASK YOURSELF....
what is the point in having an ability if its not useful or relevant. How is wraith O.P.? shes not any longer... almost not even fun to play. She isnt fast and if someone chases me while i phase i cant open a door or reload while phased and i leave a perfect trail to follow me sooo ??? Why can't i at least ready my weapon instantly to shoot ??
Mine as well just take her out of the game i guess.
Another person u can take out is bloodhound.
And u made lifeline almost pointless too. She still has a healing drone and shes short, thats the about the only reason people pick her because she takes 5% extra damage too and her packages dont help.. plus team memeber hardly drop packages and the health drone too.
Stop rendering things useless... if they work, great... let them work... now make other things work.. like Bangalores ult which does nothing.. Gibraltar is hella O.P. .... shield, incoming damage buff, super strong ult. Im fine with leaving him as is... but what about the rest of the game and characters???
July 2019
I do agree the damage nerf was unnecessary but the idea that Gibraltar is O.P. is laughable. One of the reasons I hated the damage reduction buff is because it doesn't make him equal to other characters while giving him something that other players think is unfair.
As for Wraith's tactical there's still plenty of applications for it. Good for escaping gas, bombs, ultimates, and dipping out of a fight if your opponent can't risk chasing you. Its not an amazing tactical but most legends have pretty weak or easily exploitable tactical abilities. Gibby's dom of protection being an obvious example. Lifeline, Mirage, Bloodhound, Wattson and Gibraltar all have a tactical that's either weak or easily exploited.
Well Bloodhound was recently buffed so I'm not sure about him/her anymore.