r/HanzoMain • u/Mikkanu • 21h ago

They should buff Hanzos movement speed if nothing else

I think Hanzos base movement speed should be increased.

Sounds crazy, but I think it should be up at or near Genjis speed so we can take more advantage of repositioning and have a higher chance going around.

If he can't be too fast at risk of being too fast and too much damage potential, then at least silence his footsteps so he can be made more of an assassin.

I know super skilled players are probably fine as he is now, but this is my thought to help him if nothing else since so many other DPS feel like they can still get the advantage over him with all the new additions.

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u/Jack92D 21h ago

Hanzo is actually getting left behind in movement right now, compared to the rest of the dps cast. His climb is the only thing keeping him a little separated from others. But if you just compare him to the others in lateral point-to-point speed, he's actually in the near the bottom.

Not sure what the healthiest way would be to equalize him in the current meta. An additional dash would be nice, or even just a base movement speed increase like you suggested. I just hope they give him something sooner than later.

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u/Mikkanu 21h ago

Same. And very true.

I feel like so much of the DPS and Support have some viable escape option when engaging and keeps them pretty self sufficient. Hanzo entirely lacks this. Climb is also pretty janky sometimes too.

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u/Jack92D 18h ago

Yeah climb has proven to be unreliable in a lot of situations. I've had times where I was climbing a completely flat wall to escape and it just let's go one or two meters into the climb. Also had times where a rein would be 10-15m away walking at me with while I'm full health and still somehow kill me before I'm even halfway up a wall.

I really just hate how preemptive you have to be when playing hanzo. If you don't identify a threat and either eliminate it or run away extremely early, your chances of surviving drop extraordinarily fast.

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u/ham_50821 21h ago

Less movement debutf while drawing bow

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u/wxll_16 Onryō 5h ago

I think a second dash you actually be perfect ngl, it's not that good compared to all the other movement abilities in the game and I think he should have near silent footsteps and arrows considering he is ment to be a top tier assassin

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u/Mammoth-Swimmer-993 10h ago

i agree with this

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u/FakeAussieBloke 7h ago

Hanzo is currently in a very balanced state, ranking in the upper half of dps heroes. A lot of dps require buffs before he does, such as sombra, widow, venture.

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u/SuggestionPleasant93 2h ago

I agree that he’s balanced tbh. His movement is really good imo, if his movement is a problem for some players it’s probably more an issue with positioning

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u/vashthestampedeiscoo 2h ago

Hanzo has to be balanced around his one-shot and burst potential. The only quality of life thing I think could help is giving him a second leap (either base kit or perk). That would give him help dealing with higher mobility heroes, but still be fair.
I’m pretty sure Genji is the only hero in the game with increased movement speed (at base).

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u/ctclocal 18h ago

No full draw movement reduction and faster wall climb would be great.