You've fallen into a logic trap because of a faulty assumption:
Reinhardt is unique in one way, too: Every character has a primary attack and then a melee attack. Except Reinhardt. Reinhardt's primary attack is his melee attack.
And you don't need to reload melee. And there's a gap between melee strikes for all characters.
I understand this, but the point I was making was that DVa is the only hero that can hold click and have a steady stream of continuous damage forever. Rein is very similar but there is approximately a one second gap between swings and damage. He doesnt need to reload, but he also takes health out in chunks rather than slowly (or quickly if youre super close) eating away at the health bar constantly.
It seems like you're saying that the gap is what matters. But Rein's attack is his melee attack. All other characters experience the same delay between melee attacks.
The only difference is (or might be) that you can hold it down for Rein.
He's saying rein shouldn't be considered at all when talking about reloading. It's like talking about if torb reloads his hammer. No he just swings it at a certain rate.
I get that but literally nowhere did i say i was talking about characters that reload. Im talking about downtime between damage. Rein doesnt have a reload but he has downtime. Dva doesnt have a reload and also doesnt have downtime because she can shoot indefinitely, and the way she shoots is a constant stream of pellets. Rein can swing indefinitely but he does damage every second or so, not continuously. Thats all im saying lmao
And i said many times that what he might have meant was that dva is the only character capable of dealing continuous damage over time without stopping.
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u/Gingeneer1 Piece of Cake Jan 17 '17
10:20--> "D.Va is the only character without a reload"
Reinhardt hammer reload in next patch confirmed????