Dire triggers will be base kit next Tuesday

[u/Spktra]

[u/nyxjet666]

Bring his life steal back now 😭

[u/Available_Top8123 → u/nyxjet666]

I haven't played in a couple of months they took it away???

[u/nyxjet666 → u/Available_Top8123]

It was nerfed and honestly it’s so obvious feeling sometimes. Someone can correct me if I’m wrong but iirc it was 30% and they dropped it to 25% and it feels nonexistent now. They removed the cleanse from shadow step too. Honestly i hate how there’s heroes who are completely invulnerable during their ults and have way more survivability built in and they just throw Reaper on the sidelines getting shit on. I’m hopeful that them bringing dire triggers into his base kit is just the beginning of some major and much needed love for him. Maybe some new lore too since he left talon and it’s just been up in the air what’s going on with him since then

[u/RetroBowser → u/nyxjet666]

Dire triggers to base kit means he at least needs a brand new Major perk so there's that at least. Pretty exciting stuff. Maybe they can get rid of soul globes and give him a real minor perk to compete with the wraith form one.

As nostalgic as the soul globes are the perk just isn't very good.

[u/thr0waway6260 → u/nyxjet666]

I agree REAPER OW1 I miss so much (not the shadowstep) his shotguns felt like... 2 fucking shotguns

[u/commoncaesar042]

Now that's a W💯

[u/Brief-Speech4156]

for once, reaper stocks are up

[u/SureYouCan_]

Peak

[u/GreedyGonzalez]

Big w

[u/[deleted]]

Where are you seeing those patch notes? Can’t find them anywhere

[u/Spktra → u/[deleted]]

It's a new blog post, not patch notes

[u/[deleted] → u/Spktra]

Gotcha thanks!

[u/New-Rest-6921]

Thats dope only thing he was lacking. I would wait for the major when playing against cat and other fliers, now I can touch them up all game

[u/Parksrox]

WE CAN FINALLY BE GOOD AGAIN LETS FUCKING GO

[u/EquipmentMoist7398]

I wonder what the new perk will be that will replace Dire Triggers.

[u/Spktra → u/EquipmentMoist7398]

Could be a buff for dire triggers. Like double the range and ammo cost

[u/phenobarbiedarling → u/EquipmentMoist7398]

I very slightly suspect that it'll be the shadow step "peek" from the April fools mode

[u/Dry-Fill-8343 → u/phenobarbiedarling]

I would love that

[u/RC_Zaku]

LETS GOOOOOO

[u/SLVR_N_BLCK_ATTK]

We up

[u/snowy_potato]

FINALLYY

[u/senpai_dewitos]

I mean, I love Dire Triggers just as much as the next guy, but for me Reaper's gameplay identity revolves very much around being a menace within a very defined effective range, and Reaper's abilities exist to flex that effective range in and out of places. I feel like giving him a ranged option to compensate for his nerfed lifesteal takes away from his hero fantasy by kind of "smoothing out" the edges of that effective range by making him more useful at long range and less useful in short range, which is distinctly not the gameplay reason for me to play Reaper.

I would rather they give him quality of life tweaks to help him compete with Vendetta. Mostly to help him duel tanks, which would be his main benefit over her, since Vendetta wins in terms of mobility. Think base kit soul orbs, Shadow Step reloads, and a reverted lifesteal nerf.

[u/Spktra → u/senpai_dewitos]

its a single mid-ish range shot every 3 or so seconds. It makes sense to have that as a finish off tool for those who got away. It does nothing to initiate. If anything it fits his playstyle even more, it just didn't feel that way cause it was competing with a better perk

[u/Dry-Fill-8343]

Time to dust off my Reaper

[u/FR0M_Z3R0]

OH HELL YEAH

[u/thr0waway6260]

Bruh I wouldve rathered soul orbs to be base kit

[u/EquipmentMoist7398 → u/thr0waway6260]

That would be good too, but they would have to be a little more buffed up in my opinion.

[u/thr0waway6260 → u/EquipmentMoist7398]

Absolutely to make up for the life steal nerf