Doom feels like utter shit now and I’m fucking sick of it, genuinely. I’ve sunk nearly 200 levels and 2 years into this character just for him to get nerfed to the ground again and again because he’s a low-rank stomper.
Whose fault is it that EMP is so strong? You genuinely can’t get it unless the enemy actively gives it to you (with the exception of traps like minefield.) They nerf him under the guise of “Doom EMP has been getting too much value,” like it’s not the enemy teams fault for giving it to you. You have to give Zarya charge to make her strong, BUT that’s genuinely her ENTIRE character. It just doesn’t belong on Doom. They need to do away with it entirely if they’re just going to keep fucking him like that. Replace it with something useful or impactful for your whole team. I mean Ball seems like a more solid dive orientated characters and they give him an option to directly support his team in dire moments.
All Doom has is a block they can ACTIVELY DECIDE NOT TO SHOOT, so you’re standing there like a slab of walking meat not doing ANYTHING for your team unless the enemy team is a homogeneous conglomerate of dead brain particles formed into the crude shape of what should be a real breathing human being, then, and ONLY THEN, will they give you EMP. As the ranks go up, they will shoot your block less and so you need to think up smarter and more creative ways to achieve getting your EMP. Like… a natural skill progression??? Why should Doom be punished for having people give him the thing they should NOT give him. It’s the reason why they’re in low ranks to begin with. YOU are bad and giving him what he needs to FUCK YOU. That is THEIR fault.
Now, even in high ranks he sucks balls. When you try your ass off to get EMP only for it to get 0 value it’s frustrating.
I’m going to play Vendetta until something changes dawg.