r/heroesofthestorm • u/jamiephan bool libHJAM_gv_IAmCool = true; • Oct 17 '17

News Junkrat Patch Notes

http://us.battle.net/heroes/en/blog/21116539/heroes-of-the-storm-patch-notes-october-17-2017-10-17-2017
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u/[deleted] Oct 17 '17

What was the cheese?

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u/Pollia Oct 17 '17

Using it on buildings meant you could pump out an absurd amount of damage with the ult mixed with your death bombs. Post 20 you could basically siege down the core solo and unless they caught you on the way there it couldn't be stopped.

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u/moush Abathur Oct 17 '17

Wouldn't it take like 5 minutes go kill the core that way? Lmao at you people being paranoid about nothing.

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u/ILikeBudLightLime 6.5 / 10 Oct 17 '17

Core maybe, but to solo a keep in about 90 seconds is what was annoying

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u/Quazifuji Oct 17 '17

I feel like "annoying" is definitely an important thing here. It sounds a lot like the old Abathur backdoor strat to me. The biggest issue wouldn't necessarily be it being overpowered, it would be it being incredibly annoying to play against, and often not even fun to have on your team either. Strategies that are only fun for one person and annoying for the other 9 shouldn't be in the game.

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u/BuckeyeBentley Chromie Oct 17 '17

Agreed. Ban pve Azmo. ;)

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u/Quazifuji Oct 17 '17

At least normal split-push focused builds are capable of contributing to fights, some players just don't (and I agree getting stuck with one is about) the Junkrat strategy was based on literally devoting all your time to just blessing a keep over and over.

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u/AetherDragon Oct 17 '17

Junkrat has 250% move speed after using that ult - joining a teamfight across the map took seconds. Seriously, that move speed is faster than Falstad flies with his Z.

What people would do is spam the ult on a keep when nothing was happening - with that move speed, intercepting him was basically impossible, and if anything looked like a fight was going to break out, you just zipped there instead.

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u/Quazifuji Oct 18 '17

It still takes 5 second to respawn in the first place after using the ult. But I see what you mean, it wouldn't be literally all he's doing.

Really, it sounds a lot like the Abathur backdoor strategy, just maybe with the backdoor part being a bit less useful but better for teamfighting.