Thoughts On Spiderman in his current state? Does Spiderman need a buff, nerf or is he Balanced?
Let me start by saying two things:
1. I love how Spider-Man plays in this game. If he wasn't in, I likely wouldn't have kept playing.
- I understand Spider-Man is supposed to be hard, and while I'm not getting MVP much, I'm also not bottom fragging. My current KD ratio is 2.6-1 with a 65% win rate on him.
With that established: I find spiderman to be far weaker than the average character, and firmly believe he needs some sort of buff to be viable going forward.
Even without going into his animation cancel getting removed, or the buffing of hard Spider-Man counters like Scarlet Witch: The loss of his damage bonus from last season really hurts when previous kill confirms are now "Almost Kills."
I, on many occasions, have missed a frag on the enemy nurse or lagging enemy because they survived my combo with a smidge of HP. Not a sizable amount, but just enough for the enemy nurse to notice and wipe my work with a well played heal. Thus, forcing me to retreat, mend my wounds and for my web slingers to refill before charging again if needed.
Some games are worse than others of course, and there are no shortage of fun moments when playing someone as free form as Spider-Man, Especially when you value kills over wins. However, even people who have masted his game play will say: "Spider-Man is underpowered." while others will be forced to swap off him entirely in order to secure a win.
I believe the best way to tweak his gameplay would be to give him the damage buff from season 0 again, this time as apart of his based kit, and implement a replenish upon kill mechanic.
Since Spiderman has to use everything in his kit for a successful frag, it's only far that his kit gets reset when he does so. Perhaps even give him a shield for two seconds after so he can zip away.
It may not the most elegant solution, but there are certainly more overturned things on more accessible characters in this game. I just feel like something needs to be done to make him feel more rewarding to play.
But what are you're thoughts? I'm currently consuming as much content about this game as I can so I'd love to hear them.