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Leo_the_Lion25
6 years ago

Lets Talk about Gibraltar [Nerfs]

Gibby is strong and broken in two words... Gun Shield.

This Gun Shield of his has many problems that makes him hard to kill despite him being 'thick', 'fat' or 'large'. These things don't matter and even Caustic huge hitbox ain't much of a problem. 

Here's why Gun Shield is broken.

Takes 75+ damage to break it. This is simply too much because as the Gun Shield absorbs way more than 75 damage before it breaks. Not only that, but if Gibby pops Shield Cells, Battery or even a Phoenix Kit. That Gun Shield will also be fully healed and back at 75 HP again.

Another problem with Gun Shield is Gibby mains looking down at a grenade and using their Gun Shield to block the grenade's damage. The grenade doesn't break the gun shield at all and will do zero damage toward Gibby and his Gun Shield. Not many people know about this and I personally assume it has always been a bug. This should be patched to break his gun shield.

Proposed fixes?

  • Revert Gun Shield back to 50 Health.
  • Make Gun Shield not recharge off heal consumables. To compensate this nerf, you can slightly increase the recharge rating of Gun Shield (add new visual bar to show it easier) 
  • Grenades that are blocked by Gibby Aiming Down Sights looking directly at the nade will now destroy his Gun Shield doing full damage to it as intended.

Gibby is meta for a reason because of all the buffs he got that made his kit too strong and made Lifeline useless. All the changes he got might as well stay since we as players adapted to him but that doesn't mean Gun Shield ain't broken. Balance the Gun Shield and Gibby becomes balanced again. 

Edit: And for the love of God, make Gun Shield officially count towards our Damage. The damage report doesn't include Gun Shield at all. Gun Shield SHOULD count towards our damage done period. 

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8 Replies

  • JColli92's avatar
    JColli92
    6 years ago
    @Leo_the_Lion25 I wholeheartedly agree! The fact that you have to pump so much damage into him is ridiculous. Not the mention the fact that if he full armor and health (200) the gun shield puts it to 275 damage he has to take. Oh wait but we aren’t done there....he’s got a 15% damage reduction that puts the total damage over 300. It’s just way too much.
  • Zamaha400's avatar
    Zamaha400
    6 years ago

    @Leo_the_Lion25 I disagree about your feelings about gun shield damage but I also don't care about damage stats so eh....

    Don't care for any suggestion to nerf his gun shield but they've given him way too many support abilities so its probably fine if his 1v1 ability took a hit.

    I've always felt that Gibby was balanced in season 2 but worthless since he's bad at rushing and bad around buildings (outside of long narrow hallways. Great in Bunker on Kings Canyon.)

    Typically if you like fighting there then Gibby doesn't.

  • decimation92's avatar
    decimation92
    6 years ago

    He's the most imbalanced thing in the game at the moment. Not that this hasn't already been the case for a bit, but I guess I'll start speaking up too

    Ultimately the gun shield needs to see a significant nerf. You should've seen my Gibby encounter the other day.....

    Last 2 teams, they push us. I have a Gibby rushing down a hallway towards me ( & I'm at the end of this hallway, around the corner. I have Blue shield, he has Purple). . . I charge a PK Choke shot...I PEEK, & hit him for 99, I go RIGHT back into cover, untouched....

    I switch to the L-Star. I re-peek. & BARELY,  I laser him down through his gun shield.....I nearly lost, was left with 30-40 health. I was a full 175 health. I had a 99 DAMAGE DROP TO START THE FIGHT, & yet, when I re-peek, he actually has 176 health to my 175 LOL. Holy sh*t. Broken. I ended up overheating the L-Star in the process, and his teammate pushed shortly after & downs me as I'm reloading. 

    I shouldn't have had such low health at the time. I shouldn't have had to overheat the L-Star in a frenzy to finish him. So, Even when a Gibby gets WRECKED, he's still massively benefiting his team. That's imbalanced. Can't even be argued against. Crazy to think that you can out damage someone 275 to 140 in a instance, but still end up screwed yourself. 

  • Leo_the_Lion25's avatar
    Leo_the_Lion25
    6 years ago

    Another thing about Gibby that needs to be changed is when you Arc Star is Gun Shield. 

    If you Arc Star his Gun Shield, the arc star will fall off him and do ZERO damage! Lets not forget that all grenades in this game will do nothing to Gibby's Gun Shield at all. 

    I lost a fight to a Gibby yesterday in Kings Canon. Here what happened:

    • I have 150 Health and Gibby has 200 Health.
    • I arc star Gibby and managed to stick him. But it was his gun shield.
    • The arc star falls off him and explodes doing zero damage.
    • I go in after the explosion and shoot at Gibby who should be weaken but isn't. 
    • Gibby has Gun Shield up and now at 275 Health.
    • I do 191 damage + 75 to gun shield and lose!!!!
    • Gibby does 153 damage to me and I only have 150 Health plus I'm low Profile. 

    How is this fair?

    It's not. I stuck him!!! But Gun Shield is broken. Grenades do zero damage to him. Gun shield should have been disable/broken before I shot at him. This is a fact. I should have won this gun fight and I did the most damage but the damage report doesn't include the 75 health Gun Shield. In reality I did 266 damage to him and I only had 150 Health to survive. I should have won this 1v1 but didn't because GUN SHIELD IS BROKEN!

    Gun Shield needs to be reverted back to 50 HP so it breaks faster. Grenades need to damage the Gun Shield. If you Arc Star his Gun Shield, it should instantly crack his Gun Shield no matter what and not fall off him. 

    Please Respawn, Nerf Gibby already. He's the strongest Legend in this game with Wraith actually being the second best Legend. 

  • GucciiWallet's avatar
    GucciiWallet
    6 years ago
    @wattzon16 He reminds me of season 1 pathfinder completely annoying to face, his gun shield should stay as it is but once broken give it a 40-50 seconds cool down we still want him to be viable but not over powered , shouldn’t be able to spam use his gun shield so often and easily dominate in 1v1s

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