Season 8 Wraith Nerf
Yea soo i hear wraith is being nerfed again to a larger hitbox. How many times yall gonna touch my legend? Why has wraith been getting hit season by season in fact more nerfs then every single legend...
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Dude, wraith has NEVER been bad regardless of how many nerfs they gave her. On top of that, the devs already said they would look into boosting her abilities to possibly counteract the hitbox nerf.
This is the best nerf they could do to wraith as far as balancing goes as, abilities aside, she has a tremendous advantage over most other legends in the hitbox department. You can’t just say people need to hit their shots as if only noobs take issue with her hitbox. Most good players that aren’t biased can tell when they barely missed a couple shots that would have decided the gunfight (I.e. you have 10hp left) and when your hitbox is 80% smaller, you are just lying to yourself if you think you just outskilled them in those scenarios.
Her individual gunfight win ratio WILL change after this, even if it’s slightly and it’s definitely for the better.
Personally, I have tested this in 1v1’s and me and my friends don’t allow wraith (or Gibby) in them anymore because we noticed a big change in wins when the opponent wasn’t playing those two.
If the analytics team can see that on average individuals have better stats when they play wraith, wether they are new, good or pro, then that is a clear indication that wraith as a character has a better advantage over other legends and not the individual playing her per say.
@TCG_Maximus You don't use wraith in your 1v1's? lool, clearly don't take into account that shooting any part of her body also also counts as a body shot.
You'd call it an "advantage" but I'd call it having to use your brain.
You aren't taking into account that wraith has been a day 1 legend, this has dramatically boosted her legend capabilities. Pathfinder has fallen off this season because everyone who used to exploit with him has now moved onto horizon, exploiting the exact same BS with the 12s cooldown along with the silent footsteps. Wraith doesn't need a nerf, people need to stop crying like little girls and getting upset because they can't think for two seconds that if they can't hit their shots then arm/leg shots work just as well. Most players don't even try to aim for headshots they just pray and spray and then cry about it on the forums that the legend is OP. Only a professional player who understands every single legends pro's and * can REALLY discuss if a legend needs a nerf. The only way people will stop using wraith is if she gets a rework, so clearly Respawn should stop trying to change wraith being used as one of the top 5. I can 100% guarantee that pro players are now using legends either based on having a high stat count, either it's exploitable (like horizon) or they just like the abilities.
They did almost break wraith in season 5 when you was getting shot through portals, that was down to Respawn trying to allow players with garbage internet to hit wraith players just because they have a faster internet. Wasn't necessary and lower ping players shouldn't be punished like that.
You'd call it an "advantage" but I'd call it having to use your brain.
You aren't taking into account that wraith has been a day 1 legend, this has dramatically boosted her legend capabilities. Pathfinder has fallen off this season because everyone who used to exploit with him has now moved onto horizon, exploiting the exact same BS with the 12s cooldown along with the silent footsteps. Wraith doesn't need a nerf, people need to stop crying like little girls and getting upset because they can't think for two seconds that if they can't hit their shots then arm/leg shots work just as well. Most players don't even try to aim for headshots they just pray and spray and then cry about it on the forums that the legend is OP. Only a professional player who understands every single legends pro's and * can REALLY discuss if a legend needs a nerf. The only way people will stop using wraith is if she gets a rework, so clearly Respawn should stop trying to change wraith being used as one of the top 5. I can 100% guarantee that pro players are now using legends either based on having a high stat count, either it's exploitable (like horizon) or they just like the abilities.
They did almost break wraith in season 5 when you was getting shot through portals, that was down to Respawn trying to allow players with garbage internet to hit wraith players just because they have a faster internet. Wasn't necessary and lower ping players shouldn't be punished like that.
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