Just curious; are you tired of seeing Wraith getting nerfed because
1) you think she now is actually is too weak to be played
2) because she is went from OP and is now more on par with the other legends balance wise, and you just are mad about it?
Because as a Pathfinder main since S1, I was "sad" when they nerfed him but objectively, I really saw the reasons why the nerf and honestly saw it coming. Pathfinder was, together with Wraith, the only legends that actually had an tactical that gave them a free get out of jail card. Both Path and Wraith could charge in, do alot of damage while taking alot of damage, and as long as they had a supporting team arriving short after, they could just use their Q to get themselves to safety, heal up and return and finish off the remaining enemies.
Bottom line is that Respawn clearly dont want this kind of legend design and it just makes sense that they re-balance the legends away from this. Wraith ULT is still super good for the team and her hitbox is probably the most difficult to hit, especially early game if you ask me. A crouch-strafe-crouch-strafe Wraith against you with an iron sight makes the weapon model cover 80% of the Wraith-model most of the time....
And in my experience, people play her ALOT, probably has been and still is the consistently most played Legend. So its kinda hard to argue about her being too weak.
@BalladalidilaHonestly for me I still can do anything ive done from the start. I have had to adapt many many times now to her changes. I am tired of adapting every single season to major changes.
While I can understand why some of the changes was made they just keep hitting us with curve balls every season. While some legends never get touched despite how strong they are.
While im not saying that other legends can compare to wraith and path abilities some actually can. Not in terms of getting away but in terms of brutal slaughter abilities. Like gibby ult near instant damage to a radius. Causetic gas traps stacked with ult.
Point i make above though is all legends have their very strong suites and their weak ones. We keep getting weaker and having to adapt. While some strong battle legends remain the same.
I am also not sure about this people play her a lot thing. I solo que up to 15 hours a day. Maybe today I had 2 people actually want wraith out of my 12 hours today and counting. This would literally come into terms that 2% of my games today in 12 hours was players wanting wraith.
Same goes for Lifeline and Pathfinder right? Lifeline mains can no longer rely on popping super fast shield cells between fire exchanges and had to re-adjust the play style.
Pathfinder cant rely on having a grapple into battle and one just ready again to get himself out of battle; he has to tactically choose when and where to grapple.
But the reason for these changes is exactly the same as for Wraith. Before; Lifeline, Pathfinder and Wraith was the ABSOLUTE most picked legends in the game, both among pros and in pubs. I think Wraith actually had 33.3% pick rate in Pro-matches, i.e one Wraith in EVERY single pro squad. And you cant argue against that kind of statistics; that objectively means that these legends are the strongest in the current meta.
Yeah, some legends has more combat related abilities, like Ramparts, Gibby, Caustics ult, but that is really not the point? The only important question is if Wraith now is nerfed to the point of being useless, which I nor the statistics can say she is. On the contrary, I think she still is one of the most popular Legends but not as OP as before, and super important for the team if you play high ranked or pro.
Yeah I agree. Lifelines change was both appropriate and not a nerf, but more of a side grade/change of the "purpose" of the legend. And as you say, I think Wraths main strength is her ULT in high elo ranked and at the Pro scene, which makes her nerfs super annoying for people who just grinds publics. But thats the same with Lifeline right? Whats the point of having a great knockdown revive when 50% insta-leaves as soon as they are knocked :P
Anyhow, any game that at least aims to have a healthy pro scene MUST balance according to the format of the pro scene, not for casuals. And before, she was both a super good fighter (probably top 2 together with Path) with her Q and hitbox AND totally indispensable for pro team play from her ULT. So they had to nerf her somehow and even now, I think she is "viable" as a fighter and still indispensable in pro games.
PS, I have never thought Wraiths hitbox was broken or OP, but it is one of the "best" in the game and adds to her overall strengths.
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