Bangalore Rework
It's been a year since the last rework idea for Bangalore and with the new armor perks and digis being nerfed I felt it was time to revisit the idea.
My idea for a rework:
Remove smokes as her ability and make smoke grenades a floor loot item with similar spawn rates to gold weapon attachments.
Smoke grenades would provide the same cover but instead of deploying in a line formation they would smoke an area similar to the size of an un-upgraded caustic ult. Explosion triggers 0.5 seconds after contact with any item ( similar to bangs smokes currently so that teams are still able to smoke height sightlines off )
To replace her smokes:
Implement a concussion grenade for her ability. Slowdown and blurred vision that lasts for 1-3 seconds depending on your distance to the grenade as it goes off. Similar explosion radius as an arc star ( or slightly bigger since this is a legend ability after all ). 20-25 second cool down.
As we now have armor upgrades I would propose instead of the "Heal inside smokes" purple armor upgrade, it would be replaced with the ability to double stack concussion grenades.
Changes this would have:
Digis would be revitalized and useable for smgs again and perhaps ARs. Digi would now only counter the grenades that could be thrown by every team
Bangalore would still be extremely useful while pushing teams but not over the top as the stun is much shorter duration than her ult.
Smokes granted to everyone would give all teams a chance at quick cover while rotating or if stuck in a tight spot.
I personally don't believe her ultimate ability or passive need changed. Please share your thoughts.
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