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ClutchinAce's avatar
2 years ago

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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5 Replies

  • @ClutchinAce Unfortunately the only way we will get past her being meta at the top is to remove the smokes or reduce the number of them.
  • I agree they should be taken from Bangalore but with the current legends in the game I feel smokes are still needed in high tier play especially. Hence the change to a lootable item with a rare spawn rate. 
    I believe the game still needs more “rotate” viable characters, especially after the cat nerf. Might help reduce the bang meta if they don’t do a rework. 

  • @hayhor Many consider her 1 of the most balanced Legends in the game. The only thing I'd want to do is change her ult since hers & Gibby's are so similar.
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    hayhor
    Hero
    2 years ago
    @Lord_Scorpion34 lol I remember people always suggesting buffs for her claiming she weak. Now she's almost 100% pick rate in algs. She's pretty well balanced to strong for normal players. It's just that top level that abuses the crap out of her now.
  • @hayhorI've never seen her as weak. Whoever did doesn't know how to use her. I haven't used her this season yet really so I don't know her perks, but she's one of the legends that they've really never had to touch cuz she's balanced pretty much out the gate. The one they got right 😂!

    I just wanna change her ult to a plane that fires missiles. Her & Gibby's ults are too much a like. I realize this change would change how some people would use her. For example you could no longer use the ult as an escape tactic.