Ideas for a revenant buff
There was so much hype for him , but as of now he is kinda underwhelming and needs a buff
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@Wingmannedbro well who the * is gonna shoot him in the legs my homie- kinda ironic if you put it into retrospect that EVERYONE SHOOTS HEAD LEVE 🙂
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@Wingmannedbrowell who the * is gonna shoot him in the legs my homie- kinda ironic if you put it into retrospect that EVERYONE SHOOTS HEAD LEVE 🙂
If you're getting shot at from AR ranges with weapons like G7, Flatline, R301 Spitfite, or closer up with weapons like PK or LSTAR you'll notice that hitbox issue when people never miss you.
You get lasered with ease since your hitbox is is webbed. Many shots that should miss will hit anyway.
Ill go see if I can still find the video from way back when Pathfinder had the same problem.
It's hard to imagine now but Pathfinder was actually a very unpopular pick pre season 1 because of that. Virtually nobody picked Path.
When they fixed the hitbox, he almost overnight became the meta pick.
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As you can see in the video, the difference is dramatic.
Lots of misinformation going around in this thread.
First off: Revenant needs a buff. That much is clear. But his weakest area is not his passive; in fact, his passives are his biggest advantage.
Where Rev needs a buff is his tactical (Q).
1) is a skillshot
2) deals minimal damage
3) disabling actives hurts some heroes way less than others
4) disabling actives that are already on cooldown is a waste and leaves him entirely open to their abilities later on
Q needs a complete rework
OR
A dramatically reduced cooldown/increased AoE. Its an interesting tactical, marred by execution and circumstance (compare silencing Wraith or Pathfinder to silencing Wattson or Caustic).
Revenant being able to crouch-walk at normal walking speed is huge in combat. It not only makes his hit-box small, but also sharply raises hipfire accuracy and locks it in place while strafing (unlike standing to strafe).
Death Totem is mostly good for safely 3rd partying. I honestly think it should have additional effects - such as granting increased healing speed while it lasts but isn't active on you (think Gabby's dome or Lifelines passive) or maybe just return you with full health & shields.
- @Jinnobi What misinformation is there?
You say his biggest advantages are his passives which are climbing higher and crouching faster but as I said previously there are other legends better suited to get themselves (and their team for that matter) to high ground and his crouch-walk is mostly pointless in a gunfight because 95% of the time you'll be ADS, the majority of the time you hip fire will be at point blank range where sliding will have a major advantage and if you're hip firing at someone more than 5-10m you're doing it wrong.
I agree with your tactical (Q) assessment that an AoE buff with added DoT would make his ability much more useful but buffing his ultimate to give you full health upon return to the totem would make him pretty OP.
