Chomper got nerfed way too hard in bfn, he is now virtually useless , even if he was annoying, enginner hard counters him and he wasnt even a top tier character, he is now probably the worst character in the game, pls buff him

@marche567Please no. Chomper is the ultimate cheese class. Insta-kill, stun, slow, disables abilities. All rolled into 1 character. Nerf his goop, make his burrow more visually obvious and then we can talk about buffing him. He’s already cancer to play against

Hi @marche567 : I moved your post to the English forums 🙂. - Antonio

It's very interesting how people want the "Grody Goop" to be buffed when I actually think it should be tuned down a bit.Let me explain to you how the Grody Goop works:Grody Goop has a huge radius that can infect zombies with "toxicity". With an ability buff of "Upset Stomach: Longer duration of Grody Goop." you'll have it on that area of a longer time.After one of the zombies is infected, they get 35 damage and then 1 damage per second for 15 seconds. (if I'm not mistaken about the numbers)The toxicity transfers from a zombie to another upon contact. That means during the 15 seconds mentioned above, if that infected zombie came close to another zombie, the other zombies will get 35 damage upon infection and then 15 seconds of 1 damage over time.Why is it actually OP?The zombies are denied health regeneration for 15 seconds. (to some people, the 1 damage per second might seem underwhelming, but it actually slows down the health regeneration process while weakening every zombie by 35 + 15 = 50 HP)In an objective based game where zombies will most likely gather around one place (pushing payload, stopping payload, contesting on zones), this ability can infect more than half of the zombies and deny them health regeneration.Not only that, it also applies to all summonable zombies as well. In some cases, the infection process could last a very long time, since players are still infecting each other, even after you get your ability back. (if I'm not mistaken)Knowing all that, I started playing Chomper entirely different than anyone else. I sneak up on hordes of enemies... Spit my Goop, burrow my way back and watch everyone infecting each another while laughing out loud seeing 1's all over the screen. And when they come to the objective, I still goop them again and again... Guess what? I get a lot of assists and in some cases, kills... If you ask me, this ability itself is way much better than burrow in terms of "usefulness".Factor in that I have 2 traps and can place up to 4 traps in total. Each trap does 75 damage (that kills an imp in one shot, other injured enemies could die from it). Traps during "overtime" can be overkill. The enemies will have to rush and push, having no other choice but to step in.If I'm not mistaken, a Scientist is the only hero that can deny toxicity. If the enemy team doesn't have one, then they'll suffer without having to regenerate health.Chomper's "new" role, by design, is probably to deny pesky zombies from trying to break and disrupt the plant's defense lines. What do I mean by that exactly? For example, a Deadbeard tries to use his barrel to explode your teammates. The Burrow is a perfect ability to counter it (assuming it's not a bug that he can swallow his barrel now). The burrow helps keeping away cocky Super Brainz players from waltzing in and taking down your allies at back. Chomper's burrow is best used around teammates because you'll most likely die in 1v2 situations. But since there are many "Kamikaze" players in this game and too many Chompers, it seems like they are OP to some players. *Kamikaze players = players who just burrow and swallow anyone without any strategy and then just die anyways. Claiming that Chomper sucks.Throughout my journey to make Chomper Master, I rarely used burrow to swallow anyone as it puts me in vulnerable situations. I try to swallow around teammates who would cover for me. Or when I know for sure that there is only 1 enemy around the corner. Or I intentionally swallow "good obnoxious Super Brainz" players who have 40+ vanquishes when my team's top vanquishes is only 20. This is when I know that I have to do something about that problematic player and not worry about the consequences. Because he is the real reason why we can't defend or push. (The aftermath of Engineers and Super Brainz in attached screenshot. This is when I had to switch to Chomper and deal with the issue. Luckily, they couldn't push beyond the next point.) Otherwise, if there were 2 players in the vicinity, it's better to just goop them, disable their abilities, and try to take them down quickly. When in danger, burrow your way back to safety.There is no one definite way to play a hero in this game, Your play style might be different than mine. And I respect that. I just wanted to express my findings and feelings towards the topic.*Disclaimer: no offense to any players here. *Edit: Format and Tweaks

@fixer1138Once I adjusted I have found that the new chomper is actually very good. I played a couple of games of the Tactical Takeover event with chompsky yesterday and was vanquish master in one match (unusual for me).His bite makes him a very competent melee fighter now. I get about 50% of vanquishes by biting now.And the new goop cloud *does* slow enemies. It also stops them from using abilities for a short period, which makes it much safer to come in close for a melee kill.At this stage my only complaint is the way spikeweeds roll, which makes it hard to place them precisely.

It seems you havent played battle for neightborville,Now he can only insta kill with burrow, the animation is longer, and his goop sucks

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EA_Antonio
Community Manager
6 years ago
Hi @marche567 :

I moved your post to the English forums 🙂.

- Antonio
RockScorpion384
6 years ago
@marche567Please no. Chomper is the ultimate cheese class. Insta-kill, stun, slow, disables abilities. All rolled into 1 character. Nerf his goop, make his burrow more visually obvious and then we can talk about buffing him. He’s already cancer to play against
marche567
6 years ago
It seems you havent played battle for neightborville,
Now he can only insta kill with burrow, the animation is longer, and his goop sucks
ItsaGamer05
6 years ago
Buff Chomper, that’s a sentence I never thought I’d hear.....anyways, I wouldn’t say Chomper is completely ruined, and he now has a pretty good longe range attack that deals the same damage as his chomp, I won’t miss goop, however I do think the backstab should be added back.
marche567
6 years ago
His new ranged weapon does less damage than new soldier who does like 1 damage per shot
RockScorpion384
6 years ago
@marche567 His goop is insanely broken lol. It stuns, slows and prevent the target from using abilities. Plus its an aoe so can hit multiple people. If chomper needs buff in places he needs nerfs in others to compensate. Burrow is really bugged atm too, ive been swallowed when in a pirate barrel, when flying as the space cadet, when riding my rocket as 80’s hero. Chomper is just a buggy, cheesy class that is in the most need of a complete overhaul. If they were to ever drop classes from the game my bet is chomper would be first to go. Seems like too much of a difficult class to balance. Insta kills shouldnt be in this game imo even if they do have some counterplay. Chomper just isnt a fun character to fight unless you are engineer 🤷🏼‍♂️
JimRossBBQ
6 years ago
The Spike Weed and Goop are horrible abilities in this game.
Chomper controls more like an attack dog now.
And why are his spikes on top of his head made of bone now?
This game is a joke.
SterlingTuba
6 years ago
I'd be totally okay with chomper losing his ranged attack if he could eat from behind. The maps are much more spread out now so it wouldn't be as easy to get kills, plus everyone can run now so burrow got passively nerfed.
spIash_damage
6 years ago
I LOVE no chomping from behind but that’s the end of my love for the new Chomper and I wish there was an option to toggle this feature/attack.
Spikeweeds are super sloppy; why not allow them to stick to opponents when you throw them?
The goo is useless.
I maxed him out in BfN and do not plan to play him anymore.
VelcroShark360
6 years ago
@spIash_damage the goo is not useless it denies area tot he enemy, stop the use of enemies abilities, slows people and even obstructs ppl's vision unless your talking about his ranged attack and not the ability which even then isn't useless as you think it is because it can be used as a harass tool and to snipe even with no dmg fall-off.