I'm sorry that I am late in taking part in this discussion, but I think it would be a great pity to nerf Electro Pea, as I find it important that there are characters that require more than above average skill to use....and he is definitely one of them.
He is an odd character in many ways, as on the one hand, he requires real and exceptional skill to use effectively at close range and within a broad band of mid-range while on the other, one can spam him when in melée which requires an absolute minimum of skill.
Over the course of 6 years, I have met very few players who can use him properly and would therefore (after his nerf) broadly speaking rank him as being on par with the other powerful peas such as Stock/Plasma/Toxic and Agent.
He is really only effective at close and medium range, as his shot is far too slow to be of much use at long range (apart from the occasional lucky shot). He is definitely not an ideal character to come up against, but I have found when playing as engineers such as Painter at long and medium-range or the Plumber at medium to close-range that he can be countered.
So from my point of view characters that are out-and-out dangerous because they require skill to use should not be nerfed, as it would take a lot of the flavour away from the game for those who find it challenging to master a difficult character, while characters that are extremely dangerous, but require a minimum of skill, should be nerfed. Toxic Brainz being a case in point.
Thanks @stukapooka. Fair enough about the damage nerf as he can in the right hands be horrendously dangerous compared to the other top Peas, just as long as it does not take away the reward of being able to master a top-end character.
As regards his speed boost, yes I forgot that, it is unreasonable how fast he is when compared to the other characters. Come to think of it, I am actually wondering whether he is not at least just as fast as the Sunflowers.
