Pop cap wants to know the 3 variants to buff/nerf via twitter (link inside)

It is clear that they are asking for characters, and by that I hope, characters and variants are inclusive. 

_____

Top 3* Nerfs

1. Imp / Mech (All of them)

Imp needs both health and damage decrease, Mech needs to be brought back down to earth on a more balanced scale health wise also. I cannot understand why giving one team a class that has the equivalent of over 500 health and can cause more destruction than any other class was ever a good idea.

2. Super Brainz (Electro Brainz mainly, but all of them)

Electro Brainz Beam/Arc damage needs fixing, but Turbo Twister across the board shouldn't be so fast or have so much armour. His Twister can hit around 200 points of damage, and his Fireballs aren't much far off either, couple that with his amazing manoeuvrability it makes him one of the strongest zombies of all. He has simply too much versatility, health and damage...his name is well fitting, but he doesn't need to be miles above every plant. 

3. Scientist (Zoologist, Marine Biologist, Chemist, Paleontologist etc, most of them)

This one is a tricky one, it's going to pain me the most because I enjoy playing healing classes. I honestly don't see why he needs a double warp, it creates too many situations where a Scientist can pretty much fall from the sky above you due to this. I just feel like his damage could be toned down considerably and maybe at a slight increase in health to compensate. Don't break him though, if he's a healer then tone him down a little, he's the best healing class in the game and one of the best damage output, couple this with his warps makes him my favourite pick every time.

*Captain Deadbeard (All of them)

I do feel like the Pirates Barrel needs to be looked into as well because right now it has the equivalent of around 500 health due to the ridiculous armour it gives. It is virtually impossible to destroy. 

Top 3* Buffs

1. Chomper (All of them)

This class is not as good as it use to be, and needs to be balanced so it is functional in offensive game modes. Whether that's increasing its health, damage, given invisibility or even a Mech of its own, he needs to be given some major love so more players play this class. I would like to see additional armour given to him when digesting a zombie, damage mitigation / armour when trying to burrow and maybe some sort of digestion bar where he is capable of killing 2-3 zombies before needing to digest. Camera issues when burrowing needs to be looked at as well as the goop timer, that should be reverted. Given the fact this class has no range at all, he should be the most feared up close character class in the game, more dangerous than Scientist who can heal, and definitely more dangerous than Super Brainz who has plenty of range abilities. Chomp cannon should have an increase of damage to 150 as well so it can kill camp snipers if replacing his primary ability of goop. I still wouldn't use chomp cannon ever, but others might actually use it if it was increased.

2. Sunflower (Most of them)

This class needs major love, whether it's health increase, damage increase or some sort of ability that includes a blink or shielding. I also feel like a Shotgun type weapon should be given to some weaker variants and make it more on par with the Scientist, right now she is very weak and when trying to capture bases she is killed too easily due to lack of any CC or escape abilities. A blink or a Sheild would be nice, but more health and damage might be reasonable also, she definitely needs something.

3. Cactus (Most of them)

I think she should be given damage increase across the board on certain variants but also a close range shotgun similar to the pirate. I feel like Tallnuts are a bit lackluster now and well if it was replaced with a damage or shield aura, she would be able to capture points similar to the Pirate and his Barrel shenanigans. I know on the PC people have might a difference experience but let's be realistic here, compared to Captain Deadbeard she sucks.

*Rose (Ice, Fire mainly, but most of them)
I feel like she was over nerfed, her charged variants are very weak and she is a bit useless now. She should have a health increase, and damage increase or that slow on her charge should be removed. In terms of damage output, if a Engineer can hit 45s much more rapid why can't this class do the same? Not only are her shots weak but they are very slow as well. Support classes should be able to kill as well, not just tickle the enemy. 

_____

I honestly feel like there are too many to list here, so I'm going to have to stick to my guns to what I feel is fair. I hope the bugs and glitches about hits registering are fixed as well. I'd quite like to see a good balance of all characters being played, and my nerfs and buffs are a reflections of what characters I see the most, and least respectively. 

@EA_Andy Thank you for the reassurance Andy, it helps! 🙂