Neon IS GETTING NERFED!

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[durak]

"also follows me so knows what they're doing"
-TMV 2024

[funkycrawler]

If we just go back to a Jett/Raze era...it will be such a fumble that I hope they don't over do it (and personally I'd say just change the First-Slide Accuracy and maybe revert one of the buffs to fuel regen or speed).

[stormswarm]

I just pray they don’t make her worse than she was before her buff. I’ve been playing her since she was released and it’s been fun finally having my main agent be so strong, but if she ends up worse than before then 🗿

[Gibyn]

I think it’s pretty clear cut that we nerf sliding accuracy and maybe bring ult cost up to 8 to match Jett and raze and after threat don’t touch her, she’s in a great spot and not over powered just feels annoying to play against.

[yhaerysthethird]

TMV being sad about neon getting nerfed is relatable. In fact, I do agree with TMV that neon is fun to watch in VCT. The outplays and the ankle breakers are fun to see in the hands of a skilled/cracked players. I also agree with TMV that they won’t nerf her to the ground, and keep her power level the same as now, but only take off elements that “feel” overpowered. To keep the meta interesting and balanced

[vincenzosama]

The Neon case is complex. I think it's an exaggeration to say that it's the same as the Chamber episode, no, not at all.

See, Chamber's kit was very self-sufficient and gave the player several insane advantages over the opponent, Neon on the other hand, even though she is strong, you really need to train a lot to enjoy these privileges of her kit to the fullest, especially the accuracy when dashing, most because you need to have good aim to hit those headshots

Otherwise, all you see is someone from Neon walking into the bombsite without knowing what to do and dying for nothing. That's why her problems become more evident in higher levels and in the professional level.

A deserved nerf. I like Neon and all but she needs to be just a little nerfed. This should do the trick I guess.

[zenon]

Goes to show how the pros and streamers still got the game in a chokehold. For a long time since 4 months in since her buff nobody even talked about her, but then pros and streamers got their ego hurt by some good Neons, now she's a problem 😂

[holmster]

The ult probably needs a change; the slides and slide accuracy are the main reason she isn’t dogshit, so hopefully they don’t change it too much.

[Nyx]

I think the only problem is the ult, in plat/dia lobbies a neon ult is a guaranteed round, especially on attack side. Ofc is an ult and it needs to be strong, but as they nerfed clove ult (that i think is a bit less powerful), it should be rebalanced aswell. For the accuracy while sliding i think is ok, u have an easy kill only if u manage to use it in the right way

[tyroneTy]

NEON NERF:

REPLACE HER RUNNING SHOES WITH A SPARTAN SLIPPERS = Sprint accuracy nerf.

[loki]

Everyone is complaining about neon but I préfère that neon is a bit overpowered than seeing every game Jett and raze so boring

[z]

You have to realize that professional players at the highest level just don’t deviate from what is proven to work. Meaning they don’t change to anything new until it’s absolutely broken, which is why Neon is being played. They could have 160 agents and pros would consistently pick the same 20 or so on rotation.

[cZk]

I believe they should add a small multiplier to the slide acc. For example, 0 movement walking inacc on every gun for the first bullet, but after, it jumps to 0.25 movement inacc after the first bullet, for example, so it requires more skill and not slide + burst at head = kill and reduce the frequency of these kills. I understand that it increases the rng on some kills but it'd be less consistent

[theextreem]

Neon definitely is at a good strength level she just needs to be tuned to minimize the tilt factor. we all know how weak the mental of fps players are

[ZZZ-Wyvern]

Maybe change the speed at which she slides so enemies have a better chance to hit her in that animation

[thangphamquang]

This fustration level can be traced back to the amount of counter play of a certain skills. Neon's slide as of right now has little counter play and hard to punish. You either hold wide, prefire or spray and pray, all of which alter players' game mechanic in an unoptimized and not ideal way (the ideal being bursting, strafing and tapping). You would think that is really powerful, but consider how many times Neon mains pulls a headshot out of no where in a match, then the balance is clear and rito did their job.

[otysafiry]

1 slide and rope accuracy for slides is my hope.

[raininglaser]

As everyone has been saying, her sliding accuracy needs a nerf. Imo, they should keep the sliding accuracy for the ult though. That way it can kinda be like Jett knives but with sliding. Maybe if the ult is too strong, make it burn through the timer a bit faster, so Neons are more incentivized to keep pushing to be able to stay in the ult.

[damonkeyman]

They should make its so the slide is a little slower and goes not quite as far depending on what weapon you are holding. So if you have a pistol it would still be quite fast but if you are sliding holding a vandal the slide is much slower, or they could make inaccuracy go up the larger the weapon.

[theghoster]

The tweet most likely indicates either the slide goes back to not having insta pullout time or the slide goes back to 1 charge