Overwatch - Soldier 76 Nerf...Is it Enough?

Soldier 76 has been NERFED on the PTR. He now does 19 damage per bullet, instead of 20. But what does that mean?

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[VadersMyUncle]

I feel like nerfing in small steps is a lot better for balancing rather than sledgehammer nerfs *cough bungie cough*. now if Blizz feel like this nerf ain't enough, they'll nudge soldier down a bit more, eventually get him in the spot they want him to be in

[Max-vtib]

17 damage-underpowered
20 damage-OP
19 damage- ahhh nothing happened

[funnyman]

I don't think blizzard knows wtf they are doing PHARAH CLEARLY needs some type a nerf. If they take more damage from soldier phar-mercy will take over the game!

[divyanshusoni]

i might be wrong, but i think the buff that brought soldier 76 to the meta was the 3 point increase to his damage per bullet, so a 1 point decrease seems like good balancing

[swooshieblooshie]

Anyone else notice Mercy's rez in the kill feed now?

[paolodelacruz]

no the most minor buff award goes to zenyatta's "spread" being removed

[kmel]

At the end of the day, there is one clear fact that should be remembered by blizz, nerfing soldier 76 without ever touching pharah is a bad idea, she is already a very dominant force especially in the lower tiers and she had been continuously indirectly buffed by continuous nerfs to her counters

[markg]

Almost 50% of the top 500 players on ps4 EU are phara mains

[Sharkenjoyer]

I thought part of the problem was his helix rockets. I feel they should shoot like mei's icicles, with a slight charge up

[MultiRamdomSTUFF]

2:44 " junkrat ult bugged when your face to wall" If you want to see what he means I made a video about the glitch.

[bigpete]

Pharrah too strong? Better nerf soldier

[Splarff]

I asked Stylosa to talk about this in the comment section of his last video, and he addressed it with an entire video. I'm not sure if this was intentional or a coincidence or what, but thank you Sty.

[matthewalati]

Did orisa really need a damage nerf? It's hard enough to kill the smaller targets like soldier, tracer, genji, etc due to her weapon not being a hit scan but just a fast projectile. Now that her damage has been reduced by 15%, it is gonna render her gun useless and she will only be like a surpressive fire type hero. Yea you can pop up her barriers faster but she is gonna do horrible DPS now. I know that she isn't meant to be a fat soldier but seriously now blizzard, she is basically a hero with a shield and nothing else.

[kiki_con]

I think soldier should have a damage drop-off the closer the target gets while mcree has his drop-off at range, that gives both heroes a very specific role, while both can still deal damage at any range.

[xvs]

Jeff: Lets nerf Orisa!
Bliz-employee: She is already shit!
Jeff: Then we will make her even more shit!

[ApexCris]

1 dmg for a character that fires so many low damage shots per second is a pretty big deal. Sure, its a minor nerf, but thats still 1 more shot to kill on squishies, or 2-3 more shots to kill on tanks. At high levels, thats no big deal, but at lower levels those extra shots can be a pretty big deal.

[daimon]

Great now there are more hanzo mains :(

[waisu]

1:46
-Everyone in enemy team gets rezzed
-Sty had 96% ult charge
-Expecting Sty to save his team
-Runs away like a coward and lets his team get killed

[JasparJam]

I was hoping it would be reduced to 18 not 19. This changes his damage output by less than 5% when you include his rocket pods.

[scottsaren]

I remember when he did 17 damage per bullet, and he was trash meta. They increased his bloom and now he's at 19 damage. There's nothing wrong with him being useful. People need to stop thinking Soldier should be nerfed into the ground so he's equal to Mcree. People should be more focused on buffing Mcree, to make him equally as viable.