Hanzo's back to 1 shot hs, i think kiri is back to two shot HS, and mercy buffs. As a lw main i think the petal "buff" isnt that good, and the HP really ruined it. Almost never do my teammates step on the petal accidentally. Im wondering whether or not petals will drop with souls, turrets, dva bombs, and etc now. Ik petal can be used to help teammates, but most teammates in my lobbies (gold) dont use it. I use it selfishly and tbf its working great. Now if im escaping to high ground i MUST remember to break petal or then will just use it to come up to me. Less health from the dash as well:<. Passive healing is nice but you have to be shooting for a while for the health to be generated at an amount that actually causes impact.
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I think the LW changes were good overall. the healing changes makes him better at quick healing and gives him more opportunities to dps, cuz originally if someone needed healing you'd have to switch, charge, shoot, now its a quick switch, shoot 80 and then u can charge if you need to heal more.
Petal wise, i think its mixed good/bad. ur right bout the souls/turrets, and enemies will probably steal it more often, but the fact it drops down means it's quickly reuseable too. Like, you go high & drop down, u can go back on the platform to go up again, than drop, etc. all with 1 platform. It also saves on waiting for allies to get on the platform for high ground, since it'll drop now.
Also, bright side for lw mains, his hp didnt get nerfed so he's still highest-healthed support.
Oh i forgot to say i see where ur coming from for the mg, but he shouldn't be damaging unless hes being flanked and needs help. Think about this, his dmg is 6 per body shot and per projectile. Lw should be at the backline using his range and playing safe so when he grips it will save them in a better position. So at such long range, with projectiles and spread, he hardly does any damage when it hits the enemy. It becomes a small bit of chip damage that becomes ultimate charge for their supports. Even when hes being flanked i just ignore the enemy and keep healing bc the team is relying on the heals. ppl like kiri almost always should be dmging in between heals or just generally because of the 120 hs dmg burst. Lw cant burst people down unfortunately. And i did try yesterday the soul does NOT keep petal up:<. Even tho his health didnt get nerfed his dash did:<
What do you think?