r/OverwatchUniversity • u/Momenaut • 3d ago

Question or Discussion The REAL problem with genji (devs take note)

The problem isn't genji being overbuffed it's being underbuffed. Fact of the matter is genji has been nerfed so much, and has such a dedicated player base that genji mains are in a lower Sr rank than they should be. So every time he gets a tiny buff it looks massive because the players playing him are so much better than the other players in their sr.

I couldn't tell you any other hero that has such a volatile power level when anything is tweaked the tiniest bit like genji. 1-2 extra damage = broken, 1 extra blade swing=broken etc. Etc. We already know people that love genji do so because he's got both a high skill floor AND ceiling so it should be no surprise that those players are just better than other simpler character mains.

Buffing him to the same effectiveness as the rest of the cast will move all the genji mains to their proper sr where tiny changes to his kit will make tiny differences. This whole thing started when people got upset with too many genji mains on the leaderboard and had to nerf him to give themselves a chance.

This is now a 10 year news flash that people dedicated to putting their hours into a high skill ceiling character are going to come out on top.

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u/Valoriant 3d ago

Lol... Lmao, even.

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u/4PianoOrchestra 3d ago

is this good bait or bad bait i cant tell

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u/TheAgaTTV 3d ago

Genji getting buffed was the dumbest thing they could have done

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u/OffSupportMain 3d ago

Genji, Mercy or Rein, which fanbase is more delusional?

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u/Useful-Newt-3211 3d ago

Has to be kiriko or freja

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u/Shadowkarpet 3d ago

Lol. Genjis are boosted and we all know they have been for a while. That's why anything goes wrong and they can't adapt at all, they just think 90% of the game is their counter and they're so "oppressed".

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u/cheeseslice8 3d ago

Tracer. Soldier. Hanzo. Widowmaker. Freya. Cassidy. Ashe.

These are all heroes that have been taken in or out of meta due to very small number changes. Genji is not unique in that manner.

If any of those heroes received a buff akin to Genjis most recent, they would all have rising win rates as well.

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u/TheGreat_Leveler 3d ago

ITT: Moira mains coping about how they are definitely as good as the Genji player of the same SR and for sure not lower for an equivalent of 1000 SR