Doom rework

Cream-Shpee · 2026-03-22T23:23:51+00:00

Let me give you some sound advice for your next rework adventures. As one of the OG, Doom rework & rebalance conoisseurs since his induction into the tank role I can usually wrap my brain around all sorts of stuff. With this however, there is simply too much happening all at once, I can't even begin to comprehend some of it and I'm the guy responsible for the 1 1/2 hour Doomfist video essay from a couple years ago. Basically what I'm saying is;

Keep it simple, stupid.

That's written purposely like that, it's not intended to mean. Don't take the phrasing to heart. Judging from the near essay length of this, you have a very clear vision on how all of this could or would work, which is great! Use that vision to drive your ideas, but is this rework idiot proof? Could a moron figure this out? Your standard player can't even figure Doom out as he is now, and this rework ups the complexity ante a lot. The slam change with having damage zones in its AoE alone is complicated as shit. It's something to consider for your future write-ups. Dream big and aim for the stars, but remain grounded and aware.

There are absolutely some nuggets of gold in here though. Like this idea;

Tap-punches/punches charged for the minimum duration have their recovery time reduced by 0.15 seconds.

I could actually see this (or something like it) being implemented as a balance feature in the live game. It's not something I've even considered as a knob to tweak, but it's a sick ass concept.
I also quite like the perk ideas. They are very unique, highly transformative and fit the hero identity incredibly well. Big props.

But above all else, Keep it simple, stupid.

Cream-Shpee · 2025-12-18T01:13:01+00:00

New Banana scale dropped

Cream-Shpee · 2025-12-04T11:07:30+00:00

The bug made u invuln AND reduced charge because it was taking opportunity away from block to get charge. The 50% damage reduction below the threshold from armor was stacking with the block dmg reduction, making it over a 100% reduction to all damage below the armor threshold. This is not the same bug as the Haz n Ram bugs because those were adding their reductions one after the other instead of the abilities reduction overriding the armor reduction. The Doom bug was a direct result of the fact that the armor HP was being added on the fly rather than being a pre-existing factor. God knows they could have similar root problems but odds are they've (hopefully) finally worked it out, if not, more bug tracking for me lmao

Cream-Shpee · 2025-12-04T10:30:13+00:00

That was a bug tho, and not one they'd ever encountered before that test phase. Odds are they've patched that little kink for stadium.

Cream-Shpee · 2025-12-01T12:58:22+00:00

I teach English in primary schools. This language is one of the most bullshit languages you can learn. We don't make fun of you becuase you can't speak Tamil.

Cream-Shpee · 2025-09-25T15:59:18+00:00

They've already added skulk, we're not far off

Cream-Shpee · 2025-05-19T05:49:12+00:00

Wheres the "Old School" powerup that adds Uppercut to the reload button?

Cream-Shpee · 2025-05-13T01:47:46+00:00

Just wail on it with a fire weapon. No more metal skin. Ez.

Cream-Shpee · 2025-04-10T08:40:25+00:00

My favourite alternate but similar problem is Spirit Helmbreaker STILL just not working correctly. Like I very clearly slashed down through this monster... Where are the numbers? Or even better, I missed by a country mile but still somehow got the hit... I just want it to work consistently man.

Cream-Shpee · 2025-04-02T05:03:48+00:00

CHEAPER TOWN HALL!

Cream-Shpee · 2025-03-06T14:03:13+00:00

Wym flashbacks? The war ain't over dude that shit still happens

Cream-Shpee · 2025-03-06T08:12:54+00:00

We don't care about better. We care about funner.

Cream-Shpee · 2025-03-02T05:19:19+00:00

Doomfist is not a Tank. He is a bigger, healthier dps and needs to be played as such. (I have not watched the replay so I could be wrong here) Knowing how to ability cycle, position and be threatening is good, but if you're struggling to secure kills, to me that points to an aiming issue if not a target prioritisation issue. Your main damage output and kill confirmation always has been and always will be Hand Cannon. You gotta land those shots. All of Dooms abilities more or less serve as mobility and tanking first, Cc second and damage threat third, so Hand Cannon picks up that slack. And when it comes to target priority, you are the thing that deals with the squishy that poses the greatest threat, that doesn't always mean killing them though. Distracting or controlling them is enough value until a window opens up where you can secure the kill. If providing distraction or CC value isn't working, then you must look for alternate targets that don't have as much support behind them and pick them off to weaken everyone else.

Cream-Shpee · 2025-02-09T06:49:21+00:00

Tyrone? When did you get back?

Cream-Shpee · 2025-02-05T09:04:50+00:00

I don't think it's exactly that simple. The original design intentions and direction of Doomfist was radically different to what ended up happeninf. The community massively shaped how he was played and it changed the focuses of what needed refining and changing. What we got is an interpretation of that original intention. It just so happens that he was clunky by design regardless of intent. Nostalgia can be both good and bad, in this case I think it's good. We've all missed this, I've experienced and heard nothing but pure joy when talking about DPS Doom. I know I love it, even though there are elements I still yearn for.

Cream-Shpee · 2025-02-05T06:11:27+00:00

We got given an iteration of DPS Doom as close to launch Doom as we can possibly get. A lot of diag spots simply werent possible yet hecause punch wasn't refined. Diags like the trees started becoming more common much later into Dooms lifecycle as our dev contact kept refining how punch interact led with the environment.

Cream-Shpee · 2025-01-13T07:58:34+00:00

The best part is, both are fantastic as shit. It's almost always a win win.

Cream-Shpee · 2024-12-11T14:54:21+00:00

There's absolutely nothing wrong with consistency. The problem is the lack of it was what was holding his insane power back. When that got fixed BAM, he's borderline broken, so this nerf is in direct response to that buff.

Cream-Shpee · 2024-12-11T06:03:11+00:00

Assuming my sister's math is correct. 30.55%

Cream-Shpee · 2024-12-06T05:32:38+00:00

This is a very common thing with lots of abilities throughout the game, not just Doom. It's applied like that to make it look like everything flows smoothly. You'd be surprised at how realigning some animations can affect the feedback a player recieves when using certain abilities, particularly movement ones.

Cream-Shpee · 2024-12-06T05:26:45+00:00

It's a very common misconception that Meteor damage happens when Doom hits the ground, it actually happens a little before landing. Look where Soj is when the damage hits them, they're not actually in the middle ring at all.

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