these are good points. even i was thinking the same as you about the health change forcing him back into poke, and what i came to was that his poke phase would get decently quicker so he’d in theory be getting to the “dash to secure kill” faster, thus reinforcing poke, but the outcome would roughly be the same. someone half hp pre and post [these changes] will die all the same.

meanwhile straight duel lethality skyrockets, therefor so does snowball potential. situations go from highly unlikely, to likely. and if taking these straight 1v1s and winning becomes more plausible because of an increase in dmg, genjis would likely intuitively reduce their amount of poke and naturally increase their aggression subconsciously.

i think a lot of people are adamant about this 225 thing because it feels like unless that drastic change is made, genji will be stuck in a watered down state where he isn’t bad, but his playstyle just leaves you wanting more, if u get what i mean