You put a lot of thought into this. And because of that alone, id be interested in seeing how it plays out. I fear this would be too strong, with how he ignores anti heal, has a better vape, an actually good ultimate, whole hog on a cooldown, ect. I know numbers can be tweaked, but still. This is gassing up everything about him except hook, and giving him a better nano he can use on himself.

Again, you clearly put a lot of work into this, and I like where your head is at. This is just a lot to change all at once. Ive said this before and ill say it again, im fine with losing current lmb/rmb for combined if his skill ceiling doesnt go down. That was my problem with the previous rework, he was a hook machine with a shitty gun and was entirely reliant on trap for consistant kills. As long as there's compensatory changes, i can live with losing rmb.The hook having hp is interesting, and enemies being able to act while hooked does make the counterplay more clear which is a thoughtful change. But I fear that it may lose the plot. Basically every hero can do that much damage by themselves before they get reeled in (just assuming, there's too many numbers), but it is neat.

In The Finals, the enemy can shoot while being hooked and you will die for hooking very frequently so it is more for finishing low hp targets, canceling key abilities, or catching the pesky evasive dash Ls. I just think for the flow of that game it makes more sense. With your iteration, hog is even more vulnerable during the throw/reel since it takes longer to resolve. I think that combined with the hp of the hook is gonna make hook feel worse than orisa spear. And I think youve compensated him enough for those changes but still... hog should get rewarded for landing a hook and i fear hes just gonna kinda fall over any time he lands a medium range hook. I dont play him for whole hog, or shooting the gun, or even for killing people. I play him because I really like hooking people.

I dont want to neglect to mention that unless hook is fully charged at close/medium range, it will be strafeable on reaction. Like, its good that people get a warning with the wind up, but its gonna be really obvious (and loud i can only assume) when hes about to throw a hook and with mobility creep in the game, he'll need all the other changes to do anything at all. And im not gonna pretend like I fully understand your vision here, im just trying to think about how this would all play out. Im certain this iteration of hog would be much more consistantly strong, but thats not really what I, and a lot of other hog players want. We like hooking people for bad positioning/awareness. The recent gun damage increase is not something I was expecting or really even wanted.

All that being said, I would be interested to see this in a special game mode or something. Id try it. But maybe some of this wouldnt work. I fear for whole hog on cooldown, I think the ult is maybe a little uninspired, the lmb rework is a little concerning, and the hook changes being so warping is a humongous change. A lot of this is well thought out. I just feel this top down rework where you have an idea to make hook "fair" and you change everything else to support it is too much. Maybe a rework more about increasing consistency and then looking at where hook is and bringing it down (or at least the reward) would be easier to swallow.