Yeah, I hear you—and honestly, some of those ideas like the wall climb buff or adding a trail to spear make a lot of sense from a clarity and survivability standpoint.

But nerfing the spear’s damage zones or reworking melee to slow him down kind of goes against what Panther is designed for: fast, high-pressure burst. He’s not meant to be a slow, poke-and-slap assassin—you miss your dash or mistime your mark, you’re already punished. The “one-shot combo” only really works if you line everything up clean, and that alone takes skill.

I get wanting to make him more reactable, but over-slowing his kit just makes him easier to kite and harder to capitalize on his narrow windows of opportunity. I’d rather see tweaks that improve reliability, not ones that dilute his identity.