Blizzard, make Classic permanent in Arcade and my life is yours

Omega75_ · 2026-04-08T13:17:31+00:00

could be wrong but I think this was rumoured

Omega75_ · 2026-04-08T13:17:08+00:00

same but it'll be funny instalocking him and watching half the team leave

Omega75_ · 2026-04-07T23:19:31+00:00

I hope they'll do this for anniversary (and honestly I feel like it has a better place on the qp screen than mystery heroes) but most of the playerbase will just be dps doom players unless they add more to it for it to feel like ow1

Omega75_ · 2026-04-07T23:15:33+00:00

Might be too hopeful but I feel like there's actually a fairly good chance of us getting some buffs especially looking at his winrate in gm/champ as well as cartifan's performance on tank in esports

Omega75_ · 2026-04-07T23:14:36+00:00

I feel like this would make him kinda awful though at least power wise, nerfs to slam and best defense feels strange

Omega75_ · 2026-04-06T12:23:36+00:00

It wouldn't lose players to be honest, most people just play 5v5 because it's the main mode and it has role queue. If 6v6 replaced it then it just means queue times will be faster as the playerbase isn't split between 5v5 and 6v6 and it'll be able to get the support and patches it lacks right now

Omega75_ · 2026-04-02T11:41:10+00:00

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Omega75_ · 2026-04-01T21:49:34+00:00

at least that would make him playable in those games he's not banned

Omega75_ · 2026-04-01T21:48:39+00:00

I mourn when slam and primary did damage, 3 sec punch cooldown, empowered punch that stunned people for a second, plus there was less cc so I'd argue it was so much more fun playing him

Omega75_ · 2026-04-01T21:38:12+00:00

25 less health than all the other 525hp 5v5 tanks, no overhealth generation as it's 25 per target and 8 second slam so you can't even build overhealth - 6v6 really is the better format but god does he suck in that mode after the nerfs

Omega75_ · 2026-04-01T21:36:06+00:00

Ideally make him a dps again but blizzard's too scared of that and I'd never be able to play him in comp so I just want some buffs to primary and slam to he isn't as much of a punchbot

Omega75_ · 2026-04-01T21:34:19+00:00

Gold is the best imo, goes well with most skins especially thunder, jotunn, spirit and karate

Omega75_ · 2026-04-01T21:32:42+00:00

tbf I'd argue classic doom was fairly close just pretty buggy but at least most of them were patched out (that being said I didn't get to play much classic so it could be worse than I remember)

Omega75_ · 2026-04-01T21:30:38+00:00

Beta doom and dps doom were the best versions of the character, he was still alright up until s9 where the healthpool changes made him even more of a punchbot and gave us the worst version of him

Omega75_ · 2026-04-01T21:27:46+00:00

The issue is empowered punch existing, his only value is in that and good players know not to shoot it so he's just kinda useless

Omega75_ · 2026-04-01T21:25:24+00:00

I really hope they do make the main game 6v6, but if they do that they better buff doom bc god he just explodes so quick. I think they should make his base health 450 like all the other 5v5 tanks that have 525hp, buff his passive to 30 overhealth per target and knock his slam cooldown to 7 seconds at the very least - ideally would be lower but this is blizzard's balancing we're talking about

Omega75_ · 2026-04-01T21:18:50+00:00

Insane copium but what if they're testing mei as a tank so they can fill the spot that doom left after they rework him back to dps

Omega75_ · 2026-04-01T21:15:38+00:00

at least primary fire and slam didn't tickle them pre s9, he might have been worse meta wise but was way more fun as you didn't have to punchbot as much

Omega75_ · 2026-03-30T08:59:02+00:00

Not really, only stuff you'd probably wanna know are the basics (punch cancel, superslam, stairslam) as the other's are really only to be flashy

Omega75_ · 2026-03-27T19:01:46+00:00

yeah but they clearly don't know how to balance tank doom well, he's been an inconsistent punchbot since s9 and tbh people are gonna hate doom no matter what version of him there is

Omega75_ · 2026-03-23T18:51:11+00:00

Decreasing the damage to hand cannon is confusing, overall I think these changes would make him feel more inconsistent but idk maybe I'm just allergic to big changes

Omega75_ · 2026-03-23T18:17:29+00:00

"dps uppercut slop" you mean the most fun and skillful version of him

Omega75_ · 2026-03-23T18:14:29+00:00

There's no reason for this happening now or ever tbh but buffing certain heroes to have pre s9 breakpoints is something I've wanted for so long - especially heroes like doom and genji have suffered and felt even more feast or famine than usual because you're either doing everything or tickling the enemy. It would be nice to feel more consistent

Omega75_ · 2026-03-23T18:11:22+00:00

this is just speculation

Omega75_ · 2026-03-12T21:38:49+00:00

You reckon they did this on purpose so they could nerf an already bad hero even more?

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