Sparks Buff.

[ToAsToS]

Not many people play sparks but the ones that do can tell you that with all the nerfs you gave her in the past, really makes her feel under powered.

her ability to revive from a distance is great, but she cant fight worth crap anymore, I get she was over powered when she first came out I like the damage drop on her revive, but than you made the only perk that helped her in combat kinda pointless, and than you made it so the all the SMGs she gets, gets a lower fire power and lower mag size, it’s almost feels like you don’t want her to be able to defend herself.

I get that she is “support” but when I shoot an aura in the chest with a fully charged shot from the red bus on Chapel to the bridge side objective on Chapel and it doesn’t take half her health, their is a problem.

I like the drop off damage but it’s just a little much, I feel like I would rather take a strong revive rifle that can’t head shot, than a weak one that can, maybe you could make that an augment, you could call it, “head shot, allows you to head shot with the revive rifle but with a damage decrease”

I don’t know these are just my opinions on it.

[GatoCommodore]

[quote=“ToAsT O_o;d-33900”]Not many people play sparks but the ones that do can tell you that with all the nerfs you gave her in the past, really makes her feel under powered.

her ability to revive from a distance is great, but she cant fight worth crap anymore, I get she was over powered when she first came out I like the damage drop on her revive, but than you made the only perk that helped her in combat kinda pointless, and than you made it so the all the SMGs she gets, gets a lower fire power and lower mag size, it’s almost feels like you don’t want her to be able to defend herself.

I get that she is “support” but when I shoot an aura in the chest with a fully charged shot from the red bus on Chapel to the bridge side objective on Chapel and it doesn’t take half her health, their is a problem.

I like the drop off damage but it’s just a little much, I feel like I would rather take a strong revive rifle that can’t head shot, than a weak one that can, maybe you could make that an augment, you could call it, “head shot, allows you to head shot with the revive rifle but with a damage decrease”

I don’t know these are just my opinions on it.[/quote]

well i keep saying we should buff sparks but people were right
in the comp sparks is very OP because she can kill a friendly and revive it with full health
and most of the time people who are very skilled with her revivr they actually play with maximum efficiency

but the kill friendly and reviving it with full health arent really feasible in my head compared to sawbonez ability to just throw pack and let them heal in a second with full health.

so yes, sparks gonna need buff because she is increasingly outdated

[Eox]

If anything, Sparks does not need a buff of any kind. REVIVR is just that powerful in the good hands. 65 damage fully charged, 130 with headshots. That’s already pretty insane. The damage dropoff was necessary as she used to outperform snipers.

She also has some very annoying traits. Ever tried to catch a decent Sparks ? Basically, if you can’t one shot her, she flies away. Sparks has the frustrating ability to self-sustain like no one does. If she’s in danger, she’ll just flee away while tossing medpacks at her feet. Pair this with the biggest speed in the game (on par with Aura) and you’re ready for a huge game of cat and mice that you probably will never win. This makes Sparks way harder to get rid of than she should be.

Let’s not also forget that friendly fire in competition allows her to lose her major flaw : Sparks is supposed to be a terrible healer, yet have the best revive in the game. Any Sparks player would just kill a wounded ally player with the REVIVR just to rez him almost instantly right after, and that’s pretty much broken.

Before giving a buff of any kind, those issues must be adressed.

[watsyurdeal]

The problem is the Revivr is just that damn good, it can kill, revive, and not only can it revive but fully revive across the map without putting the player at risk. So you have an endless stream of revives coming in and it’s hard to kill the Medic since they are at the back.

On top of that she can run away and patch herself up.

[LifeupOmega]

Not many people play sparks but the ones that do can tell you that with all the nerfs you gave her in the past, really makes her feel under powered.

She’s not, even with default she can be ridiculously effecitve.

her ability to revive from a distance is great, but she cant fight worth crap anymore, I get she was over powered when she first came out I like the damage drop on her revive, but than you made the only perk that helped her in combat kinda pointless, and than you made it so the all the SMGs she gets, gets a lower fire power and lower mag size, it’s almost feels like you don’t want her to be able to defend herself.

Shoot people in the head with Revivr, switch to primary/pistol and dink twice. Kills most people. Or spam Revivr shots until they drop. I have zero issue, she’s just more aim reliant than other mercs overall and requires a tiny bit of attention to play so you don’t overheat. On top of that you have over 150 effective health through health pack pooling, plus the fastest movement speed in the game. Harass, kill, run away, heal, repeat.

I get that she is “support” but when I shoot an aura in the chest with a fully charged shot from the red bus on Chapel to the bridge side objective on Chapel and it doesn’t take half her health, their is a problem.

Shoot her in the head, she’ll die.

I like the drop off damage but it’s just a little much, I feel like I would rather take a strong revive rifle that can’t head shot, than a weak one that can, maybe you could make that an augment, you could call it, “head shot, allows you to head shot with the revive rifle but with a damage decrease”

This is pointless, just… aim. Get good at flick shotting people like you would with a sniper rifle.

[Dawnlazy]

TBH I find Sparks very underwhelming and redundant, the only she’s good at is running away. But it seems the vast majority disagrees and she was really hated when she was a staple in the meta so whatever, I guess. I just do Phoenix/Aura when I play field medic.

[Sefuh_FR]

Sparks is my 2nd most played merc and i stopped to play her when she got nerfed…i was like unable to get more than 5 kills…But i recenlty decided to practice more with revivr and had good results. I think she is OK now but she is the merc needing the most practice.
I just avoid playing her when there is a good Fletcher in the ennemy team.
Keep in mind it’s more common with her to not finish someone and get Assists instead of kills…Your k/d with Sparks isn’t representative of how good she is.

[Dr_Plantboss]

So, I was going to say something about this, but everything I was going to say has already been said except this:

If you aren’t performing well enough with Sparks and don’t like her, then…

DON’T PLAY HER

wow, shocker

[SirSwag1]

Oh! Member when you could carry a team of potatoes as a good Sparks?!

[jooshoyes]

Sparks is on the fence for me.Sometimes I feel she is underpowered, most of the time I think she is overpowered. Her combat efficiency is good with skilled players only, but her support playstyle works at all skill levels.

Her support is actually ridiculously good, especially when you down someone and they instantly get res’d when you have no ammo left. She can easily carry a team and I still think that she should not be able to heal herself so much, since her medpacks aren’t really used against teammates when FF is turned on.

[Dr_Plantboss]

Sparks has it all!

● Infinite ammo!
● Long ranged capability!
● Close range capability!
● Instant revives!
● Quick self-heal!
● Fastest movement speed in the game!

The only things she doesn’t have are:

● a shotgun
● a katana
● large amounts of actual health

If you think that she underpowered, then just suck it up or don’t play her.

[GatoCommodore]

● Close range capability!

what are you talking about

[Szakalot]

@sweetColumn said:
Dr_Plantboss wrote: »

● Close range capability!

what are you talking about

prettysure he is talking about 130hp alpha damage headshot peek-a-boom

[GatoCommodore]

[quote=“Szakalot;c-217931”]> @sweetColumn said:

Dr_Plantboss wrote: »

● Close range capability!

what are you talking about

prettysure he is talking about 130hp alpha damage headshot peek-a-boom[/quote]

that means bad close range capability
and should be a con not pro

[BananaSlug]

lol, i remember old sporks :p, it was soo broken, but nobbs ae like “head? what is it?” soo it was fine for them, i like to play her after nerf, but my “good” aim isnt with me anymore cough overwatch and other games made me suck cough

[OwynTyler]

If revifle didn’t oneshot to the body but still did consistently more than 50% of their hp - that would be totally fine in my opinion.

Or just give her the damn shotgun card.

[Lord_Coctus]

Well a buff looking Sparks would be pretty weird but…wait, you mean buff her in game?

Shes fine in my opinion.

[Dr_Plantboss]

[quote=“paramountGasoline;c-218494”]Well a buff looking Sparks would be pretty weird but…wait, you mean buff her in game?

Shes fine in my opinion.[/quote]

or… see her in the buff?

https://cdn.meme.am/instances/63366797.jpg

[Herr_Hanz]

[quote=“paramountGasoline;c-218494”]Well a buff looking Sparks would be pretty weird but…wait, you mean buff her in game?

Shes fine in my opinion.[/quote]

now i want a superbuff sparks art. also superbuff nader.

[LifeupOmega]

I actually hate myself for doing this crude photoshop job for Hanz but here we are.