Thoughts on Phantom

(flipJalopy) #1

I think right now, Phantom is not OP, but he is very powerful. It’s his first day being released so there are about 4 phantoms per match, this might be contribution to why people think he is OP. Not enough people know how to counter him and he seems way too easy to use. Every player i’ve see use him tops the leaderboard with ease. Personally, i think he might need some minor tweaking, to make him harder to learn for new players.

  1. Remove his primary and just give him an auto pistol
  2. Give him an auto pistol like sparks
  3. Make his katana an ability with a recharge would decrease the spam
  4. Make him more visible the closer he is to a target, so people have more time to react
    These tweaks would not be stacked, only one would be used. I know the devs will not likely make any changes to phantom. Seeing as he was removed for rebalancing, they must feel like he is balanced now. Just my opinion.
(Reddeadcap) #2
  1. Agree, mostly due to his SMGs being what many consider “the best” except for blishlok which I’ve suprisingly liked over the others.
  2. Agree, Sword and Machine Pistol or Sword/Machine pistol/Magnums.
  3. Nah, its fine, Make it his only melee weapon option.
  4. He is pretty easy to spot imho, make his cloak louder?
(Deathicael) #3

He is OP to the point of being broken in the hands of someone who is skilled at FPS. I have to say it makes playing a support that much more frustrating when a guy dives into you with a melee weapon and insta-gibs you with little to no effort. Rapidly losing interest in the game at this point.

(flipJalopy) #4

He isn’t OP in the sense that he’s UN-Counterable, (Just back up and shoot him) but the chances that you will be able to see him before he is within “petting” range are slim enough that he will win most close range “gun” fights.

(Soulfighter) #5

I used to do that all the time with aura and it was much more deadly simply because it used to also one shot squishies AND I had the fastest speed in the game so no one was safe. Phantom on the other hand is really slow (when he’s weilding his katana he’s slower than an aura/proxy/spark who’s weilding a gun) so anyone who isn’t blind/deaf will just back and always be outside of your melee range.

Honestly we can make a comparaison with the tf2 spy, he’s a complete and total noob wrecker in the hands of a good player and will be near unkillable but he’s a low tier character when facing experienced players.