Hello!

As many of us here have noticed after this latest patch Reinhardt feels a bit…well…different. And by different, I mean much worse.

I think I speak collectively for all Reinhardt-mains when I say that we would really appreciate some kind of official response about this. I’m not even asking for a detailed response, just something like a “we are aware”, or “this is intentional”, or “wow, that’s news to us, we’ll look more into it”, or “haha, tough luck, home slice.”

Anything at this point.

It would mean the world to us to have an official answer/update on the current state of our beloved giant, German man.

For those out of the loop:

The Silent Reinhardt nerf General Discussion I am a GM/Top 500 MT player who primarily plays Reinhardt I came on today estatic to see the Hanzo nerfs however the first game I played with Reinhardt I could tell something was horribly wrong. Almost every animation cancel for Reinhardt has been removed from the game and their is absolutely no mention of it in the patch notes. This is completely horrendous, they effectively removed all of the skill expression out of this hero and the worst part is that nobody is talking about it. Am I just ins…

Reinhardt sluggish after patch (bug) Bug Report After the latest patch Reinhardt feels very sluggish and slow. When Reinhardt tries to swing his hammer while holding his shield, it takes an entire extra 1-1.5 seconds for the swing attack to start happening. Same with Firestrike. It’s even worse with more delay if you are jumping with the shield and try to swing. Also if you try to shield jump shield jump cancel to move a bit faster no longer works. Everything that has to do with animation cancel has been removed or bugged out. This is …

Revert Reins animation cancel changes General Discussion For anyone who wasnt aware reinhardt got his animation cancels removed in the recent patch These animation cancels were absolutely crucial to reinhardts playstyle, They worked by baiting out things such as the enemies reinhardts earthshatter, roadhog hook, burst damage etc, without them, reinhardts counterplay, effectiveness and quiet frankly skill ceiling is absolutely crippled I dont think blizzard actually realizes how much these simple things effect reinhardts playstyle, but let me tell yo…

It also appears that Reddit users are also noticing the differences

And it looks like it’s not just animation cancelation issues, but some animation start-up delays as well. Additionally, Earthshatter has also been further affected:

Additional bugs affecting barrier/hero interactions:

180 Degree Spin bug for Reinhardt and Brigitte (updated for v1.30 and videos) Bug Report This bug still exists after the latest LIVE patch v1.30 New post-v1.30 video evidence and reports will be posted at the bottom of this post. Please like this post, it will increase the chance of it getting noticed by blizzard. After the v1.26 patch, both Reinhardt and Brigitte experience random 180degree turns if they are holding their shield and release it for whatever reason. This happened very rarely before the patch but now something is broken and it happens way too often. This bug se…

So what’s going on? The lion on his shield gets fixed and somehow we’re magically smacked with these HUGE differences? That’s why we’re asking for some clarification, or at least acknowledgement. If it’s intentional, ok! At least now we know and we can move on. We’re used to having to adapt.

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reddit r/Overwatch - Reinhardt Bug Compilation v2 12,133 votes and 674 comments so far on Reddit

So, not only do these bugs affect the Reinhardt players, but others as well. Look at that poor Hanzo getting phantom smashed by a Charge through a wall. Hey, guess what, everyone! We want our stuff to work, too! We’re not exactly having a blast over here.

In no way am I trying to impede on anyone else’s posts regarding struggles with heroes, such as Sombra or Bastion. I know Reinhardt topics are touchy since the meta is currently favoring him. We’re not asking for buffs, we just want our kit to work, and we also would greatly appreciate some sort of response.

Thanks to everyone who read this far. Stay positive out there, and remember, we are your shield!

EDIT: CAREBEAR shared Muma’s personal opinion on this



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Also, let’s not forget the other problems that still persist: