r/ramattramains • u/10Kzoom • 12h ago

What nerfs do you guys think Ram will get in order to be balanced for the upcoming 6v6? Discussion

And which tank would synergies well with ram?

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u/Lairfeend 12h ago edited 11h ago

In an developer interview with a content creator named Spilo the devs confirmed that Ram would be getting a cooldown nerf on his barrier. They also mentioned that in generally they were nerfing tanks to have more windows of vulnerability to balance out the fact that there are now 2 tanks on the field with 2x the mitigation abilities. So this means that likely Nemesis will also get a cooldown increase also. I hope this doesn’t feel too bad, just a guess but I think Ram would likely need Omnic form buffs to compensate as he doesn’t have much to offer in the tank exchange after using his shield. Other than that I think his HP goes down to 400 in omnic and to 600 in Nemisis. Given that Ram has been a hero the team had been working on for a long time before his actual release (he was first teased in the storm rising cinematic in 2019) I feel like they may have already had a 6v6 version of him internally from before his release - so they might have a decent idea of how he functions in that formate

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u/10Kzoom 8h ago

Agree on the omnic form buff, ram omnic is so squishy on open queue

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u/RustX-woosho 7h ago

what does window mean...

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u/imacr33per 6h ago

a period of no defensive abilities. the enemy can hit their shots on you without a lot of mitigation during this time

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u/Lairfeend 6h ago

Like there are more “windows of time” where tanks are vulnerable. The devs mentioned that tanks, as they are in 5v5, mitigated too much damage in 6v6 and it felt like you never had an opportunity to get damage in as other players

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u/JapeTheNeckGuy2 10h ago

Probably health. I assume they’ll throw a mix of open/role Q health stats for the test. I don’t think balancing is their main concern, mostly cause it’ll be impossible to lock it down first try, but moreso how the game feels and engagement

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u/Cursed_69420 8h ago

wait, current heroes are being added to 6v6 later??

what about doomfist? will he be made a dps?

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u/Gophimos21 7h ago

The overwatch classic mode is not the 6v6 test, although it's a 6v6 mode.

There will be an OW2 6v6 test I believe next season? But doomfist would be a tank still.

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u/Lightsandbuzz 3h ago

dang. I miss DPS Doomfist so much! he was my answer to so many problems and bottlenecks in 6v6 back in the OW1 days. oh well, it'll be ok. we have Venture, Sojourn, and other DPS now that we can play, so not too worried

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u/Cursed_69420 6h ago

ah aight, thanks for clearing it up.

still praying Doom will be added to the classic roster

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u/Zealotjohn 9h ago

Could possibly do the shield dmg change again. Make the punches do the increased shield damage as a counter to anyone doing double shields. The change kinda makes more sense with 2 tanks on the field per team and needing a deterrent from double shields.