Creation conversation: Shaman | Forums

[Tirik22x]

Dev 1: “Hey, I’ve got a great idea for a new character”

Dev 2: “Oh yea, let’s hear it!”

Dev 1: “Okay, ridiculous range, hardest hitting, fastest, and I’m giving her a self-heal ability. Oh, and did I mention, she’s a 90 lb female that has a knife, and bites ppl? And wears no armor. Makes perfect sense right?”

Dev 2: “OMG, that’s brilliant! Let’s do this! The player base will love it!”

[Chuntny]

More like:

Dev 1: You know how each of our assassins have a thing they're good at?
Dev 2: ...yeah?
Dev 1: Why don't we make one that good at all of those things combined?
Dev 2: That's a terrible ide-
Dev 1: It was already done, I already released it.

[Protos_88]

yeah and hiper armor for everything... spam gb and stun tracking, dont forgiet traps with the poison x2 and super jump knock down. ,40m will be ok

[UbiJurassic]

We're aware that there are still concerns with the balance of Shaman and we expanded upon that in our recent State of Balance article.

The data here is a mix of the released Shaman and the Shaman after the nerfs and bug fixes we released for her mid-Season 4. While we think she’s powerful we want to wait a bit and see how she behaves in the Season 5 before giving her more nerfs.

[Archaelion]

Instead of nerfing her, why not buff other classes? Compare her to orochi. Orochi has almost no potential it seems. He has no unblockable attacks or hyper armor or fast jump moves; his kit is outdated and his mixup doesn't seem very good.

[UbiJurassic]

Instead of nerfing her, why not buff other classes? Compare her to orochi. Orochi has almost no potential it seems. He has no unblockable attacks or hyper armor or fast jump moves; his kit is outdated and his mixup doesn't seem very good.

That's actually something we are doing, to an extent. Currently, the development team is working on either reworks or major balance updates to bring the original roster of heroes up to speed with the other members of the hero roster. That said, that doesn't mean that we aren't keeping an eye on the possibilities that Shaman will need further fine-tuning to her balance.

[HazelrahFirefly]

Farthest range? What?

Shes got the shortest range in the game. In fact, that's how I beat Shamans.

I also disagree that she does everything better. Its just different, that's all.

[Vakris_One]

Dev 1: "A chick with a mohawk that bites people."

Dev 2: "Done."

It's the simple things in life that give one joy

[Tirik22x]

More like:

Dev 1: You know how each of our assassins have a thing they're good at?
Dev 2: ...yeah?
Dev 1: Why don't we make one that good at all of those things combined?
Dev 2: That's a terrible ide-
Dev 1: It was already done, I already released it.

Lol

[Tirik22x]

Farthest range? What?

Shes got the shortest range in the game. In fact, that's how I beat Shamans.

I also disagree that she does everything better. Its just different, that's all.

Hodor!