Buff McGinnis

[MetalAegis]

She is not in a good state. She dropped from S tier to D tier from the nerfs. How the hell is that fair? The biggest problem she has is survivability, she doesn't have much at all! The turrets do fuck all, her meds can't heal her enough to outpace damage most of the time (2v1 and it does fuck all, I always max it out! It's useless without it!), and the quickest cooldown wall doesn't mean crap if a hero gets on top of you. Not to mention defenseless when ulting and a hero is on top of you.

I have tried everything! Item combos, and what not but she is still easy to kill.

This can't go on, right now she is underpowered relative to most heroes. She needs a buff TODAY.


The turrets need a rework. They turn too slow, they do piss damage, Sometimes the shoot the ground if put in a high place. They should aim at heroes when you are shooting them at range. Doing piss damage to the nearest creep isn't helpful! The benefits of freezing a wave with a turret are gone after 10 minutes. They need to be much more dynamic and responsive. And just revert to damage to a previous state, they are simply BAD and can't be relied upon to do damage or save yourself.

The meds need scaling with heal speed. Just a little bit! Because after laning its so easy for a hero to outpace it's healing, even when fully upgraded and with lots of spirit.

Widen the wall a little bit, there are too many chokepoints where the wall can't properly seal it off. The duration of the slow debuff should be increased to, it's not punishing enough just to hit someone with a wall, its just a little smack, and no spirit build in the world can make it do adequate damage.

Give damage resistance when heavy barrage is active, Seven has his at Tier 1 upgrade, do something similar.

And lastly, increase her base health! She's support, has low mobility, but has the same average health as most other heroes??? Either that or give her a passive like Bebop who gets bullet resist per boon, but spirit instead. Spirit spam has killed McGinnis more than anything. It's also hard for her to escape such abilities, she has freaking armor but is squishy! I barely notice the 15% bullet resist, she needs more survivability.

Bottom line, she needs a buff, just look at win rates and pick rates. The other support heroes are way harder to kill with their abilities, why is McGinnis one of the easiest heroes to kill?

 

[micbenso66]

One, ide argue that she is fine, other characters are too strong and should be nerfed. With that out of the way:

You are complaining about not being able to 2v1 and dying when someone gets too close etc.

McGinnis is an armillary/siege hero whose kit is 100% designed around creating space. She is not a duelist, or tank, or bruiser, etc. and should not be able to do what she does well (create space) and also have the strengths other hero types do as her base kit. Anyone can do what you are saying if fed however.

If you want to keep playing McGinnis because you like her kit, i can only suggest that you be more aware of your positioning as well as your teams and the enemies in order to pre-set up and plan on how to create and maintain space. As that is literally what she is meant to do. If you are getting jumped constantly, that means you are out of position.

But keep in mind, proper positioning is true for all heroes, regardless of kit. In a moba, dying means you were out of position and the enemy team capitalized on it.

 

[IgorNL]

McGinnis is completely useless in the game. She used to be one of my favorite heroes, but now, whenever I see one on my team, I instantly feel like quitting the match. Her only utility is placing a wall to block the enemy, but most of the players I've encountered playing McGinnis mess up the wall and end up being more of a hindrance than a help. Her turrets deal miserable damage, have such low health that they get destroyed instantly, and even if they aren't destroyed, you can just ignore them because they're so useless. Her healing is pathetic, and her ultimate is the worst in the game. The only thing she had going for her was her weapon, but with the recent changes shifting the meta toward spiritual damage, McGinnis has become weaker than ever. While some heroes have absurd mobility and can drop on your head for a one-shot kill, McGinnis has a turret that gets destroyed in three shots and deals such low damage that it might as well not exist. If the devs aren’t going to buff her, I’d rather they just remove her so I don’t have to see her on my team anymore.

 

[gibnewitems]

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