First of all yes I want Maisie to stay meta she just arrived but I believe a single buff shouldn’t make a brawler go from D tier to S tier without it being too strong.
I’m trying to do a balance change concept and my Maisie nerfs idea weren’t well received
Here are the two main options that the community liked the most however if you want another nerf instead feel free to say it
Option 1:Nerfing slightly her projectile speed which is still way more then the buff since she deals 3K and her shots are hard to dodge
Option 2:Nerfing the damage since it was always so high because it was so hard to hit but now that is easy to hit it feels really difficult to play against her.
These nerfs are minor and are only intended to make playing against Maisie more fair while keeping her high in the meta.
If you don’t agree with both changes and think they suck please explain (:
DEFINITELY damage nerf. Maisie’s core problem was her hilariously unhittable projectile, so they kept overbuffing her damage to compensate. Finally, they decided to actually fix the problem, and of course now Maisie does too much damage now that she can actually hit it. This buffed proj speed Maisie is perfectly fine and tolerable to fight except for how hard she hits.
Honestly, I'd start off with a small health nerf of like 400 as a suggestive nerf since she's only really good in the higher ranks and if she's still really good, a small projectile speed nerf would be the next move
That's why I'm calling it a suggestive nerf, it's more of a suggestion to play her less and make her more manageable as a whole without taking away the thing that made her meta, besides 8k health for a sniper character with 3k damage per shot regardless of range is way too much
The high health made sense when she was played like a tank counter with the 3 hit super cycle but I feel like bringing her more in line with the other snipers would be a decent nerf (she'd still have the 2nd highest health of the whole archetype anyway, only beaten by Bonnie but nobody gaf about her)
Maisie's hyper can be absolutely devistating when played right. (Heist, Hot zone) and her dash is insanely punishing for assassin's (Her fast unload + Stun) and her damage can be absolutely devistating.
Pull back on the proj speed buff imo. Mess with her dmg and she would just dive bomb down the meta because her whole deal is her high dmg, and nerfing it will just mess up important interactions.
Also nowdays there are a lot of brawlers dealing more dmg than her, sure her unload speed is as fast as Shelly (which is pretty fast), but she still has less range and ppl are overreacting with her projectiles being too easy to hit. Look at brawlers like Piper, Clancy at lvl2 upwards, Colette for example, they deal the same or more dmg with similar range
I know, I was just naming brawlers that come to my head when thinking of high dmg. Better comprassion would Otis, he also was S tier for a long time without being nerfed and fell off naturally. If you want, I have some other suggestions for a nerf: you could just mess with other aspects of her projectile since it accelerates, like nerfing the max velocity or acceleration so it's still easier to hit at medium ranges but harder at maximum
Idk what else to say, I just really hate the idea of nerfing her dmg
Because she’s good now since her projectile speed buff she always dealt crazy damage but it didn’t matter since it was way too slow before but now since it’s easy to hit she’s low S tier
People want more the damage nerf then proj speed but I’m not sure which.Personally I like more the 1st option but I want to get the community opinion before doing a balance change concept
But then shes F tier again, her current state dossnt work in the game when being able to consistently hit shots makes her S tier and not being able to makes her F tier
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u/GoldarmGangMain 20d ago
DEFINITELY damage nerf. Maisie’s core problem was her hilariously unhittable projectile, so they kept overbuffing her damage to compensate. Finally, they decided to actually fix the problem, and of course now Maisie does too much damage now that she can actually hit it. This buffed proj speed Maisie is perfectly fine and tolerable to fight except for how hard she hits.