with no duo, no comms, diving primarily, I finally hit OAA on Iron Fist.
General Questions: "Who do I ban?" Elsa. EVERY single game. non-negotiable.
"Is Iron fist truly weak?" I disagree honestly, I dont really watch any other Iron fist streamer but from what Ive been loosely picking up in this reddit and some remarks from streamers, a lot of people say hes in a bad spot but I disagree. Take what I say with a grain of salt because like I said, I dont really watch anyone besides myself, I've never played an fps or OW style game before and kinda just play the game however is fun for me. But I genuinely think iron fist is fine in this current meta (Id put him at low B Tier) . He doesnt need 1.5cd back (that is BROKEN) nor does he need 2 kicks (takes away movement expression which a lot of people already under-utilize) . He really only needs QUALITY OF LIFE changes to make him more consistent in higher elo lobbies. Id suggest the Following changes...
- INSTANT BLOCK- having to guess when OAA/PRO Players (who all have sub 200ms reaction time) are going to auto or use cc because his block has a cast time is just bad game design and feels terrible in 1v1 scenarios. Making his block INSTANT would help his combat greatly and makes using his parry more rewarding.
- Cancelable furry strike- should be pretty obvious why, especially when 1v1ing squishies like hela where u want to parry but still keep ur m1 dmg. (im fine w/ it still not starting the cd until end of dmg reduction phase for balancing, just let me cancel it if I want to)
How do I make dive work? Good question. I pretty much just force dive 80% of the time and hope it works out for the best. But I've mastered surviving and grabbing their attention. MOVEMENT is VITAL on this hero. According to my viewers, my movement is by far the thing that makes me stand out compared to other iron fist players. I really feel people are not optimizing iron fists movement correctly. There is so much small movement techs you can be doing that make a HUGE difference in teamfights. That aside, just damage intuition (knowing how much dmg you can deal/take before having to disengage) and great map knowledge (being able to locate health packs/know their timers, dive locations and hiding spots).
Ill Probably make my account public so you can watch my games over the weekend (ill be out of town), but if you want to watch my vods or catch me live I stream on twitch/tiktok/youtube
STAY STRONG MEN AND TRUST IN SHOU-LAO!