What's point of melee characters in a shooter?

[Valravn]

I dunno but as a melee character I feel at such a disadvantage I don't see the point of picking one for mission...

[RageyPoo]

They can turn the tides. I've seen Mr. Fister do it, Spiderman, hulk, venom and excel if team works and coordinates with them.

[itzDerrio]

because they’re fun and are for ppl that are tired of playing shooters all the time like 99% of multiplayers are

[Shade]

Some melee characters were designed well to be viable, ironfist and psylocke. The others not so much, but i agree even iron first and psylocke get washed from good ranged hero's. I mean hell if you want to have fun and feel like you are powerful just play hela. Honestly one of the most broken characters I've seen in a hero shooter.

[Valravn]

Publicado originalmente por itzDerrio:

because they’re fun and are for ppl that are tired of playing shooters all the time like 99% of multiplayers are

Yeh me too but getting destroyed from range a lot kinda sucks the fun out of it imo

[Neutron]

Publicado originalmente por Valravn:

Publicado originalmente por itzDerrio:

because they’re fun and are for ppl that are tired of playing shooters all the time like 99% of multiplayers are

Yeh me too but getting destroyed from range a lot kinda sucks the fun out of it imo

Learn to move and use cover, there's tonnes of it.

[DaylightDemon]

if youre feeling an inherent disadvantage then it is because youre not doing it right. melee characters need to surprise. they need to use cover and line of sight advantage to scout and then go in when they have the surprise and advantage. then they can be a menace because it can get very hard to hit em, get away from them or trade them depending on their kit. sipder man is a good example where he starts out ranged, hits his web and then can follow up with his combo to basically oneshot squishies.

[Midnight]

This is a new game and pugs are still disorganized mess. In which ranged and more self-suficient heroes thrive.

When properly supported however Iron Fist or Magik are a complete nightmare to deal with. When I play a support using one of those as a battering ram to completely destroy the other team is a very good strategy.

As good as Hela is she can't just walk in and 1v3 brawl the other team even with healing.

[Shade]

Publicado originalmente por DaylightDemon:

if youre feeling an inherent disadvantage then it is because youre not doing it right. melee characters need to surprise. they need to use cover and line of sight advantage to scout and then go in when they have the surprise and advantage. then they can be a menace because it can get very hard to hit em, get away from them or trade them depending on their kit. sipder man is a good example where he starts out ranged, hits his web and then can follow up with his combo to basically oneshot squishies.

Unless your a crap melee dps hero that's dog wash but you play him because you hope maybe one day he will be good, AKA wolverine, AKA hulk.

[riceysparkz]

all melee heroes are viable in this game, but as someone has already mentioned, it's definitely a new idea in a shooter game, so it will take time getting used to.

[DaylightDemon]

Publicado originalmente por Shade:

Unless your a crap melee dps hero that's dog wash but you play him because you hope maybe one day he will be good, AKA wolverine, AKA hulk.

uhm, hulk is actually pretty decent. the consensus about hulk is that hes not easy, but very viable in the right hands. and while not currently being "S tier" is certainly decent if you put in the hours and know his ins and outs. key with hulk is to make use of his mid air bodyslam and ability to jump without cooldown. his mobility in this sense is unmatched. his group barrier can be super strong and his e is hard to hit but very strong if it does, bc nobody can wake the hero but hulk himself. hes certainly more of a team oriented tank.

wolverine, yeah he might struggle a bit i give you that.

btw bc i saw your early comment: psylocke is not a melee character. shes a short to midrange assassin. her shotgun has a surprising amount of range and low spread. most of the time spent on psylocke is poking on midrange and going on off angles, looking for somebody isolated and unaware or looking for a good follow up on a teammate.

[Cyrosaur]

you're supposed to , well... get up close. and then you ♥♥♥♥ on the ranged characters.

[adobo]

They good at disrupting. Once your getting facepunched, you need to focus them or you die. During that moment the enemy can shoot you freely.

[Syhron]

I see a ton of TANK / meele heroes get more kills then your average ranged duellist wanna be. So honestly: Get good :)

[Beercules]

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Who says melee characters can't shoot?

[Shade]

Publicado originalmente por Syhron:

I see a ton of TANK / meele heroes get more kills then your average ranged duellist wanna be. So honestly: Get good :)

I barley ever play hela are you really good with melee hero's? if so lets play a game together. I'll be a noob hela you be a experienced melee and lets see who has more dmg/kills.