Demogorgon needs a nerf similar to Deathslinger nerf.
The devs stated that they didn't like how you could end up in a lose-lose situation where if you vault a window, he can just shoot you while you're in the animation, move closer and hit you, but if you don't vault he can just hit you instead. This was a much needed nerf, and they gave The Executioner the same nerf with his Punishment of The Damned attack a while back as well.
However, this can still be done with The Demogorgon's Shred attack. He'll charge up Shred while you approach a window/pallet, and if you go for the vault, he will Shred, if you don't, he can immediately let go and hit you with a basic attack instead. This is almost exactly the same as the "lose-lose" situations with the old Executioner and Deathslinger before the PTB.
While I didn't like it much myself, I didn't complain about it much. However, the developers are clearly against these types of situations considering they gave Executioner and Slinger the same nerf to their special attacks. The Demogorgon needs a similar nerf with cancelling Shred, giving him a short period where he cannot initiate a basic attack. To compensate for this, he could be given increased movement speed while charging Shred, as I don't believe that would be a big issue.
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I can't say I've ever encountered this in-game, and if I have I don't think it's ever been on the same level as Slinger or PH.
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I see Demogorgon's do it quite a bit, often there's not a lot you can do about it. Though I can't say it's as problematic as Deathslinger's "lose-lose" situation, as Slinger has a bigger window to do it since he can shoot you over the window.
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It can definitely happen, but I don't think Demo needs any significant nerfs, maybe just make charging his power slow you down the whole time, not just after it's ready to go.
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i don't agree. deathslingers nerf was neccessary because he could do it with no cooldown when starting to aim. demo has to wait 1.5 seconds to charge it. with a cooldown as punishment. you can loop a demo forever if they respect pallets and windows by slowing themselves down to charge thinking you will vault meanwhile deathslinger just shoot no matter if you did or didn't vault. demo is fine where he is
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The quick swap thing is kinda annoying in terms of sound queues (doesn’t make enough noise) but I’m fine with him being able to do it.
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I suppose that is true. What do you do when a Demogorgon does this to you? Because I haven't really thought of a way to counter this.
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Hey don't touch our doggo.
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Damn, you rly don't want to see Demo after he will leave the Store :D
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... Nerf demogorgon?
.. Okay, that's it. I quit. You won. I'm uninstalling.
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It really isn't the same.
As much as I dislike the deathslinger nerf, demo actually has a tiny window where you can react at windows and pallets and he gets considerably slowed down while charging shred.
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You will still end up in these situations with the Deathslinger nerf, all it does is make him annoying to play. sometimes the trick is to avoid lose-lose situations. Just like the clown counterplay is dropping pallets early, otherwise you end up in a lose-lose.
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