Underrated or Overrated: Hawkeye

EdisonLaw

My opinion: I think he is underrated. Is he as good as Kate? Probably not but he is still good. I’m hoping Bullseye will be just as good as these two, and that he will probably have synergies with them

Wfox12345

Perfectly rated

As the owner of a 7 star Hawkeye as my second 7 star, he’s rated perfectly. He’s rarely useful, does lackluster dmg, little utility, but he has funny little release mechanic.

BeastDad

Underrated

He’s better than most give him credit for.

Hilldar

Perfectly rated

He’s perfectly rated. His rating is “terrible”, and effectiveness in game matches that. I also have a 7 star that is of little or no use outside of some specialty node path.

Pikolu

Underrated

He unfortunately needs his dupe to get going, but easy to use and solid power control is always a plus.

willrun4adonut

Perfectly rated

I miss his pre-buff form. I used that a lot, but I'm currently not a fan of the perfect release mechanism.

Lpoo

Overrated

I have yet to use the 7*, I’d rather use most skill champs at r3 than him unfortunately

PT_99

He's not even worthy of being rated

Polygon

I forgot he was in the game

Terminatrix

EdisonLaw said:

My opinion: I think he is underrated. Is he as good as Kate? Probably not but he is still good. I’m hoping Bullseye will be just as good as these two, and that he will probably have synergies with them

He's not overrated or underrated to me, but just mid and meh. Nothing spectacular or game changing about him. If Kabam had given him his trick arrows, then maybe that would change.

captain_rogers

Underrated

I have 7* Hawkeye, and he does a lot.
Skill power drain is more useful than you think.
His sig ability should be his ability imo.

SidDDragon

Perfectly rated

Highly dependent on his skill without which he has to rely on sp3 for damage plus very little margin of error with him as you need perfect release to get the most out of his limited utility. But a solid champ to get out of your first 5,6 or 7* crystal as his power control could always come in handy

TrongNov

Perfectly rated

Have him as 7*. I consider that as a loss. Never see myself want to use him for anything.

BigPoppaCBONE

EdisonLaw said:

My opinion: I think he is underrated. Is he as good as Kate? Probably not but he is still good. I’m hoping Bullseye will be just as good as these two, and that he will probably have synergies with them

"Probably not"? 😂 Hawkeye is embarrassingly trash beyond trash compared to Kate.

LeoZed

Perfectly rated

Polygon said:

I forgot he was in the game

Till I got him as a 7 star

Rayven5220

He's terrible... I pulled him as a 7* last night. One of the worst in the pool.

EdisonLaw

Underrated

Rayven5220 said:

He's terrible... I pulled him as a 7* last night. One of the worst in the pool.

Wait until you get him duped, then he becomes better

EdisonLaw

Underrated

willrun4adonut said:

I miss his pre-buff form. I used that a lot, but I'm currently not a fan of the perfect release mechanism.

Doesn't Kate Bishop (and now Bullseye) have perfect release mechanisms as well?

Terra

Perfectly rated

People are mad disrespecting Hawkeye right now.

Charlie21540

Overrated

The perfect release mechanic is arguably the most flawed mechanic in the game. I hate it. It's a guessing game. How are you going to make the strength of someones kit an estimation of timing when you could have a visual for it. It'd be different if there was some visual thing to help you land a perfect release like the boost damage from an sp3.

captain_rogers

Underrated

Charlie21540 said:

The perfect release mechanic is arguably the most flawed mechanic in the game. I hate it. It's a guessing game. How are you going to make the strength of someones kit an estimation of timing when you could have a visual for it. It'd be different if there was some visual thing to help you land a perfect release like the boost damage from an sp3.

There is a visual thing! For Hawkeye and kate bishop, Don't you think it'll be nearly impossible for the playebase if there is no visual alert and all you have to do is calculate the time on your mind and release accordingly?

Well for Hawkeye and kate, when releasing their arrows, there will be a star at the end of the release, it will be visible for about 0.5 s, You have to release in correspondence to that star.

Go look for jason vorhees video for kate, She explained it very well, The same goes for Hawkeye, all you have to do is look for the star in the arrow during specials, and release as soon as you see the star.

Rayven5220

EdisonLaw said:

Rayven5220 said:

He's terrible... I pulled him as a 7* last night. One of the worst in the pool.

Wait until you get him duped, then he becomes better

Even then, I probably wouldn't use him given the rest of my roster.

Wayyyyyy back he was my first r5 4*, and I loved him, but nowadays there's just much better champs that hit harder with better bleeds or better power control.

To be fair though, I haven't played him much since his rework, but I do hate the perfect release mechanic.

captain_rogers

Underrated

Rayven5220 said:

EdisonLaw said:

Rayven5220 said:

He's terrible... I pulled him as a 7* last night. One of the worst in the pool.

Wait until you get him duped, then he becomes better

Even then, I probably wouldn't use him given the rest of my roster.

Wayyyyyy back he was my first r5 4*, and I loved him, but nowadays there's just much better champs that hit harder with better bleeds or better power control.

To be fair though, I haven't played him much since his rework, but I do hate the perfect release mechanic.

Maybe a future objective with #Avengers team may provide opportunities to use him again

Fit_Fun9329

Very personal opinion but I just don’t like him as a champion. Same goes with gambit. I think a character re-design would have helped.

When I see both champs I am really turned off

Feuerschwer

Underrated

I like him, he does solid bleed damage once he’s awakened, but he’s competing with a lot of other skill champs who do big crits and bleed dmg better. Slow and power control is decent utility but I think he ends up being too niche for general use.

EdisonLaw

Underrated

captain_rogers said:

Rayven5220 said:

EdisonLaw said:

Rayven5220 said:

He's terrible... I pulled him as a 7* last night. One of the worst in the pool.

Wait until you get him duped, then he becomes better

Even then, I probably wouldn't use him given the rest of my roster.

Wayyyyyy back he was my first r5 4*, and I loved him, but nowadays there's just much better champs that hit harder with better bleeds or better power control.

To be fair though, I haven't played him much since his rework, but I do hate the perfect release mechanic.

Maybe a future objective with #Avengers team may provide opportunities to use him again

Well this comment aged well, the latest Carina's challenge involving @Karatemike415 revolves from using the OG Avengers to clear Grandmaster's gauntlet, which includes Hawkeye