Hi everyone
I decided to create this (quite long) post, specifically to voice our concerns with regards to the power creep currently in the game, and specifically relating to the post below:
and Numi’s added concern:
Few caveats before we start:
- I have excluded badges equipped to heroes, only base stats were used
- Position of heroes (front, back and middle) were ignored just for the sake of simplicity
- Hero refreshes were included in the “timeline” where the refresh was announced in the Patch Notes, indicated by Green on the graph
- Only the three basic stats of heroes were assessed (HP, Skill Power, Basic Damage) - the blue line on the secondary (right) axis represents the “Base” stat, where the Red/Green graph is indicative of the increase per Hero Level on the primary (left) axis
- In my opinion, the power creep is evident from the increase in Level, as the base stat is too small to significantly influence the power at the current levels for all servers
- I also acknowledge that each hero’s skills are not only based on SP or BD and this impacts the stats of a hero, as well as the other stats (evasion, crit, reality, armort, energy regen, etc.) and therefore not 100% comparable as an overview.
TANK HEROES - 7 refreshes
- From the above, it is evident that Bo Peep was Overpowered in both Basic Damage and Skill Power for her time, but was on par with other heroes’ HP.
- The latest spike is evident from Sherif of Nottingham, having significantly higher in BD and HP than any other hero, despite being a backline tank hero
- Shank’s refresh brought her SP and BD up to par with current heroes, however her HP is behind her peers.
DAMAGE HEROES - 10 refreshes
- From the above it is evident that Ron Stoppable has significantly higher BD and HP compared to other current heroes
- Ducky and Bunny had significantly more SP than other heroes from a similar time
- Pleakley also has higher SP than other heroes in the same time, even with Darkwing’s refresh.
CONTROL HEROES - 6 refreshes
- From the above it is evident that Honey Lemon had significantly more HP than other heroes at the time, which decreased further given an indication of her Overpowered stats
- All the refreshes for Control heroes (Hiro, Finnick, Genie, Wall-E, Tia and Dr. Facilier) did not assist their stats, as they were still outdated compared to other heroes from the same period
- Jumba which was locked behind Challenger rewards for months had signifcantly higher HP and BD stats as well
SUPPORT HEROES - 1 refresh
- From the above it is evident that Kronk’s stats are higher than other heroes
- The refresh for Gizmoduck brought his stats up to par with similar heroes, but was not helped with the nerf to his Invasion usefulness
- Tron, who was also locked behind challenger rewards for a while had better BD than any hero in the same period, only being beat by Timon&Pumbaa previously
- Russel and Kevin had a signficant jump in HP , where Esmeralda’s BD is significantly more than the closes other hero.
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As a final thought - this clearly shows the massive power creep in all stats over time, and hero refreshes are not helping as much as some players would like in order to bring back older characters and diversify the meta.
Thank you for reading - any feedback welcome 
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Sources:
- Hero Refresh History - created by @Musketeer-Endgame
- Chronological hero release guide
- Data obtained from Wakkatu: Heroes - Disney Heroes: Battle Mode Database
