Vanguard players, are we safe now that wolverine has been nerfed? Or are we still being raped?

I almost don't want them to buff The Thing because all the shitters are going to come outta the woodworks to play him and claim they are Thing players when they are just bandwagon shitters. Its very likely that The Thing will go from one of the worst tanks in the game to one of the best after his buffs. I am not looking forward to every shitter and their mom trying to play him when you have veteran Thing players who made him work when he was "bad".

Is The Thing just total dog shit right now? He is my favorite character and I think they did a good job with his theme and character design and voice acting etc. However, it just feels really miserable to play him. It feels like he is made of paper even with the leap buff for damage resist on him. Even when charging, it feels like you are made of paper. I guess all this shit is compounded when you realize that flyers are apparently the "in" meta or whatever. Is playing The Thing just suffering or am I likely a shitter? Bit of a side question, what is the optimum melee combo on The Thing? Is it two punches and a haymaker? Or just spam haymaker until they get low and then start punching? Also, Kind of wish the charge wouldn't knock people up. I find that most people get knocked up and out of the ground debuff that prevents movement skills.