Finally read the whole update (long work day). Whopper of a patch.
Sym got love as well as reaper! I will try her out I think.
… Why did they make Sojourn better? Primary fire rate increase? Charge rate increase on Overclock? Ugh.
Flashbang is back… that will generate some interesting threads Im sure 
Illari got buffed and I approve.
I approve of the tank changes as well. And the two charging abilities colliding change too.
This looks like a banger of a patch ngl 
Patch looks overall good but a little concerned about sojourn and reaper. Concerned about sojourn because I don’t know how often her railgun will end up piercing enemies. Since now, it will do it even without overclock. Add faster fire rate for primarily fire, and she might become a spammy damage hero esp with mercy dmg boost.
Reaper, nice idea on paper on making him a squishy assasin by tightening his projectile spread. But a little worried it might melt tanks faster as well even with 25% headshot reduction but we’ll see.
Everything else looks alright.
Edit: Forgot to mention, I think tracer will become even more of a must pick now in high ranks with the nerfs/side-grade to cassidy and sojourn.
Since while cassidy will likely hard counter tracer even more now, I don’t think that’s going to stop tracer’s pick rate. And with the nerfs to his FTH, I think his overall versatility went down making him a DPS you just pick to counter high mobility heroes.
Not sure how cassidy will make doomfist players feel, hopefully it’s not that bad and the changes are targeted more towards tracer.
This is the part I think we’re all confused about.
It’s not confusing. They keep giving sojourn unnecessary buffs so bronze players can finally stop being trash at sojourn.
why did sojourn get so many compensation buffs???
ok nvm she did lose a LOT of burst damage i just tried her out in practice range
also they nerfed cassidy’s meme damage reduction instead of the 0.08m logs he’s shooting LMAO
One of the thing that bugs me the most about sojourn is she’s projectile - so no damage fall off. But she also has 160 mps projectiles, which are basically the fastest projectiles in the game - with most of the next fastest coming on at 120~
Her damage at range its nuts.
Add in her AoE damage, her rail gun, an ability that give horizontal and vertical mobility, without the need to choose which it does (so she can shuffle a massive amount of range away and then reposition up high),
With a powerful ult to boot
No wonder this character has felt so dominant quite often for as long as they have.
Mainly Sojourn/Cree for NA I think. Tracer is rare here.
not exactly in my opinion they should of nerfed zenyatta with an actual cooldown of his discord orb like how they put a huge cooldown on rez
Spilo agrees with me! I watched Flats’ reaction to the patch and he was such a doomer. I think that the video was titled “tank busters buffed”. It was really nice to see Spilo’s take.
Here ya go, something random popped up in my YouTube recommends. Thought you might like it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvE18K6FxyY
It is because they buffed Reaper. Flats does not enjoy the edgelord. Why he is against a free kill is beyond me, but that is his prerogative. Blizzard betrayed him by slightly buffing Reaper in a way that has nothing to do with his tank match-ups.