I hope they nerf Invis and double her gun damage. If you admit here that you can’t aim to kill her now, enjoy what’ll happen to her then!
In my opinion she should just be reworked as a support. It would solve all problems.
I can’t wait for them to give her a net buff just to see the uproar on these forums lol
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I don’t really think she’ll get nerfed, just fine-tuned so that she’s weaker at low skill games, stronger at high skill games. I have NO IDEA how to do that, lol, seems like an impossible task. Is Sombra designed like that to counter Widow, another annoying character when handled by smurfs?
Annoying, yes. OP? No. Fix? Who the hell knows what the fix is? Mixing true stealth with damage is simply bad design, and should never be in the game. I guess we’re lucky she has SMG and not some 2-tap revolver.
Sombra is not reall OP just annoying. For better or worse counter swapping is part of the game. The issue is that against any other character you can swap to focus them, but since sombra stays invis you cant focus her directly even if you swap so you either have to stay with team and wait for her to appear which stops you from taking off angles, or spend the game hunting for her which takes you out of the fight all together. Either way its a miserable experience which is probably why they said the upcoming rework will be focused on her invis instead or dmg or health.
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Get a headset like you’re supposed to for competitive games and watch your sombra problems disappear.
It’s also tiring of hearing the same argument that she isn’t OP, just annoying. The obvious counterargument being that her just being annoying isn’t grounds to nerf her. The stats get brought up because she’s clearly mid and falls off hard above gold.
That’s the real uncomfortable truth. You know why people keep saying to group up? It’s because sombra is a skill check on team coordination; lone wolves get picked off easier than a pack. The argument that it’s hard to find people willing to cooperate is the only reason why she appears as a problem low in the ladder; new plsyers only care about themselves until it’s drilled into their heads that this is a team based game. Taking some Ls along the way is part of the learning process.
This is the defensive argument of someone who doesn’t want to get better at the game because of a challenging hero. It’s easier to nerf something than learn to overcome. The point of playing Sombra is that she is an infiltrator and has to sneak behind enemy lines to be successful; that’s the allure of playing her.
The argument you cooked up can apply to literally ANY hero someone doesn’t like, such as Widow, Hanzo, Ashe, Junkrat, Hog, Mauga, etc.
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The argument that she’s weak in terms of win rate stats always comes up. Lots of us don’t care that she’s useless at winning games - we just care that she’s annoying.
I don’t want her on my team and I don’t want to play against her either.
I imagine hubris will get in the way of reworking her again (which is what I think she needs).
People are allowed to play her and enjoy her - that’s fine. Just wish it wasn’t like it was.
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I enjoy playing Sombra the same reason for any hero. To have an impact on the game. Contrary to what this forum and Reddit think, it is never an instant win by choosing her. I have just as many games where I pop off, struggle to contribute or outright get clowned on.
You know…like literally every other hero. But this crowd refuses to believe that.
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same here but i understand where people come from since sombra does initiate first strike and can always do that. invisibility… making the enemy all paranoid or making them shoot air is what people find annoying heh.
i never emote “boop!” but a sombra who can do that and be successful while spaming that probably has the time of their lives. dont think i could do that tho and play well lol
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I’ll be honest, if I’m not grouped up with my team and there’s a spawn-camping Sombra and I’m Tracer, all Sombra needs to do is Hack, Virus, get off about 10 rounds of ammo and dip. Tracer wouldn’t even know what hit her because Tracer can’t Blink or Recall in that short amount of time. All it takes is two full second to attack Tracer and she is dead.
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And if you slip up for even a second because of how short the lockout is, Tracer can just reset the fight and you’re back to square one; this time with more of a disadvantage because you lost the element of surprise. Most of the time it’s better to just virus, then shoot because using Hack gives the opponent more time to react. It’s not difficult to make virus miss after getting hacked.
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Awww is that annoying. How sad. We’ll do you care that we find it annoying that for months our hero has been underperforming and now we have to sit through another rework that’ll most likely go like this.
Week 1: wow this sombra is so much better she requires skill and effort.
6 months later: she’s OP and breaking the gene horrible kit dumb devs sombra mains can just kill themselves.
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Not true, I just personally find the “…but she’s annoying!!!” a stupid argument to use in balance discussions. Every character is annoying or has annoying aspects when played well. Is Widow not annoying? Mei?Pharah? Cass against tanks? Deployables? Hanzo? Junk? Where do you arbitrarily draw the line, and why do you think the relentlessly complaining mob will ever be appeased rather then just endlessly moving down the list to the next hero to complain about until the whole cast has lost any uniqueness or utility and we’re all various 76 clones(except no beer can because self healing DPS is unfair and annoying!!)?
It’s simple to make Sombra greatly improved at high ranks while reducing her “annoying” factor against players who can’t chew gum and walk at the same time, simply revert her to OW1 Sombra… but no tank player wants that to happen, and understandably.
I don’t want 50%. Her healthy spot is around 48%. Which is where she is currently. And yet here we are with a rework again. Which is gonna be hysterical. Now we get to flip a coin on whether this is gonna be better or worst.
Lol I “should” be happy for a rework? Why? Because players find things unfun? Because history shows reworks makes things worst for the mains? Because I should be happy to see my gameplay sacrificed for players who couldn’t care less about what I want? You’re crazy if you think I have to be grateful for a rework that’ll most likely make this worst.
I could ruin someone’s game as Junkrat and still get hated on, so what you’re saying isn’t related to a specific hero. However, i WILL purposely ruin ganes for anyone who openly cries about it, because it goes from “it’s just good business” to “let me play the world’s smallest violin as you put a target on your back”. And believe me, players love targeting crybabies.
Very rare I’m wrong, I should say it more often 
Hey Blizzard totally don’t increase my health 
and don’t increase my damage. 
I mean you’re kinda already getting the biggest buff you could possibly get. You sure you wanna tempt fate like that?
I was nerfed to oblivion to make room for casuals so no I don’t see it as tempting fate I see it to requesting a small positive my direction.