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I will have to see, but I’m pessimistic. Until further, more deeper changes, I also would’ve had those compensation buffs she got from her last nerf removed. I don’t remember anyone asking for more burst on now 225 HP heroes and more speed while invisible.
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She needs to be F tier
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No. Sombra issues will remain to this day so long as she retains permanent invisibility.
Put stealth back as an ability, on a resource meter, and put virus as a passive, which procs when a target takes x amount of damage from Sombra.
Easy fix for her.
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No, because she’s still in the game…
/sarcasm
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I dont think perma stealth works in a game like this.
But this nerf is a nice bandaid till a more solid solution is made. Fixes the brain dead “stealth behind someone, hit close range virus, quick smg burst, free elim, tp out for restealth cus its on a 4 second cooldown for some reason” nonsense.
Now she’s gotta stay to commit to the kill for slightly longer which should help, but not fix the problem. Its a bandaid nerf, but a welcome one.
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in a way she is still buffed more than before the mass health nerfs to 225 since the virus impact still remains the same.
i think she does more damage than last season still and yea … everyone’s health is 225 but of course now she has to work a bit more than yesterday
dont think its much and i wonder if they did this just because of the forums. i dont think she was the “best” dps since looking at ladders its ALL tracer and ashe. widow seems very strong this season on ladders as well heh
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The whiners will keep whining about her no matter how much she gets nerfed until she is utterly and completely unplayable, instead of using their brains and getting better.
But that in itself is the entire point. They don’t want to have to use their brains. (ie the problem was never with Sombra to begin with)
A hero like her should never have a place in a video game. Whoever designed her should be castrated.
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A good sombra state is when only the people who write essays defending her are left playing, short of a proper rework that makes her viable across the ladder and gives skill expression ceiling and powershifts of grief tools of casuals play.
As long as her pr is good she is bad for 9 players in a match.
tedium overload.
This will probably help supports escape i guess mercy juno.
killing her as dps nothing much has changed same janitor duty and boring.
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No because it doesnt address the burst dmg which is the biggest problem with the hero rn. A perma invis hero shouldnt just be able to assassinate people
Nerf the impact damage not the DoT. Nerfing the Dot is useless because that isnt what is allowing sombra to burst you down
The DoT can be countered. Its the stupid burst that is the issue
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I’m sick of Sombra. There’s a reason she didn’t exist for several years prior to this last season!
Sombras entire design is not good for Overwatch, no nerfs or buffs will fix her problems
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I mean… it does try to address another thing i hear some people complain about, which is how much damage she needs to do compared to how much is done by virus.
If you hack, then the extra 20 up-front dmg puts it back to normal. But i guess if they are never going to look at the invis part, this is all there can be done.
I’m going to be the odd man out here and say yes, the nerf probably does fix her for me. Sombra’s still a necessary evil because the likes of Widow exist, and with this nerf she’ll feel more like pre-s12 Sombra to go up against. Annoying but tolerable.
I still want some stuff like Torb turret requiring Sombra to leave stealth to hack so I can outsource spychecking to an AI, but this is going to be better, imo.
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The issue everyone has with her is not a balance issue…so I don’t see why she would be “fixed” after a balance change
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Doesn’t really change much, as despite the forum screamers complaining.
She does need to be visible to actually attack / ult / hack. And the former needs her to sit through the decloak animation before she can do anything. Doubly so if she is planning on hacking first.
having it on a cooldown won’t change the fact she will still pop in your back line doing things.
just that she will be lest consistent. Which is bad for a hero that is already inconsistent at getting kills. Or even escaping.
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Exactly. You can put invis on all the timers you want, she isn’t gonna stroll into your backline while visible. It’s like Tracers recall, you can increase the CD as much as you want, she wont engage you without it
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Nope, game still going in a direction thats not worth playing. Blizzard devs are in competition with the Concord devs on who can make dumber decisions.
sombra still here so no, and no difference, it’s not about nerfing, it’s about removing, remove invisibility, or virus, bur remove something, and not add anything in compensation, sombra without virus is still playable, and she would be playable without invisis, so there’s something to remove