Link to symmetra rework

[DoomByCookie-1849]

Does anyone have a link to the symmetra rework? I stopped playing for a while and can’t find the announcement

[Equinox-22541]

NEWS: Symmetra Changes

It occurred to me that not everyone is aware of the recently proposed Symmetra plans; So I figured I would do everyone a favor and compile all of them into one unified post. Please keep in mind all of this is entirely subject to change! As said here…

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[DoomByCookie-1849]

the spoiler is broken would you please fix it?

[MrSaturn-11829]

@MrSaturn-11829

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General

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• Symmetra has been moved to the Defense role

"Symmetra is much more in the vein of a Defense Hero with her new Kit"

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PRIMARY FIRE [Photon Projector]

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• Beam no longer locks-on to targets
  • Hitbox has been made much thicker
  • Increased range
• DPS increased from 30/60/120 per charge to 65/130/195 respectively
  • It now takes a combined 2 seconds of damage to increase charge
• Damaging barriers now refund ammo instead of consuming it
  • Barriers also increase beam charge

"This will increase her effectiveness against teams overall, and effectively make Symmetra a Barrier Buster."

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SECONDARY FIRE [Energy Ball]

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• Now impacts surfaces and explodes, dealing area damage
  • Deals around 130 damage on direct hit
  • No longer pierces enemies
• Charge/Fire rate increased
  • From 2 seconds to 1 second
• Projectile speed increased
  • Effectively tripled

"This will make Symmetra a lot more engaging in the middle of a fight, as well as allowing her to take on multiple threats at once."

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ABILITY 1 [Sentry Turret]

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• Now deployed as a projectile, which stick to a surface and activate
• Max turrets reduced
  • From 6 to 3
• Health increased
  • From 1 to 30
• Have increased damage and increased slowing effect

"Projectiles travel similarly to a Pharah rocket; Turrets are overall more powerful this way, and allow Symmetra to carry herself through a fight with more engagement."

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ABILITY 2 [Teleporter]

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• Photon Barrier has been replaced with Teleporter
• Exit can now be deployed up to 25 meters away
  • When deployed, entrance is automatically deployed in front of Symmetra instead of in spawn
• Now only lasts a limited time
• Health decreased to 300
  • Entrance pad can be destroyed as well
• Currently can teleport entities such as Turrets, Self-Destruct, RIP-Tire, etc.

"With Teleporter now being an ability, as well as being much more portable makes it essentially a team-wide Shade Step allowing for heroes with no movement abilities to reach all new locations. Giving Symmetra far more utility."

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ULTIMATE [Photon Barrier]

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• Shield Generator/Teleporter has been replaced with Photon Barrier
• Deploys a massive 5000 health wall-like barrier
  • Hypothetically spans across entire maps in size

"Casts similarly to Mei's wall; Allowing Symmetra to completely cut off segments of the map is incredibly effective at making Symmetra feel like she can have a big influence on a fight."

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ULTIMATE [Shield Generator]

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• Removed in its entirety

[DoomByCookie-1849]

Thank you, leaving this up for others

[McCrow-11518]

On the other note!

The devs said that these changes are not final and may change on the future.
They are still working on several ideas but overall we might not see big changes to the original reworked plan.

[MrSaturn-11829]

@MrSaturn-11829

Please keep in mind all of this is entirely subject to change! As said here…

@GeoffGoodman

we are still pretty heavily iterating on this stuff so this is all subject to change, but we like to try to give you guys some insight as to whats going on with her rework as it stands today.