New Patch Notes Reaction

Terra Surge

  • Terra Surge can now be interrupted by Hack

This is a direct buff to sombra and a great addition. Finally an actual counter to Orissa.

Annihilation

  • Using Annihilation while in Nemesis Form refreshes your bonus armor

Good change. Hadn’t really noticed it didn’t before, but I’m glad it’s like this now

Chain Hook

  • Chain Hook cooldown now starts when the ability ends instead of at the start
  • Chain Hook cooldown reduced from 8 to 6 seconds

Good change as it allows hogs to set up kills more often without breaking him.

Grappling Claw

  • Added a timeout indicator for Grappling Claw located above the ability icon

Minefield

  • Minefield arming time increased from 1 to 1.25 seconds

Good changes. I’m so great full they didn’t go overboard and destroy my boy

  • The shared cooldown for Particle Barrier and Projected Barrier reduced from 11 to 10 seconds

Good change to make zarya a little better.

B.O.B.

  • B.O.B. now prefers to shoot at enemy targets that Ashe damages with her rifle

Good QOL change

Lunge

  • Lunge cooldown decreased from 5 to 4 seconds

This is actually huge for Hanzo

Blizzard

  • Blizzard ultimate cast time reduced from 0.5 to 0.4 seconds

Good change. It’s small, but I think it will be really great in game

Jump Jet

  • Jump Jet movement is now influenced by directional inputs

My favorite change of all. This is so big for phara

Sojurn

  • Torso hit volume width increased by 20%

Idk about this one my guys???

Immortality Field

  • Immortality Field minimum health threshold increased from 10 to 25%

Nice for his immort, but personally I think Bap is a little overtuned at the moment.

Overall, amazing changes guys

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My honest reaction, no Dva buff so I cry

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It’s a fantastic change. Have you seen that ugly thing performing her signature move (A-D crouch spam) That’s ridiculous.

I mean, I would have been happier if they just removed her from the game and gave us an interesting hero in exchange, but I’ll take anything that makes Sojourn worse.

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no ga revert or any meaningful change for the heroes I play

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I think the changes overall are good, find it odd sojourn got a bigger hitbox while tiny kiriko didn’t get a similar nerf. And ball got the biggest slap on the wrist ever, hopefully next patch he gets some actual nerfs.

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I love the Ashe tweak on Bob. I remember playing her and saying silently to myself “why won’t you just shoot at what I’m shooting at?” and slowly dropped her over time. This is actually big because Bob won’t be wasting rounds into the tank, I can finish off harder to hit targets like Lucio, Moira, and Mercy.

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That terra surge change is awful. There’s nothing Orisa can do to stop Sombra from hacking her, and in the 0.85 seconds it takes Sombra to hack Orisa she can only charge Terra Surge to deal 51 damage. I know everyone hates Orisa but you should see how weak that makes her ultimate.

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I will enjoy interrupting those terra surges without any guilt at all

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Look at the bright side, at least she didn’t get any nerf.

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The only thing I wish for Dva, is she had something to help against zarya. It’s just such a horrendous counter it’s insane

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I’m on the same boat with all of the changes, but these two are what…concern me?

Like sure yeah I guess, Sojourn might be easier to take out. But please for the love of God actually nerf the problem, her railgun!

And same with Bap. His kit isn’t made for 5v5. It simply isn’t - buffing his kit to try to find a place is just making his already powerful abilities even more free value for no effort. :confused:

And no Cass nerfs is icky. Get him out of here lmao

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And now it’ll be even worse with Zarya buff at 10 second bubble cooldown.

I don’t know how you’ll kill her as Dva now at all.

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Solid patch notes, grateful no supports were nerfed. Enjoying Brig at the moment.

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They have… multiple times. She’s fine now, arguably not even a top 3 DPS anymore :confused:

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Oh wow, more improvements than wrecking characters in this patch, I’m impressed!

Especially with something kinda positive for Hog, but between the cooldown change and the 2 second reduction, I’d have to see if there is a net improvement or not.

Surprised that they actually improved Immortality Field with the way people love to whine about it instead of just shooting it. I guess Bap isn’t getting a lot of play anymore, I’m usually the only Bap I see.

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What could stop Orisa at all before? She walked at anything and nothing could stop her, now you can actually do something if you dedicate someone to it. Good riddance raid boss Ori.

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I second this

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Because Widow is also problematic and they buffed Cass to compete with her :slight_smile:

True, both would’ve deserved the bigger hitbox.

Fully agree - hardest to hit hero in the game.

That on top of crazy mobility and max burst damage is too much.

This is a great change.