Official Dev notes on Bastion Rework

General Discussion
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Reconfigure

  • Bastion’s transformation between two combat modes now has an 8-second duration and a 10-second cooldown

Self-Repair

  • Ability removed

Configuration: Recon

  • Weapon fire rate reduced by 50%
  • Damage falloff range increased by to be more accurate at long range
  • Weapon spread reduced to zero

Configuration: Sentry

  • Can now move while firing! But at a reduced movement speed
  • Weapon has unlimited ammo
  • Weapon damage reduced by 40%

Configuration: Artillery

  • In Artillery mode, Bastion locks to the ground and unleashes a powerful long-range artillery strike
  • Manually target three different locations to strike anywhere on the map

Tactical Grenade

  • Bastion shoots a tactical grenade that detonates after a short delay and knocks back any enemies it strikes
  • Grenades bounce off walls but stick to enemies and floors
  • Grenades explode shortly after they stick to an enemy or floor
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He will still be F tier. This does nothing to solve his issues, which is his tank size hitbox.

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I don’t see anything about Bastion’s Ironclad passive. I assume that a lack of mentioning it means that nothing has changed about it.

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His main issue has been resolved which was him not moving, and also you can’t put him on a tier if OW2 isn’t out

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I think this is a solid rework, at least on paper.

Loses his insane damage, but isn’t static anymore.

New range lets him poke, new accuracy makes him more a precision shooter than a spray and pray style.

Tactical Grenade gives him a way to deal damage without peaking (it bounces off walls). And gives him a little AOE damage to soften up groups.

Sentry becomes a mobile closing ability. A kill confirm. Poke with Recon gun, Tac Grenade to soften targets/groups, then Sentry to clean-up. Mobility to chase/reposition. And less overall damage, but still solid burst output to clean up on weaker targets. Genji dash but as a machine gun.

6

Well I hoped the preview showed how bad he is. They got off him very fast.

7

You realise they need practice with them to get better as them? This isn’t gold rank

These are pro players using bastion against other pro players playing their mains

One of the dps has stayed on bastion aswell

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Which they did not fix either. He is insanely vulnerable during Artillery and even being able to move slowly during Sentry does nothing when you get dived. No self-repair makes him even more vulnerable in general.

I expect that Bastion is even more in a need of getting hard pocketed than before.

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I mean things are going to be a balance mess. If you were expecting things to be balanced you were deluding yourself. I am surprised it was even as close to playable as it was as I expected it to be even worse balance wise.

Ana is clearly OP, Sombra as well, but beyond that nothing really stood out too much.