Hanzo is so bad that nobody even talk about it anymore L M A O
5 times less projectile size than soj or freja for no reason
1 lunge against 3-4 same range freja’s leaps
a nothing burger lunge vs semi - iFrames in cree roll/soj slide
worse spam potential than torb/junk in spam areas where they can compete
once a moon cycle headshot kill and only on specific heroes vs omega braindead oneshot hitscan trucks shot from soj gun
a self slow built into primary vs no limitations for soj/freja because why not
you ok blizzard?
I do have a terrible thought
would he actually be balanced more fair if he was a female?
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People complained about hanzo until he got nerfed to oblivion.
People complained about illari and she got nerfed.
I’m hoping that freja and sojourn will get their projectile sizes nerfed if nothing else.
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I can assure you that if Hanzo were a big-booty Latina, he would, in fact, be very strong. 
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Explain how weak Illari is then? She got that thing on her and can’t even two tap headshot 225 heroes anymore. She just gets a pylon that she hopes heals the correct person.
Freya is the genderswap Hanzo. Get with the times.
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i dont really think they are balance changes but tweaks to whats either popular, too strong or very weak
then sometimes just nerfs to something that everyone is crying about but doesnt need it… sombra
people get what they want with the devs i guess, so they can be happy about that. also i think im done playing sombra since she is so hated that they had to basically nerf her to the ground
guess ill just play sojourn and i have been learning tracer a bit. ill still be a widow player as well BUT im retiring sombra for now
she is the next symmetra unfortunately
While yes it is smaller at 0.1m. The others are 0.175m. So less than 2x the size, no where near 5x.
What’s surprising about hanzo is that I’m pretty sure he was one of the top 5 most popular DPS hero. At least he was back in OW1. So I’m surprised he got nerfed that badly in OW2.
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Freja is a insert a not so nice word of choice here.
The OP’ness of this character currently is so mind boggling. I would say it’s crazy that she hasn’t been nerfed yet but this is Blizzard.
I feel like he got more nerfed after they gave him tree trunk projectiles. To many people cried about that and his one shot that he could do at the time. I could be remembering it wrong though
Nobody likes being oneshot because the arrow that misses them visually counts as a hit because of log sized hit registration compensation.
i dont think they “serious balance” anymore. its more about nerfing something TOO strong like a released hero for a while. like an advertisement of something new and hey play this game sorta thing… battle pass etc
also it seems like with hero bans now they will either shadow nerf a somewhat alright hero just to appease the player base
i think during the first few years of overwatch and the league they kinda tried to balance but now its more about $$
i dont blame them tho, its smart for a casual chuck n cheeze hero shooter
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don’t worry, in two or three patchs, they will restore his projectiles size, and then he will be the same as s8. he will still be weak because in compensation they will buff ashe, seijourn, soldier 76 and freja more
It’s engagement based balancing.
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Blizzard is using perks and bans to nerf/buff heroes without having to change their base kits and the problem heroes have problems with their base kits not necessarily perks and the reason they get banned is because of that said base kit not perks, apart from Sombra but Sombra is a different story.
Marvel Rivals gave them a hell of a wake up call where they actually started doing some meaningful things only for them to go back to their old ways shorty after. The incompetence is mind blowing.
Did MR give them a wakeup call? Yes, they admitted that. Have we seen anything of that yet though? No.
Stadium was in production since before Ow2 launched and average length of new stuff has been around one year in production, including new heroes.
Latest video where Aaron talked with Emongg he said “next year is going to be bonkers”. MR came out in December so that timeline tracks that we can see MR inspired stuff early 2026. So what they have been doing so far is just stuff that was in their production pipeline before MR.
Be that as it may, MR still made them push it faster because we received no word, not even a hint of Stadium, perk or anything before MR pressured them and they immediately dropped it on us.
But it does not matter, they are still not doing meaningful changes to the base game, or nerfing problematic hero’s base base kit, which is a problem, but instead they buff/nerf perks and think that is going to solve anything.
Stadium to me seems like leftover scrap from the cancelled PVE so they decided to use those scraps and make something out of it. Might be wrong on that one, but that is how it looks like. I do not play Stadium, do not care about Stadium, but I do not hate it or mind it at all. However, I did notice that it is starting to split the playerbase, a little.
My issue is the base game and lack of improvements there.
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She’s latina but her booty isn’t big
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If I say the reason why illari is less desirable to people than a big booty latina, I will get in beeg trouble.
nah nah check out one of her good skins and then just tilt the camera so her cape isnt in the way. Trust.
Give that Thoth skin a nice spin, her and Mei are the thickest in the game
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