ABILITIES
Primary fire: Shot gun
Sombar uses a pump-action shotgun to blast enemies with shots of tequila.
Ability 1: Punch Drunk
Sombar strikes enemies with her moonshine-soaked fists, inflicting an intoxication status that causes her opponents to stagger in randomized patterns.
Ability 2: On The House
Sombar deploys an alcoholic beverage to all enemies within a 15m-radius AOE, inflicting them with dizziness and double vision that makes it appear that hack goes through walls.
Ultimate: Last Call
Sombar closes and locks all entryways granting access to the point.
Yeah, that’s what some people don’t understand… Literally every ability goes through walls occasionally due to latency. It has nothing to do with design or balance.
Sombra’s hack absolutely goes through walls as it stands. It, in theory is a LOS, however there is a small falloff in favor of the shooter (Sombra), just like Sym’s old beam. Mercy’s beams and Lucio’s ult work similarly, however those are nowhere near as devastating and upsetting as a low cooldown, zero aim spammable ability which removes your whole kit.
Hack should have solely direct LOS, and should be a skill shot, at the very least, if Sombra is going to exist as she does.
No they don’t work the same as Sombra’s, AND they don’t work the same as each other either.
With mercy beam doesn’t disconnect for 1.4(?) seconds. You can be teled across the map, and still maintain connection (which was funny with old Sym tele)
Lucio’s ult does LOS checks after a few moments after it is first activated, or when you hit the floor (whichever is last). So, you can hit the floor quickly by doing it on a ramp up, and THEN get into LOS for the effect to kick off.
Sombra is LOS for the entire time, the moment it is out of the large hit circle the hack attempt is lost.
These two are/were supposed to go around corners for a certain amount of time, so it’s not the same. Hack only has direct LOS. If it appears that you get hacked behind a wall, it was usually a matter of latency/favor the shooter and you would’ve gotten killed if it was a one-shot from any other hero instead.
You’re asking hack to become more oppressive for the upper half of the playerbase and be even less useful for the lower half of the playerbase. Hack is very restrictive to use around people who are aware of their surroundings (and can aim). Making it a skill shot would remove this issue for Sombra.
The hack beam isn’t the thing you look at, his hitbox is in view. Hell, the centre of his hit box is in view the entire time. The hack beams are dicey as hell - like McCree ult the UI doesn’t represent the mechanics well.
The hack beams are a “problem” in that they don’t represent the ability well, but, the mechanics of him being in LOS is.
What are you talking about I am completely behind cover while hack is still being casted I couldn’t of played that any better LOL. This is why hack is a busted ability
