Sombra rework suggestion 2024

General Discussion
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What if…

Within 3-4 seconds after casting translocate, you can cast it again to return from where you first tp’d from.

If you do choose to do that, it starts the cooldown again.

That should be a pretty big buff to her skill ceiling and expression. Then they could nerf her damage a tad so she doesnt insta delete unawares low ranked players.

Oh and, increase her footsteps sound a bit so we can hear her rummaging about when shes near. That will surely nerf her but imo its essential. In fact the footsteps may be a large enough nerf to leave her damage as is. Would have to see it in game to see how that pans out though.

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The game simply sucks any time she’s around. I just stop participating and run down the clock at the expense of ruining everyone’s game. Enjoy!

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Yeah that’s what I’m saying. The hack alone is not that good. Hack+virus is deadly. If it was combined into one ability then a good Sombra would destroy tracer.

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Especially if they made hacks lockout longer again.

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If the requirement is like 70% hp then ok :joy:

Otherwise that’s you moving virus from 60% accuracy to 100%

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Every part of her kit needs depth it’s not this or that, she is a amalgamation of everything cheap with no skill floor.

Only if you rework every part of kit you can start powershifting and compensating.

Otherwise she will keep ending up broken

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Cloak and Dagger intensifies…

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I would suggest requesting the developers to remove her for good.

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i dont like how her relocator is on such a short cooldown when its only slightly worse than wraith or recall. it should have a much longer cd bc im sick of a sombra going in an out constantly in my backline and I can’t oneshot her easily sometimes

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The stealth just has to go completely and they should just give her something completely new and something that requires some sort of skill .

Stealth in a FPS should never be a thing…

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I’m down with the stealth idea but virus is fun the way it is. I’d rather have it straight nerfed than mechanically changed.

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I actually really like those ideas. I never liked the idea of virus being such an easy projectile to land given the distance you fire it off from.

This will promote better positioning/game sense, as well as a higher requirement for mechanical skill (tracking)

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If they did that, then the ability itself wouldn’t be worth using unfortunately.

True; I only simplified what needed to be changed in my post so that it wouldn’t scare people away with a big wall of text.

Sombra needs a lot more changes to her kit if they did this

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Which one, stealth? It would still have double the uptime of original launch Sombra.

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As someone who has played 200+ hours of OW1 Sombra, this would be miserable

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I say just revert her rework because she is easily the easiest DPS these days. Perma invis used to be good because you had to set up, prepare for a fight, and take advantage of the enemy’s mistakes in order to win a fight. Now you just hack whoever you want, whenever you want, throw virus and hold left click and you win every fight. Might as well just play Soldier they are basically the same now.

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I meant the virus since it wouldn’t be as effective if it was nerfed right now (Which is the point, but also I understand)

To which state though? The rework before that, or OW1?

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