Sombra Wars Trilogy

Ranter-21688 · June 9, 2018, 5:33pm

UnstableNPC-1158:

The OLD problem with sombra was the hack too long to finish so they buffed the activation time AND in the process they created a while while buffing her where she was hacking people behind her and ones that successfully escaped

(which they did eventually with LoS changes) but the genious idea to please the “pro players” was make a “how-fix” without any testing and they added the 2 seconds cooldown getting shot, making the new faster activation time completely worthless since you could only hack one person if you got the jump on them per fight and they werent d.va spinning a circle.

She’s in a worst state then she was before the “buffs” (at least they kept her spread lower before she DID have storm trooper aim) people ran around hacking people “cause they finally could!” Just try her in FFA while theres time, you can take almost 0 head on fights because she has no “damage abilites” and even if she hacks someone over half the cast has higher primary damage then her and she pretty much dies.

ht tps://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/i-finally-got-1-win-with-sombra-in-comp-ffa/127112/9 took over a week to get “1” win with sombra in comp FFA and thats an area she should be thriving in not feeding in. I had to exploit the hell outta opportunist to get it basically “kill-stealing” my butt off which is a dirty way to win but the only way to make it happen. As you can see even though i won I got VERY LUCKY on numerous occasions between where respawn put me by low hp targets and Hanzo’s missing the easy shots i set myself up for. theres about 1:30 footage of me running around basically being scum in FFA. I got “1” hack off during that time on a hanzo and that really dont accomplish much considering I was still a 1 shotkill to head or two to the body to his primary. This problem is even worst in QP or Comp cause the enemy is “covering” eachother and they can focus you down while your alone trying to get one hack off to do your job since behind is the only way you can with that 2 second cooldown preventing you from doing it with your team trying to help them while being shot at.

Try using any character, and imagine what i would be like if they lost their most important skill just cause they took 1 bullet randomly or aimed at them in an FPS game where almost everyone can “spray and pray” characters would be so dead

and useless. It’s an unfair “hot-fix nerf” that breaks her gameplay ability thats EXCLUSIVE to her.

this.

Jonathanrex1-1965 · June 9, 2018, 5:44pm

This thread is the best. So many juicy memes.

possumcorpse-1472 · June 9, 2018, 5:55pm

lulwatt

UnstableNPC-1158 · June 9, 2018, 6:14pm

Her gun is just weak in general. Takes a fullclip to kill one target and the reload time is HORRIBLE. Even missing a few shots while trying to track a target can means your gonna die if you dont translocate out because they either have higher damage then you, a damaging ability you cant hack cause your being shot, or a way faster reload then you.

TallGuy-11913 · June 9, 2018, 11:54pm

Alight, you gave me a good laugh with an old meme

Mamalamadoo-1218 · June 10, 2018, 12:04am

Companion-11466 · June 10, 2018, 12:40am

When you find a former Sombra main playing Symmetra next patch.

LCC-11142 · June 10, 2018, 12:49am

Haha 20 characters needed

Lemon-12625 · June 10, 2018, 1:04am

Sombra being used by the player base at all is the bug.

Companion-11466 · June 10, 2018, 1:51am

Doomfist witnesses how far Blizzard will go to kill Sombra.

another choppy gif

Snortinator-6621 · June 10, 2018, 4:05am

Most heroes except Pharah and Tracer have the same reload time (1.5s) as Sombra actually.

In my view, the weakness of Sombra’s gun all along is actually her fire rate.

She requires 3 seconds to empty her clip. That is 3 seconds of Soldier-like tracking in addition to dealing with spread RNG and AD spamming targets. RNG gods must give Sombra their favour just so her bullets don’t hit empty air even with passable tracking.

In comparison, Tracer has a much larger spread but much higher fire rate so her spread is evenly populated by bullets while Sombra still has empty pockets. Not to mention she can blink to make spread a none issue.

Sombra isn’t fighting a 1v1 in a duel most of the time. She’s fighting RNG and the target at the same time.

Same goes for her Hack and Stealth actually. It’s not a 6v6 if you have a sombra. It’s a 7v6 with RNG working for the other side most of the time.

Mamalamadoo-1218 · June 10, 2018, 4:21am

I was playing on volskaya, I was on the high ground and the hanzo was on the other side of the first point, and I died because the rng spread missed the one hp hanzo for a full second.

MeiRa-22568 · June 10, 2018, 5:19am

Except we’ve seen time and time again that even at even silver level people have enough reaction time if they aren’t deaf.

MeiRa-22568 · June 10, 2018, 5:20am

Yeah, I’ve had that a ton. Exactly why she has to be right in an enemy’s face, except vs hitscan hanzo, that’s a no-no…

MeiRa-22568 · June 10, 2018, 5:22am

I have to agree with this in all honesty. It always felt like an odd fire rate…good practise for tracking though, lmao.

MeiRa-22568 · June 10, 2018, 5:24am

Tbf, my 3 favourite dps heroes have always been sombra, symmetra (though I played her as a support) and mei

MeiRa-22568 · June 10, 2018, 5:31am

Be careful with those facts there.

UnstableNPC-1158 · June 10, 2018, 9:41am

ht tps://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/sombras-exclusive-ability-2-second-cooldown-while-being-shot-is-blatantly-unjust/128042/14

Just drive me nuts i had to make a detailed topic about how unfair this 2 second cooldown is.

Little sad we had to make a joke out of ourselves to have our own hangout on the foums. Lucio’s have the lucio lounge, Bastion has the bastion is being forgotten topic (another sad pit for people who love a character i go into now and then), and we have “The Sombra Wars” … least we still know how to have fun in the darkest of times right? boop

Jessicka-1960 · June 10, 2018, 10:59am

Made a similar topic a week or two ago.

I mean, the penalty for being shot as Sombra is clearly just unfair, she loses half her kit as well as taking the damage.

UnstableNPC-1158 · June 10, 2018, 11:13am

I remember seeing that topic awhile back actually and it’s been naggin me since, and FFA is the straw that broke my back and made my rehab worthless. We’re getting creamed in a game mode we should thrive in.

I got so excited over “1” win in 1st place after over a week of trying and failing or getting 2nd-4th wins ( got multiple wins on soldier, bastion and rein, but ONE sombra)
ht tps://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/i-finally-got-1-win-with-sombra-in-comp-ffa/127112/9