That broken ability you speak of was-and still is- easily broken by a single graze. Just one. So, even DVA from the other side of the map was a threat (and still is) Each graze put it on a brief cooldown (yes, there was already a cooldown. No, you could not “spam” it during a fight. That would just lead to your death without having done anything meaningful). All anyone who didn’t like playing against her had to do was watch a 60-second video detailing Sombra’s very exploitable weaknesses. Weaknesses that have been made worse with no compensation. A mere two weeks after some slight buffs. That is why we are mad.
You are right that we aren’t going to see eye-to-eye, so have a nice day.
It was in response to the notion that hacks could be spammed. I honestly do not know, and had to re-read that post several times. That part was the only thing I could see being the reason and I was probably seeing too much red (from all the literal lies coming from non-sombra players who have nothing to point to say that she is OP, like her damage output, culminating in my favorite hero in any game being nerfed to the ground while never having a chance to prove herself) to see that I misunderstood the context. I am sorry.
I’m sorry but the reason buffs for Sombra are widely ignored is because she is the definition of UNFUN.
She is THE counter hero. She can practically counter everyone besides Pharah. She can literally find any player in the game and troll them for entire matches by hacking them countless amounts of times.
She has a really wonderful ability to hack enemies .2 seconds before they can use their ults and render game winning results by shutting everyone out of their abilities.
Overall…I can’t hate on Sombra too much, because IMO she seems much less annoying than Brigitte/Hanzo comp. However, she is in a weird spot right now. If she was buffed, it could be catastrophic to the balance of the game. Nobody likes being hacked over and over and over for an entire game.
Some players still manage to do great with Sombra, and her ultimate can still win team fights with good timing and synergy. Her damage isn’t bad at all…and overall with a competent team she CAN be utilized quite well in her current state.
No one’s even asking for buffs. Just to fix these freaking bugs (and there are 10+ bugs with variations of each) that are making her completely inconsistent, clunky, and trashy.
And they won’t even acknowledge that. “Keeping a close eye” means allowing Sombra to be SCREWED with bugs for this long?..
Fitzy and WorstSombra highlight these bugs.
We just want her bugs fixed. That’s all. This garbage nerf they put onto live without even testing on PTR introduced bugs on top of the ones she’s had since release.
Meanwhile, Hanzo - who is ACTUALLY overpowered and overtuned, and is statistically mandatory to play in competitive in higher ranks, gets a tiny slap-on-the-wrist nerf that was tested on PTR before being put on live.
I can completely understand wanting some of the bugs fixed on Sombra. I’m all for bug fixes. Sadly, she’s at the same state Doomfist is in regarding bugs. They are too busy doing other things to even consider bug fixes most of the time. Especially with the mess of buffs they just dished out to Hanzo (who is currently the only dps anyone wants to play). Reminds me of the D.Va black screen issue…it stayed in the game for nearly a year before they managed to devote time to fix it.
Sombra is actually a very good Phara counter and the best Phamercy counter. just hack her and she drops down where everyone can assist her down.
If you get hacked non stop it’s your fault because you have no clue what to do against a Sombra. It is easy to avoid hacks for a lot of heroes. But i asume you are talking about the Genjis and Doomfists who just refuse to switch after they are hard countered.
It takes a lot of skill to hack people in exactly the right moment without getting interrupted to shut down a devastating ult … sorry for not being Brigitte.
Absolutly. But if 90% of the community consider Sombra a troll pick and throw games or tilt something can’t be right.
I believe when people were writing about Sombra’s bugs, there were dozens as well. Hack itself has at least two common-not-so-common bugs (LoS lost, empty hack) and still annoying bug with Translocator which occasionally may result in your death while teleporting. Oh, and sometimes Translocator vanishes.
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