Support Patch Changes Ideas

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The support role has always been the one to take the hammering when it comes to the patch notes, first mercy, then ana, and then moira, and recently brigitte. So I came up with some changes to some support heroes. Keep in mind that all these ideas will need to be tested and balanced:

Ana:

Ultimate charge decreased by 5%-10%
I’m so sorry Ana, but if there not going to nerf genji then your ult charge needs to get nerfed. Winning every teamfight with nanoblade isn’t fun, hopefully this will cause the charge time for blade and nano to be thrown off.

Baptiste: I think he’s pretty good overall

Brigitte:

Shield nerfs reverted
They were unnecessary, maybe even revert her repair pack changes with only 25 armor overheal.

Lucio: I think he’s fine

Mercy:

Caduceus staff hps increased to 60
Resurrect cast time decreased to 1 second
Activating Valkyrie no longer breaks beam connection and chain healing distance increased to 15m

Increasing her staffs healing will hopefully allow her to heal tanks better. Increasing the cast time for resurrect will allow it to be a more useful ability and not a press e to die. As for the valkyrie changes, how many times has activating valkyrie caused one of your teamates to die bc it broke connection. And increasing the chain healing distance will make the ult feel less underwhelming and more impactful.

Moira:

Biotic Grasp lock-on range decreased, range decreased to 18m, self healing increased to 25 hps
New passive called Energy Drain, Enemies that are being damaged by moira’s biotic grasp will receive a 20%-30% damage debuff
Ultimate charge decreased by 5%-10%

I know this may seem overpowered on paper, but this will add utility to her kit and hopefully make her more useful in higher ranks, while the biotic grasp nerf will make her less oppresive in lower ranks.

Zenyatta:

New passive called Enlightenment, Whenever Zenyatta reaches below 50% hp he recieves a speed buff and a buff to his healing and discord orbs.

This new passive will allow zenyatta more mobility and keep in mind that he won’t have those buffs for a long time cause of his shields, this will just make him a bit more powerful when he gets dived.

These are just my ideas on how to better balance the support role and not all of them are balanced, JUST IDEAS!

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Only in valk and this will be fine,

MAYBE a 1.6-1.5 cast time normally, no shorter.

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1.33s without Valkyrie
0s with Valkyrie

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Well, I disagree with reverting the shield nerfs, 200 or 250 HP adds a necessary risk to the character and more effort for shield management, which makes the character more interesting to pick engagements carefully.

Oh, you meant revert it to 200 HP? I guess I didn’t understood.

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I think nade should cut healing by 50%. It would still be super powerful

People are gonna be mad about this idea :joy:

I like your idea!

I would love to try this idea!

I’d also like to try this idea!

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I honestly don’t know what to do with brigitte, a buff would make her seem op, and a nerf would make her useless.

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I think Brig is fine as she is. She is more risk with lower barrier health, more effort needs to be put into barrier management and landing whip shots and her rewards are not so high now.

They are trying to change Moira to get more risk/effort for reward too.
I hope they make changes towards the right direction though. Not just flat nerfing the character.

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I’m keeping my fingers crossed, cause knowing blizz…
Yeah, but I hope they make her more skillful

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1 second on rez is still a long @ss time to cancel it, given how fast paced of a game Overwatch is.

For context, Hanzo’s ultimate takes 1.3 seconds to cast. Rez is a standard ability now. The fact it takes Mercy longer to channel a standard ability than it does Hanzo to summon a giant spirit dragon with the potential of a team wipe is ridiculous.

Rez’s cast time can easily be reduced to match this at the very least, but 1 second is not too fast. It’s incredibly optimistic, given Blizzard’s balancing philosophy, but not powerful enough to forge another Mercy meta. That’ll only happen if rez is instant, as it has no counterplay then. But a second still gives room for counterplay. You just need to be a second faster.

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A 1 sec rez can still be stunned or cc, I mean almost every hero in the game has a stun or cc move that can still cancel it. Rez currently takes 1.7 to cast… yikes

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Why would you add more healing creep. Support are way too powerfull right now. I don’t get these changes, it would make the game unplayable at every rank.

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This is hilarious, do you seriously believe that supports are overpowered, they are currently the least impactful role and have suffered the most nerfs. And also there’s no such thing as healing creep.

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Supports are the least impactuf role this is why you’re in gold right ? :upside_down_face:

that’s quite unlucky, if you were main dps you would be way higher :upside_down_face:

you have a negtive winrate in gold as moira you must had very bad team mates playing genji :upside_down_face:

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Ull have to give her lockon first mate

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this is the worst post about balance changes that i’ve seen so far on this forum. On top that you are convinced that you are right without questioning any of your changes

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Ana: I dont think that would change nanoblade much. I want to decrease her damage reduction and damage boost for nano as it wouldnt effect her too much but open up more counters. I dont think blade is bad on its own, Id want genji to get a normal damage nerf.

Bap: I think hes in a not great spot but Im not sure how Id buff him.

Brig: Brig doesnt need buffs.

Lucio: I agree hes fine.

Mercy: 60 hps, cast time for rez Id do 1.5 if we decreased or/and decrease it to a second in valk, beams no longer break yes, I dont think the chain healing needs an increase in distance

Moira: I think she just needs her whole kit looked at and reworked.

Zen: I like the speed boost idea but I dont agree with his healing or discord buffs. His biggest issue is survivability and the speed boost would help.

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Ohhhh I have an idea for Brigitte that might work and make her not seem powerfulish
Brigitte:

Shield bash: Damage increased to 10

Whip shot: Damage decreased to 50

Armour pack: Partially revert the nerf to 25 armour over-heal

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I agree with everything but I think a damage per second nerf for Moira maybe bring it to 35 dps for the other abilities and maybe nerf her ults range by a couple meters

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As a genji main he definitely needs a ult charge nerf by 5-10 percent

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I like the Zen passive idea

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