With the latest patch I’ve noticed that in the match up of Zarya vs Rein you can no longer block the Rein shatter if damage is done to your shield by the shatter. If you are back far enough it still blocks it but if you are in damage range of the shatter it will knock you down as if the bubble doesn’t exist.
The increase to the knockback reduction of tanks has also negatively affected Zarya, she relies on the right-click jumps to reach a lot of the high ground other tanks are able to take easily. close to 80% of spots she was able to right-click jump to now require a double right-click jump to make and you are just barely able to make them that way.
The ult change is nice and feels good helping her combo with her dps and supports but i fear the cost is to high to pay for a hero that is so often one of the worst tank picks in a map.
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Huh, interesting.
I’ll keep that in mind, been playing a lot of Zarya.
If you’re talking about being in range of the hammer itself, that’s been the case ever since they changed Rein’s ult to have that up close damage
Very niche interaction, doesn’t happen often enough to be a big deal.
Also Zarya definitely is not heavily reliant on her self boop, that is definitely more of an extra tech than a main feature.
no, it didnt knock you down until they increased the damage for a few patches but ultimately reduced it under the bubble threshold again two patches ago.
Honestly whatever, Zarya into rein was always a wacky matchup.
Yeah I think the Rein shatter does 200 damage at point blank, and the bubble only protects 200 damage. So if you get hit by the hammer… your bubble is gone
It does do 200 damage, but was stealth buffed. There are no patch notes I have found showing the increase in damage. The last adjustment to Shatter was Feb 2023 from 250–>170 allowing Zarya to block the shatter. It was never documented to have increased.
ive heard rein got buffed pretty good while dva is sturggling
Don’t forget that the Earthshatter itself will do 50 damage, putting the total damage over the bubble limit. You can still dodge the ult, but I think you can’t be so close to him