Widowmaker needs... something

General Discussion
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In the two years that this game has been out, Widowmaker has gotten a huge nerf and a buff to her hook cooldown. In comparison to her fellow snipers:

  • Hanzo got an ability almost as annoying as scatter arrow and a leap ability (when all we wanted was scatter to be gone…they added a new ability to make him even more mobile)
  • Ana went through many unnecessary & unneeded nerfs, but is slowly coming back to shine… I hope.

The issue with Widowmaker is that she has an 8-second hook cooldown ability (which is her ONLY use of mobility) and a 15-second venom mine cooldown (I mean come on…15 seconds? Hanzo’s storm arrow has an 8- second cooldown and it’s far more useful). She needs a major buff/rework. Her kit isn’t up to par with Hanzo’s (Ana is now out of the question). I know her task is to stand from afar and shoot, but she needs something else besides her rifle to fend off enemies at close range. And more mobility. She also needs something done to her ultimate since it’s probably the most useless in game due to people hiding for 15 seconds.

In short: Widowmaker is a great hero. She’s extremely useful and the basics are there, but that’s it. Why does she feel like a watered-down version of Hanzo?

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She’s the second best DPS in this meta. And was better then genji during the dive meta. How about no

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Widow has 2 parts of her kit that out shines Hanzo

  1. She is hitscan
  2. She has a 2.5x crit multiplier
    However I do believe she needs more to her kit especially when Hanzo has her ult as an ability and can fire out more damage (storm arrow)
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We can add more to her kit when he primary fire doesn’t one-shot people from across the map. Personally, I’m all for that rework.

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She’s pretty damn good as she is right now - Hanzo got his buffs largely to be able to compete against her.
If you’re good with Widow, She’s still amazing.

Hell, at the moment, she’s probably the 1# DPS pick in the OWL.

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She really needs to move faster while scoped.
Hanzo is basically a race car compared to her.

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widow doesnt need any changes shes fine as is and fine at what she does.

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a pro (or aimbot) widowmaker can make your game a nightmare with headshoots so no thx

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widow needs her 12 sec hook CD back and then shes balanced