Hi,
I am a bit confused when it comes to stacking ability power specifically in Zarya’s build, but it also might be a case for some other heroes. She has powers like Vortex of Flex that theoretically should be enhanced by a higher ability power (judging by the icon in the description), but it seems that they are not? I checked it out on the pratice range and it seems that boosting AP doesn’t change the power’s capacity. Why is it using the AP icon in the description then rather than just writing a fixed number?
The ability power numbers in blue in the description do not change accordingly when changing the ability power stat, but they are actually more powerful. Not sure if this is what you meant.
However, the ability used will actually be more powerful (or at least should be!) so test it on training dummies to see a difference.
I do hope they make stat scaling clearer.
Yes, I was talking about the numbers in blue in the description - they do not change on the UI, but I also believe the powers are also not getting more powerful by increasing AP. I tried it in the pratice range with “Containment Shield” and having more AP didn’t actually activate more healing than the basic 25 - only increasing energy did heal more.
Interesting. I know it works with vortex, but never tested it with containment shield.
Definitely a bug then because according to the description it should scale with ability power as well as energy level.
Alright, good to know it should work. Makes sense. Thanks for the reply!
Yes, they do change. When you build AP Zarya, the damage of Volskaya Vortex increases based on your AP percentage. You can’t see this increase on the theoretical stats screen, but when you use it in practice, you can clearly notice the difference. Every value shown with a blue icon is affected proportionally by the amount of AP you have.
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Remember if the description reads “based on Zarya’s energy level” or similar it requires Zarya to have a decent amount of Barrier Damage absorbed to see full effect.
I had the same results after stacking ability power and it seemingly did nothing. I then used the Projected Barrier on the ally bots to get 100 energy and immediately saw the difference afterwards.
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