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Doomfist, Mei, and Sombra Get Tweaked In Latest Overwatch Update

Published Tue, 27 Feb 2018 22:45:35 -0600

Good news for those of you who play Doomfist and Mei, but bad news for Sombra fans, as Overwatch just loaded up all the changes they had been working with on the PTR to the main game today. We have the full details of the heroes below, and you can check out the full amount of changes here to see the other fixes and additions Blizzard made to the game. But the biggest takeaway is that Sombra has been nerfed in her hacks, but buffed up in several other areas.

Doomfist, Mei, and Sombra Get Tweaked In Latest Overwatch Update — credit//Blizzard

HERO UPDATES

Doomfist

Hand Cannon

Ammo recovery rate increased from 0.8 seconds to 0.65 seconds per bullet

Developer Comments: This change will help Doomfist more consistently be able to use his weapon as part of his combos.

Mei

Endothermic Blaster

Freeze (slow) duration increased from 1 second to 1.5 seconds

Weapon alternate fire ammo cost reduced from 25 to 20

Developer Comment: Increasing Mei's slow duration helps her freeze targets that are particularly elusive such as Genji or Lúcio. Lowering her alternate fire ammo cost allows her to more safely use it without costing her the ability to freeze enemies.

Sombra

EMP

No longer blocked by small objects (e.g. sign posts)

Hack

No longer gains ultimate charge from health pack healing

Cast time reduced from 0.8 seconds to 0.65 seconds

Now disables the following abilities:

Genji—Cyber-agility

Hanzo—Wall Climb

Pharah—Hover Jets

Lúcio—Healing Boost and Speed Boost (turns off current song entirely), Wall Ride

Mercy—Angelic Descent

Machine Pistol

Machine Pistol spread reduced from 3 to 2.7

Opportunist

Enemy health bars are now visible when health drops below 100% (formerly 50%)

Her ability to detect enemies through walls at 50% or less remains unchanged

Translocator

Duration increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds

Developer Comment: The goal of these changes for Sombra is to remove the necessity for her teammates to take damage and heal themselves with her hacked heath packs to try to get her ultimate charged up quickly. Her ultimate will now come up less often, but there are more abilities that are disabled by Hack so it is more effective when used. Previously, Opportunist would only activate when an enemy's health bar dipped below 50% but now the passive will reveal all damaged enemies which should help Sombra identify targets in her line of sight to pick off. Overall these changes should make her more effective and less reliant on her ultimate.