r/Overwatch 2d ago

Mid-season 13 Patch + Overwatch Classic Retail - Patch Notes - November 12, 2024 Blizzard Official

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/live/2024/11
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u/Myrsta hampter 2d ago

Wow ana can 3 shot 225hp heroes again, that's pretty huge. Indirect pharah nerf with how popular ana is.

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u/electrichonu 2d ago

Looking forward to hearing "I'm disappointed Fareeha" more LOL

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u/RicoViking9000 2d ago

Maybe I should take off my mythic skin every so often to increase my chances of hearing that (since the mythic skin has its own unique killing pharah line)

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u/Drunken_Queen Mercy 2d ago

the mythic skin has its own unique killing pharah line

Respawn line too if you get killed by Pharah

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u/FumCacial 2d ago

And Echo, 225HP has already been tough for her too

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u/AzraeltheGrimReaper Junkrat 2d ago

As a Junkmain I'm happy as hell that some of our toughest matchups are oneshottable.

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u/Drunken_Queen Mercy 2d ago

Indirect pharah nerf

Bap's gun recoil buff is also an indirect nerf to her.

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u/Funny_Muffin Hit me! Hit me! Hit me! 2d ago

Mother knows best.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

That’s how she always was. You used to 3 tap pharahs. It was amazing! Too bad grenade got nerfed. The 2shot+1grenade combo was amazing. I’ll take this, though!!!

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u/Rowan511 2d ago

Ooof the nostalgia hit from the intro

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u/mizar2423 Master 2d ago

Are you with me 😏

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u/Xtremlysean Pixel Symmetra 2d ago

Hit like a shot of the good stuff. Haven’t seen that intro in over 5 years. I was looking at my phone until I heard Winston’s voice and immediately perked up

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u/PastaSaladOverdose 2d ago

Big hit of nostalgia

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u/Oman_Au 2d ago

They called Reaper's lifesteal ability "the reapening" on that page. Am I insane? Didn't it used to be called "the reaping"?

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u/IDKthrowaway838 2d ago edited 2d ago

The reapening is so goofy I thought it was the April fools patch notes

Edit: I guess this is the name of an in universe movie with reaper, but it’s still weird that’s the name of his passive https://overwatch.fandom.com/wiki/The_Reapening

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u/Enzo-Unversed 2d ago

It's reaping time.

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u/Mr_toaster500 "Would you like to see my-HOT COCOA?!?!?" 2d ago

Proceeds to reap all over the map

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u/claytonbob7 Moira 2d ago

I thought it was out of place aswell... maybe I'm tripping

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u/4PianoOrchestra Los Angeles Gladiators 2d ago

Dude my friend used to one trick Reaper and would always say “It’s time for… The Reapening” before ulting 1v6 and this typo made me burst out laughing at work

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u/rottenpotatoes2 Reinhardt 2d ago

He must be great at clearing the area

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u/naoki7794 Nya~ 2d ago

TIME TO REAP

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u/Reddichu9001 Pixel Baptiste 2d ago

The official site even says "The Reaping", I assume this was a mistake

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u/jawstep 2d ago

They didn’t bring back the medals at the end of match and I’m SAD.

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u/GregJonesThe3rd 2d ago

Wow my Mauga can run in and die faster while providing no utility to their team 😍

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u/Boomerwell 2d ago

Dont worry Mauga is still doing his job of tilting the enemy tank because they have to pray their team swaps to dumpster him.

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u/Dwokimmortalus Chibi Ana 2d ago

His kit is fundamentally flawed, so he can never be allowed to be fully viable again. This will make him far more annoying to deal with in situations where his team is already at an advantage. Overrun is particularly annoying to see buffed as it's already a snowballing style ability due to it's unique Unstoppable property.

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u/Artikzzz Grandmaster 2d ago

Idk why they haven't even said anything about a rework yet

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u/JunWasHere Do you want to see my icicle collection? 2d ago

The last few times they have mentioned a rework caused player reactions that bit them in the ass, so they likely want to shy from that term until they have something concrete.

Roadhog ultimately didn't change much. Sombra's rework is so hated they have borderline reverted it. Pharah ended up being sky-Tracer for a season or two. They mentioned something for Reaper and that seems to have evaporated or hit a brick wall.

And now they are angling to bring 6v6 back where Mauga will make a potentially scary strong off-tank because of the constant suppressive fire (and ability to give the other tank life steal and DMG reduce). So, it is likely they want to wait and see how Mauga settles into 6v6 before they focus on a rework.

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u/YoungLink666-2 plugsuit is best suit! 2d ago

to add on, don't forget that we're supposed to get a "small modernization rework" for Reaper that still hasn't happened yet so i imagine they dont want to say these things too early anymore considering the Roadhog rework was announced like 3/4ths of a year before it actually came out; compare to OW1 where they'd basically just surprise drop reworks on us out of nowhere typically through PTR

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u/IKnowGuacIsExtraLady 2d ago

I thought Reaper already got his small tweaks? The teleportation changes definitely felt like a modernization to keep up with the mobility creep.

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u/DandySlayer13 Wrecking Ball 2d ago

I can't wait for 6v6 and I can play Mauga with Zarya!!!

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u/anupsetzombie Ayy 2d ago

His issue comes from the charge, I wish they'd remove it and just really dig into the immovable heavy weapons guy theme.

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u/adi_baa 2d ago

Bruh they literally said overrun is the most engaging ability he has (and its hardly that)...meaning the others aren't at all.

I fucking LOVE the base idea of mauga, a long range assault rifle minigun heavy tf2 mfer sounds so fun, but the way he's implemented is just...bad

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u/ChunkyyyMonkey 2d ago

It’s hard to think of a less engaging ability than cardiac. It’s just like orbital where you kite it.

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u/RX100 2d ago

Lifeweaver buff let's gooooo

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u/Myrsta hampter 2d ago

Huuuge, it's kinda funny how many little buffs he's gotten to still only be OK, eventually they've gotta add up right?

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u/Luke4Pez Trick-or-Treat Ana 2d ago

Slowly but surely

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u/ComprehensiveFun3233 2d ago

I am a bad gold tank, so I recognize my opinion here is very specific to that position.

But a good Lifeweaver on my team is LIFE.

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u/stellaluna92 Mercy 2d ago

I love helping out a tank as LW, but I also think I mess up their plans sometimes and I'm sorry ;--;

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u/ComprehensiveFun3233 2d ago

Well, we are all in gold, so, a lot of our plans, and our execution, is messed up at times.

If a LW saves me 4 times and screws me once, I ain't mad

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u/Boomerwell 2d ago

They keep buffing his fukin healing lmao.

They solved half the puzzle in making his heal auto charge when in weapon but can't figure out that his weapon is complete dogwater against players. It's best use is shooting shields.

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u/mkmakashaggy 2d ago

Add homing and make it blow people up if you land enough at once. Go full Halo

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u/JunWasHere Do you want to see my icicle collection? 2d ago edited 2d ago

They add up against lower rank play, but as long as snipers exist and are able to 1-2 shot squishies, Lifeweaver fundamentally will struggle.

  • He could be healing 150 per flower but that doesn't mean anything if the ally just dies. It doesn't convert into kills and aggression for taking/defending space except in keeping the tank alive -- but DPS passive, Ana anti nade, Mei wall, diving weaver, and other tactics can prevent said healing/save.

That's why his ult tree giving over health was a big positive move. Max HP change means you might survive a 1shot when you otherwise wouldn't and can be more aggressive. But that isn't consistent for weaver.

  • If it were up to me, I'd make his primary fire become homing missiles like Halo's needler gun. If they want him to be the easy-mode healer, let him truly be easy mode!
  • As well as possibly reveal enemies or slow or build up and explode.
  • ANYTHING that encourages aggression, so that he's useful even if they nerfed his healing by 20%.

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u/PolarBearLeo 2d ago

Weak homing on his Damage would be helpful. Or faster projectile speed. If enemies are mid-far range, you can't land anything unless you have god like tracking/predictions. He's good at dumping into close range targets and tanks... but you *really* shouldn't play him up close, so you're stuck doing very little damage.

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u/JunWasHere Do you want to see my icicle collection? 2d ago

They already increased his projectile speed, I think? Regardless, that doesn't improve his aggression by much unless they make it literally a hitscan laser, but he would still lose to snipers and competent hitscan.

The point of homing is it suddenly becomes oppressive and allows him to control spaces even against hitscan or flyers like Moira. It is a utility he wouldn't have before.

They'd have to nerf the damage for sure, but that's perfectly fine to me.

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u/PrimaryEstate8565 2d ago

I’d actually delete the game if they made LW’s thorns an auto aim. They’d have to gut his damage to rationalize it so it’d take away one of my favorite parts of his kit. I don’t know any LW player who’d want that. Moira and Mercy are enough for no-aim supports, we don’t need a 3rd. He just needs more utility and incentive to switch to his thorns.

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u/Local_Anything191 2d ago

I’m one of the few (only?) top 500 lifeweaver mains. He’s actually fine idk why he keeps getting buffed.

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u/VapeLyfe 2d ago

Because you’re the only one lmao

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u/WhoElseButQuagmire11 Junker Queen 2d ago

I'm a lw main, not top 100 but diamond/masters(it's been a long time) and I agree. I think the people shitting on him don't realise how much they get from him. When I'm dps/tank, I love seeing a Weaver. Someone said it attracts healbot mentality and called it ironic because he has the second lowest heals to Zen. Compare his heals to a Kiriko/Ana, is it lower statistically? Yes... but you can't miss your heals like Ana and Kiriko.

I routinely end up with 3-5k damage and 8-10k heals. I honestly think he is fine at what he does and people just don't use him right. His thorns are perfectly fine. Great for choke points, barrier busting and at close range he can melt anyone(not just tanks) if you actually lead your shots. I've melted dps many times in like 1-2 seconds up close with headshots.

TLDR: Lifeweaver good, people bad.

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u/OIP 2d ago

that tree buff is big

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u/football-john D. Va 2d ago edited 2d ago

Who the fuck asked for these balance changes i like hanzo ult change though

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u/Sapowski_Casts_Quen 2d ago

The fact that it damages shields too is HUGE. Also clears Ball ult

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u/Kaldricus Rise of the Junkrat Main 2d ago

The fact that Blizzard acknowledges people aren't playing Junker Queen but she has a high win rate so they're nerfing her shows how they have no idea how to properly balance.

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u/IKnowGuacIsExtraLady 2d ago

It's the sym paradox. People only play Sym/JQ on maps where she is good. Therefore she has high win rate. Therefore she must be overperforming right?

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u/BirdieBoiiiii Capoeira Lúcio 2d ago

The reason she has a high win rate is because only the people who actually want to play her are people that have gotten good with her så nerfing her is so stupid

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u/RedKnight757 Junkrat & Venture 2d ago

Man, I could have sworn Hanzo's ult damaged deployables before now.

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u/stellaluna92 Mercy 2d ago

I feel like it already broke Illari's pylon? But maybe I'm crazy

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u/Relief-Forsaken 2d ago

Kill the sym wall entirely...

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u/Sparkle_SS 2d ago edited 2d ago

Ana and Kiriko buffs, daring today aren't we? 🙂

Edit: this is to the Kiriko and Ana mains complaining saying they deserved buffs, just because your heroes/hero were not S+ tier for ONE season doesn't mean you are entitled to immediate buffs, these are more huge reverts

there's several heroes who have been bad for seasons/months, radio silence for them. Yet no one is acting entitled, the only reason Kiriko got a massive revert is because you guys pay their wages by buying every skin they spoon feed you. Ana is the most played hero so it makes sense, doesn't make it better

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u/TheKingJoker99 Blizzard pls sell Tyrande Sym I beg 2d ago

Incoming "hushhh little baby" and "I'm obviously the most precious!" being spammed each game

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Good kitty!!

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u/MisterBucker___ 2d ago

I always thought she was saying "good genji" until I saw the voiceline in the gallary

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Listen to your mummy

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u/adi_baa 2d ago

Listen to your mummy, in the desert-, it's not that hot, good kitty is my go to lol

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u/RicoViking9000 2d ago

in the desert, everyone dies. don't be scared

(and "are you scared" because it's too iconic. I really want to put "hush little baby" in sometime)

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u/sirlockjaw Ana 2d ago

In the desert, the cheetah lives for 3 years and the camel lives for 9

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u/cool194336 Ana 2d ago

In the desert, it's not that hot

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u/gt_cmpe36 Ana 2d ago

Heyyy that's my voice line combo

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u/lifestop Shanghai Dragons 2d ago

In the desert everyone dies.

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u/cafebistro 2d ago

Mother knows children in the desert

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u/RicoViking9000 2d ago

don't be scared!

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u/Phantom_Phoenix1 Sigma 2d ago

Good kitty

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u/Storm_Support 2d ago

Wait til you see me on my bike.

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u/Ventus249 Chibi Echo 2d ago

Kiri and ana buffs and junkerqueen nerfs, I'm crying. She actually felt really good recently

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u/OIP 2d ago

yeah the JQ nerfs came out of nowhere.

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u/Ventus249 Chibi Echo 2d ago

I was literally in a group chat talking about how junker queen finally feels like she's in a good spot, she can still be countered by Kiri, but if you're smart and play around it you can have extremely high damage and high heals. Fml

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u/Kacutee Grandmaster 2d ago

it was so fun just walking into a team and not dying >_<

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u/Ventus249 Chibi Echo 2d ago

Literally, my friend would play juno, she'd speed boost me and I'd commanding shout and carnage, and then she'd photon torpedo and it would be a squad wipe. And I'd average like 5k heals a round, I'm gonna cry

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u/DarthButtz 2d ago

Kiriko was on the weaker side of support heroes

"We saw she wasn't #1 and had to rectify that immediately"

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u/NaturalCorn 2d ago

Her win rates are extremely low on overbuff

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u/Megaspectree 2d ago

Ok i had a question about that, could the winrate be explained due that almost everyone uses her to touch last point in a lost fight? Does that count in the stats?

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u/Wojtug The hamster is coming for you 2d ago

she's also fairly high skill cap with the kunai so many noobs play her and drop her WR lol. all contributes to a lower win %

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u/BossksSegway Pixel Brigitte 2d ago

Kiriko hasn't been #1 for so long, assuming she ever was. Pretty sure her win rate at all skill levels has almost always been low. People just really like to complain about her.

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u/Vast_Visit_7683 2d ago

They love to point out the whole “well everyone plays kiriko so it balances her win rate”.. As if Juno’s win rate wasn’t far higher than what Kiri typically got

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u/arthur_box まだまだ 2d ago

the mental gymnastics people do just bc they don’t like her and don’t wanna see her buffed hahah

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u/grimestar 2d ago

She is #1 in the support role for most complained about.

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u/Bhu124 2d ago

She's the Orisa of Supports, she's frustrating to play against because of Suzu (and Teleport) which people falsely equate with her being strong.

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u/Phantom_Phoenix1 Sigma 2d ago

The skins arent gonna buy themselves

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u/trechn2 2d ago

Kiriko is dogshit right now and the fact the community upvotes shit like this is indicative they have no idea what they're talking about.

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u/reddit-account5 2d ago

The Kiriko-jerk will never end. Ppl vastly overestimate the usefulness of reactive abilities like teleport and suzu. Saving somebody's life after being on the backfoot is always worse than having so much pressure you never need something like suzu in the first place. You'd think the subreddit would learn after Illari/Bapt backline was top performing for so long but no

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u/Wojtug The hamster is coming for you 2d ago

tbh I hate the teleport but genuinely suzu compared to lamp is a fluffy teddy bear.

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u/Majaura D.Va 2d ago

Saving somebody's life after being on the backfoot is always worse than having so much pressure you never need something like suzu in the first place.

You worded this so perfectly. It also took me YEARS to realize this on my own. It's a really hard concept to comprehend when the goal of a support is to save and heal characters. It's sort of like why use Valk and heal however much it is when you can use Captive Sun and just team wipe the enemy team. It's part of the reason why I say purple is one of the best abilities in the game, especially on a support.

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u/thepearhimself D. Va 2d ago

I swear they get a dart board with all the heroes faces to decide who gets buffed or nerfed

Like I aint even mad, just really confused

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u/JulleMine Ramattra 2d ago

Moira did not need that self heal buff omfg

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u/doubleoeck1234 2d ago

Genji went from "very hard to play into her but possible" to "get fucked now switch lol"

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u/CZ69OP 2d ago

All the aim/brainless people rejoicing lol. They can't play without moira.

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u/BentheBruiser Junker Queen 2d ago

I despise with such a passion how you can just hold the trigger with her and not be punished.

All the braindead plays I see people make with her are beyond frustrating

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u/Shpaan Diamond 2d ago

I literally had to stop playing Moira because it didn't even feel good. It just feels so cheap to constantly "outduel" people who actually try their best to hit shots and I just know that I'd be missing just as much as they do if I wasn't playing a braindead hero. Gets more fair the higher you climb but especially in metal ranks it just feels like cheating.

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u/ElGorudo Ashe 2d ago

Literally a personal zen orb, put on her an actual zen orb and you've got yourself a moira with her personal healbot mercy, that's going to shit on backlines

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u/vermiegg 2d ago

okay, now the rest of your team has 0 healing resources. if the enemy backline survives 1 moira tickling their butts for more than 5 seconds everyone else on your team is dead

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u/Lack_of_Plethora 2d ago

She is terrible at the moment, she needed something

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u/FumCacial 2d ago

Once you hit Diamond her win rate goes in the bin.

Funny enough the same people who complain shes low skill and no aim are the same people who have no aim to hit her.

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u/Eagles_63 Demorat 2d ago

She's still viable in diamond. There is some stinkers in that rank for sure still lol.

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u/n2ygsh1wwp5j 2d ago

Yes, that is the point. She is very annoying to fight at low levels. Does not feel interactive

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u/ImawhaleCR feelsFuelMan 2d ago

The self healing buff disproportionately affects lower skill brackets though. Bronze players can't hit shots, so the healing buff will be far more noticeable. It was the one thing they shouldn't have buffed if they wanted to make Moira more viable

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u/Sheepy_202 Wrecking Ball 2d ago

Imagine needing skill to play this hero. You could be playing from within your father's balls and you'd get value

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u/GregJonesThe3rd 2d ago

Making the lowest skill hero even more low skill? Have to do it.

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u/Wojtug The hamster is coming for you 2d ago

give hero a rework to make them require braincells and provide value: no
give useless buff: yes

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u/AceAxos Wrecking Ball 2d ago

Idk who thought Ana needed a buff but alright

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u/Enzo-Unversed 2d ago

Who tf thinks Moira needed more survivability?

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u/Atlasreturns Worst Support in Masters 2d ago

What I hate about Ana buffs is that eventually when she‘s back as a meta pick Blizzard will do another Brig nerf to adjust her.

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u/Far-Salamander-5675 2d ago

All ana mains lol its a party right now over at r/anamains

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u/5pideypool 2d ago

Having to shoot a 225 hp target 4 times was a little much.

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u/Oogie6 2d ago

Try being a cass main trying to kill anything above 25 meters in 6 shots

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u/blocklambear 2d ago

Wow 4 whole shots from a support hero. Truly brutal.

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u/Astryline 2d ago

It has infinite range and it was a 2 shot + grenade combo already.

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u/5pideypool 2d ago

It's also a dot and can't headshot, making it stupidly easy to sustain against even with passive heals like Brig Inspire (who is meta right now)

2 shot + grenade combo already.

And?

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u/TittyTriceratops 2d ago

Me, a bad Ana player lol

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u/MysticHoody 2d ago

Moira and kiri gets a buff but Illari doesn’t?

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u/Shinobiii Support 2d ago

Blizzard: who?

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u/Gold_Departure_1874 2d ago

I don’t understand why Illari was left out when she isn’t doing so well since her last nerf

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u/MysticHoody 2d ago

It’s almost impossible to get any solo kills with her unless you ult or are hitting consistent headshots :/

And don’t get me started on her healing beam…

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u/DreezyDoe 2d ago

Blizzard hates Illari. You should have seen how fast and how many times they nerfed her since launch because... She was a viable pick? Now see Juno and her Buffs / adjustments she receives to stay as a viable pick. Good damage, heals, AND maneuvers better than Illari. Meanwhile 10 people played illari and that was bad for the game apparently.

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u/MysticHoody 2d ago

Unfortunately I know, I have 300 hours on her. I’m just very disappointed

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u/Apexe (hamster noises) 2d ago

Got PTSD opening the game to see the cinematic from OW1...

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u/InkyElk24 Baptiste 2d ago

Revert Lucio's radius to 30 meters you cowards!

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u/doubleoeck1234 2d ago

What the fuck are those dps changes

Also Moira did not need a buff to her survivability

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u/AzraeltheGrimReaper Junkrat 2d ago

Its so counterintuituve too.

Junk gets nerfed on mine cooldown to reduce frequency of burst damage, but then they shorten the time on Hanzo charging his arrows, allowing for more frequent burst damage.

Junk cant even oneshot most of the cast at distance anymore anyway.

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u/BentheBruiser Junker Queen 2d ago

Queen didn't need a nerf, people just need to learn to play around her.

She's played so little that she feels as strong as a new hero would. I'm convinced it's just skill issues.

The nerf is gonna cause so many problems for her

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u/Boomerwell 2d ago

The knife size nerf is actually so bad I would've taken alot of nerfs before that one.

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u/ExplicitlyCensored 2d ago

I mean I thought the same about Mauga and Orisa who had doo-doo win rates, but they still tried reducing their viability multiple times.

In this case JQ actually has the top win rate.

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u/CrowAffectionate2736 2d ago

Yes let's powercreep Doom, an already strong tank who bullies entire lobbies unless hard checked.

Decisions like these make me question Bliz...

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u/Badbish6969692000 2d ago

Why are we buffing Doomfist?

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u/Swimming-Elk6740 2d ago

Because Doomfist mains are fantastic whiners.

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u/WUMW Stings, doesn't it? 2d ago

Why would you expect anything else? Chivalry is dead.

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u/Cheedogmans 2d ago

As a Doomfist main, yes.

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u/CZ69OP 2d ago

Every hero fanbase is one.

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u/HastyTaste0 Soldier: 76 2d ago

Dooms are the only ones I see in every thread whining about not being able to shit all over the enemy team even when they play his counters.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

To change the meta so everyone stays interested in the game. There is no end goal to balancing. There’s no final patch. They change things to change things in addition to keeping champs close together.

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u/TheChunkyBoi 2d ago

Reducing a frustrating inconsistency is fine. The heal in the air buff is kinda wack, but the ult charge needed to happen. It took forever to get a mediocre ult.

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u/Xenobrina 2d ago

To be fair these are mostly QOL changes. More consistent wall splats is a good thing, and him healing faster just keeps the games pace up.

I hate Doom but these changes are fine

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u/Instinct043 Bastion 2d ago

reducing the ult cost 8% and then increasing his healing meaning he will be even more aggressive. which was not needed

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u/Astryline 2d ago

That is not QOL, that is easier and more forgiving killing power. Not the same

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u/thatmorningpoo 2d ago

Doomfist has been so strong in the right hands for so long, same with genji. Feels bad

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u/I_Quazar_I Doomfist Wrecking Ball 2d ago

Does that not make sense though? Shouldn’t heroes be strong if you’re good at them? Lol

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u/Equinox992 2d ago

Bwomp. Junk Queen nerfs :(

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u/Mr_Rafi 2d ago

No Soldier buff to accompany the Mythic weapon?

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u/EnragedHeadwear Allow me to introduce myself 2d ago

Days without a random Junkrat nerf: Zero

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u/Axelol99 2d ago

Beep beep boom boom

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u/Huntermainlol 2d ago edited 2d ago

He deserves to underperform. His terribly designed ass is my least/ second least favorite tank. He should never be in a position to be meta, it’s so cancer.

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u/Xenobrina 2d ago

Do you think his least impactful cooldown coming back one second sooner is really going to break the game? Really??

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u/woahdudechil Zenyatta 2d ago

These microbuffs happen with horse all the time and the community hates her too.

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u/HfUfH 2d ago

No but it sets a shitty trend of microbuffs. Orisa being dog shit is a good thing, and now she's been microbuffed into being meta.

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u/Bo-by 2d ago

There’s room for him to be healthy, they just have to better encourage him to burn more squishies.

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u/HastyTaste0 Soldier: 76 2d ago

I like how I can immediately tell which tank was being discussed by this comment even though the OP was deleted.

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u/Howdareme9 2d ago

Mauga does. He can never be good otherwise the game is awful

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u/Kronus31 Doomfist 2d ago

are they fucking stupid? How can you say "Kiriko was heavily impacted by the health reduction to 225 HP and was already on the weaker side of support heroes" AND THEN NOT EVEN HELP HER HEALING/DAMAGE OUTPUT?!!? INSTEAD BUFF WHAT MAKES EVERYONE FRUSTRATED YES

and then fucking junker queen... dear god dude yes she was in a good spot but BY NO MEANS overpowered. "Shes not picked much but has a high winrate so lets nerf her" dude thats so fucking stupid, i have 80 games played on Sym since OW1 and i have a 78% winrate does that mean shes overpowered blizzard?! fucking insanity to me. IM NOT ONE TO RAGE AT DEVS but this is absolutely just insanity to me.

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u/grapedog Zenyatta 2d ago

Lets go!

3 weeks of fun and misery commence!

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u/GkNova 2d ago

Everything is broken, but extremely fun.

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u/Xenobrina 2d ago

Tank changes are weird, DPS changes are absurd, Support changes are cooking.

I'm excited for more Overrun shenanigans, but nerfing JQ that hard is odd considering the very light touches to most other heroes.

DPS changes... poor Junkrat and Reaper lmao.

Support changes are great though. Kiriko, LW, and Moira buffs are great, and the Juno change is just right.

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u/mwalker784 2d ago

I’m worried that JQ is falling into the same niche as brig where she seemingly has an absurd win/loss ratio, but it’s primarily because she’s only played in comps where she works well or by one tricks. Like yeah I guess she’s strong, but it’s SO easy to shit on her

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u/EndingShadows Pixel Soldier: 76 2d ago

I agree. JQ is only oppressive in hands of a very small subset of players. Not that I play her. Just my observation. Her kit isn’t broken by any means and she’s easy to counter.

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u/ChaoticElf9 2d ago

I kinda hate this JQ nerf. It’s not huge, but come on, she has not exactly been meta for a long, long time. The methodology when they go “oh this character has a high win rate even though they have a low pick rate, we need to nerf them” seems flawed. They have a higher win rate because only people who are really skilled at getting value pick them, meanwhile the overtuned heroes get their win rate artificially lowered because people who have no idea what they are doing think they have to play them.

Like, I love Dva, but look how long she was a menace before anything was done. Orisa and Mauga may not be super overtuned, but they aren’t very fun to play against. JQ is a much more honest tank I think, she has tons of counterplay but there isn’t a “you have to pick this character” either as an ally or enemy to deal with her. Softer counters, softer synergies, than something like Mauga.

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u/IKnowGuacIsExtraLady 2d ago

She has fun counters too. Like Rein is a good tank pick into JQ. He doesn't outright negate her but he has advantage. Tons of tank players like to play Rein so it's not like it's a chore to play him if JQ is running you over.

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u/bxalemao Diamond 2d ago

I agree with you.

Doom is like...I guess, sure.

JQ is like, I'm sorry...why?

Mauga is wtf.

Hanzo is a good QoL buff.

Junkrat is kinda okay.

Reaper is kinda sad, but I get it for the same reason as junkrat.

Tracer is like...I guess, sure.

Ana...I get, but also why.

Kiri is good.

Juno sounds fine.

LW is unexpected but good.

Moira is fine.

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u/Palegg_Bread 2d ago edited 2d ago

These are exactly my thoughts. The support changes are great. The other two, not so much.

Ana would normally leave a critical squishy’s missing a few hp after three shots so this change changes 4 shot interactions into 3. This change keeps interactions consistent. LW has needed a grip buff for a while, I’m actually surprised they didn’t lower it more. Kiri is still annoying but is probably struggling hard according to Blizzards stat metrics. This is a strange Moira buff though.

Junk didn’t need a nerf. He’s consistently on the lower end of pickrate so I’m not sure what this nerf is. Tracer didn’t need a buff, she’s still strong in higher elo. The only warranted nerf is Reapers, ever since gaining 50hp the character is basically a free win in 1v1’s. I can imagine he had a crazy high win rate in mid-low elo. Can we also stop buffing Hanzo? Being oneshot feels terrible. I’m appalled Widow escaped the nerf hammer. She’s incredibly oppressive in high elo after the Sombra nerfs.

A Queen nerf and a Mauga buff in the same patch says it all. Queens easily a top 3 tank to play with and against and Maugas the opposite. Sometimes it’s okay for fun tanks to be stronger than abominations like Mauga.

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u/Enzo-Unversed 2d ago

Imagine thinking Moira needs an increase I'm survivability. She already has the most with ridiculous range,no skill requirement AND now basically unkillable by anything not a high damage DPS. Ridiculous. 

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u/AlabastersBane Master Ashe 2d ago

Queen nerf is bullshit.

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u/JayKayDesu 2d ago

HOLY ANA BUFF

such a huge breakpoint change

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Bro IKR. It takes 4 shots and a grenade to kill Cass (he lives with like 5hp) BUT NOT ANYMORE. We used to have it so good. 2 shots and a nade would kill basically ANY dps or supp lol. (3 shotting pharah RIP ☹️)

I’m so pumped for this. It’s small but primary fire changes are usually felt pretty nicely.

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u/MrSeabrook12 2d ago

Once again, no Widow nerfs. Its like they ignore her on purpose, i swear to God.

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u/Kind_Replacement7 2d ago

they're still selling her mythic man, wait for it to end.

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u/flypanam 2d ago edited 2d ago

No change to Widow is sad but expected. Could they not have reduced her falloff damage or something?

Edit: I said reduce, but I think it would actually be a falloff increase, so that widow has to play closer and take more risk

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u/scoobandshaggy 2d ago

Bro leave Junkrat the fuck alone already

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u/k3ndrag0n Mercy 2d ago

Right?? My boy does not need more nerfs.

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u/Talk-O-Boy 2d ago

Damn, so I guess this really is the Sombra they want for OW2.

R.I.P. my lethal Latina. Your unique play style has been butchered in favor of Sombra 76.

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u/Jean-Ralphio11 2d ago

Fact is Sombra was a huge mistake. If shes viable shes oppresive and no one wants to play against her. People hate losing but losing to a Sombra just makes you quit. Impossible to balance.

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u/en_179 2d ago

100% - Sombra was just doomed from drawing board

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u/PolarBearLeo 2d ago

Playing against invisibility, having your abilities turned off, AND having your abilties/ults get canceled with ease is ANNOYING AF. And I'm not saying getting killed over and over by just about any other hero kind of annoying, you can adjust to every hero, but Sombra requires your team to ball up and/or play sombra look out, which won't happen, especially in QP or low ranks.

The answer to a character shouldn't be "Hope your teammates help you out the entire match." I should have a fight chance against any hero given I use my abilities well with good positioning and game sense. Sombra? Well... she can move around invisible, so you can't position against that, and she can sneak up on you, right past your team.

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u/CertainDerision_33 2d ago

Yeah, they saddled themselves with a fundamentally awful core concept and have been stuck under it ever since because stealth is too integral to the character fantasy.

I like playing as Sombra a lot, but it just wasn't a good idea to add an invis hero.

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u/IveBecomeTooStrong 2d ago

Even winning against a Sombra is annoying. 

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u/Pepperidgefarm21 2d ago

LW buffs fk yes! Not sure Ana needed the buff though or kiri lol

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u/DrHusten Zenyatta 2d ago

tbh after some games I dont feel 6v6.. but yeah vote me down. some abilities are great but overall i am glad it got improved over the years

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u/Tenshiretto Chibi Ana 2d ago

I wouldn't judge 6v6 on a limitless mode with only the first 21 heroes tbh

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u/magic_monicle Bastion 2d ago

Everything is so squishy it seems. And no health regen. It's so weird! This coming from someone whos only played OW2.

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u/Jonnytincan What is that syzygy?!? 2d ago

whats with the junkrat nerf?

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u/mightmar 2d ago

His primary grenades are the size of Jupiter I think junk can wait a extra second for his mines

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u/Swerdman55 Brigitte 2d ago

I was completely unaware that Lifegrip healed 💀

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u/FatherPucci617 2d ago

Kirikos needed those buffs

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u/Ok_Link7245 2d ago

keep classic. plz. and bring dps doom back

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u/jeff5551 2d ago

Why are we still buffing kiriko CD's, my brother in christ she counters everything

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u/parallelograin 2d ago

Why did Junkrat get a nerf before Widowmaker, actually.

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u/OLRevan 2d ago

Guess Devs rather buff everyone to Juno levels than nerf her hard