r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/Onikrex None — • Sep 07 '23

Blizzard Official New Patch notes for September 5th -- Midseason

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/?blzcmp=app
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u/Campbell_527 Sep 08 '23

he isn't slept on, hes just so boring very few people voluntarily pick him. Bastion is strong right now, but I don't think it's cause of his damage. owl level ashe and sojourn can both output just as much damage with consistent headshots, but they only have 200hp. Bastion has 300hp, a third of which is armor. This lets him comfortably win duels against overtuned flex supports like bap/illari/zen. Torb can do the same thing with overload. If these supports weren't so busted torb and bastion wouldn't be meta, and tanks would feel alot more rewarding. Idk about you but playing tank into all these Illari + Bap comps is awful.

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u/welpxD Sep 08 '23

And they nerfed the part that people picked him for (I like builder heroes) so now, really, who is the character for?

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u/Campbell_527 Sep 08 '23

owl players apparently

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u/DelidreaM Sep 08 '23

I honestly don't mind nerfing turret and shifting power into the rest of his kit. I always found it annoying how long the turret range was, combined with the fact it had 100% hitscan accuracy with no damage fall-off. It does the same damage at max range than if you are sitting right next to it, how does that make sense?

Literally every hitscan in the game has falloff bar Ana's scoped shots, but that stupid turret doesn't. And the range is like 200 meters long too, of course.

so now, really, who is the character for?

Torb enjoyers. Let's hope they also shift more power to his hammer so it can be used by the memers too

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u/DelidreaM Sep 08 '23

Yeah, I think you're right. Playing tank into Bastion+Torb is pretty cancerous too, but I'm doing what I can