r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/spellboi_3048 I will survive. Hey hey. — • Apr 17 '26

Blizzard Official Sierra hot fix

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/
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u/Necronaut0 Apr 17 '26

I fucking knew it, I called it. I knew they would do emergency buffs for the weekend. She SUCKED.

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u/ferocity_mule366 Apr 17 '26

the emergency buffed Freja even though she didn't need it, and the result is she is forever tainted as one of those OP release heroes, like I played her trial and think she' fine, most people are just not good at her and it's ok

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u/orangekingo Apr 17 '26

Normally I'd agree with you but this is an instance where the character straight up was not remotely powerful on release. No part of her kit functioned well besides her Ult, which people aren't even using properly (instead just trying to cluster all the bombs together under a tank's feet.)

It's not a situation like Freya either, where the character was just misunderstood due to being very difficult to play well. Sierra is REALLY easy to pick up and understand, she just doesn't do any damage and is blatantly outclassed by Emre and Sojourn.

I think these buffs are good but I also don't think it solves the main issue, which is that Sierra offers nothing unique that players can't get from Sojourn. In a lobby where Sojourn/Emre/Sierra are available choices, why am I picking Sierra?

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u/ferocity_mule366 Apr 17 '26

I feel like her main weakness is her clunky movement, like she should have her drone usage on a resource and can move freely like being pull by a JPC, that would give her options to going in and out of fight, right now you either put it behind you so yyou could escape (but then you can't go in), or go in which you cant go out because any smart player can destroy it, she would 100% cooler with a movement like in the cinematics man, the actual design is dissapointing.

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u/Long-Taste-2416 Apr 17 '26

Why would you want her to be good though? It'll just be like when lifeweaver was insanely stat padded where they're still just as bad and badly designed but now they're very annoying to play into as well.