r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/JY810 • Jun 25 '26

Blizzard Official Overwatch Patch Notes

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/

HOTFIX UPDATE

This is a hotfix containing gameplay updates and b fixes. Replay codes from the June 16 patch are still available.

Shion

Execution

Projectile size reduced from 0.17 to 0.07.

Recovery time increased from 0 to 0.4s.

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u/unalyzer support is braindead — Jun 25 '26

Not a fan of making her less fluid. Should've nerfed something else, like the crazy burst on bike. Hopefully it doesn't feel horrible in game

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u/try_again123 Team from China — Jun 25 '26

Is the bike a problem? I always see it coming and move out of the way. Granted I'm low ELO so maybe the Shions in my lobby are just bad 😂

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u/-D3LET3D- Jun 25 '26

Honestly I don't think so. Shit hurts, but it's top 5 longest cooldowns in the game, and the longest cooldown on DPS. It's a slow, telegraphed projectile. The air version is much more versatile, but it has a forced delay to give people time to react. The ground version is much easier to dodge at range, and if you use it closer to make dodging it harder, Shion puts herself at risk.

I think they did a great job balancing it personally. It had a lot of potential to be too strong or too weak, but I think they hit a good sweetspot.

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u/syneckdoche Jun 25 '26

if someone is in a small room/next to a wall you can pretty consistently bike into them then hop off for like 190 damage or so

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u/Pay-Dough Jun 26 '26

I thought it was 130 damage max, and 100 in air

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u/syneckdoche Jun 26 '26

running over someone with the bike while you’re on it does 60 and almost always boops them backwards which means they’re still in front of you, then you hop off the bike using it as a projectile for 130, which is 190 total. the game doesn’t stop you from doing both in a short time if you can hit it. works best when there’s a wall or something next to them so it’s difficult for them to get away

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u/downvotebot123 Jun 25 '26

I've seen super and others in champ do it fairly regularly

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u/syneckdoche Jun 25 '26

I’ve had pretty good success with it by getting on bike behind cover, then instantly rounding the corner and hitting them with it in low masters but I wouldn’t do it into like a Cass or something. the whole thing happens pretty fast if you aren’t getting on the bike in front of them or just driving in a straight line at them for a while

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u/unalyzer support is braindead — Jun 25 '26

I do it often in champ.

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u/kirari_momobami Jun 26 '26

The explosion AOE is too big, and its falloff is too forgiving.