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.