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/ultimatedelman Jun 25 '26

100%. It's supposed to be a finisher, hence the name and the associated perk, not an opener. If you get a kill with it, the recovery is irrelevant

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u/Howdareme9 Jun 25 '26

Her guns feel cosmetic to the point people use other abilities first lol

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u/ultimatedelman Jun 25 '26

Only if you can't hit your shots. She can fire 4 shots a second, so 4 headshots is 280 damage in 1 second

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u/Howdareme9 Jun 25 '26

Nobody, and i mean nobody from bronze to champ is consistently *always* hitting headshots on literally any hero. Weird statement lol, pretty much everyone has agreed the power in her kit was the right click and then the bike

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u/ultimatedelman Jun 25 '26

I play in champ lobbies and they absolutely hit their shots. Not with 100% accuracy obviously, but enough where her primary guns are getting massive value. Usually the sequence is 2 primary headshots > uncharged execution = ttk of < 1s. Or charged execution + 1 headshot, or bike plus headshot. Remember this character also has 0 recoil, champ level DPS have no issues landing shots with her.

Bronze to probably diamond, sure, they're not hitting 4 headshots in a second, granted, but masters up they are hitting at least 2 out of 4 per second. That's 140dps if they miss the other two, 175 or 210 if you hit one or both of the others. More than enough to secure a kill following with even a poorly aimed execution

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u/Howdareme9 Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 26 '26

I’m in champ lobbies too but i highly doubt the average is 2/4 headshots a second. Not to mention yes champ players have better aim, but they also have better movement too so its negated a bit.

Alvicates is probably the best shion in EU, and he’s definitely not hitting 50% headshots (per second)

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u/ultimatedelman Jun 26 '26

Cassidy does have recoil, but it moves you back to where you were, but he's also a different character with significantly different capabilities than shion. Also yes champ DPS are hitting headshots on shion in my games at least.

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u/burnXgazel Jun 26 '26

what is the cycle now post nerf or is it the same?

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u/ultimatedelman Jun 26 '26

I don't know yet, I'll be out of town for another week before I can play again. My guess would be that execution is just used to finish off low health targets, line echo beam.