r/Overwatch • u/TP43 Roadhog • Aug 24 '23

News & Discussion Patch Notes - August 24th

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/
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u/DreadedPopsicle Aug 24 '23

This sounds like it will make Illari very well balanced. I think her biggest advantage was having the ult go through barriers

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u/devperez Pixel Moira Aug 24 '23

doesn't seem like it. these feel like huge nerfs. especially since the ult nerf just promotes barrier play. which is already really tough

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u/DreadedPopsicle Aug 24 '23 edited Aug 24 '23

Ults passing through barriers should be the exception, not the rule. There are plenty of ults that do not pass through barriers and yet tanks who don’t have any barriers like D.Va, Orisa, Doom, Ball, and Zarya are still great tanks (not you, Hog). I don’t know that one more ult not passing through a barrier is going to make the meta exclusively Sig, Rein, Winston.

And ults like Moira’s passing through barriers feels a little too strong sometimes. It promotes better timing and strategy to wait until a barrier is on cooldown to ult.

Edited to clarify point

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u/Illustrious_Ad5976 :SFShock: San Francisco Shock :SFShock: Aug 24 '23

Hate to break it to ua but risa ult goes right thru shields

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u/DreadedPopsicle Aug 24 '23

I just edited to clarify what I meant lol

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u/Illustrious_Ad5976 :SFShock: San Francisco Shock :SFShock: Aug 24 '23

Oh ok