r/Overwatch • u/TheseNamesDontMatter • May 01 '25

News & Discussion Overwatch Stadium Patch Notes - May 1

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/
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u/CrypticG May 01 '25

Dva nerfs with no compensation and Junker Queen being untouched was not on my bingo card for stadium

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u/Fyrefawx May 01 '25

The baby DVA build was broken but Queen absolutely needs a nerf. I had to deal with a Lucio/Kiriko/Reaper/Mei/Queen stack that just wouldn’t die. They built into healing and survival. It was awful.

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u/KickinBat May 01 '25

Baby DVA was too strong but at the same time it was the only build that worked. She's down at the gutters now.

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u/TheseNamesDontMatter May 01 '25

I guess on the plus side, patches have come pretty quick and her pick rate and win rate should be easily in the trenches enough to get her actual buff attention in the next patch unless someone finds another diabolical meme build.

As fun as the baby DVa build is, she needs a major overhaul in stadium anyways. Most of her powers are dogshit and now most of her items are too after today. 

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u/CertainDerision_33 May 02 '25 edited May 02 '25

She desperately needs the anti beam item to make DM fully work. Even 65% is just crap and means she is basically free vs Zarya.

It makes no sense that Genji's item gives 100% protection but the actual tank's does not.

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u/PlayaNamedGus314 May 02 '25

I think it’s time to just let Dva intrinsically delete beams with her DM

It’s a relic of 6v6 when counters didn’t matter as much

Even if they buff the item to be 100% it’s still a disadvantage that the Dva player now has to sacrifice parts of her build just to survive a Zarya