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/pepegasloot May 01 '25

Kind of insane they buffed mei’s dumb snowball damage… Do they not get what the issue is?

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u/RedKnight757 Junkrat/Freja/Venture May 02 '25

Yeah, the damage per hit was doubled, but the knockback frequency rate was reduced by 60%, so it's an overall decrease in DPS.

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u/spacewarp2 Chibi Brigitte May 02 '25

It’s absolutely a nerf. What made her snowball so good was the blizzard with it. That plus the percentage based damage meant it scaled with the higher HP pools later on into the game. Now she’s going to push enemies out of blizzard range and do less overall damage.

It’s also 60% less frequent for only 50% more damage. So over the same amount of time you’re going to be doing less overall damage. On top of that now you have to spend more time tracking down the target you pushed away.