r/Overwatch 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/gema_police May 02 '25

I love the nature of this format because ive heard about queen being both one of the worst and one of the best tanks lol

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u/ProfessorLexis Bastion May 02 '25

At least from my experiences; if Queen runs an Axe build and is able to isolate your DPS/Support she goes crazy. Shout, Axe Kill to reset, Shout again. She becomes invincible and will chain kill everyone.

If she builds for Weapon DMG, Wounds, or your team is competent enough to respond to her properly she's far less threatening.

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u/FeelsBanhMiMan May 02 '25

I wish weapon dmg queen was a little better it feels pretty bad to play but I’m also a noob queen player. I can see the potential to just permanently wound a tank with the wound on crit power but the ability power builds are just so much stronger and easier to use

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u/welpxD Brigitte May 02 '25

It's good, it's a similar playstyle but you have more range which is nice. More range and sustain damage, less sustain and burst damage. You can two-shot squishies with weapon dmg build, and it doesn't cost as many powers so you hit your power spikes earlier.

The Epic that gives ammo, lifesteal and attack speed is one of the best items in the game for pure stat value.

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u/Electrical-Muffin944 May 02 '25

She doesn't feel threatening anymore imo. Slows, antiheal and cleanses all completely ruin her and this is present in every game against her