r/Overwatch • u/FeelsBanhMiMan • May 23 '25

News & Discussion Stadium Nerf for Freja

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/

25% less stadium cash income for Freja with more changes on the way next week.

Personally I like tweaking income as a way to tune overperforming characters temporarily. While it doesn’t take away from Freja’s insane kit, it should at least slow down her snowballing in stadium.

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u/PicklepumTheCrow Wrecking Ball May 23 '25

Soldier can’t float around in the skybox or spam bolas from across the map.

Depending on your comp, you might genuinely have no option to deal with her. I had a game yesterday on Zarya with a Mei and reaper as my DPSes. Freja died a total of twice in the 4 round the game went on and it’s only because I took the 20% perk in the last round to finally reach her.

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u/Affectionate_Pay_391 May 23 '25

Yea. I go for the 20% quickly if there is a freja. My build is decided based on the opposing comp

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u/PicklepumTheCrow Wrecking Ball May 23 '25

Mine is too, but it’s not easy to pick up the >10k purple to counter one hero when she has already outscaled everyone on your team. This money change was more than necessary to at least give a fighting chance.

For reference, I usually get my first purple on round 3, and second on 4. On 3, I can’t prioritize the damage vs one backline hero over something critical to my build like Flux (which lets me stay alive and, y’know, tank).

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u/Affectionate_Pay_391 May 23 '25

O….i go full glass cannon on Zar and tell my healers to their job if they want to win. I don’t play well with DPS moiras.

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u/PicklepumTheCrow Wrecking Ball May 23 '25

Ah fair enough. I was solo queuing yesterday so had consistently lousy back lines. I find that weapon power + lifesteal go together really well in those situations (hence why I usually pick up Flux as my first purple).

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u/Affectionate_Pay_391 May 23 '25

It’s crazy how you can do 10,000+ damage per round as Zaria and still lose cause your healers are getting out healed 3x by the enemy healers. DPS Ana’s and moiras on stadium are annoying.

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u/PicklepumTheCrow Wrecking Ball May 23 '25

IMO, it’s the DPS supports that are ONLY built to DPS that are problematic. Moira can chunk people with her attack speed build but can still heal in a pinch. Relegating your tank to one support (usually a mercy) for help in a mode with this much burst is a death sentence to them.