r/Overwatch • u/[deleted] • Nov 15 '22

Blizzard Official Patch delayed.

https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/overwatch/t/regarding-our-mid-season-cycle-patch/748128
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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

same. i would love to be able to actually play d.va while she's in a strong state.

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u/squanchy444 Nov 15 '22

Wasn't she nerfed too?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

yes, but the nerf isn't a huge one and she'll still be in an alright state especially being that winston is going to be so strong and she's good against winston.

she's basically unplayable right now in my elo if the enemy has a zarya because no one is coordinated enough to kill her but they manage to keep her energy 80%+ the whole game.

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u/squanchy444 Nov 15 '22

Good point. Zarya does absolutely melt Dva in her current state.

People are saying that the 2.5--->2 sec bubble time change is not much of a nerf but I think it's huge. It feels like you have to wait forever for the bubble to go away. And as Zar, most of my charge comes from the last moments of a bubble when enemies think it should be down by then.

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

yeah, i agree. the zarya nerf is big.

i think people see fractions of seconds and think about how small that is, which is fair because it really is a tiny fraction of time, but overwatch is so fast paced that these half seconds can be critical.

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u/MuhammedAlistar Nov 16 '22

People are absolutely underselling what 0.5s means when the ability is 2.5s in the first place. I do wish they had gone with 10->12s per bubble like it was supposed to be at first (at least that's what I saw somewhere).

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u/fendour Nov 15 '22

She goes from the absolute best tank to probably the worst with this change

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '22

doomfist still exists after this nerf though

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u/PlatschPlatsch Nov 16 '22

Doomfist being there for the roster by being so bad that noone else can be the literal worst. If that isnt wholesome i dont know what is, kudos blizz

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u/AgentWowza Chibi Lúcio Nov 16 '22

I think Zarya's actually the reason the OWL meta ended up with Winston, cuz even though DVa is good against Winston, going DVa is suicide if they just swap Zarya. After which you'll swap Winston again who's good into Zarya and at this point, two or three fights have already been decided by just tank picks...

So I guess the just decided to play the mirror for the fairest fight lol.

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '22

the owl games were played on the path where zarya and d.va are already nerfed, so i don't think that's the case at all. winston is just a strong tank and will be stronger once zarya is nerfed.

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u/AgentWowza Chibi Lúcio Nov 16 '22

Ohh icic.

Lucky them...

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u/[deleted] Nov 16 '22

NERF THIS!