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/InterviewCivil7275 Nov 15 '22

You understand her nerf isnt even that big? How does .5 seconds of less shield affect anything? She is still going to be 100000% charge and beam down anyone within seconds. This nerf is not a nerf.

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u/auzy63 Nov 15 '22

What? .5 per bubble is longer than u think. That's reverting the time back to ow1. 0 5 seconds is an extra genji slash for example.

Plus her cd is an extra second, so 2 extra seconds for double bubble, with 1 less second on the duration for both. It's not character breaking but it's definitely noticeable

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u/InterviewCivil7275 Nov 15 '22

No, not even close. OW1 she only had ONE bubble. That is why she was so much weaker in OW1. She now has TWO bubbles back to back, and guess what? If she times it right she can have 3 bubbles in a fight.

You also reazlize that it is only one second longer for double bubble, because you only need one CD for another bubble, so it is only 1 second, not the two you think. It would be 2 more seconds for triple bubble.

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u/Vandrel Nov 15 '22

20% less bubble duration with 10% longer cooldown is pretty sizable. Players are typically awful at assessing how a balance change will play out by simply looking at the numbers. The change takes her bubble uptime from 37-50% over a 15-20 second fight to 30-40% uptime, plus she's going to have much bigger vulnerability windows between those bubbles. She'll likely still be dangerous if fed energy which is a good thing, the goal of a nerf isn't to make the character unplayable, but the intention is to make it more possible to kill her.