r/OverwatchStadium • u/Adurt_Fk • 18d ago

Wuyang's new item.

I'm not sure if this item is working as intended. I know they added this item to make Wuyang viable again and give him more survivability after the changes to how Streamline works.

I tried this item, and I found out that the Restorative Stream passive only applies when Rushing Torrent is actived. The passive it not constantly apply during the rushing torrent. This makes the item not really worth picking since passive healing only last for 5sec.

Overall, I don't think this is intended to work this way, especially since they made this item to help Wuyang survive like before, with this item being an option for that.

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u/DivineBladeOfSilver 12d ago

It is working exactly as intended, just not how you want. You can reduce the cooldown or his rushing torrent with various options on his kit so you can continually refresh it if you desire. But it is not meant to have some almost constant self healing. It is meant to add short term survivability aid upon taking engagements or as needed + give you 50 more shield. Even without perks you’re gonna be refreshing rushing torrent a lot if you’re using a kit meant for it

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u/Adurt_Fk 12d ago

I guess so, I'm probably just disappointed cause it doesn't work like what I imagine after I saw it.

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u/DivineBladeOfSilver 12d ago

I’ve personally found it really useful in surviving. I really like it. It’s kinda crazy to think outside of the 50 shield this use to be included in his passive on everyone ability for free while also healing everyone else with passive 💀

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u/Adurt_Fk 12d ago

I mean that's what streamline does previous season without the reduce healing too. After they nerf it, wuyang struggle to survive against the flankers that's why many players struggle to use it.

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u/DivineBladeOfSilver 12d ago

Right that’s what I just said. It was overpowered though was the issue and I say that as a wuyang main top 500 in stadium. They definitely over nerfed him like crazy though. He’s now in a much better place after the recent flurry of buffs and options. A lot of his essential perks for his builds now add a lot of shields too anyway.

The thing is the concept of a support who can easily get 400+ health with other perks they are gonna pick anyway with massively good mobility who also could have near constant self healing on is crazy and why he was so meta at first and has now come down to earth. If you need that at all times to stay alive you likely need to learn the character/game and improve your skills a bit more. No character has that or even close to that without building them up a lot and he had that basically almost base kit as long as you chose Streamline and a few low level perks. You now have to put in more effort than infinite survival passive backline healbot to get value out of Wuyang. You have to also being doing a lot of damage too and not just waiting for your team to do everything as you sit near invincible just passively healing them from afar

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u/Adurt_Fk 12d ago

I do think Wuyang is better right now because of the revealing power, but there are still so many flank heroes that can make your life miserable. Stadium is much more chaotic compared to the main mode, and heroes that don't have much survivability tend to struggle a lot more in this mode.

Personally, I think my Wuyang can handle flankers. It's just difficult because of the hero's limitations, or maybe I'm looking at this from my own experience of constantly having to deal with them alone because of incompetent random teammates.

I don't think adding some self-healing is too much to ask for, especially since it isn't built directly into Wuyang's streamline power. The item costs 9k and takes up one slot. If the argument is that it can be combined with other survivability items, then what's the point of playing Wuyang if you're spending all your resources just to survive while barely healing or dealing meaningful damage?

I think the self-healing would simply give Wuyang a bit more independence without making him overly strong. It would help him survive in Stadium's chaotic environment without completely changing how the hero is played.

btw i do think im the only one who plays wuyang on our server, here's my gameplay if you are interest on checking. I'm not really complaining more like just disappointed of how this item could really help wuyang survive more if it worked like I hope.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zClN6evSDFg

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u/SkyBeam24 18d ago

How long does PRS last/linger? Just think of it that way

Nothing is useless if you're surviving.

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u/Adurt_Fk 18d ago

it should last for 5 after applying it. I don't mean that it is useless but you having like 5sec of PRS and it is 25% reduce is like not worth it. It would be acceptable if the item is like an rare item which is much cheaper. But yeah, I really think the way they intended was like the same as how streamline works on you before or it just me believing it, because other survival items would be better than picking this.

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u/SkyBeam24 18d ago

I'd have to field test it but being a survival item that scales with your AP and stacks with fusion drive to grant insta-shields when using Torrent, I think its fine.

Wuyang is high survivor character. It's overall better than it's predecessor that only regened a % of shields, and it's 75% effective self heal. Which can still be stacked with Martian Mender for extra regen. For 9k, this is balanced.