Kevin (he/him)

Let's shake things up! Sierra's Balance Hotfix is LIVE 🚨 - Trailblazer ultimate cost increased by 30%. - Helix Rifle damage per projectile increased from 7 to 9. - Tracking Shot damage per projectile increased from 7 to 9. - and more ✨ 📝: overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/pat…

New #Overwatch Balance Changes 🛠️ 🎼 Sigma Hyper Regeneration (Minor Perk): → Now restores barrier health only when damaging enemy heroes. Experimental Barrier: → (6v6) Maximum health reduced from 650 to 600. 🔮 Ramattra Ravenous Vortex: → Vengeful Vortex moved from Perk to baseline ability. → Projectile now explodes on contact with the ground. → Explosion can now be manually detonated while airborne. → Explosion damage reduced from 50 to 15. Prolonged Barrier (Minor Perk): → New Minor Perk. → Void Barrier duration and size increased by 25%. Vengeful Vortex (Major Perk): → Removed. Void Surge (Major Perk): → Moved from Minor to Major Perk. → Delay between bursts reduced from 0.75 to 0.6 seconds. 🛡️ Reinhardt Shield Slam (Minor Perk): → Added a custom setting allowing Shield Slam to be bound to Quick Melee, enabling free look while the perk is equipped. 🐽 Roadhog Scrap Gun: → Reload time increased from 1.5 to 1.75 seconds. Chain Hook: → Cooldown increased from 6 to 8 seconds. Invigorate (Major Perk): → Removed. Hogdrogen Exposure (Major Perk): → New Major Perk. → Take a Breather now heals nearby allies for 50% of its healing amount. 🦍 Winston General: → (6v6) Base health reduced from 350 to 325. (Total health including armor and shields reduced from 550 to 525.) Tesla Cannon: → Deals 50% increased damage to deployables. 🐹 Wrecking Ball General: → (6v6) Base health reduced from 475 to 450. (Total health including armor and shields reduced from 575 to 550.) 🪭 Anran Fan the Flames: → Impact damage increased from 5 to 6. Inferno Rush: → Impact damage reduced from 50 to 30. Dancing Blaze: → Now heals Anran for 50 health on the first target hit and 25 health for each subsequent target. Hungering Blaze (Major Perk): → Increases the healing of Dancing Blaze’s subsequent strikes by 25%. Perk Costs: → Minor Perk cost reduced by 7%. → Major Perk cost reduced by 5%. 🧨 Ashe Double Barreled (Minor Perk): → Time required to retrigger Coach Gun increased from 1 to 2 seconds. 🧢 Bastion Configuration Reload (Minor Perk): → No longer fully refunds cooldown. → Now reduces cooldown by 4 seconds. Armored Artillery (Minor Perk): → Overhealth degeneration reduced from 100 to 50 per second. Perk Costs: → Minor Perk cost increased by 10%. → Major Perk cost increased by 6%. 🔵 Echo Duplicate: → Can now duplicate allied heroes. Focused Rush (Minor Perk): → Range increased from 4 to 6 meters. 💥 Emre Siphon Blaster: → Added an accessibility option which allows players to hold Secondary Fire to automatically fire Siphon Blaster at a reduced fire rate. Heat Sink (Minor Perk): → Heat generated from direct hits reduced from 100% to 60%. 💣 Junkrat Mine Recycling (Major Perk): → Moved from Minor to Major Perk. → Eliminations with Concussion Mine restore one charge. Bomb Voyage (Minor Perk): → Moved from Major to Minor Perk. → Attack speed bonus reduced from 35% to 25%. 🚀 Pharah Hover Jets: → Bonus movement speed reduced from 40% to 30%. Barrage: → Pharah can now move while using Barrage. → Explosion damage reduced from 30 to 25. Drift Thrusters (Minor Perk): → Removed. Concussive Force (Minor Perk): → New Minor Perk. → Concussive Blast deals up to 50 explosion damage. 💀 Reaper Dire Triggers: → Moved from Perk to baseline ability. → Cooldown increased from 3 to 6 seconds. Trigger Finger (Major Perk): → New Major Perk. → Using an ability or reloading refreshes Dire Triggers’ cooldown. 🎖️ Soldier: 76 Sprint: → Can now reload while sprinting. → Reloading while sprinting reduces Sprint’s movement speed bonus by 50%, diminishing over the duration. → Added a custom setting allowing Sprint to cancel reload. Agility Training (Major Perk): → Removed. Full Stride (Major Perk): → New Major Perk. → Sprint’s movement speed bonus gradually increases by an additional 25% over 2 seconds. 👾 Sombra Stealth: → Movement speed bonus reduced by 50% while revealed by damage. Perk Costs: → Minor Perk cost reduced by 6%. → Major Perk cost reduced by 5%. ⏫ Tracer Perk Costs: → Minor Perk cost reduced by 10%. → Major Perk cost reduced by 7%. 🐺 Vendetta General: → Armor reduced from 100 to 75. Onslaught (Passive): → Movement speed per stack reduced from 4% to 2%. Palatine Fang: → Overhead swing bonus range reduced from 2.5 to 2.0 meters. Perk Costs: → Minor Perk cost reduced by 6%. → Major Perk cost reduced by 5%. 🕷️ Widowmaker Perk Costs: → Minor Perk cost reduced by 6%. → Major Perk cost reduced by 4%. 💉 Ana Biotic Grenade: → Cooldown reduced from 14 to 12 seconds. 🪛 Brigitte Barrier Shield: → Health increased from 250 to 300. Combat Medic (Minor Perk): → Cooldown refunded increased from 0.5 to 0.75 seconds. 😺 Jetpack Cat Frenetic Flight: → Acceleration reduced by 11%. 🛸 Juno Pulsar Torpedoes: → (6v6) Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds. Glide Boost: → Movement speed bonus reduced from 50% to 40%. 🪷 Lifeweaver Healing Blossom: → Maximum healing increased from 80 to 90. Rejuvenating Dash: → Healing increased from 45 to 55. Life Grip: → Now cleanses allies when pulled. Sow the Seed (Major Perk): → Cooldown reduced from 14 to 11 seconds. 🐸 Lucio Crossfade: → (6v6) Healing reduced from 20 to 18. Accelerando (Major Perk): → Gain 15% attack speed while Lucio's Speed Song is active, tripled during Amp It Up. 🦊 Kiriko Swift Step: → Teleport range reduced from 35 to 30 meters. Healing Ofuda: → Fire rate increased from 5 to 7 per second. ⛓️ Mizuki Remedy Aura: → (6v6) Minimum healing reduced from 5 to 4.5. → (6v6) Maximum healing reduced from 20 to 18. Kekkai Sanctuary: → No longer spawns if Mizuki is eliminated during the cast time. Katashiro Return: → Can now activate return while other animations are active, excluding Kekkai Sanctuary’s cast animation. → Movement speed bonus reduced from 35% to 30%. Perk Costs: → Minor Perk cost increased by 16%. → Major Perk cost increased by 10%. 🪽 Mercy Flash Heal: → Moved from Perk to baseline ability. → Cooldown reduced from 15 to 12 seconds. → Base healing increased from 50 to 60. → Healing multiplier on allies below 50% health reduced from 3x to 2x. Caduceus Staff: → Healing reduced from 60 to 55. Guardian Angel: → Launch speed reduced by 10%. Double Dose (Major Perk): → New Major Perk. → Flash Heal gains an additional charge but its base healing is reduced by 10%. 🌊 Wuyang Rushing Torrent: → Duration reduced from 4 to 3.5 seconds. 🦿 Zenyatta Orb of Discord: → (6v6) Damage amplification reduced from 30% to 25%. What do you think of the changes? 💭

@toulousemiaou @RangerJBlue @sren1ty_ @OWCavalry Kiriko isn’t “overtuned” tho, she literally has the LOWEST win rate out of all the supports