Blizzard Leisure rolled out a brand new patch for Overwatch 2 on Tuesday that can put an finish to Roadhog’s capacity to one-shot kill his opponents, because of some substantial nerfs to his Chain Hook and Scatter Gun. That’s excellent news for gamers weary of being on the receiving (aka dying) finish of a profitable Roadhog hook, however it’s additionally not the one change that Blizzard has deliberate for the tank.
New changes to Roadhog’s Chain Hook and Scatter Gun are “simply the primary steps in the direction of an even bigger rework,” Blizzard stated on Twitter. “Count on extra modifications to Roadhog’s package quickly.” For now, listed here are the modifications intimately:
Chain Hook
Affect injury diminished from 30 to five
The enemy remaining place distance from Roadhog after being pulled elevated from 3 to 4 meters
Scrap Gun
Injury per pellet diminished from 6.6 to six
Restoration time diminished from 0.85 to 0.8 seconds
Reload time diminished from 2 to 1.75 seconds
Most ammo elevated from 5 to six
Overwatch builders stated that the change to Roadhog, who has been a part of the roster since launch, “purpose[s] to scale back the frustration of dying in a single shot instantly after being hooked and pulled.” The combo’s impact is now “extra depending on particular hero matchups and the way the hooked goal is ready to reply,” and squishier characters like Moira, Tracer, and Lucio could have a greater probability to reply or escape to security with the change.
Different modifications in Tuesday’s replace to Overwatch 2 embrace a nerf to Orisa’s Fortify capacity, which has its well being bonus diminished from 125 to 75, and Kiriko’s Therapeutic Ofuda, which Blizzard says has a mean therapeutic output that’s too excessive. The hope, Blizzard stated within the recreation’s newest patch notes, is that Kiriko gamers will weave in additional injury output, utilizing her kunai, alongside her therapeutic.
Blizzard can be tweaking Sojourn’s railgun, with power acquire now primarily based on hitting an enemy participant together with her main hearth, not damaging an enemy participant together with her main hearth. Blizzard says the tweak will “assist clean out Sojourn’s common Railgun cost time as a result of it gained’t profit as a lot from crucial injury or injury enhance talents. Hitting armored targets or different sources of injury discount will lead to faster power positive aspects than earlier than.”
Overwatch 2’s new patch is dwell on the Nintendo Change, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Collection X variations of the sport.
