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Mei was another victim of key changes in her kit. Her primary fire\u2019s slow effect was toned down in intensity and effect. Players will only be slowed between 20 and 70 percent of their base speed, instead of the previous iteration of 30 to 90. The duration of the slow effect was also watered down to one second from the previous 1.5, a reversal of a buff from 2018<\/a>.<\/p>
Doomfist is the last hero mentioned in the patch notes. The brawler\u2019s recovery time following his uppercut was increased to half a second from 0.2 second, which burdens the hero with a bigger delay before he can start to follow up on the uppercut. Even though nominally the change may appear insignificant, video evidence<\/a> makes it easier to visualize the difference. <\/p>
There is a degree of convergence between the Overwatch <\/em>community and Blizzard. A fanmade survey<\/a> evidenced that players believed Mei and Baptiste were in urgent need of a change. Immortality Field was largely named as the combat medic\u2019s most oppressive skill, while Mei\u2019s primary fire was the main controversy in her kit. Orisa and Hanzo also figured among the top results in the survey.<\/p>
Most nerfs were already teased by Blizzard over the course of the week. Changes to Mei<\/a> and D.va<\/a> were teased by Overwatch <\/em>developer Josh Noh on the Blizzard Forums, and Overwatch <\/em>game director Jeff Kaplan revealed<\/a> the tweaks to Baptiste\u2019s kit.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
