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She lives in Massachusetts with her cat, Puppy, and dog, Major. She's a Zenyatta main who'd rather be playing D.Va.","url":"https:\/\/dotesports.com\/author\/nicole-carpenter"}]}},"raw_content":"While Blizzard is out spreading holiday cheer across Overwatch, the team slipped in some major balance adjustments that will surely impact the current meta. Primarily, there\u2019s one massive hero balance patch that\u2019s been pushed live from the test server that\u2019s adjusted numbers on a bunch of heroes. Bastion, Doomfist, McCree, and Brigitte are among the heroes getting tweaked in the update. But the most glittering change is to Ashe's ultimate, B.O.B., who's now solid gold when Ashe's golden weapon is equipped. Here\u2019s a breakdown of the changes. Bastion Bastion needed an \u201coffensive boost,\u201d according to Blizzard. He\u2019s received a bump from 25 to 35 for ammo in Configuration: Recon mode, with Configuration: Sentry\u2019s weapon spread decreased by up to 33 percent while firing. The changes should make the weapon more effective at longer ranges, and balance out some of Bastion\u2019s inherent vulnerability tied to size and speed. Brigitte Brigitte and her Shield Bash are contentious. Overwatch players have been vocal about their distaste for crowd control abilities, and Shield Bash is one of the ones that kicked off the discussion. It\u2019s really strong, and this adjustment makes it so Shield Bash won\u2019t crash through or stun targets through barriers. \u201cBrigitte\u2019s Shield Bash is a strong ability that often feels difficult to counter,\u201d Blizzard wrote in the patch notes. This change will offer new options for counter play, enabling shield tanks to better protect themselves and their teammates.\u201d Her Shield Bash also had its damage reduced from 50 to five, with the Inspire passive abilities\u2019 cooldown reduced to one second and the duration increased to six seconds. Total healing has been upped to 100. The increase in healing output is to make up for the major nerf to Shield Bash\u2019s strength. Doomfist Doomfist\u2019s nerf targets his advantage at long-range, which allows him to get in and out of battle very fast. Blizzard\u2019s decreased the range of his Seismic Slam ability from 20 meters to 15 meters. Rising Uppercut aerial impact has been nerfed, too, knocking the loss of air control duration lowered to .6 seconds from three seconds. \u201cDecreasing the range of his targeted aerial version of Seismic Slam requires him to get closer before engaging an enemy and makes it slightly harder for him to escape from combat,\u201d Blizzard wrote. \u201cThe loss of air control on Rising Uppercut was a frustrating mechanic for players, but it allowed Doomfist to set up combos. We\u2019ve found a decent middle ground by limiting the time Doomfist has to line up his next move.\u201d The last Doomfist adjustment is to Meteor Strike, which had its inner ring damage reduced from 20 meters to 15. The outer ring damage was decreased from 300 to 200. McCree McCree got a buff to his Peacekeeper gun, upping its alternate fire damage to 55 from 45. Blizzard said his Fan the Hammer ability wasn\u2019t a reliable option against high-health heroes. Increasing the damage it does will make it stronger at close-range, like it should be. Torbj\u00f6rn Torbj\u00f6rn\u2019s rework did a lot to change the hero, but there\u2019s still more to be done. The adjustment here is for Molten Core, increasing damage from 130 to 160 per second. The Molten Core lava pools weren\u2019t threatening enough to deter enemies since the damage was too low, Blizzard said. 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He\u2019s received a bump from 25 to 35 for ammo in Configuration: Recon mode, with Configuration: Sentry\u2019s weapon spread decreased by up to 33 percent while firing. The changes should make the weapon more effective at longer ranges, and balance out some of Bastion\u2019s inherent vulnerability tied to size and speed. Brigitte Brigitte and her Shield Bash are contentious. Overwatch players have been vocal about their distaste for crowd control abilities, and Shield Bash is one of the ones that kicked off the discussion. It\u2019s really strong, and this adjustment makes it so Shield Bash won\u2019t crash through or stun targets through barriers. \u201cBrigitte\u2019s Shield Bash is a strong ability that often feels difficult to counter,\u201d Blizzard wrote in the patch notes. This change will offer new options for counter play, enabling shield tanks to better protect themselves and their teammates.\u201d Her Shield Bash also had its damage reduced from 50 to five, with the Inspire passive abilities\u2019 cooldown reduced to one second and the duration increased to six seconds. Total healing has been upped to 100. The increase in healing output is to make up for the major nerf to Shield Bash\u2019s strength. Doomfist Doomfist\u2019s nerf targets his advantage at long-range, which allows him to get in and out of battle very fast. Blizzard\u2019s decreased the range of his Seismic Slam ability from 20 meters to 15 meters. 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While Blizzard is out spreading holiday cheer across Overwatch<\/em>, the team slipped in some major balance adjustments that will surely impact the current meta. Primarily, there\u2019s one massive hero balance patch that\u2019s been pushed live from the test server that\u2019s adjusted numbers on a bunch of heroes.
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Bastion, Doomfist, McCree, and Brigitte are among the heroes getting tweaked in the update. But the most glittering change is to Ashe’s ultimate, B.O.B., who’s now solid gold when Ashe’s golden weapon is equipped. Here\u2019s a breakdown of the changes.<\/p>