It's been a while, but we are getting another Overwatch patch. One that will change the meta quite a bit.
The last game patch we got was all the way back in Closed Beta. Because of the launch of the game, Blizzard wanted to give all new players enough time to get used to the mechanics and so on without issue. But, Blizzard has announced they will start updating the game again semi-regularly (not as frequent as during the beta). We've gotten word of the potential targets of changes in the past weeks, and today we found out what characters will soon be tweaked. Thanks to reddit user Summon528, and Blizzard Taiwan for releasing the patch notes:
McCree
- Alternate Fire damage reduced from 70 to 45 per shot
- In return, McCree will start reloading after an empty magazine slightly faster, by .45 seconds
Widowmaker
- Slightly lower base damage, 15 to 12
- More damage from headshots, around 25% more
- No more quickly hopping between scoped and non-scoped, players can only re-enter scoped mode after the unscoping animation has finished
- Infra-Sight was also nerfed, and now takes 10% more charge to load up
Mercy
- Mercy no longer charges her ultimate by boosting characters that are hitting shields, which will result in less frequent Resurections overall
The official English Patch Notes should go live soon, and we will update this article accordingly if need be.
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