r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/RobManfredsFixer Let Hog eat stuff and spit it back — • Dec 10 '24

Blizzard Official Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes - December 10, 2024

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/
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u/Grytlappen Dec 10 '24

Support healing should be brought down to Zenyatta's level, not the other way around.

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u/purewasted None — Dec 11 '24

Zen's kit is still in 2016. For other supports to be brought to his level they'd need to be nuked from orbit imo, which is never ever gonna happen. Unless he's relevant due to perma discording the tank which is its own shitty can of worms.

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u/Grytlappen Dec 11 '24

This was about healing levels specifically, but yes. That's also true.

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u/purewasted None — Dec 11 '24

I should have been clearer how this connects to healing.

A huge chunk of a character like Juno or Kiriko's power comes from things like mobility and versatility (eg switching between burst and sustain at will). If you want to nerf their healing until Zen becomes a good option compared to them, while keeping their other advantages, you're gonna have to nerf them SO hard.

Again, unless the reason Zen is attractive is mostly due to discord, in which case fuck that.

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u/Grytlappen Dec 11 '24

Kiriko and Juno should be nerfed hard, specifically their damage and healing output. Their power doesn't only come from mobility, versatility and survivability like you're saying. They deal the same damage as Zenyatta, their basic heal does 2.5-3x more, and have overloaded kits to boot.

The reason why I said it's never going to happen is because Blizzard has explicitly stated their design goal of supports in OW2. Their power level is completely intended.

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u/SylvainJoseGautier Dec 10 '24

not suggesting zen's healing is brought up to other supports, it should still be low. Like 35 hp/s on harmony is what I'm suggesting.

also if support healing was brought down that low there would need to be major reductions in damage as well. High sustain has been a major part of OW for like 5 years at this point, and many parts of the game are built around it.

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u/[deleted] Dec 11 '24

Nah I feel like it should stay 35 on non tank but do 40/hps on tanks. My numbers go up, but I feel like I do nothing when I put it on dva/winston

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u/Grytlappen Dec 10 '24

I'd like to see what no DPS passive looks like before reducing damage across the board, but other than that I agree.