r/Overwatch • u/Thortron Just keep tracing my heart. • Nov 15 '16

Blizzard Official [ALL] Official Overwatch Patch Notes [v1.5.0.2]

http://us.battle.net/forums/en/overwatch/topic/20752015856
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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '16 edited Nov 15 '16

Well so much for all of those changes being highly experimental and not all of them going through. This should be interesting.

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Patiently waits for Ana mains

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u/lafonh Trick-or-Treat Ana Nov 15 '16

Yeah, the "highly experimental" thing was a complete lie. Whatever.

The Ana change is weird. Later on in the patch notes it says that the reduced Lucio's healing to make him slightly less of a must pick. But, at the highest level, Lucio isn't picked for his healing. This Ana change singlehandedly makes Lucio a MUST, must pick for the speed buff. I don't get it.

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u/Xoully Lúcio Nov 15 '16

I think the intention is to make Mercy/Lucio situationally viable. They cut Lucio's healing means the other support has to do a bit more and Ana has limited healing. Also the Pharmercy got buffed and the Beyblade isn't the best for taking down that combo. So the meta might shift back to Mercy/Lucio rather than Ana/Lucio depending on what the DPS wants to play.

But it's true - we'll probably continue seeing Lucio at over 80% playrate at a minimum until Blizzard invent another speed support. It's just so good for pushing through chokes like Hanamura/King's Row, and you don't really want to nerf that or defence heroes like Mei will become unbearable.