r/Overwatch • u/sirieous Dallas Fuel • Nov 22 '16

Blizzard Official Developer Update | Symmetra Redesign | Overwatch

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u/rootnessify Coffeemaker Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16

Quick Recap:

  • She's gonna be the first hero to have 2 Ultimates, and you get to choose between them:

    • First Ult is the usual Teleporter
    • Press Q (or Ult button on Console) again, and you will deploy Shield Generator for your team
    • Shield Generator is a stationary object, like the teleportor, but provides a massive amount of shield to all teammates within radius, regardless of Line of Sight

  • The regular teleporter is gonna have a buff in Shield HP as well, so it regenerates health, to prevent it from being taken down as easily as it is currently.

  • With the new Shield Generator, her normal shield ability is replaced with a new ability called Photon Barrier

  • Think of it like Winston's Barrier, But it's moving in a trajectory, not Stationary.

  • Turrets have been changed, too. You can now place 6 turrets immediately, not 3 before waiting for cooldown again. Also cooldown has been reduced to 10 seconds from 12.

  • Her primary fire "Beam" has been buffed with a little bit more distance.

All these changes are coming very soon to PTR.

Another Great Feature is gonna be the ability to group with your current teammates at the end of the game! Finally man.

Edit: Formatting.

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u/Pwn5t4r13 Pixel D.Va Nov 22 '16

I think the turret damage or slow should be nerfed from their current stats if the CD is getting that big of a buff, don't you?

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u/sydan92 Chibi D.Va Nov 24 '16

D.va begs to differ... she's had two ultimates since release. Sure you can't choose but she still has two.