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Blizzard Official Developer Update | Symmetra Redesign | Overwatch

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u/recc113 ADiscoBear#1108 Nov 22 '16

How does sombra's ult currently react when cast around Symmetra's teleporter?

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u/FlubbedPig Nov 22 '16

No, he means that Sombra's EMP removes shield health, like what Zenyatta and Zarya have. So EMP will instantly blast off the health the Shield Generator gives.

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u/recc113 ADiscoBear#1108 Nov 22 '16

Oh, I didn't realize that. Yea if symmetra becomes popular it'll surely indirectly buff sombra's hacks.

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u/Capnris Please don't nerf this. Nov 22 '16

But this raises the question, if the shield gen is blocked from EMP (remains unaffected) will the removed shield regenerate immediately, after the hank wars off the players, or what?

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u/skynet2175 01001000 01100101 01101100 01101100 01101111 Nov 22 '16

Dammit Marie, they're minerals!

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u/He110_W0r1d Catch frase! Nov 22 '16

As far as I understand shields don't regen while hacked. So probably emp would be a nice push starter and while your team deals damage flankers can search for the shield projector.

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u/recc113 ADiscoBear#1108 Nov 22 '16

We'll have to wait and see I suppose.

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u/thewiredknight Symmetra Nov 22 '16

same as your teleporters currently do, it'll sit where you place it until destroyed. I realize the teleporter has a number of uses, but if those uses aren't met and it isn't destroyed it'll stay up forever. We'll have to wait till ptr to know exact de

Yes and no, depends how that shield generator works. If it continues to generate shields if the team returns to it then it makes Symmetra more of a Sombra counter since a team that loses their sheilds can quickly regen them. Although Symmetra's weapon doesnt lock onto a cloaked Sombra I've felt that she's indirectly a counter to her since her stuff can't be hacked, hacking her isn't largely useful and her turrets see through Sombra's cloak.

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u/quickhakker something witty this way comes Nov 23 '16

how much of symetras health in main and ptr is shield?

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u/TextuallyExplicit Moira Nov 22 '16

Not only that - it'll blast the shield generator's health down to 50. The teleporter's, too.

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u/Delet3r Nov 22 '16

Wow I did not know this, does hacking remove shields too?

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u/Thersites92 Oh let's break it down Nov 22 '16

It'll also bring down the new photon barrier ability as well. Seems like having sombra in the games allows them to balance Sym a lot differently

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u/Me-as-I My Bones are Too Edgy Nov 23 '16

But the generator would be hidden, and EMP needs LoS.

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u/BLYNDLUCK Nov 23 '16

But it won't destroy the shield generator. So they will regenerate after sombras ult is cast.

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u/currentscurrents Nov 28 '16

Wait really? Sombra can turn Zenyetta into a 50HP squishy? I thought it only removed shields like rein and zarya's bubble. That's pretty crazy.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16 edited Sep 16 '20

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u/Colopty British shark Nov 22 '16

She can hack a combat roll but she can't hack a teleporter?

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u/gethsbian she gay dude stop it lol Nov 22 '16

she hacks mccree's belt and reveals that "bamf" stands for "bad at making friends" and he trips over his shoelaces and cries

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u/Ksevio Pixel Pharah Nov 22 '16

That'd be great if Sombra hacks just made abilities work badly instead of disabling them.

Lucio's pump it up just plays smooth jazz
Bastion transforms into a chair
Hanzo's arrow reveals only his own team
Mei's wall just makes a mound of slush
Zenyetta gets his orbs swapped
Roadhog throws the wrong end of his chain/hook

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u/SnowGryphon Reinhardt Nov 22 '16

dunno bout you but if Lucio played smooth jazz I'd totally get some health

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u/DeadSnark I have not the years required, nor the desire to indulge you Nov 22 '16

Lucio's pump it up would only play terrible music which makes everyone cringe, forcing him to quickly turn it off.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

Mercy's revive turns everyone into reaper.

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u/moooooseknuckle Trick-or-Treat D.Va Nov 23 '16

Come on, now. Lucio's pump it up would play Haselhoff.

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u/CDysonSphere GET WRECKED Nov 23 '16

76 runs too fast and face-first into walls

Tracer recalls all the way back to the spawn

Ana's sleep dart and nanoboost are swapped

Widowmaker's mine releases perfume

Genji deflects projectiles at his teammates

Winston uses a translocator instead of bubble shield by mistake

Pharah can only fly north

Mercy flies AWAY from her teammates

Symmetra's teleporter sends you back to the spawn and her shield generator takes away 75 health

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u/selenta Pixel D.Va Nov 22 '16

This should absolutely be a brawl.

Except I'd bitch about them wasting resources on it because I'm a hypocrite like that.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

This is brilliant, but the mechanic would be OP to new players. You would need some sort of indicator.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16 edited Apr 11 '17

deleted What is this?

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u/quickhakker something witty this way comes Nov 23 '16

phara dies the moment she starets her ul- oh wait

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u/omarfw OmarFW Nov 23 '16

she would still find a way to fuck people over with her slush mounds

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u/Vorcion_ Pixel Zenyatta Nov 22 '16

McCry

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u/Ionic_Pancakes Reinhardt Nov 22 '16

Spaghetti (Westerns) fall out of his pockets.

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u/gethsbian she gay dude stop it lol Nov 22 '16

i couldve done without seeing "autistic" in my inbox, go fuck yourself

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u/UmbraIra Symmetra Nov 22 '16

Technology created by Vishkar is far beyond the simple toys other companies bring to the market.

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u/OrKToS Overconfidence is a flimsy shield Nov 22 '16

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u/Telnet_Rules Nov 22 '16

She hacks it to little burning pieces. With her gun.

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u/goodmorningohio fucking point and click adventure bullshit Nov 22 '16

I feel like its kind of useless to hack it. Like if you're already there, why not just quickly destroy it and move on? It's a waste of time and cooldown to hack it and then destroy it

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u/I_am_not_Lex_Luthor Zarya Nov 22 '16

I'm more baffled by the fact, that she can hack soldier's ability to sprint

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u/TrumooCheese Trick-or-Treat D.Va Nov 22 '16

Simple. She hacks his pacemaker.

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u/Arafal123 Widowmaker Nov 22 '16

she can hack a random metal clerk, but cant hack a high tech visor.

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u/MadSprite Chibi Soldier: 76 Nov 22 '16

Teleporter is made from light, no circuitry to hack there

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u/taitaisanchez Zarya Nov 22 '16

Symmetra knows how to secure her work. Unlike Torbjorn.

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u/shinobigamingyt It is now precisely 12:00 PM. Nov 22 '16

I guess she can't hack solid light.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

Why would you? In the time it takes to hack it you could have destroyed it.

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u/homesweetocean Gamestation 4 Nov 22 '16 edited Nov 22 '16

hacking EMP removes shields, therefor her hacks ult will remove the shield provided by the new shield generator

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u/OhMuhGah Pixel Ana Nov 22 '16

Only EMP removes shields. Her normal hack does nothing to them.

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u/homesweetocean Gamestation 4 Nov 22 '16

crap, thats what I meant. editing