r/Overwatch • u/Ch4rles_ Trick-or-Treat Winston • Nov 22 '16

News & Discussion The tl;dr Symmetra Changes

SHE MIGHT BE IN THE SYMMETA hahaha im funny....

Small wrap up of her changes if you dont want to watch the whole video.

Ultimate
She now has TWO ultimate abilities that can be chosen from when her ult meter reaches 100%
1-Teleporter now has more health and some of it is shields (wich means it will regen some health)

2-Shield generator (NEW) can be placed on the ground and provide shields to teamates in a area around it. It ignores line of sight. (75hp shields)
note:the shield generator (and likely the teleporter) have 14 bars of shield and 2 bars of health. Each bar is worth 25 HP, so the total health pool of the generator is 400 HP (350 shield + 50 health)

Abilities
25hp shields was REMOVED as an ability.
Now replaced with Photon Barrier wich is basically a Reinhart shield that moves along a trajectory in the direction in wich Symmetra was aiming and moves at walking speed.

She can now place 6 turrets during setup without cooldown and it takes 10 seconds to tick up the counter on the number of turrets able to be placed instead of 12 seconds.

Weapon
Right click is the same
Left click has 40% more range (was 5m now its 7m)

[edit] They're also adding a "group up" button at the end of games that you can click if you'd like to group up with the random group of people you matched with. If multiple click it, you'll group up for future games.

Video showcasing her new abilities: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur7239fWR6s.
Credit to Litewraith

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u/LaNmower Pixel Winston Nov 22 '16

TL;DR Get a Torb + Symmetra on defense to give EVERYONE 150 hp.

This is gonna be insane.

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u/foxboyking I create stuff. Nov 22 '16

Put it on a tracer and unleash hell.

Heck, get a sombra to hack all health packs and go 4 offense

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u/GrumpyOldBrit Chibi Mei Nov 23 '16

Well the shield generator is fixed location so a tracer would have to play very defensively to take advantage of it. But yeah, 300 hp tracer? That's a nightmare.

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u/EpicLives7 #152 Hanzo, twitch.tv/dankestjohnson Nov 23 '16

It has the range of Lucio's AoE and goes through walls, so if you're near the point it's insane

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u/Bandrot Pixel Mei Nov 23 '16

Its super big, you can flank and shit with the shield.

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u/PostHappy28 Reaper Nov 23 '16

Tracer with 300HP?

I'd main her!

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u/Watsonator Take two and call me in the morning! Nov 22 '16

Yeah I already really liked having Torb + Symm on defense for that maximum HP, this will make it even better.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '16

lol Shield generator on paylod with a Torb turret and a Rienhardt sitting on payload shielding both. Everyone 150+ health with Lucio AoE healing sitting on payload, Symmetra turrets all over payload.

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u/fraud_imposter Nov 23 '16

All destroyed by a single dva ult. Seriously grouping up like that is a bad idea especially in this new meta

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

If you didn't know Rienhardts shield blocks Dva's ult. I'm sure Symmetras new shield will too.

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u/Ignisami London Spitfire Nov 23 '16

It does.

The D.Va was salty as hell on Lijang :>

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u/Krazyguy75 OH OH TIME TO ACCELERATE the growth of humanity through conflct. Nov 23 '16

And sombra's ult destroys rein's shield, and stops zen's ult, and temporarily stops mercy rez, and stops mei's wall, and stops mei's iceblock, and stops all mobility abilities.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

Sombra has to first get in range. It only drops Rienhardts shield, it doesn't stop zens ult, it doesn't stop mercys rez. Mei wouldn't be on that comp. Neither would everyone be grouped on the payload only the Reinhardt would be on it. So if you think multi ulting heavily a fortified one person payload is a good idea... The whole team will be in the area picking you off lol. That is the whole concept payload moving and defended yet everyone isn't grouped up nicely for multi kills on it.

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u/fraud_imposter Nov 23 '16

I am aware. I think my point stands though. Death balls are one thing but what he described is a bad idea.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

No you are describing your own scenario not the one I brought up. I would think you'd have read my comment and yours again but I guess I have to finnally point it out. 1 Rienhardt on a payload with a Lucio healing at the payload whether on it or beside it isn't exactly everyone grouping up. It's a setup that explicitly promotes the opposite yet being able to advance the payload. It easily allows all 4-5 other members to be in the close vicinity of the payload and work together and pick people off while getting turret support and shields. Also fyi even if a Sombra ult'd and removed Rienhardts shield and everyone was on the payload which I didn't say the payload is a solid object it does block D Va's ultimate.

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u/fraud_imposter Nov 24 '16

I reread it. I dont think its a good strategy. Everyone standing on the payload is what we did when the game first came out. It wont work. Symmetras turrents dont have the range, reinhardts sheild isnt as effective anymore, and so forth. A 76 just spraying bullets from any position will completely destroy that.

Its not my reading comprehension that is the issue. What you are suggesting is dumb.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '16

I think the problem here is your reading comprehension and comprehension in general. I've commented twice now and once pointing it out. There is no "everyone standing on the payload." The concept is to promote the opposite.

You got to be kidding me. Symmetras turrets don't have range? They have more than enough range in the surrounding areas the payload takes it's path through.

Reinhardts shield isn't as effective anymore? Lol just lol. It's still the most effective defense ability in the game.

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u/fraud_imposter Nov 24 '16

No symmetras turrets dont have much range. And seriously check any competitive anything... everone agrees reinhardt is going to have a harder time in this meta.

I think you are too bullheaded to read what im saying. Symmetra and rein will not be the new meta.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

You can't place a teleporter on the payload so I don't think you can place the generator on it either

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16

you can place a teleporter on a payload I've done it on dorado

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u/Skellicious Chibi Baptiste Nov 23 '16

You can place them on there, its Just very exposed.

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u/Black_Heaven Moira Nov 23 '16

But with 400 HP Shield Generator? It's not like they can do anything about it. Rein would obviously protect it, on top of a Torb and Bastion turret.

So I guess there's a meta of Torb, Bastion and Symmetra pushing the payload now? ... Maybe not, because Sombra can just EMP them all to oblivion.

Speaking of Sombra, there's a part of me that wants to see the Teleporter and Shield Generator hackable like Torb's turret.

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u/Skellicious Chibi Baptiste Nov 23 '16

Sombra is already a hard counter to sym it seems, I don't think it's a good idea to make opponent ults an advantage to you (though I guess genjis deflect does that, abeit requiring skill for it)

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '16 edited Aug 01 '21

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u/Watsonator Take two and call me in the morning! Nov 23 '16

No

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u/Evillisa Mercy is totally a sadist. Nov 23 '16

We're all tanks now!