Her Translocator ability, which allows her to teleport to where her beacon is located, will remain untouched. In this current iteration of the character, you're severely punished when you're. Soujorn, Solider, Tracer, Ashe, Echo, Reaper,etc, are absolutely destroying Sombra in raw DPS output. Its damage has been reduced from 8 to 7, but its spread has also been reduced by 20% to make it more accurate. As someone who's been a Sombra main for quite some time I'm having a very hard time competing in OW2 with other DPS classes. Instead, it can now deal 40% damage to enemies.įinally, Sombra’s machine pistol has been rebalanced as well. The rework takes away her EMP’s ability to affect enemy shields. Yet another significant change has to do with Sombra’s ultimate. On the other hand, Sombra can now Hack enemies even while in Stealth, although she will be visible for a short while when she does this. Sombra’s annoying ability lock will now last only 1 second instead of 5, and the duration for hacked health packs has been reduced from 60 seconds to only 30.Īs for her Stealth, Sombra’s detection radius has been doubled from 2 to 4 meters, but her fade-in time has been reduced by 50%. Of course, it can’t be all good for the hacker’s fans. Those 8 seconds may well be fatal for the poor target because, for the duration of the Hack, they take a massive 50% more damage than normal and can be seen through walls by Sombra’s entire team. Meanwhile, the effects of the Hack have been lengthened to 8. Overwatch 2 ’s new voice line for Sombra fits right in with what fans have seen of the character over the years, and it should get a laugh out of those listening to it for the first time.
Its cooldown has been shorted from 8 seconds to merely 3. Hacked targets are revealed to Sombra through walls for the entire duration. Hack disables abilities (similar to that in Overwatch 1). Hack lasts eight seconds but has two components. Significantly reduce cooldown (From 8 to 3 seconds). The first major change is the duration of her Hack ability. Here are all the changes to Sombra in Overwatch 2. By and large, Sombra is getting a massive buff as a Damage hero.