When I first noticed Reaper, I believed “that’s the Overwatch shootyman for me”. If you look previous the entire ‘try-hard 13 year old’s model of cool’ deal, you’ll see a stupidly excessive DPS murderer who can teleport and turn into briefly immortal. But then in case you appeared previous that, you’d realise the teleport was sluggish and left you achingly weak, which meant it wasn’t a lot use in a combat. No extra!
Thanks to yesterday’s buff, Reaper’s teleport takes practically half as lengthy, makes you invulnerable when you materialise, and retains working in case you get knocked again. AND it’s acquired a barely shorter cooldown. I’m a fan.
The replace went reside alongside the Storm Rising co-op event, which runs till May sixth.
The patch additionally makes Junkrat’s bombs bounce much less however explode sooner, and lets Symmettra place her teleporter over breakable objects. But not one of the different patch notes matter to me*.
I’ve performed one game with nouveau Reaper, and I already see fights with him differently. He all the time had the instruments to sneak up on teams and dish out unseemly harm, however these instruments weren’t incredible at letting him escape. Now that his Shadow Step is a lot sooner, you possibly can pull tips like ducking behind a nook and shortly teleporting to the opposite aspect of the road. I’ve managed that exactly as soon as earlier than, pre-buff (a lot to the shock of each me and my pursuer), however within the game I simply performed I escaped ten conditions in a row utilizing related shenanigans. The buff has turned an easy ambush character right into a trickster, and I couldn’t be happier.
Well I may, as a result of Shadow Step now will get interrupted by Zarya’s Graviton Surge and Junkrat’s Steel Trap. I’m additionally a bit disenchanted you possibly can’t soar off one thing after which activate Shadow Step – you possibly can solely teleport mid-air if somebody begins punting you round after you press the button. But that’s superb. One of my favorite games simply tweaked a personality to be basically extra suited to my tastes. This is an effective Wednesday.
Reddit person “itsjieyang” has put collectively a handy visual demonstration.
*Apart from the bug repair that addresses “an issue with the steam not rising correctly from Ana’s cup in the Tea Time emote”. I’m stunned nobody seen the game wasn’t playable, tbh.
