Overwatch patch 1.9 notes – new tank hero Orisa, Sombra buffs and Ana nerfs

Patch 1.9 will be going live for everybody on March 21. 

Original Story March 9, 2017: Overwatch patch 1.9 is now reside on the PTR. The headline information, after all, is a slight rollback on the controversial Bastion buff, in addition to the introduction of Orisa, a brand new Tank hero. Zarya’s additionally on the nerfing block. Read on for extra.

Overwatch Patch 1.9 Release Date

It’s reside now on the PTR and can be touchdown a while in direction of the top of March on reside.

“We’re leaving Orisa on the PTR for a short time,” stated recreation director Jeff Kaplan on the forums. “We’re getting nice suggestions and fixing a number of points.

“I do know this feels slightly longer than different PTR durations, however we predict it will likely be for the higher. We know the way anxious you all are to have Orisa be part of your ranks… and she’s going to quickly… however almost definitely she’s going to go reside later within the month slightly than this early.”

Kaplan says it is because they’re nonetheless tweaking issues similar to ammo depend within the new tank’s gun. They need to ensure that she feels proper earlier than she goes reside.

Overwatch Patch 1.9 New Hero – Orisa (Tank)

• Fusion Driver:
• Orisa’s fully-automatic cannon delivers sustained harm, however slows her motion whereas firing.
• Fortify:
• Orisa briefly reduces harm acquired, additionally nullifying action-impairments.
• Halt!:
• Orisa’s alt fireplace launches a graviton cost which she will be able to detonate. It slows enemies and pulls them in earlier than exploding.
• Protective Barrier:
• Orisa has an vitality defend like Reinhardt, however she will be able to solely throw it out the place it stays stationary.
• Supercharger:
• Orisa deploys a tool to extend harm inflicted by allies inside her line of sight.

Orisa is the sixth tank to affix the Overwatch lineup, together with her moveset constructed round placing herself in hurt’s option to shield her allies. Using her Fusion Driver, an computerized gun with a good vary in addition, she will be able to lay down sustained overlaying fireplace. This is offstet by slower motion when firing and lengthy reload instances. Of course, she will be able to use alternat fireplace, Halt!, to sluggish any enemies in her sights, getting them on her stage. Check out extra particulars on Orisa here.

Overwatch Patch 1.9 Hero Balance Changes

General

• The under change was hotfixed to reside on March three
• The whole harm discount that a hero can obtain whereas buffed (e.g. from Ana’s Nano Boost and Orisa’s Fortify) has been capped at 50% (previously 70%)

Ana – nerfed

• Biotic Rifle
• Damage decreased to 60 from 80 

The nice try to take Ana out of the meta begins by focusing on her harm. She nonetheless has entry to an ideal crowd management means, good long-range therapeutic and is without doubt one of the greatest single-target helps within the recreation. She simply will not be killing fairly so onerous. Initial nerfs to her biotic grenade had been reverted, here is class designer Geoff Goodman on why:

“Ana had the most important modifications on this patch, and upon testing, suggestions, and speaking about it a ton internally, we determined to tug again on the nerfs a bit for this patch. The harm discount on her weapon is important, but when this finally ends up not being sufficient we will re-visit some additional tuning. We do not need to swing her stability too wildly inside a single patch.”

Bastion – nerfed

• The under modifications had been hotfixed to reside on March three
• Ironclad
• Bastion now takes 20% much less harm whereas in Configuration: Sentry or Tank (previously 35%)

With a change to his Ironclad passive, Bastion now takes solely 20% much less harm whereas in his Sentry or Tank type, versus 35% in patch 1.eight. With the modifications to Bastion’s self heal already turning fights into drawn out wars of attrition, this nerf to break discount ought to imply that Bastions aren’t outlasting offensive heroes in prolonged firefights. Hopefully they don’t seem to be surviving Ults, both. 

Junkrat – buffed

• Total Mayhem:
• Added impact: not hurts himself from his personal explosions.

No extra suicide-tires is an efficient factor, and may cease any awkwardness in close-combat. Does make you surprise if Pharah, Zarya, S76 or Tracer will get one thing related.

Mercy – tweaked

• Caduceus Staff:
• The quantity of elevated harm that’s accomplished when boosting one other participant is now tracked beneath the match statistics and on the Career Profile web page

Orisa – nerfed

• Fusion Driver:
• Magazine dimension decreased to 150 from 200
• Supercharger:

Sombra – buffed

• Hack:
• Hacked well being packs will now be seen by way of partitions to Sombra and her allies.
• Stealth:
• Sound results and VO distance for coming into and exiting Stealth decreased to 15 meters.
• Translocator:
• Cooldown decreased to four seconds from 6

The buffs to Sombra proceed, and solely goal her utility skills slightly than pure harm. With these modifications she’ll be capable of translocate, cloak, then translocate once more with out ever turning into seen. That’s a number of distance to cowl, and you will see Sombras showing from surprising angles extra typically. Try to not die.

Winston – buffed

• Barrier Projector:
• Cooldown now begins when the barrier is positioned, as a substitute of when it ends

This is a much-requested change from the group that brings Winston’s barrier extra according to his competitors, significantly the newly-added Orisa. It’s unlikely to catapult him to the highest of the choose charges, however is a part of a wider intention to buff the massive gorilla.

Zarya – nerfed

• The under modifications had been hotfixed to reside on March three
• Particle Barrier:
• No longer protects Zarya from knockback
• Projected Barrier:
• No longer protects allies from knockback

The different fundamental stability change is to Zarya, who can not negate knockback results by throwing up her Particle Barrier. This implies that Zaryas with quick reactions can not save themselves from being knocked off the sting by Lucio by shortly activating their Particle Barrier. This nerf additionally applies to allies who’re coated by Zarya’s Projected Barrier.

Zenyatta – buffed

• Orb of Destruction:
• Alternate fireplace restoration decreased to zero.6 seconds from 1
• Weapon unfold eliminated.

These high quality of life modifications ought to assist Zen gamers be a bit more practical. His proper click on has at all times felt a bit lacklustre regardless of being such a heavy harm output, and these have an effect on each considerably. Discord Orb penetrating limitations was eliminated after a day, although no clarification was given.

Overwatch Patch 1.9 Game Browser

Players can now disable or modify skills activated with the secondary fireplace button

Overwatch Patch 1.9 Bug Fixes

General

• When Teleporters, Shield Generators, and different player-owned objects are destroyed, the kill feed now correctly shows the proprietor’s identify

AI

• Fixed a bug stopping Bastion and Torbjörn from taking a defensive place when turret skills had been disabled

Game Browser

• Fixed a bug that would trigger sure settings to look on the Custom Game’s data display although they weren’t getting used
• Fixed a difficulty stopping values from the “Ultimate Generation” setting from being accurately displayed
• Heroes and maps at the moment are sorted alphabetically beneath the “Find Game” filters within the Game Browser
• Fixed a bug stopping Bastion’s Self-Repair means from being disabled within the Custom Game settings

Competitive

• The under change was hotfixed to reside on March three
• Fixed a difficulty stopping gamers from loading the Season 1 and a pair of leaderboards

Arcade

• The under change was hotfixed to reside on March three
• Fixed a difficulty stopping heroes in 1v1 Mystery Duel from being shuffled accurately

Heroes

• Fixed a difficulty stopping Bastion’s strolling animation from being triggered whereas Self-Repair was in use
• McCree not receives credit score towards his On Fire meter when his Flashbang is used in opposition to Mei’s Ice Wall
• Fixed a difficulty inflicting Zenyatta’s ft to clip by way of his gown with the Sanzang pores and skin geared up
• Fixed a bug inflicting Reaper’s shotguns and D.Va’s mech to look unusually massive on the primary menu
• The under modifications had been hotfixed to reside on March three
• Fixed a difficulty stopping D.Va’s Defense Matrix from correctly blocking enemy fireplace that has handed by way of one other enemy hero
• Fixed a difficulty stopping Winston’s hitbox from lining up along with his pose whereas crouched

Maps

• Training bots which might be destroyed within the Practice Range at the moment are displayed within the kill feed
• Fixed a bug permitting multiple participant to enter the Practice Range

That’s the official notes. We’ll see you subsequent month for patch 2.zero.