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Overwatch could rebalance Zenyatta next

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For a game like Overwatch, balance is everything. Every minute facet of Blizzard’s new IP needs to be checked and triple-checked, from the speed that certain characters travel at all the way through to just how much of Roadhog’s disgusting outie belly button protrudes because everything matters. And that’s a design ethic that has seen Overwatch rebalance and tweak numerous characters since it went through its beta phases and ended up in retail.

Torbjórn was the target of much grief, resulting that deadly master of turrets being hit with a severe nerfing on console. Widowmaker and McCree also got told to check themselves before they wrecked themselves, and now another character is on the chopping block for being a tad bit over-powered dawg. Because apparently Zenyatta the Omnic monk is being carefully examined by Blizzard for a potential tweaking.

“We’ve been talking about him,” Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan said on the Battle.net forums.

We wanted to see how the Widowmaker and McCree balance changes played out before making any changes. We’re exploring some options right now. Nothing more to report at this time.

Personally, I’d like to see Zenyatta buffed instead of debuffed. I think he’s a fab support character, and a balanced one at that who lacks some punch to go with his zen-balls of doom. And that shows in the Overwatch stats, as Zenyatta is the second-least played character around, with the vastly underrated Symmetra claiming that bottom honour. Peace and love can only go so far in competitive Overwatch I suppose.

If Blizzard can do something with his orbs however, he might climb the ranks quite quickly now that a few certain favourites have been tweaked for the good of the many. He’s kind of like a Buddhist terminator who attacks with unstoppable cricket balls and dammit why isnlt that more appealing already.

Last Updated: July 4, 2016

22 Comments

  1. Ottokie

    July 4, 2016 at 15:01

    Wot?

    Nerf Zarya and Roadhog damnit!

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    • VampyreSquirrel

      July 4, 2016 at 15:20

      Roadhog first

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      • Ottokie

        July 4, 2016 at 15:21

        yup, that twat has way to much utility and dps never mind that massive health pool

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        • VampyreSquirrel

          July 4, 2016 at 15:24

          Yeah… not a fan… at all

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  2. Sageville

    July 4, 2016 at 15:04

    I hardly ever use L2 for Zenyatta…. “Ain’t nobody got time fow dat!”

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    • Ottokie

      July 4, 2016 at 15:05

      What’s an “L2”?

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      • HairyEwok

        July 4, 2016 at 15:13

        2 Limpy legs…. There’s a reason why he floats all the time.

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  3. Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0

    July 4, 2016 at 15:04

    Nerf everyone, heck make them all use nerf guns FFS

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    • The Order of the Banana

      July 4, 2016 at 15:15

      GIVE THEM ALL PELLET GUNS!!!

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      • Ottokie

        July 4, 2016 at 15:18

        Make everything one shot kills. Because bullets hurt!

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        • VampyreSquirrel

          July 4, 2016 at 15:27

          Instagib

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    • Admiral Chief Maximum Effort

      July 4, 2016 at 15:31

      I played an awesome mod for UT years ago, everything replaced with Nerf guns, so awesome!

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  4. Admiral Chief Maximum Effort

    July 4, 2016 at 15:38

    NERF THE FFFFF WAITING TIME

    😛

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  5. Matthew Holliday

    July 4, 2016 at 16:44

    honestly unphased, symettra and zenyatta could use some MINOR buffs, but otherwise i think its pretty balanced atm.

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  6. Kromas GG

    July 4, 2016 at 17:18

    Still waiting on D.va buff.

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    • Deceased

      July 5, 2016 at 08:34

      Buff? O.o

      She’s fine as is
      ( I can’t play her for shit, but one of the guys I play with is a beast with her )

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      • Matthew Holliday

        July 5, 2016 at 12:20

        could probably use a slight buff yeah, lacks impact overall.
        when a dva does well, its generally because the utility is being underestimated.
        the dva pick is a bit TOO situational.

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      • Kromas GG

        July 6, 2016 at 09:27

        Blizzard mentioned buffing her because of a major flaw she has. Her whole body counts as her head thus you are almost 100% gauranteed to crit her if you shoot at her.

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        • Deceased

          July 6, 2016 at 10:23

          Hit-box size has been decreased in the last patch 🙂
          ( Unless they want to make it even smaller )

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          • Kromas GG

            July 6, 2016 at 10:38

            I have read all the patch notes and never noticed a single Dva post. I will have to go look but I am ccertain its not in yet. Then again I am playing a lot more mei these days even for attacking.

          • Deceased

            July 6, 2016 at 10:52

            Mei-chan REKS XD

            But I’m very certain that the hit-box is smaller
            As stated above – I don’t play her, one of the teammates does, he also says the crits happen less frequently
            I’ve found that I’m hitting the crits less – mebe it was like a prototype phase where they’re testing the smaller hit-box?

  7. Deceased

    July 5, 2016 at 08:33

    at the end of the day it’s going to be a mow-down:

    4 of 6 characters pick one character, empty their magazines like 3 times then punch the guy once to kill him – then move on to the remaining 5

    what happened to “git guuud”?! O.o

    ( dunno if this is just on console again – but in the right hands, The Omnic is fucking powerful – like take out a Winston without breaking a sweat powerful – sadly those are not my hands, I was the Winston 🙁 )

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