

We wanted it to still be core to how she played,” Goodman added. The cooldown on the right-click hack has been reduced to. Sombra’s hack has been drastically reworked. “She’s so tied to this crowd control effect, but we didn’t want to take the hack away from her - she’s a hacker after all. Overwatch 2 Sombra reworked abilities New Sombra hack now shows enemies through walls. “We’re reducing her CC abilities in line with larger changes to Overwatch 2 and giving her more potential damage,” notes Keller in the video. Long story short, the devs want to make her less disruptive and more of a direct threat. This time it was Sombra and Baptiste, who will have a few visual updates in Overwatch 2.

During the Summer Game Fest kickoff, Blizzard decided to share some more hero reworks. You don't need to exit stealth to hack anymore, either, making her far more dangerous. Blizzard started sharing new hero looks at BlizzConline last year, showing more high-tech and polished versions of Reaper, Widowmaker, and others. Ability Lockout only lasts one second, but you'll be able to see enemies through walls for eight seconds – and damage against them is raised by 50%. Sombra changes coming to Overwatch 2 Reveal hacked targets through walls Hack no longer removes stealth Hack cooldown reduced Deal more damage to. In a new video posted to Overwatch's official YouTube channel, game director Aaron Keller and lead dero designer Geoff Goodman gave detailed insight into Sombra's suite of abilities for the next game.įirst up, her hack has been reworked: it now takes between three and four seconds of cooldown before you can use it again, making it more deployable in engagements with enemy teams. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. If you can ignore the on-going, all-consuming its sexual harrassment and discrimination lawsuit against Activision Blizzard at the moment, you may be excited to learn that Sombra is getting some changes when the next game launches.

Blizzard Entertainment has revealed what new changes it will be making to Sombra in Overwatch 2 as it starts to lift the lid on some of the changes it'll be making to the game's established heroes going forward.
