Overwatch January 24th Patch Notes - Roadhog, Sojourn, Kiriko Nerfs

Overwatch Posted 2023/01/24 at 12:26 PM by gibsy

Blizzard

HERO UPDATES

Tank

Orisa

Fortify

Health bonus reduced from 125 to 75

Roadhog

Chain Hook

Impact damage reduced from 30 to 5
The enemy final position distance from Roadhog after being pulled increased from 3 to 4 meters

Scrap Gun

Damage per pellet reduced from 6.6 to 6
Recovery time reduced from 0.85 to 0.8 seconds
Reload time reduced from 2 to 1.75 seconds
Maximum ammo increased from 5 to 6

Developer comments: These changes aim to reduce the frustration of dying in one shot immediately after being hooked and pulled by Roadhog. Chain Hook is still a powerful utility to forcibly reposition enemy players, so it will still often lead to eliminations. Its effectiveness will now be more dependent on specific hero matchups and how the hooked target is able to respond.

Damage

Sojourn

Railgun

Energy gain is no longer based on damage done by primary fire. Each primary fire hit against an enemy player now grants 5 energy
Primary fire damage per projectile reduced from 10 to 9

Developer comments: The energy gain adjustment will help smooth out Sojourn’s average Railgun charge time because it won’t benefit as much from critical damage or damage boost abilities. Hitting armored targets or other sources of damage reduction will result in quicker energy gains than before.

Previously, damage boosts and critical damage had an amplified effect for Sojourn since it reduced the time to build energy and lowered the threshold at which her Railgun secondary fire became lethal. The reduction to primary fire damage will further slow that down as well.

Support

Kiriko

Healing Ofuda

Recovery time increased from 0.85 to 1 second

Developer comments: Despite Kiriko’s healing projectiles being slow-moving and single target, her average healing output per match is higher than we’d like. We’ve seen players tend to get overly focused on maximizing her healing potential and only use primary fire for extended periods of time. Rather than reduce the amount of healing per projectile, which may lead to feeling locked into focusing on primary fire even more, we’re increasing the recovery time before she can start firing the Healing Ofuda. Increasing recovery times opens the opportunity to weave in secondary fire Kunai more freely.

BUG FIXES

GENERAL

Fixed an issue with the "Winged Sandals’ weapon charm’s ‘How to Unlock’ text
Adjusted footstep audio mixing to make enemy footsteps more audible

HEROES

Lucio

Fixed an issue with Lucio’s Hermes skin exhibiting incorrect physics

Reinhardt

Fixed an issue with Reinhardt’s Hammer appearing deformed during the Sweethardt emote

Sojourn

Fixed an issue where Sojourn’s Cyber Detective Skin would fail to load

Wrecking Ball

Fixed an issue with Adaptive Shield where it could be incorrectly applied before the cooldown was complete

Comment by ApollomantisOh look, the thing I called out over and over and over again, got nerfed, guess it wasn't a L2P issue after all huh? Told everyone that the chain hook combo was obscenely broken with non tank hero's, so glad they finally nerfed it to break the stupidity that was chain hook.Comment by MicharrOh look, the thing I called out over and over and over again, got nerfed, guess it wasn't a L2P issue after all huh? Told everyone that the chain hook combo was obscenely broken with non tank hero's, so glad they finally nerfed it to break the stupidity that was chain hook.Comment by MynarjrNot to !@#$ing mention that almost EVERY character has the ability to survive it. If you know what you're doing. Aiming hook isnt an insta, you still have to hit your shot afterwards which can be difficult with people constantly knocking you around like in today's gameplay. They need to just open back OW1 so people can go back to the better of the two gamesComment by BigBlobino7As a hog main, I'm very worried this will make him obsolete. The entire premise of hog is his one-shot capability, and these updates seem to take that away entirely. I agree that he seemed very strong in the current meta, but this seems like the classic over response from Blizzard.Comment by Dunitwrong

You should probably ask yourself "why did I get hooked?" and you'll come to the conclusion that those situtations can often be avoided. Similar to how you play against a widowmaker. This change just gives leeway to players who mindlessly run around like a headless chicken. L2P still applies here.Not to !@#$ing mention that almost EVERY character has the ability to survive it. If you know what you're doing. Aiming hook isnt an insta, you still have to hit your shot afterwardsComment by SquishyyWhy the hell did they nerf roadhog so hard, he wasn't even that good. More distance and way less damage and you make it up with a slightly faster recovery?
They really do mean it when they want a clear meta huh, and roadhog was kicked out of his turn fast.
Can't believe a bunch of bronze players got a decent tank nerfed into the ground.Comment by Buffbringer

You should probably ask yourself "why did I get hooked?" and you'll come to the conclusion that those situtations can often be avoided. Similar to how you play against a widowmaker. This change just gives leeway to players who mindlessly run around like a headless chicken. L2P still applies here.Not to !@#$ing mention that almost EVERY character has the ability to survive it. If you know what you're doing. Aiming hook isnt an insta, you still have to hit your shot afterwardsComment by Tjc4life22

You should probably ask yourself "why did I get hooked?" and you'll come to the conclusion that those situtations can often be avoided. Similar to how you play against a widowmaker. This change just gives leeway to players who mindlessly run around like a headless chicken. L2P still applies here.Not to !@#$ing mention that almost EVERY character has the ability to survive it. If you know what you're doing. Aiming hook isnt an insta, you still have to hit your shot afterwardsComment by KiauzeRoadhog was a menace specifically because of his one-shot capabilities. If you knew that hook was off-cooldown, you had to pay attention to your positioning to avoid the consequences. I fear he might simply become a damage sponge from here onwards.

This is the sort of change that might make complete sense in a comp team that can communicate priority targets, but in the vast pool of unranked play, it simply diminishes Roadhog's value.Comment by Buffbringer

You should probably ask yourself "why did I get hooked?" and you'll come to the conclusion that those situtations can often be avoided. Similar to how you play against a widowmaker. This change just gives leeway to players who mindlessly run around like a headless chicken. L2P still applies here.Not to !@#$ing mention that almost EVERY character has the ability to survive it. If you know what you're doing. Aiming hook isnt an insta, you still have to hit your shot afterwards