A severe Overwatch 2 bug appears to have brought about an unintentional however vital Symmetra nerf within the Blizzard multiplayer sport. The DPS hero has gone via many dramatic overhauls and reworks through the years, however her newest iteration appears to be unintentionally damaged in a number of completely different and reasonably unlucky ways in which may make her borderline unplayable in Overwatch 2 season 3 till rectified.
The primary of those points pertains to her final potential, Photon Barrier, which bought a small however largely insignificant nerf (the one listed change for Symmetra) in season 3 that elevated its price by 10%. Nonetheless, as highlighted in a video by YouTuber Not Muda (seen under), it seems that her final now takes for much longer to look after utilizing it.
This isn’t merely a visible impact, both, because the video demonstrates a Rein shatter and Sombra hack affecting Sombra earlier than the barrier can pop as much as block them. The final word ends sooner than anticipated, too, permitting injury to move via whereas its period continues to be ticking down. Helpfully, the barrier seems to nonetheless seem should you die whereas within the casting animation – however that’s more likely to really feel like scant comfort within the second.
Maybe much more severe, nevertheless, is the second Symmetra bug. When positioned turrets collide with shifting elements of the surroundings – similar to sliding doorways, rotating platforms, or the payload rolling over them – they’re historically destroyed. A ache, to make sure, however you possibly can simply change them. Sadly, this newest glitch appears to be a way more extreme downside, because the turrets now merely disappear with out being correctly destroyed.
We’ve examined this in-game and might affirm the issue happens as demonstrated within the video under: if one among your turrets is eliminated by environmental collision, the sport seems to assume it’s nonetheless positioned, that means that you could now solely put down two of your normal three turrets. Trying to position a 3rd will merely change the older of the 2. This impact stacks – that means that you could find yourself in a scenario the place no turrets may be positioned.
For a second, I believed the issue had already been mounted – the cooldown ticks down as regular, and Symmetra’s normal turret-deploying voice line and animation performs out. However no turrets really seem, and also you’re left to fend for your self. That’s to not say Symmetra can’t be harmful by her personal means, as anybody who’s been chased down by her fully-charged Photon Projector can attest. But it surely’s actually an enormous hit to her total utility, making it tough to suggest her till Blizzard has mounted this explicit downside.
Within the meantime, then, check out our Overwatch 2 tier checklist for one of the best characters to play in season 3. We’ve additionally bought a information to all of the Overwatch 2 maps and sport modes, together with new Management location Antarctic Peninsula, and a proof of how Overwatch 2 ranks work within the FPS sport’s aggressive mode.
