Although we’ve been having a lot of fun playing as Overwatch’s newest hero, there’s something about her that’s hard to avoid: Ana is really weak compared to everyone else. In a straight firefight, she is always going to lose as her biotic rifle simply doesn’t do enough damage and her reloading doesn’t help either.
In a new update, she will be getting the buff she needs. As announced on the Overwatch blog:
Ana
Biotic Rifle
-Rate of fire increased by 20%
-Magazine size increased from 8 to 10
Developer Comments: While Ana has been very well received, she was showing to be a little bit weaker overall. In addition to helping her feel better to play, these changes should also increase her healing and damage output.
As he’s too awesome for his own good, McCree will also be receiving his 457th nerf since launch:
McCree
Peacemaker
Primary Fire
-Damage falloff range decreased by 10 meters
-Damage falloff amount is unchanged
-As a result, even with this change, McCree’s effective range is still higher than it was at launch
Alternate Fire
-Rate of fire increased by 15%
Flashbang
-Recovery time (i.e. the amount of time before McCree can fire again) decreased from 0.5 seconds to 0.35 seconds
Developer Comments: McCree’s latest range increase helped him quite a bit, but it was a bit too much in the right hands. This change weakens his long range damage somewhat, but still keeps it stronger than it has been in the recent past. The other changes combine to allow him to land more alternate fire shots on targets that he has hit with Flashbang.
Smart changes overall. Considering Ana is still pretty much a brand new hero, she’s overlooked compared to all the other healers whenever I play online; Lucio, Mercy, and Zenyatta are all better options. McCree also can’t catch a break; the latest update made him on the slightly too OP side of things when used by skilled players. You can almost guarantee this won’t be the last change for either of these heroes.
What do you think? Don’t know what I’m talking about? Check out my Overwatch review to see what all the fuss is about or watch my thoughts in sixty seconds below.
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