I’ve been an avid OW player for many years, playing various roles but the latest update to Sombra is beyond questionable.
A solid part of Sombra’s utility has always been being invisible, being able to call plays in advance where coms are responsive. Now you have 5 seconds to overview the entire situ, make a play and calls before being totally exposed and subsequently violated.
The community undoubtedly complained about Sombra which led to this update, but she has always been easily countered through decent grouping, picks and coms. I looked forward to logging into OW for some good Sombra fun, making calls and plays. This has totally broken the fun of playing her. Seemingly influenced by a community of players complaining at one Hero being able to do something due to their own poor positioning and/or coms.
Poor decision. And no, the irony of complaining about this isn’t wasted on me.
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Yeah I’m with you on this one. The only way this would even slightly work is if they removed the sounds her translocator makes + the voicelines she says when she uncloaks. It’s not feasible to go from cover to cover if the abilities you’re using give you away, and if you’re far enough outside sound range, you aren’t going to be able to do anything anyway.
She’s Sombra 76, she plays with a Cassidy range, but her survivability for that kind of engagement sucks.
I don’t know. It feels like they gutted her entire purpose as a character and changed her abilities to something that doesn’t fit her theme as a whole. She’s there to punish lack of teamwork, poor positioning, etc. and now she’s not viable at all.
Also, Widow players are going wildly unchecked because now her usefulness as a sniper deterrent is just… gone.
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I played a game earlier and someone active decided to start on Sombra. So out of curiosity I observed how they got on…
I suspect they might have been the often spotted players that never reads a patch note or any update. So by the time they were 0-4 they were in chat complaining about what had happened.
They were also he type of OW player commonly seen in middle ranks that isn’t emotionally strong enough to accept they are being out play so will belligerently pound on and blame others for their failings.
In short. If you don’t dramatically change how you play her… She’s utterly useless. And it’d quite funny to watch.
She is now +/- in the same status she was in OW1, or before the re-work 1 year ago, but with the new virus skill
Well, this game became a sniper paradise as Sombra became destroyed. I am out.
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Oh no now you cant ruin ther ppls matches boo hoo
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As some may (or may not) know; I’m a Sombra hater. I’ve always disliked her unfun kit. Both to play or play against. She was less annoying in OW1 though.
However, I think they nerfed her a bit too hard. The 5 seconds stealth is incredibly short. Perhaps they should have simply revert her to the OW1 playstyle?
But since I rarely play Sombra, I don’t care that much 
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It’s not really a nerf. She’s still lethal if played the right way.
It’s just that right way is completely different now.
might be an unpopular take but I had no problems with the new sombra.
I play Sombra like this: aim, hack, virus and bullets should do the rest, disengage if needed. I’d say you have to play her quicker now.
her opportunist passive really carries her in her current state.
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