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“Tank survivability shot up and it’s felt very difficult to punish Tanks effectively (D.Va especially).”
Overwatch 2 game director Aaron Keller just teased some tank nerfs set for the Overwatch 2 Season 12 mid-season update. In the post, Keller also revealed that his team is experimenting with adjustments to Sombra, looking into light changes to the game’s Clash mode, and more.
Overwatch 2 director’s take September 13
Overwatch 2 nerfs tanks in mid-season update
According to the Sept. 13 Overwatch director’s take, the mid-season update is going to nerf the survivability of tanks by adjusting armor and defensive passives.
“Since our bigger [tank] patch in 2.11.1, tank survivability shot up and it’s felt very difficult to punish [tank] effectively (D.Va especially),” Keller explained, adding the part about armor adjustments and passives.
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As for additional changes, Keller revealed that his team is looking into hero counters plus updates to Sombra’s Stealth duration.
“Beyond the [mid-season] balance changes, we’re currently experimenting with reducing the effectiveness of certain hero counters, such as beam damage against a subset of [tanks] while they are using their defensive abilities,” he explained.
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