Overwatchplayers have seen many changes to their favorite heroes.Some become too powerful and get nerfed, while others see buffs or entire character reworks. One popular hero is getting a little bit of both if the recent experimental changes end up staying in the game. It seems that the damaging healer Moira might get one serious buff along with some important offensive adjustments.
Moira, one of theOverwatchcharacters added since the game’s initial release, has been in the spotlight for changes for quite a while. Over the summer, the developers experimented with allowing her new Fade ability to cure nearby allies of status effects and make all of them immune to damage for one second when she comes out of the ability. This was met with outcry from fans, who said that this was too powerful and damaged the balance of the game. The development teamannounced they were scrapping that plan, or so it seemed.
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Fade healing allies is exactly the main change thatOverwatch’s Experimental Mode is working on. This updated version would allow Moira to heal nearby allies in a 6-meter radius upon exiting Fade, as well as making them immune to damage for 1 second. However, the allies would still suffer any ailments, such as Ana’s grenade or Mei’s freezing effects. In addition, both Zarya’s Graviton Surge and Sigma’s Gravitic Flux would still affect enemies through this immunity window. The cooldown on Fade has also been increased from 6 to 8 seconds, hopefully balancing all of these new changes.
Moira’s offensive abilities will require even more accuracy than normal in this rework. Normally,Moira’s Biotic Damage Orb can ricochetaround corners and down hallways, zapping any enemies it approaches. With these new changes, the orb will only bounce a single time. Instead of floating and zapping, it will now stick to a target. While attached, the orb will deal a constant 60 DPS to any enemy near it. The orb will disappear after 3 seconds or after 120 damage to the stuck player. In addition to this, Moira’s Biotic Grasp will require more accuracy as its attach angle has been lowered by 37%.
Biotic Damage Orb
Fade
It is interesting to see what sort of changes the developers are trying to make with certain heroes. Thediscussion around possible Symmetra and Mei reworks, in addition to these Moira changes, just goes to show how alive and flexibleOverwatchis. Just when things start to get boring or unbalanced, nerfs and reworks take effect and shake the game up once more. WithOverwatch 2still on the horizon, it will be interesting to see what changes make it into the original game and what will be saved for its sequel.
Overwatchis available on the Nintendo Switch, PC, PS4, and Xbox One.
