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Some time ago when the director of Overwatch, Jeff Kaplan informed the players about the Experimental Mode, explained that this would be a way to test different balances with the heroes of the game, some more crazy and others to try to replace the test server.
And finally that “crazy experiment” that they had commented on at that time has arrived, since Blizzard has recently published a Patch Note with more than 45 changes, reworks and even remakes of their heroes, where they have explained they will be used to hold an open tournament for a prize of $ 40,000 USD.
According to the information provided by the website of the Overwatch League, this Experimental Mode will be activated next March 22 and will last until 29 of this month, while the tournament called Flash Ops Experimental Card Tournament It will take place from March 26 to 28.
Below we will list all the changes that will come to this experimental mode next week:
Heroes update (experimental only)
Ana
- Maximum ammo increased from 12 to 14.
- Nano Boost can be used on Ana by pressing the interaction key (F by Default).
Ashe
- Dynamite damage reduced from 100 to 90.
Baptiste
- Regenerative Energy healing reduced from 75 to 65.
- Field of Immortality no longer protects allies to a minimum of 20% of their health – The minimum has been changed to 1 Health.
Bastion
- Self-Repair increases movement speed by 25% while active.
Brigitte
- The healing granted by her passive will be removed if Brigitte is eliminated.
D.Va
- The duration of his Thrusters has been increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
Doomfist
Echo
- Copy: When the ultimate ends, Echo will be healed only in the middle of his life and not complete.
Genji
- The spread of his secondary shot has been reduced from 9 to 8 meters.
- Dragon Blade: When Genji takes a kill using his ultimate, the duration of this is increased by 1 second.
Hanzo
- Dragon Strike:
- Movement speed increased by 20%.
- Damage increased by 20%.
- The distance from where the arrow turns into the dragons has been shortened from 10 to 5 meters.
Junkrat
- Concussion Mine minimum damage increased from 30 to 35.
Pike
- Soundwave cooldown increased from 4 to 6 seconds.
- Mixer:
- Radius increased by 50%.
- Effectiveness has been increased by 20% at close range, which drops to -50% at max range.
McCree
May
- Maximum ammo increased from 120 to 140.
Mercy
- Taking kills resets the Guardian Angel’s cooldown.
Moira
Orisa
- Protective barrier:
- Health increased from 600 to 700.
- Cooldown increased from 10 to 11.
Pharah
- New Passive: Damage taken will be reduced by 5% when airborne and increased by 10% while on the ground.
Reaper
- Shadow Step’s voice line has been removed.
Reinhardt
- Groundbreaker: Nearby targets hit, will be stunned for 3 seconds; at their maximum range they will be stunned for 2.5 seconds
Roadhog
Sigma
Soldier: 76
- Helix rockets:
- It will have 2 charges.
- Damage reduced from 40 per hit + 80 per blast to 30 per hit + 50 per blast.
- The scale of “Self-harm” has been reduced from 50% to 40%.
Shade
- Hacking:
- Activation time increased from 0.65 to 1.15 seconds.
- Duration increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds.
- The cooldown provided by destroying or using the Translocator (as it used to be) will be reduced from 6 to 5 seconds.
Symmetra
- The speed at which Sentry Turrets travel has been increased from 15 to 20 meters per second.
Torbjörn
- Turrets
- Now you can wear 2.
- Turrets damage and health reduced by 40%.
Tracer
- His health has been increased from 150 to 175.
- Regression cooldown increased from 12 to 14 seconds.
Widowmaker
- Poison Mine:
- Damage increased from 75 to 120.
- Effect duration increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds.
- Its range of action has increased from 3 to 4 meters.
Winston
- His armor has been increased by 15 and his health reduced by 15 (his total health remains the same).
Wrecking Ball
- Its size has been reduced by 15%.
- Ammo reduced from 80 to 70.
- Clockwork Claw’s cooldown increased from 5 seconds to 7 seconds.
- His Adaptive Shield will not prevent enemies from generating ultimate charge.
Zarya
- The range of his Projected Barrier has been increased from 30 to 34 meters.
Zenyatta
- Transcendence speed multiplier increased from 2x to 2.3x.
In addition to these changes, the tournament and the experimental mode that will remain for a few days on the live server of Overwatch, you can see part of the public tournament through the official channel of the Overwatch League, which will be divided into 3 large regions NA, I, KR And as we mentioned above, it will be public and anyone can participate, including professionals from Contenders and of the OWL.
Finally it has been mentioned in the official game forums, that these changes will NOT reach the rest of the game modes of Overwatch, since its purpose is only to serve the plans of the tournament in question.
Overwatch is available on the platforms of Playstation 4, Xbox One, PC y Nintendo Switch.
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