Seer already had a Silence as part of his Tactical, it just lasted a very short amount of time compared to the scan.
We flipped this for Seer in an effort to pull down the scan meta overall and push him towards initiation rather than closing.
The silence works well with Seer's kit, as you can track and target with his passive to and gains knowledge through the brief scan of WHO has been silenced in order to make choices on how to push based on the abilities that have been locked out.
Crypto's EMP also silencing is an interesting direction to consider - though, as with Rev's old version, it would be difficult to tell if the silence had real impact.
The EMP already does significant shield damage in addition to its slow and disorientation in a large area through walls - you would still use it for that over the silence component, it'd be icing on the cake for few who'd take notice - and infinitely more frustrating for those caught it the giant emp area.
And to ...

Bleed-through you say...?
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Playtesting showed how powerful the Ult could be, and there were certainly concerns.
The Ult gives Rev the confidence to stay in the fight, push a little harder and secure the kill - which was the play pattern we were striving for with this rework. Given this, we opted to allow Revenant his time in the sun to see what aspects were the most potent.
As we analyze what parts of the kit might be too oppressive, we can then make targeted changes to reign in that power on the right axis. We don't get to see that if he releases too weak and no one plays him.
The momentary targeting scan isn't random, it's intentional. It allows him to hone in on weak targets and know when to dive on them to secure the kill. As a Revenant, you now how have a call to action when enemies get low to use your Shadow Pounce or move in with Forged Shadows to pursue that advantage. It's a core part of his new play pattern, and fits the killer assassin character well from our perspective.

Revenant's Shadow Pounce is intended to be loud and aggressive given it's power potential. There are audio and visual cues surrounding the ability to push this.If this isn't the case, there may be bugs to investigate, or larger falloff ranges to push out and accomplish this goal.As we've done before, ( Octane's Jump Pad ) we'll try to address these in future patches if that's the case.

The season's still young, and we're gathering data at the moment from feedback, and the community on large at the moment.
In the early days, actual telemetry is often skewed because EVERYONE's playing the character, but as the season goes one we'll be able to see how the power of his ult is shaking out and make any adjustments needed.

He's actually more inspired by venomous snakes and spiders.
The spider was part of his inspiration from the beginning with his climb, and the snakes took shape with the redesign of his new hood from what our Lead Concept Artist has mentioned

We wanted Revenant to feel confident diving in to secure a kill as his core play pattern.
The Passive lets him know when enemies are low to push.
The Tactical lets him close the gap
The Ultimate gives him the confidence to dive in and secure it.
So the overshield was added to allow him to push into an enemy team, the idea being that the large hitbox of the shroud is very easy to hit and burn through offering a measure of counterplay if Revenant over-extends. It's definitely dialed high, and we'll monitor it's power across the season to see if adjustments needs to be made.
Revenant is admittedly a little overloaded with passives - but they all serve a purpose in his overall kit and synergize with the other abilities well.
Also, we didn't want to lose the unique crawling and wall climbing that was so core to the character in this change.

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Do Simulacrum dream of robot sheep that think they are normal sheep?

Don't shoot the messenger. We are working on it.

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Is there a difference between matchmaking between duos and trios?

Duos tends to have more try-hard players in it.

Definitely hear the constant feedback about it; We are looking at the pubs matchmaking at the moment.