[2019] PTR Hero Changes Update

We’re looking at updating the PTR soon with the following additional hero changes:

Junkrat

• Frag Launcher: Impact damage increased from 40 to 60

Lucio

• Speed Song: Effect lowered from 30% to 20%
• Amp it up: Speed song amped effect reduced from 70% to 50%
• Wall Ride: Passive movement speed gained while wall riding increased from 20% to 40%.

Mccree

• Bonus damage ramp from the previous 1.34 change will now begin after 1.5s, down from 2.5.

Reaper

• Passive: Healing amount reduced from 50% to 40%

Symmetra

• Photon Projector: Primary fire damage ramp speed increased by 20%

Zarya

• Particle Cannon: Alternate fire radius reduced from 2-3 to 1-2 (based on energy level)

Zenyatta

• Orb of Discord: Effect reduced from 30% to 25%
• Orb of Destruction: Damage increased from 46 to 48

I’m not sure exactly when these changes will hit PTR, but we’re hoping tomorrow or Friday.

Oops, sorry. This is an internal name we use (almost everything has a different internal name). Fixed!

Yep, sorry I forgot this note! This change sets his wall-speed to roughly as it was before the speed song nerf, but its actually a decent buff because it affects you while you’re in heal song as well.

The McCree Deadeye change makes it more effective against targets with HP higher than 250. It reaches 500 damage at about 2 seconds now (it used to take 2.4 seconds).

Yep, Junkrat now does 140 damage per direct hit. Impact is 60, explosion is still 80.

Can you guys elaborate the unit of measurement for this? Surely not in meters of length?

Sorry I meant the game engine… fixed.

Oh no doubt, I am merely citing off of information I got from BlizzCon (added a source link above).

Assuming that patch 1.34 is released before the end of the regular matches of stage 1, then yes.

As a reminder, Overwatch League usually postpone the ability to select new heroes or add maps to the pool until one competitive season with said hero or map has passed.

This is in-game “meters”. For comparison, Junkrat explosions have a 2m radius.

So we are talking explosion radius and not size of the projectile? That makes sense.