Overwatch’s latest experimental mode patch is making some major changes to Moira that could give her one of the best defensive abilities in the game. Moira is already one of the game’s most popular support characters, with her ability to heal large groups of teammates and do area-of-effect damage to enemies over long range.
Overwatch added experimental mode to let the developers test out content that might be too powerful or just too strange to add to the main game right away. Earlier this year, Blizzard used it to try out a massive change to the game’s team composition by forcing each team to use three DPS characters. That particular experimental update was meant to address long wait times for DPS characters since the high number of DPS players led to much longer wait times than those for tank or support characters.
The new experimental changes to Moira aren’t meant to solve any such problem in Overwatch’s meta. Instead, they’re intended to “give Moira players a chance to make bigger plays,” according to Blizzard’s patch notes. Moira’s damaging Biotic Orb is getting a significant buff, giving it much higher damage when it hits an enemy dead-on, but reducing the range at which it’s effective. The change to her Fade ability is where things get interesting. Moira’s Fade lets her temporarily become incorporeal, moving slightly faster and becoming immune to all damage for a short time. With the new patch, she’ll also make all teammates within six meters invincible for one second when the ability wears off. As Blizzard points out, it can be used to negate the damage from Ultimate abilities such as Self-Destruct, which can otherwise wipe out a whole team at once.
Predictably, the change has stirred up the Overwatch community, with players complaining about or defending the decision - all while Moira mains enjoy the time for their favorite character to shine. It’s certainly not the first time that players have been starkly divided by big Overwatch updates, but at least in this game they can avoid it by simply not playing in experimental mode.
Blizzard has caught a lot of criticism for essentially every major update it brings to Overwatch. While those changes don’t always end up being good for the game, and sometimes even needing to be reversed, Blizzard’s willingness to shake things up should be a good sign for anyone interested in the long-term health of the game and the eventual Overwatch 2.
Overwatch is available now on PlayStation 4, PC, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One.
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