Overwatch 2 fans love Season 9 for finally stopping heal-enabled 1v5’s
BlizzardAn Overwatch clip went viral on social media as Baptiste and Moira couldn’t keep their tank alive with both of their ultimates, but some fans liked what they saw.
Blizzard decided to shake up the meta in a big way in their Season 9 patch. Like, a massive way. The developers made DPS Heroes much more powerful, making projectile sizes much larger, and also introduced self-healing passives.
Self-healing made healers less important, giving Heroes a way to manage their health on their own, but if that wasn’t enough the developers also made supports’ job even harder with the Damage Role passive. This passive for DPS reduced the amount a target is healed by 20% when dealing damage to them.
So, in Overwatch 2 Season 9: Champions it’s safe to say there are some very disgruntled Healer/Support mains.
However, some people are actually loving the changes to Overwatch, and feel that the game is finally fair and balanced towards all roles.
Overwatch players praise new meta
One player posted a clip from Overwatch 2 on social media complaining about the lack of healing being delivered to their tank, Orisa, despite both supports (Baptiste and Moira) using their ultimates.
“You can’t heal anymore in Overwatch,” complained the player.
But they didn’t get the response that they were looking for from the majority of the community. Instead, players were pleased about what they saw in the clip, with the supports not being able to stop their Orisa from dying as she attempted to 1v5.
“Your Orisa stood in front of a full team, and tried to 1v5. I genuinely love how this patch stopped that being a viable play,” admitted one fan.
“Sure, you were healing through an amp matrix, but with the -20% heal passive coupled with the fact that all 5 members of the enemy team were focusing on her, it was only a matter of time before that wave washed over y’all,” agreed another player.
But while some players liked that Overwatch 2 players had to play more carefully and strategically, solo-queue players admitted that it was now a little more frustrating as they had to rely more on their teammates playing well and couldn’t heal them out of bad plays.