Overwatch 2 Season 9 Patch notes! Pharah Rework, Buffs, and Nerfs!

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Good coverage of the notes. Here are some thoughts I had: -Ranked changes sound cool. Can't wait to see my progress after every game. It really sucked having to play as many as a dozen games before you got any adjustments. -Jade weapons are mostly ugly, gonna panic buy gold gun stocks. -I'm a bit worried about some of the breakpoint changes with all the buffed HP and damage tweaks. It's super hard to tell who this is going to end up with a net buff or nerf. -I think this patch is going to feel pretty oppressive for tank players in the long run. Especially for the tanks who have no shielding. DOUBLE ESPECIALLY SO if you're a player who doesn't understand how to use map geometry for cover. -I like the DPS passive but I really hope it doesn't stack. Getting healed for nearly half of the OG values, with more max HP would make getting topped up and staying alive almost impossible. -Pharah rework is cool. It seems like she'll be less oppressive in lower ranks since she can't just sit in the skybox with a pocket anymore. With the projectile size increase she might be even worse at higher ranks though, since people could already keep her in check with the old hits can projectiles. -I think a lot of Pharaoh's viability is going to hinge on how good her new mobility is. If you can dash in 4 or 8 directions instead of just left or right then she'll be a lot better at fighting hit-scans. -LUCIO BUFFS POG. -I feel like the early meta is going to devolve into either rush comps (because bigger HP and stronger lucio favors closing the gap) or shield poke (to prevent DPS passive from stacking tons of chip damage before you can close the gap). It depends how oppressive the DPS passive ends up being for healing up chip damage.