[Edit][ i keep updating the trhead as i think of better ways of improving it]

This is live sombra , 20th july /2018



She has -50% winrate from bronze-platinum and has the worst pickrate/winrate than any other DMG hero.

The question is . What sombra brings to the table ,

But most importantly and here what the devs should figure out her role already ,

Next i will compare sombra with other heros to get the point .

You would need to the s in order to make her that role

WHAT ROLE DOES SOMBRA FILL?

A Flanker?

High mobility But not in combat

Can defend themselvs if detected

High burst damage

Fast engage and disengage

notes: . Genji and Tracer are flankers, they can engage and disengage quickly , they can get picks alone and if detected they can still get value .

. Sombra requires the team to help her which other flankers dont.

.Sombra entire kit will be affected by dmg , 1 dmg and sombra lost her mobility , if detected you are dead, she cant fight mid fight since hack gets canceled by 1 dmg.

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An Assasin?

No mid fight value

If discovered dead

High mobility

High Burst dmg

Reliable high-target solo kills

notes Doomfist is the closest we have to this, He capable of 1 shoting if the enemy team is unaware

SPY fromt TF2 is the best example

Sombra dosnt have high burst dmg , she gets kills if enemys are already dmged most of the times , and 1 dmg leaves her in the open to be killed , this not counting the current armor meta.

a Scout?

This kind of role has no place in this fast paced game, of the 6 slots picking a scout is playing 5v6.

Dosnt heal allies, Dosnt dmg enemys, Dosnt tank dmg, Dosnt stall enemys, Dosnt get value

Its simple, would you rather kill an enemy or tell your team to kill him and put resources in instead of the team doing their jobs?

A Disruptor?

Exploit enemys backlines

Help the team get kills

High mobility

big Utility

This is sombra’s role , Its sombra’s identy , the problem is her kit is unreliable because of dmg and bugs

Why The buffs WONT work? 3 reasons

1.Sombra only gets value out of stealth,

2. They dont adress sombra main problem

3. BUGS , I dont think i need to explain myself here

Updated: New bugs for the third big sombra change

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1.Sombra only gets value out of stealth,

Stealth is a reposition tool, an ideal situation would be , stealth—go to backline—get a hack/kill

she cant get hacks reliable because of bugs and hacked cancelation

she cant get kills reliable because of inconsisten dmg

Sombra main problem is MAKING HER RELIABLE,

she cant help mid fight, cant get kills on her own, hack is bugged and canceled by trash dmg. FIX. YOUR .GAME.

How to fix her? with any of these buff/ QOL

First- Revert her infinite stealth, and destructable translocator and add

Bigger visual effect to hacked targets

this are the current visual shotcallers for overwatch



Sombra hack i no where near the rest , something like these (edited from a healthpack could work), The blue with lighting would be for a target with ult

Make hack reliable keep the translocator destructable but only by sombra keep the cancelable reload and make it faster Give her the same base speed as tracer and genji

AND LOOK AT FEEDBACK.

Edit : I gather information from overbuff and viveros gaming , check his video for the full explanation about sombra’s role



Edit 2: I added examples of visuals shotcallers