Overwatch: Bastion’s Official Update List

Overwatch has become one of the most well known FPS games on the market as of late. Providing a host of fun for gamers everywhere, due to the host of quirky characters and the variety of abilities available within the game.

A new update for Overwatch has been promised as of late, said update was expected to concentrate on one of the games most destructive characters: Bastion. Until recently, we only had a vague understanding of what updates were coming for the character, with a host of promised buffs coming his way. Now though, we have a more concrete explanation on what these buffs will look like – and how the terror of Bastion will continue to plague my screen.

Many of the upcoming changes concentrate on Bastion’s Sentry mode: which now gives more armor, and make his transformation even quicker. Blizzard has tried to balance this out with the removal of critical damage, head shot damage, and the adding in of a larger bullet spread.

Below is the list of changes made to Bastion’s skill set, but a moment of interest should be placed on his self repair skill, which seems to have become quite handy for the defensive monster.

Changes to Bastion as shown on the Overwatch blog page:

Recon Mode:

• Bullet Spread Decreased by 25 Percent

• Magazine Size Increased from 20 to 25

Tank Mode:

• No Longer Grants Bonus Armor

Sentry Mode:

• Deploy time decreased from 1.5 seconds to 1.0 seconds

• Bullet Spread is always at maximum

• Bullet Spread increased by 50 percent

• Magazine Size increased from 200 to 300

• Headshot damage multiplier removed

• No long deals critical damage

Self Repair:

• Used while moving

• Not stopped by taking damage

• A resource meter has been added – depletes while self-repair is active and recharges when not in use

• Now bound to secondary fire (former Ability 2)

Ironclad (New Passive Ability):

• Bastion takes 35% less damage while in Tank or Sentry Mode

According to Blizzard “The goal of these changes is to move some of Bastion’s power from Configuration: Sentry to Recon, while keeping its sentry mode a strong option, especially versus tanks and barriers,” and that Overall, Bastion should feel stronger and more flexible with these changes”. To me, as a firm player of Tracer, all I can see is many death’s awaiting me in my future due to these upgrades.

O well, there’s always Pharah.

One last update is squeaking it’s way in on this latest version of Overwatch, and it’s a buff for our favorite little healer, Mercy:

• While performing a resurrection, Mercy becomes invincible temporarily – along with allies being revived.

The updates are always coming in Overwatch – so stay tuned for upcoming ones. Let us know in the comment section what you think of the upcoming updates.

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