I miss the hacking. It's so boring healing all the time. Yeah, her kit does some cool things, but it's so boring.

Been playing her since her release. I think around 2000 hours. And I've never been so bored. It so slow moving too.

EDIT: I just realized they nerfed our girlnAGAIN. Wtf.

And it's gonna keep happening. Welcome to the Sombra main experience

Unfortunately i'm not a skilled artist so I can't draw the concept... but if we ever get that Cyberpunk 2077 Collab, it would be the PERFECT time to give Sombra a new themed mythic skin and weapon.

First thought was mimic'ing Base Female V's look. The Samurai Jacket, Hairstyle, and Pants. Collar could light up as well as the Samurai Logo on the back. The base gun could look like a gun from the game (a normal one), maybe an Arasaka Style SMG?

But the Mythic Gun could be based off Skippy! For those who don't know about Skippy, he's a tech pistol with an AI on board. Skippy says some pretty hilarious stuff as you have him equipped. Stuff like:

• Fun Fact! The vast majority of murders are committed by men. You go girl!
• Error: Premature Discharge. Sorry, this never happens.
• Bum bum de-dum bum bum de-bum (Rihanna song but, replace this w/ the Overwatch song?)
• New magazine detected! Message to user: Thanks Choom!
• Fun Fact! You can get blood stains out of carpets with one easy trick and vinegar!

Maybe it could be an option to turn off his voice lines or something but the weapon inspect could be actually inspecting your pistol like you do in game w/ Skippy standing there smiling or doing one of his other faces?

For the "weapon kill effect" I was thinking of a modified version of the "Blackwall" attack that you get when you play the Phantom Liberty DLC (Pictured).

I used to play DPS Sombra, so maybe there’s some bias there? If that's what you want to call it. But I honestly think she’s really boring now. On paper or in theory, she seems like the kind of hero I would enjoy, but after the nerfs to her gun and her longer cooldowns, I haven’t played her much. Even before those changes, though, she felt boring.

First of all, I think her Translocator is clunky. I still haven’t gotten used to the timing; it just feels awkward to use. Whether that was intentional to punish players trying to use her kit proactively, I’m not sure. Her gun feels awful. It was okay before the nerfs, but now it’s laughable. Hacking teammates feels very fluid and is probably the best feeling part of her kit, but Cyberspace simply has way too much power packed into it.

Sombra mirrors are the absolute most boring matchup because whichever Sombra saves her bubble to peel wins. It’s completely unfun, just like a Mauga mirror where whoever shouts last wins. Making the cooldown longer instead of nerfing the 50% damage reduction, which was the one thing everyone assumed would get hit, is certainly a choice. I’m sure the devs know what they’re doing; they get paid the big bucks after all, so clearly the rest of us are just wrong.

With all that said, her kit basically plays like a higher APM Brig now. You hold angles, hack your DPS, and maybe take a short flank with them, but you never hard commit because you lack solo kill potential unless the enemy team is completely clueless. Using your Translocator to escape from their backline will get you killed nine times out of ten.

I played Sombra because I liked flanking and applying pressure from off angles. While you technically still can do that, you barely can, because her kit rewards passive, reactive play far more than using a 13 or 14 second cooldown aggressively, especially with Translocator feeling this bad. If I want to flank, I’m just going to pick Cat or Moira. Sombra isn't a flanker anymore; she's an anti dive hero who can occasionally go on a minor flank with a teammate when the conditions are just right. Moira and Cat don't need stars to align; they can just go do it. It feels bad.

She's in almost every game right now, and whenever I try diving as a DPS or tank, enemy Sombras are getting really good at just waiting invisible in their backline and dropping that 50% damage reduction bubble, completely nullifying my play. Really fun design, guys.

Anyway, this entire rework seems designed to appeal to support players rather than actual Sombra players, which is disappointing. It honestly feels like they reworked a hero without the hero's actual player base in mind at all.

She is far better than dps Sombra in terms of raw value. However it’s crazy how when you first start playing her you have fun for a bit but uff my god she is extremely boring to play man. Like her gameplay loop is so repetitive and the fact is that its near impossible to dive and get something done because how how little damage you deal. Anyways I am not saying she is weak. She is stong for sure but its just a lot boring to play as her now maybe its just me

Only recently came back to ow. And wow that damage reduction is absurdly strong, this was in my very second game testing her rework.

Hopefully they will nerf the damage reduction before every single other aspects of her kit and avoid the Vendetta treatment. But with how it is being handled so far, I doubt it….

(side note, why translocator range nerf ???)

I've been playing on and off since 2016, decided to lock in again and got d5, im pretty happy !

EMP with minor perk = arguably the best Ult in the game…

Glad our girl still gets to keep her Ult 🔥

Replace cybersecurity major perk with major that allows you to hack (override) enemy sombra healthpacks. Would allow for good counterplays and actual thinking.

And make life hack base kit dafuq?