Overwatch is tweaking Roadhog’s hook again on the PTR. Ana and Sombra will also be adjusted.
Recently, the hook of Roadhog was adjusted on the PTR and received a nerf. However, the hook was still not functioning optimally and gave opponents movement energy when pulling them in. This made hooked champions fly into the air when a rocket hit nearby. Additionally, Roadhog could still turn 180° after hooking, which was supposed to be addressed with the last PTR patch.
The Roadhog nerf went too far for the players
Aside from the bugs that the hook still seems to have, players felt the nerf was overall too extreme. According to the testers, it is now too easy to run away from the hook. With the introduced “Line of Sight” check, opponents can break the hook simply by walking past obstacles. If the hook was not in line of sight with Roadhog, it was immediately interrupted.
Thus, the hook was too weak, and new adjustments are coming now.
Overwatch’s Principal Designer Geoff Goodman announced these new adjustments of the hook in the Overwatch forum.
- More “Line of Sight” checks will be conducted to the left and right. This should make it easier to catch opponents with the hook who peek out halfway from behind a door or are standing behind a pole. Opponents who are already hooked can no longer easily break the hook by running behind small objects.
- Targets that are hit by the hook will be significantly slowed down while they are in the stun. This applies even if they are in the air. If opponents now try to jump away from the hook and Roadhog hits them with the hook, it is now much harder for them to escape and break the hook.
- The bug where Roadhog could turn 180° and pull enemies behind him before the hook hit is now fixed.
Ana and Sombra are being adjusted on the PTR
In addition to the changes to the hook, Ana and Sombra have also been adjusted.
- Ana: Ana’s “Biotic Grenade” now has a duration of 4 seconds instead of 5.
- Sombra: Sombra’s “Hack” now has a cooldown of 8 seconds instead of 12.
It was to be expected that Roadhog’s hook would be revised again since it was not functioning optimally yet. We will have to wait and see if this adjustment holds. The new hook will soon be available for testing on the PTR.
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