Omnic Lab: A Strategic Overwatch Podcast

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91 - Omnic Lab: OWL Stage 1 Finals with KickedTripod Feb 21, 2018

Show notes

In the Lab this week Andres and Rob invite KickedTripod of OWL Daily Show to talk strategies from Stage 1 Playoffs and finals as well as look to analyze some of our expectations moving into Stage 2 for strategic developments with the new patch at the top levels of the game.

Heads Update:

Game Night -- Feb 23th
SPONSORS: Top Score Solutions
Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. Ben has a Masters in Sport Management and business and marketing experience. His services are free, and they will stay that way as long as demand allows it.
Omnic Meta: (Homepage)
PC Meta Report 2/08/18
“The biggest changes after the patch is to the Support meta, which has shift from Mercy to Moira. Moira is more frequently being played as the main healer, with great win-rates and overall viability.
The main challenge with using Moira of course is keeping teammates in range of primary heals, which is likely why we are also seeing Ana, Zenyatta, and (to some degree) Mercy.
After the nerf, Mercy is still useful as a main healer, but her ultimate no longer has the incredible value it once was.
That said, both Ana and Mercy's win-rates are some of the lowest in the game, so playing those supports as off-healers alongside Moira may give the most success.”
Console Meta Report 2/15/18
“The support meta sees the biggest changes after the Mercy Valkyrie nerf. However, Mercy remains the top played support on Console, followed closely by Moira.
Mercy still has the highest consistent healing output in the game right now, and Moira's area-of-effect heals are best suited for tight "deathball" style teams compositions such as triple/quad tanks, which are not that popular (yet).
Speaking of Moira, players are finding great success with her, as she boasts some of the best win-rates in the game. With Mercy and Moira competing for main healer, Lucio and Zenyatta are growing in popularity to fill the out off-support meta.”
OWL Recap now up on it’s own feed!
Interview with Kicked Tripod

Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons:

Ben K. Chrisdaplaya, Good Apollo, GoldenSoldierA, GreatRootBear, Kippppp, Lisome, Magic, Neverclutch, NotMeta, JanJinkle, RickyTicky, Shazear, & TopScore Solutions, TragicZac.

OWL Stage 1 Final Weekend - Uprising vs Outlaws:

Eichenwalde: 3-2 HOU
Outlaws: Double Hitscan into Hitscan Junkrat on Attack. Pharmacy with Tracer on Defense, into McCree Junkrat.
Uprising: Pharmacy into dive on Defense. Pharmacy into Dive on Attack.
Anubis: 1-2 BOS
Outlaws: Attack: Widowmaker + Tracer Dive (fist Point). Pharah/Tracer + Reaper/Genji semi dive (second point). Defense: Soldier + Orisa + Junkrat into Genji + Junkrat Dive.
Uprising: Defense: Genji + Tracer Dive (first Point). McCree/Junkrat + Tracer Second Point. Attack:
Ilios: 0-2 BOS
Map 1 (Ruins): Both Widow + Tracer Dives
Map 2 (Lighthouse): Outlaws: McCree + Tracer Dive, Uprising: Pharmacy + Tracer Dive.
Dorado: 3-2 HOU
Outlaws: Junkrat + Widow + Hog single healer on Attack into Junkrat + Tracer Dive. On Defense: Widow + Junkrat + Hog, into Widow + Tracer
Uprising: Widow + Junkrat Defense into Dive. On Attack: Protect the president into Genji + Tracer Dive.
Lijang: 2-1 HOU
Map 1 (Cont. Center): Outlaws: Reinhardt + Zarya + McCree + Junk. Uprising: Genji + Tracer Dive.
Map 2 (Garden): Both Pharmacy + Tracer Dive. Then Jake to Junkrat and Dreamkazper to Genji.
Map 3 (Night Market): Outlaws: Soldier + Tracer Dive. Uprising: Genji + Tracer Dive.

Blue Posts & News:

CTF hotfix for Lucio to drop flag on wall-riding (Source)
Overwatch Free Weekend Feb. 16-19
Developer Update: PTR Changes for Mei/Sombra/Doomfist (Current PTR Notes)
Doomfist - Hand Cannon
Ammo recovery rate increased from 0.8 seconds to 0.65 seconds per bullet
Mei - Endothermic Blaster
Contribution from T500 Mei Player, Jardio
Freeze (slow) duration increased from 1 second to 1.5 seconds
Weapon alternate fire ammo cost reduced from 25 to 20
Sombra
Fitzy’s Sombra Thoughts
EMP - No longer blocked by small objects (e.g. sign posts)
Hack -
No longer gains ultimate charge from health pack healing
Cast time reduced from 0.8 seconds to 0.65 seconds
Now disables the following abilities:
Genji—Cyber-agility (Double Jump & Wall Climb)
Hanzo—Wall Climb
Pharah—Hover Jets
Lúcio—Healing/Speed Boost, turns off current song, & Wall Ride
Mercy—Angelic Descent (Slow fall/glide)
Machine Pistol - Machine Pistol spread reduced from 3 to 2.7
Translocator - Duration increased from 15 seconds to 20 seconds
Hanzo Possible changes to Scatter
Symmetra & Torbjorn targeted for future adjustments, VERY preliminary idea generation

iTunes Reviews: (5)

nutcase0909098 (USA)
Kirbeyy (USA)
Shaftey (USA)
Buck CNN (USA)
Scene Girls (GER)

Omnic Lab Links:

Omnic Lab is now a Twitch Affiliate! Sub now with Twitch/Amazon Prime! Twitter, Facebook, Patreon Twitch, Youtube, MERCH Discord: discord.me/omniclab Email: omniclabpodcast@gmail.com Website: http://www.omniclab.com iTunes, Google Play Music, RSS -->Full Extended Show Notes<-- Rob: Twitter, Twitch, Velen's Chosen Podcast, Concept Craft Podcast Andres: Twitter, audioblender.studio, soundcloud KickedTripod: Twitter, Twitch, OWLDaily Podcast

90 - Omnic Lab: Patron Topic Mashup with Greatrootbear & JanJinkle Feb 13, 2018

Show notes

In the Lab this week Andres is out watching the OWL Stage 1 finals in Burbank, CA while Rob’s here to deliver the show! This week he brought in 2 Diamond patrons for the show to discuss Viewing Party community building in New York for the OWL, Overwatch personal progression talk,and the news on the Year of the Dog Patch that just launched!

Heads Update:

Game Night -- Feb 23th, 2018
Omnic Meta: (Homepage)
Clipped Wings: Mercy Patch Changes
OWL Recap now up on it’s own feed!

Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons:

(13/25) Chrisdaplaya, Good Apollo, GoldenSoldierA, GreatRootBear, Kippppp, Lisome, Magic, JanJinkle, RickyTicky, Shazear, & TopScore Solutions, TragicZac.
New Patrons this week:
Secondguess
Erik E.
Ben K. - Diamond

Patrons intro: JanJinkle & GreatRootBear

Tell us a bit about yourself & what brought you to Overwatch.
What heroes you like to play & what platform do you play on?
What OWL team/players do you like?

NYXL Viewing Party Organizer: Rich aka “GreatRootBear”

Tell us what you do for the NYXL Viewing party.
What sparked your interest in organizing the viewing parties?
Tell us the story of your journey so far in making this event a regular thing.
How, if at all, has the team helped out with events?
What’s next for the venue itself and expanding your reach?

Duo-Queue & Progression Mind-set

Duo Queuing “What I learned”
Self-reflection (Mental & Game Reviewed)
Value of having a “Cooldown” after comp.
Motivating/Coaching yourself & partners
Communication evaluating
Player Progression vs Rank
Making Tilt work for you

Blue Posts & News:

Year of the Dog Event
Year of the Dog Patch Notes
Sombra Major Changes
Mei Icicle Change
Waypoint Opacity Indicator adjustment

Omnic Lab Links:

89 - Omnic Lab: Map Mastery: Junkertown with Skyline Feb 06, 2018

Show notes

Time Stamps:

Map Mastery: Temple of Anubis 00:15:35
Mercy & Junkrat Nerf Discussion 00:50:30

In the Lab this week we’ve got another entry into our Map Mastery series. This time around we bring back a returning guest Skyline to talk about Junkertown! So buckle up as we talk all about this map and a few of the meta changes at the end of the show!

Heads Update:

Game Night -- Feb 23rd?
Omnic Meta: (Homepage)
OWL Recap now up on it’s own feed!
Twitter
Main Feed

Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons:

Chrisdaplaya, Good Apollo, GoldenSoldierA, GreatRootBear, Kippppp, Lisome, Magic, JanJinkle, RickyTicky, Shazear, & TopScore Solutions, TragicZac

General strategy for Payload & Junkertown

Key Map elements to look at
Team composition considerations
Point A:
Attackers
Defenders
Point B:
Attackers
Defenders
Point C:
Attackers
Defenders

Blue Posts & News:

Mercy & Junkrat changes are now LIVE. Notes from OmnicMeta
MERCY-
Win rates have fallen -6% on average across all tiers, putting her below 50% win rate at each tier. She is now in the same "winrate dumpster tier" as Ana (Ana winrate haven't changed)
Healing and deaths per game is exactly the same as before patch. This means her bread and butter base kit has not been impacted.
Resurrects per game have fallen 40% on average across all tiers - the ability appears to have been nerfed into the ground.
Support Pickrates?
Ana (30% usage average)
Lucio (30% usage average)
Moira (60% usage average)
All see play bumps.
Mercy now around 50% usage at Bronze, declining to 20% usage at Grandmaster.
Summary: While Mercy is still the easy-to-pick up healer, without Resurrect being a strong ability (through Valkyrie) she just isn't the same hero. However, we may find that people learn how to get the most out of her new kit. It's still very early.
JUNKRAT
Only change was to Concussive Mine.
Eliminations down -7% though damage is only down -2%. (Both moved a little).
Win rates have gone down about -2% (to 51% average)
Pick rates are down -4% (to 28% usage average). (Both moved a little.)
Summary: All of this data indicates that the nerf was really minor. Junkrat remains a strong hero with some of the highest win rates in the game. His plat continues to center around his base grenade damage and quick-to-charge Rip-tire.
Blizzard World Map now in Quickplay and Arcade. Will not come to Competitive play until Season 9.
Year of the Dog launches Feb. 8th

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88 - Omnic Lab: Strat Brewing: Reading a Battle Jan 30, 2018

Show notes

In the Lab this week we’re kicking off a new series called “Strat Brewing” where Andres and Rob break down key strategies that come up throughout the year for when guests aren’t on the show! Additionally this week’s topic is going to be called Reading a Battle!

TIMESTAMPS:

NYXL vs SEOUL Discussion 00:10:17
STRAT BREWING - Reading the battle 00:20:38

Heads Update:

Game Night -- Jan 26th Recap
Omnic Meta: (Homepage)
PC Meta: Jan. 17th 2018
OWL Rankings: Computer Generated (S1:St1:W2)
OWL Recap now up on it’s own feed!
Twitter
Main Feed
Aidmaro’s Twitter
SPONSOR: Top Score Solutions
Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server.

Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons:

Chrisdaplaya, Good Apollo, GoldenSoldierA, GreatRootBear, Kippppp, Lisome, Magic, JanJinkle, NeverClutch, RickyTicky, Shazear, & TragicZac.

Strat Brewing: Reading Battles Tools:

Kill Feed
Chevrons above player heads
Sounds
Comms
Hitting Tab//Checking Ultimates

Reacting to different moments in battles:

Approaching the battle.
Losing a player before the fight.
Losing a player as the fight starts.
Losing players during the fight.
High risk, high reward plays.
After the battle has been won (Def and Attack)

Blue Posts & News:

Blizzard World Map now in Quickplay and Arcade. Will not come to Competitive play until Season 9.
Developer Update (Community Topics)
Toxicity update around 17% more actions and 20% more reports
Actioning some players through being proactive through looking through toxic behaviors on youtube and like platforms before reports are filed in some cases.
Mercy & Junkrat changes still slated for next patch
If Mercy is too far on the roster she will be brought back up
Hanzo, Mei, Symmetra named as plans to look into the heroes
Sombra & Doomfist are looking at minor tweaks
In-Depth Explanation of the Movement Update from Geoff Goodman
Update to the known bugs page

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87 - Omnic Lab: Map Mastery: Anubis with Jardio Jan 23, 2018

Show notes

Map Guide Starts at 00:07:55

In the Lab this week we’ve got our first show in a new category: Map Mastery! We’ve brought back Jardio to the show to help us break down Temple of Anubis! Jardio is a frequent Top 500 player known for his Mei and Tracer prowess.

Heads Update:

Game Night -- Jan 26th
Omnic Meta: (Homepage)
PC Meta: Jan. 17th 2018
OWL Recap now up on it’s own feed!
Twitter
Main Feed
Aidmaro’s Twitter
SPONSORS: Top Score Solutions
Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. Ben has a Masters in Sport Management and business and marketing experience. His services are free, and they will stay that way as long as demand allows it.

Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons:

Chrisdaplaya, Good Apollo, GoldenSoldierA, GreatRootBear, Kippppp, Lisome, Magic, Matt R, NeverClutch, RickyTicky, Shazear, & TragicZac.
New Patrons this week: Palmi J.

Map Mastery: Temple of Anubis:

Helpful Video from Skyline
General strategy for 2CP//Assault
Key Map elements to look at
Team composition considerations
Point A:
Attackers
Defenders
Point B:
Attackers
Defenders

Blue Posts & News:

Blizzard World launches Jan 23rd
New Content for Standard Loot Boxes
New icons
New Skins
New Emotes
New Sprays

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86 - Omnic Lab: Shotcalling with Baemax Jan 16, 2018

Show notes

In the Lab this week we’ve got another new topic hitting the books for our strategy focus this week: Shotcalling! We brought in a GM specialist, Baemax to help us out with the topic this week.

INTERVIEW STARTS AT 00:04:36

SHOT CALLING GUIDE STARTS AT 00:18:00

Heads-Update:

Game Night -- Still looking for a date
Podcasting Apps: Overcast//Pocket Casts
Omnic Meta: (Homepage)
OWL Recap now up on it’s own feed!
Twitter
Main Feed
Aidmaro’s Twitter
SPONSORS: Top Score Solutions
Ben aka “INeedPeeling” is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. Ben has a Masters in Sport Management and business and marketing experience. His services are free, and they will stay that way as long as demand allows it.

Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons:

(11/25) Chrisdaplaya, Good Apollo, GreatRootBear, Kippppp, Lisome, Magic, Matt R, NeverClutch, RickyTicky, & TragicZac.
New Patrons this week: Isabella R.

Top Tier Shotcalling: LINK

Good shot calling
Information that is useful and usable and will make the fight easier/ give an advantage to a teammate
Health
Cooldowns
Exact information
Don't get distracted
Be flexible
Making shot calls based on your teammates
Hype people up!
Bad shot calling
Saying things that will tilt others
Don’t spam comms.
Open mic vs Push-to-Talk
Things to think about when you are shot calling.

Omnic Lab Links:

85 - Omnic Lab: Advanced Aiming Techniques with Burdock Jan 09, 2018

Show notes

In the Lab this week we’ve got a very cool topic of Advanced Aiming for you to break down in techniques, movement, theory, and practical tips on how to improve. We’ve pulled a guest from Reddit who plays at a Grand Master level and wrote a high-quality Aim Theory article for Competitive Overwatch subreddit Daniel aka Burdock.

Interview Begins at 00:05:30

Heads-Update:

Game Night -- Still looking for a date
Podcasting Apps: Overcast//Pocket Casts
Omnic Meta: (Homepage)
Console Meta: Dec. 14th 2017
OWL Recap now up on it’s own feed!
Twitter
Main Feed
Aidmaro’s Twitter
SPONSORS: Top Score Solutions
Top Score Solutions: One of our longtime Patrons, Ben or “INeedPeeling” as he’s known on Reddit, is offering free business consulting in the eSports field. If you are aspiring to coach, starting a team, developing an app or service, trying to boost your subscriber base, or just want to work in eSports, you can visit his website at topscoresolutions.com, get him on Twitter @topscoreEsports, or join his Discord server. His services are free, and they will stay that way as long as demand allows it.

Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons:

(11/25) Chrisdaplaya, Good Apollo, GreatRootBear, Kippppp, Lisome, Magic, Matt R, NeverClutch, RickyTicky, & TragicZac.
New Patrons this week: Goldensoldier, Shazear, Grant G

Aim Techniques: LINK

Aiming terms
Placing is when you place your cross-hair and let the target move across its location
Strafing is when you use your own movement as a means of aiming.
Tracking is when you try to keep the crosshair on the target while shooting, consistent movements coming from your fingers, wrist, or arm depending on the target's distance and speed.
Flicking is when you quickly move your crosshair to the target and shoot, often with your wrist.
Advanced Advice
Aiming with the eyes
Understanding Enemy movement
Shallow Angles
How to aim against A/D spam
Movement Terms
General Advice

Blue Posts & News:

Mercy/Junkrat PTR

Omnic Lab Links:

84 - Omnic Lab: 2017 Community Lessons Dec 31, 2017

Show notes

In the Lab this week we chose to do an end-of-the-year special featuring...you guys and girls out there that wanted to voice your opinions on what you learned this last year with the Omnic Lab! So you’re in the driver’s seat this week so let’s learn what the community is improving on!

News & Blue Posts:

Game Night -- DEC. 29th Review
Omnic Meta: (Homepage)
OWL Recap now up on it’s own feed!
Twitter
Main Feed
Aidmaro’s Twitter
Seaon 8 is now OUT: Good luck!

Community Lessons:

Aidmaro (Juston from OWL Recap):
Geoseay
KawaiiGenju
NeverClutch
Bioshrimp
BlazzinBob
Nerfanatic
Queen of Salt
Zapdosequis (Emily)
Chipmunk2353
Shazear
Walrus
YangXiaoLong
KeylimeKangaroo
GreatRootBear
ShadowJesus
Switch
Anstapa087
Raynorwilky
L Chris L

Tips from the Hosts:

Knowing what each hero does optimally with their whole kit is important for everyone, not just the hero you play.
Don’t use do ANYTHING without vision of what’s going on. Don’t burn a Zen or Mercy ultimate just to speed to the point without seeing anything first with your own character.
Don’t Stagnate -- aka Never stop learning: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons:

(14/25) Chrisdaplaya, GingerSasquash, Good Apollo, GreatRootBear, Lisome, Magic, Matt R, NotMuaddib, Never Clutch, RickyTicky, Sketchy Nonsense Podcast, Top Score Solutions, & TragicZac.
New Patrons this week: Kippppp (Diamond)

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83 - Omnic Lab: Ladder Climbing with Appa Dec 25, 2017

Show notes

In the Lab this week a good podcasting friends joins us this week to talk about climbing from Silver to Diamond. Appa comes from Hearthstone as a top player in the esports scene and has attempted transitioning to Overwatch to compete in a different game!

News & Blue Posts:

Game Night -- DEC. 29th
Omnic Meta: (Homepage)
Console Meta: Dec. 14th 2017
OWL Recap now up on it’s own feed!
Twitter
Main Feed
Aidmaro’s Twitter
Sombra & Bastion “Toast” Victory Poses not in Lootboxes
PTR Patch changing movement & Acceleration

Silver to Diamond Progress:

Basics:
The core of Overwatch - Moba at heart disguised as FPS
Much faster pace than MOBA
Constant team fight
I usually play in like 3-ish hour sittings, sometimes multiple times a day
Putting in the hours
Good practice is important.
Don't form bad habits
Watch streams, ask for help, get coaching
Advanced Roles:
Hero Switching
Hero tracking, skill tracking and looking for openings.
Learning your matchups.
Self-Imposed Rules:
My biggest self-imposed rule is if we’ve already lost a fight, just don’t ult
Flexibility:
Allowing yourself to know multiple heroes/roles
Personal examples
Mentality:
If you lose a game, you should always look back on the game as if the loss was your fault - as if there is always something you could improve
Don’t be afraid to admit others can be better than you, embrace it and learn from them.
Dealing with Teammates:
Accept that is a team game and you need your teammates.
Act accordingly

Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons:

(12/25) Chrisdaplaya, GingerSasquash, Good Apollo, GreatRootBear, Lisome, Magic, Matt R, NotMuaddib, RickyTicky, Sketchy Nonsense Podcast, Top Score Solutions, & TragicZac.
New Patrons this week: NeverClutch & Raphael C.

Omnic Lab Links:

82 - Omnic Lab: Yeti Hunting Patch Notes Dec 18, 2017

Show notes

In the Lab this week we finally come to circle back to do a strategy revisit on some of the key moments in OWL Pre-season, cover the 2017 Winter Wonderland, Season 8 competitive changes, and also a new PTR patch coming up!

News & Blue Posts:

Game Night -- DEC. 29th
Omnic Meta: (Homepage)
Console Meta: Dec. 14th 2017
OWL Recap will be moving to it’s own home.
Overwatch League Skins & Tokens
Starting in early 2018 the home uniforms for the 12 OWL teams are added.
You can “acquire these for any hero” and will provide monetary support for the league
League tokens only used for in-game OWL content.
You can buy whichever team skin you want.
Every Player will have enough tokens for 1 OWL skin in the first month
Opening OWL week starts Jan. 10th

Season 8 Changes - Scott Mercer

Limit on the max SR difference between the highest SR & lowest SR player on the same team.
“During the month of December we will be quietly testing the effect of more restrictive SR limits to both match quality and queue times. With the data and player feedback from testing, we’ll then come back from our holiday break on January 2 and apply a finalized set of values for Season 8.”
Removing Personal Performance SR Adjustments for Diamond tier players and above
Below is the performance based SR before Diamond
If you have a higher than 50% chance to win a match, you gain less for a win and lose more for a defeat. Conversely, if you were an underdog in a match than you gain more SR when you win and lose less SR when defeated.
New players experience both higher gains and higher losses than players who have completed a lot of matches.
You gain less SR for a win than you lose for a defeat as you more closely approach the system’s mathematical upper limit 5000 SR. (So at very high SRs you do need a greater than 50% win rate to keep your SR stable.)
A measurement of how well you personally performed during the match. If you perform well than you gain more SR when you win, and lose less SR when defeated. The reverse is also true.
SUMMARY:
The adjustment does create a lot of positive system wide effects including rewarding players who make the effort to play well, punishing inactive players, and more quickly providing fairer matches for new players or those who decide to play a new hero or role. So we spent quite a lot of time examining data over multiple seasons, checking a lot of math, reading a LOT of community feedback, and then doing some deep soul searching about this. Especially at the higher levels of online competition where every point of SR matters, we want players to not be distracted and worry about how to optimize around the personal performance adjustment. They should just be trying to WIN. So after we get back from the holidays on January 2nd we’re going to turn off the personal performance SR adjustments for players in the Diamond skill tier and above.

Winter Wonderland 2017 Patch

Dec. 12th to Jan. 1st is the Winter Wonderland Event
7 New Skins: Avalanche Bastion, Rime Sombra, Beachrat Junkrat, Snow Owl Ana, Casual Hanzo, Ice Fisherman Roadhog, & Alpine: 76 Soldier
Each Skin with a corresponding player icon
2 New Emotes:Legendary Orisa Puppy & Epic Zenyatta Snowflakes
New Reinhardt Shield/Snowball Highlight Intro
New hero “Toast” Victory Poses
Heroes that were not here for 2016 now have an ornament and Christmas Spray
All previous event items are available for normal credit amount
Developer Update Promo

Dec. 12, 2017 Patch

Mei’s Snowball Offensive Returns to Arcade
New Arcade game: Yeti Hunter
5v1 Super Winston vs. Mei’s (ultimate is now a giant Junkrat Trap)
Player Warning Update:
Players being reported will receive an in-game message letting them know that they have been reported, along with a warning concerning continued negative behavior.
Players who report someone for poor behavior, resulting in a disciplinary action, will now be notified with an in-game message when the issue has been resolved.
Players can now clear new item notifications with the “Mark All As Seen” button in the Hero Gallery
Doomfist Bug Fixing Overhaul (Round 1)
Prevented Doomfist’s Rocket Punch from destroying objects
Caused Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to not always deal damage when an enemy hits a wall
Caused Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to not always stop an enemies' movement when they impact a wall
Canceled Doomfist’s Seismic Slam when it was unable to reach the targeted location
Caused Doomfist’s Seismic Slam to trigger instantly when the ability was used to travel up inclines
Caused Doomfist’s Seismic Slam to create performance drops when repeatedly used with no cooldown
Mei
Fixed a bug that prevented Mei’s Cryo-freeze from clearing the healing debuff caused by Ana’s Biotic Grenade
Mercy
Fixed a bug that showed Mercy’s Guardian Angel targeting UI on allies while it was already in progress on a selected target
Fixed a bug that allowed a Mercy player to cast Resurrect on a player that was in the process of being resurrected by another Mercy
Moira
Fixed a bug that allowed Moira’s Biotic Orb to pass through terrain and structures
Fixed an issue that prevented players from using Moira’s Biotic Orb’s regeneration option when primary fire was disabled
Fixed a visual bug with Moira’s Biotic Orb that sometimes caused Biotic Grasp’s healing spray effects to display instead
Fixed a bug that prevented Moira’s Coalescence from healing an allied Reaper in Wraith Form
Fixed a bug that prevented Moira from being able to pass through enemies when using Fade
Fixed a bug that caused Moira’s eyelashes to detach from her face during her Heroic highlight intro
Fixed an issue that prevented Moira’s self-healing statistic from being collected and displayed in the game stats

Special Thanks to Diamond Sponsors & New Patrons:

(12/25) Chrisdaplaya, GingerSasquash, Good Apollo, GreatRootBear, Lisome, Magic, Matt R, NotMuaddib, RickyTicky, Sketchy Nonsense Podcast, Silverback, & TragicZac.
New Patrons this week: Alex B & Aron B.

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