Blizzard is making Overwatch 2's Roadhog more viable with this new ability
Blizzard just released details on a slight rework for one of the oldest tanks on the Overwatch 2 roster, Roadhog.
Overwatch 2's silent but deadly tank hero, Roadhog, just got a new ability, and hopefully, this will finally make the character viable to play. Announced via a Twitter post, Roadhog has received changes to Take A Breather and Scrap Gun as well as the entirely new skill, Pig Pen.
The details of this character update were covered in great detail via a Twitch stream with the lead hero designer, Alec Dawson. Starting with Scrap Gun, its secondary fire will be removed, while its primary will receive a damage boost (from 150 to 160). There will be fewer scattered pellets per shot, but it'll fire four large pellets in the center, effectively combining the primary and secondary fire. Unfortunately, the weapon's critical multiplier is decreasing from 2x to 1.5x, making the hook-fire-melee combo weaker.
Take A Breather; the healing ability that Roadhog has is also changing. It will now be assigned to secondary fire as default. Instead of being available on cooldown, it's changing to a resource management ability; a meter will gradually fill, much like Moira's healing spray, taking 12 seconds to fully charge. Unfortunately, Roadhog's damage reduction is also dropping from 50% to 30%, meaning it won't be as easy to survive a D.Va bomb now.
Roadhog: Reworked
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