Overwatch 2 bug nerfs Symmetra, leaving her without turrets

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A serious Overwatch 2 bug seems to have caused an unintentional but significant Symmetra nerf in the Blizzard multiplayer game. The DPS hero has gone through many dramatic overhauls and reworks over the years, but her latest iteration seems to be accidentally broken in several different and rather unfortunate ways that might make her borderline unplayable in Overwatch 2 season 3 until rectified.

The first of these issues relates to her ultimate ability, Photon Barrier, which got a small but largely insignificant nerf (the only listed change for Symmetra) in season 3 that increased its cost by 10%. However, as highlighted in a video by YouTuber Not Muda (seen below), it appears that her ultimate now takes much longer to appear after using it.

This isn’t merely a visual effect, either, as the video demonstrates a Rein shatter and Sombra hack affecting Sombra before the barrier can pop up to block them. The ultimate ends earlier than expected, too, allowing damage to pass through while its duration is still ticking down. Helpfully, the barrier appears to still appear if you die while in the casting animation – but that’s likely to feel like scant consolation in the moment.

Perhaps even more serious, however, is the second Symmetra bug. When placed turrets collide with moving parts of the environment – such as sliding doors, rotating platforms, or the payload rolling over them – they are traditionally destroyed. A pain, to be sure, but you can just replace them. Unfortunately, this latest glitch seems to be a much more severe problem, as the turrets now simply disappear without being properly destroyed.

We’ve tested this in-game and can confirm the problem occurs as demonstrated in the video below: if one of your turrets is