The new Overwatch hero, Ashe, is now online

Blizzard has released a new update for its popular shooter Overwatch. The fix 1.30 is now available on all platforms – PS4, Xbox One and PC – and makes some modifications to several cards and game characters, in addition to introducing his new hero, Ashe.

Unveiled at the BlizzCon 2018 earlier this month, Ashe is the leader of the Deadlock gang and the 29th character to join the Overwatch lineup. She arrived on the public test area soon after her unveiling at BlizzCon, but that's the first time she's available on all platforms. However, for the moment, you will only be able to use it in unclassified games; she will be available in competitive play only two weeks after her release.

Ashe is an offensive hero and one of the most versatile characters of Overwatch. Its main weapon, the Viper, is a lever rifle capable of firing large-scale semi-automatic bursts. It can also aim for precision shots. In addition to that, Ashe is equipped with a Coach Gun, which allows him to inflict a lot of damage very closely and can even send Ashe back if he is shot to the ground.

Another unique ability available to Ashe is the Dynamite. She can launch the explosive on the battlefield; it will then explode after a short period of time or immediately after it is shot. Finally, his Ultimate is BOB, his butler / robotic bodyguard presented alongside him in the Reunion animation short. When summoned, BOB charges forward and shoots enemies with his cannons.

In addition to Ashe, patch 1.30 brings general modifications to all heroes, as well as some modifications specific to Mercy, Reaper, Symmetra and Roadhog. The power of Mercy's ultimate has been increased, while Reaper has been refined to make him more combat-ready at short range. Roadhog has received the most changes; you can see them all in the release notes below.

Overwatch November 13 – Release Notes

Hero Updates

Pity

Developer's Comments: Mercy's ultimate load was a little slow after her basic healing was reduced in a previous update. These changes should restore some of its strength and allow it to accumulate more quickly.

combine

Developer Comments: Reaper's specialty is fighting at a very short distance. The more consistent pattern of propagation and increased healing resulting from his passive ability will make him more able to stand up to his enemies.

Symmetra

Developer's Comments: It is always difficult to use Symmetra's photon projector beam effectively, even after extending the range. By accelerating the charge rate of the primary fire, it takes less time to reach its maximum damage potential and will be a stronger option when it comes with targets to load.

roadhog

Developer Comments: Roadhog is receiving several important changes to make its capabilities more consistent. His chain hook had breakage problems when enemy targets jumped or fell behind an environmental collision. It will now slow them down in the air when the hook lands and will wait less time before starting to reassemble them. Chain Hook's cooldown starts now as soon as it is used, so it does not vary with the distance to Roadhog. We also brought some of the projectiles closer to the center of his Scrap Gun configuration, giving him a more consistent level of damage for his primary and alternate shots. Previously, there was a long-standing bug that caused nearby targets to fly much farther than expected. Once this bug was fixed, we still wanted to keep some of the rollover bursts provided. So we increased the overall velocity limit to keep some of these features.

Updates of the map

• Reduced Assault, Escort and Assault / Escort card setup time from 1 minute to 45 seconds
• The assembly time of your team has gone from 10 to 25 seconds in the second round on the assault, assault / escort and escort cards.

Bug fixes

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• Fixed a bug that caused Mei bots to get shot in the head while being immune to them in Rolls mode
• Fixed a bug that was blocking bots near point A on Eichenwalde

Hero

• Brigitte
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Brigitte's Whip Shot from resuming its cooldown if it was interrupted before the chain retracted.
• Doomfist
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist Rocket Punch victims from donning if they were eliminated
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Rising Uppercut from Doomfist from attacking enemies
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Doomist's seismic slam from inflicting damage if it was hit by a rollover ability at the time of landing.
• Junkrat
  • Fixed a bug that caused Junkrat to return to his idle animation when he was stunned when using RIP-Tire
• Lúcio
  • Fixed a bug that caused some allied heroes to say their vocal lines "under attack" when they received a barrier from their friend
• Orisa
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Orisa's Fortify from canceling the effects of Doomfist's Rising Uppercut air traffic control
• Reinhardt
  • Fixed a bug that allowed Reinhardt's Earthshatter to hit Brigitte when she was blocking him with his barrier shield if she was bombarding during a high latency period
• roadhog
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the chain hook from resuming its cooldown if it was interrupted before retracting the chain
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Chain Hook from destroying breakable objects by shooting the target backwards
  • Fixed a bug that caused Roadhog's Wholehog Whole Hog visual effects to span a wider area than projectiles
• Symmetra
  • Fixed a bug that prevented Symmetra from loading its main weapon on enemy ice walls
• Torbjörn
  • Fixed a bug that prevented the last vocal lines of Santaclad Torbjörn from playing during the activation of Molten Core.
  • Fixed a visual problem that prevented Molten Core's magma globules from appearing in the right place with their Barbarossa or Blackbeard skins equipped
  • Correction of an animation problem that caused the sudden appearance of Torbjörn's claw arm when Overload and Molten Core were used successively.
• Tracer
  • Fixed a problem that caused Tracer to accelerate slightly and slow down slightly faster than other heroes.
• wrecking ball
  • Fixed a bug that prevented playing Wrecking Ball's voice lines when previewing after opening a box of loot
• Zarya
  • Fixed a bug that allowed heroes to charge through a Graviton surge without getting trapped

Hero Gallery

• Fixed a problem that caused a contraction of the legs of some heroes in the Heroes Gallery.
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from running heroes in the hero gallery while the user interface was hidden

Social

• Fixed a bug that allowed players to hear the voice lines of heroes controlled by the players that they were muting

maps

• Fixed a bug that prevented the payload from healing attackers if they were damaged when inserting on assault / escort and escort cards
• Fixed a lighting problem that made a skyscraper black at the Hollywood skyline