10/28/2024
Hack
- Now exits stealth when hacking an enemy target.
Translocator
- Delay before entering stealth reduced from 0.5 to 0.33 seconds.
- Fade in time reduced from 0.3 to 0.15 second.
EMP
- Ultimate cost reduced by 10%.
10/21/2024
Translocator
- Cooldown reduced from 7 to 6 seconds.
10/15/2024
Developer Comments: This is a significant change to Sombra's playstyle in the hopes of making her more interactive for the opposing team and shifting some of her power from the utility of Stealth and Hack into increased lethality.
Stealth having a limited duration less than the Translocator cooldown is intended to create brief windows of vulnerability. It still enables Sombra to cross through dangerous areas unseen, but to really hang around in the enemy backline will require moving from cover-to-cover similar to other flanking heroes. No longer having the stealth movement speed removed upon taking damage also enhances its usefulness as an escape tool.
Hack
- No longer ends Stealth but does reveal Sombra.
- Hacked ability lockout effect duration reduced from 1.5 to 1.0 seconds (EMP duration unchanged).
- BOB hacked stun duration reduced from 10 to 3 seconds.
Translocator
- Cooldown increased from 5 to 7 seconds.
EMP
- Ultimate cost increased 12%.
Stealth
- No longer passive and now activates by using Translocator.
- Now has a 5 second duration.
- Added stealth timer around the reticle and removed ability icon.
- Taking damage now reveals Sombra for 1 second instead of ending stealth.
Opportunist
- The Opportunist passive has been added back in.
- Increases Sombra's weapon damage versus hacked targets by 20%.
- See critically injured enemies through walls.
9/3/2024
Virus
- Damage over time reduced from 90 to 75.
8/20/2024
Developer Comment: The increased movement speed while in stealth will better enable Sombra to get into advantageous positions or be slightly more evasive with the new lower health.
Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
Virus
Impact damage increased from 25 to 35.
Stealth
Bonus movement speed increased from 45 to 60%.
4/16/2024
Virus
- Total damage over time decreased from 100 to 90.
4/1/2024
Developer Comments: To keep fights fair, let the enemy team know that they should update their network anti-virus and firewalls as soon as possible.
Virus
- Killing an enemy infected with Virus, it attempts to spread to a nearby enemy.
3/19/2024
EMP
- The previous reduction to ultimate cost has been reverted.
3/8/2024
Developer Comments: Virus deals critical impact damage when it hits Hacked targets, and this change makes using it as a follow-up more compelling. The Translocator now destroys breakable objects, preventing Sombra from teleporting a shorter distance than expected.
Virus
- Impact damage increased from 10 to 25.
Translocator
- Destroys breakables while in flight.
EMP
- Ultimate cost reduced by 8%.
2/13/2024
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
1/9/2024
Stealth
- Grace period where Stealth can be canceled immediately after entering it increased from 0.5 to 0.75 seconds.
- Cooldown now pauses at 1 second while capturing or contesting objectives from 1.5 seconds.
- Cooldown on respawning decreased from 1.5 to 1 second.
12/5/2023
Developer Comments: The 1.5 second lockout duration didn't feel impactful enough for an ultimate ability but generally EMP is more interesting and effective when it's focused on the disabling aspect rather than the damage.
EMP
- Ability lockout duration increased from 1.5 to 3 seconds.
- Damage reduced from 30 to 25% of current health.
10/31/2023
EMP
- Ultimate cost decreased 10%.
10/10/2023
Machine Pistol
- Damage increased from 7.5 to 8.
- Minimum Spread reduced from 0.5 to 0.
- Number of shots until max spread has been increased from 3 to 6 shots.
- Reload time reduced from 1.4 seconds to 1.2 seconds.
Hack
- Cast time reduced from 0.75 seconds to 0.65 seconds.
- Now cancels Stealth when hacking an enemy hero.
- Cooldown increased from 4 to 6 seconds.
- Hack has a reduced cooldown of 3 seconds if Hack is interrupted or if a non-hero enemy is hacked.
- The "Hacked" warning text will now only appear while you are silenced and not for the remainder duration of the hack debuff.
Opportunist
- Removed.
Stealth
- Ability reworked to be a passive. Sombra automatically becomes invisible after 3.5 seconds while not shooting, using a damaging ability, or receiving damage.
- Stealth movement speed bonus reduced from 60% to 45%.
- Fade Out duration into Stealth reduced from 0.375 seconds to 0.25 seconds.
- Fade In duration from Stealth reduced from 0.5 seconds to 0.375 seconds.
- Updated the UI messaging to the Sombra player when hacking Health Packs to "Revealed" instead of "Detected". Now the message "Detected" is only used when an enemy player is in the detection radius.
Translocator
- Can no longer can be manually activated. Translocator will now automatically teleport Sombra after 0.25 seconds from being thrown or when impacting the environment.
- Reduces the Stealth passive cooldown after teleporting.
- Projectile speed increased from 25 to 72.
- Cooldown reduced from 6 seconds to 5 seconds. Cooldown now begins after
- Sombra teleports to the location of the Transponder.
- Projectile launch initial vertical offset removed.
EMP
- Ultimate charge cost increased by 15%.
- Health percent damage decreased from 40% to 30%.
Virus
- This is a new ability assigned to Ability 1 by default.
- Fire a projectile that damages an enemy over time. Damage is dealt faster on Hacked enemies.
- Impact Damage: 10 (20 on hacked target).
- Damage over time: 100 over 4 seconds (100 over 2 seconds on hacked target).
8/10/2023
Developer Comments: EMP frequency is a little too high given its relative power so we are increasing its cost. It will now also deal the usual percentage of max health damage to Lifeweaver’s Tree of Life ultimate instead of treating it like a barrier and destroying it instantly.
EMP
- Ultimate cost increased 15%.
- No longer destroys Lifeweaver's Tree of Life.
5/9/2023
Added the Hero-Specific Option:
- Toggle Hack - Off by default
4/11/2023
Developer Comment: We are expanding what Sombra's EMP turns off to keep it consistent with how it affects other device-controlled ultimates.
EMP
- Can now disable Blizzard
2/7/2023
Developer Comments: Sombra is underperforming after her last round of changes. While we make progress on a small rework for her abilities, this damage increase will help strengthen Sombra even against targets that aren't affected by her Hack effect. It's a small increase per projectile, but it adds up quickly due to her fast fire rate. The health pack duration increase is a minor buff to avoid needing to re-hack them quite so often.
Machine Pistol
- Damage per projectile increased from 7 to 7.5
Hack
- Health pack hacked duration increased from 30 to 45 seconds
11/17/2022
With Sombra’s rework, she gained a lot more damage to help account for the reduced ability lockout duration of Hack. This has proven to be too deadly for a flanker with easy access to the enemy backlines, especially in 5v5.
She can also no longer channel hack on an already hacked target as feedback indicated the reduced cooldown combined with hacking from stealth proved to be too frustrating for many players. This is essentially a per-target cooldown that enables Hack to keep its current 4-second cooldown for potentially hacking multiple targets.
Hack
- Ability lockout duration reduced from 1.75 to 1.5 seconds
- Hacked enemies are no longer valid targets for hacking for the duration of the 8-second effect
- Hacked enemy damage multiplier reduced from 40 to 25%