12/17/2024
- Base shield health removed.
- Base health increased from 300 to 500.
- Base armor reduced from 175 to 150.
Adaptive Shields
- No longer able to disperse shields to allies.
- Radius reduced from 13 to 8 meters.
- Overhealth gained per target reduced from 100 to 75.
Pile Driver
- Cooldown increased from 8 to 10 seconds.
10/28/2024
Quad Cannons
- Ammo increased from 80 to 100.
Grappling Claw
- Duration increased from 6 to 8 seconds.
7/5/2024
Developer Comments: Wrecking Ball has excellent mobility and survivability and will now be more efficient in transferring some of that survivability to his teammates, should he choose to return to them. We're also making the automatic reload in ball form match his manual reload timing for a smoother transition between modes.
Quad Cannons
- Automatic reload time while transformed reduced from 2 to 1.6 seconds.
Adaptive Shields
- Allied Overhealth transfer ratio increased by 50% (Use up to 50 Overhealth per target to grant allies up to 75 HP).
5/14/2024
Developer Comment: Wrecking Ball has been performing much better after his recent update and these tuning changes will help his abilities feel more impactful.
Grappling Claw
- Impact damage increased from 50 to 60.
Piledriver
- Movement lockout duration for enemies increased from 0.5 to 0.75 seconds.
Minefield
- Damage increased from 130 to 165.
- Explosion knockback increased from 5 to 10.
4/16/2024
Developer Comments: The general goals here are to add a direct way for Wrecking Ball to support his allies aside from purely enemy team disruption, make the hero more approachable while also adding more avenues for skill expression, and improve quality of life around the grapple.
Grappling Claw
- Hold the jump input while the Grappling Claw is attached to terrain to retract it, pulling yourself towards the anchor point. This action can be rebound in his hero settings.
- Now has a one second cooldown if Wrecking Ball never reaches ramming speed before canceling the ability. Interrupting him with Hack, Hinder, and stuns will still trigger the full cooldown.
- The maximum duration timer no longer triggers unless he reaches ramming speed.
Adaptive Shield
- Can now be reactivated to redistribute up to 300 overhealth to nearby allies, capping at 75 per person.
- Enemy and ally detection radius increased from 10 to 13 meters.
Minefield
- Health increased from 50 to 60.
4/1/2024
Developer Comments: We're preparing to retcon Wrecking Ball into a crab. Hope these changes are sufficiently immersive.
- Wrecking Ball’s sideways movement speed increased by 55%.
Quad Cannons
- Deals increased damage as you continue to walk sideways.
2/13/2024
- Armor increased from 100 to 175.
10/10/2023
Added the hero-specific options:
- Hide Adaptive Shields Timer - Off by default.
- Adaptive Shields UI - On by default.
- Piledriver UI - On by default.
7/11/2023
Developer Comments: Wrecking Ball rarely reloads his Quad Cannons manually due to the automatic reload that triggers while transformed into a Ball. This change makes reloading without changing forms a more viable option.
Quad Cannons
- Manual reload time reduced from 2 to 1.6 seconds. This does not affect the automatic reload while transformed into a ball, which is still 2 seconds.
5/9/2023
Pressing the Quick Melee button now cancels Roll
Added the Hero-Specific Option:
- Toggle Quick Melee During Roll
2/7/2023
Developer Comments: Wrecking Ball received some of the fewest changes in the transition to 5v5 as he proved to be one of the most effective solo tanks in early testing. His extreme mobility and massive health pool enable him to choose when to fight much more freely than other heroes. These changes are aimed at reducing his downtime so he can press that advantage even further. The regenerating shield health pool often leads to not needing to search for as many health packs before getting back in position.
- Base health in Role Queue modes reduced from 600 to 450
- Base health in non-Role Queue modes reduced from 600 to 300
- Shield health increased from 0 to 150
Pile Driver
- Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds
Minefield
- Ultimate cost increased 9%
- Arming time reduced from 1.5 to 1 second