With the ongoing updates and tweaks to characters in Overwatch 2, few have stirred up as much buzz as Sombra. The resident hacker has had her arsenal reshaped, most notably with her Stealth ability. While it’s technically true that Sombra’s Stealth didn’t get completely axed, it now features a whopping 999-second cooldown, which translates to about 16 minutes, rendering it virtually unusable in standard play.
The word around the Overwatch community is that fans have managed to uncover a hidden gem: the Stealth passive is still lurking in the game’s code, waiting for its moment to shine. Creative players have discovered that if you set the Ability Cooldown to 0% within Custom game modes, Sombra can once again disappear from the radar like she used to. This presents a unique opportunity for nostalgic players who want to relive the stealthy shenanigans of old.
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What Does This Mean for Players?
Season 13 brought significant changes to Sombra’s kit. While she happily regained her Opportunist passive, it came at the cost of nerfs that impacted her core abilities: Hack, EMP, and Translocator. Now, after teleporting, Sombra can only be cloaked for five seconds. Unlike before, where she could lay low for a bit after a skirmish, the changes have forced her out of the shadows and into a more direct DPS role. This has left many gamers feeling like her identity has been muddled, and they miss her traditional flanker style.
Moreover, the long cooldown on her Stealth means, in practical terms, that players won’t likely see this ability in regular, timed matches where objectives are king, and the action is fast-paced. You would need a coordinated team to stretch the match into unscored overtime just to sneak around as if it’s Season 12 again. Without this team support, Sombra’s Stealth doesn’t truly exist in normal gameplay conditions.
The Future of Sombra in Overwatch 2
It’s speculated that the developers at Blizzard opted for this convoluted workaround rather than a total elimination of Sombra’s Stealth for simplicity in programming. This way, if they ever decide to revert her to her former glory, it might just take adjusting a cooldown rather than overhauling her abilities again.
Despite the rework frustrations among die-hard fans, only time will tell if more changes are on the horizon for Sombra. The community remains hopeful for a return to form, as Overwatch 2 evolves alongside its player base. The shadows may have dimmed for Sombra, but who knows? She might just find her way back into the frontline action.
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