Overwatch's newest hero, Sombra, has finally logged into the official server, which also announces that the second season is coming to an end.
Those heroes who occupy an important position in the arena will face new challenges, because, with the arrival of Sombra, there are substantial hero adjustments and weakening of ultimate skills.
Although the new hero is called Sombra, her basic tone is purple. The maverick punk has long green hair shoveled and purple highlights. She has been favored by the public as soon as she appears with the setting of hacking.
Just like the warnings that appeared in the Anna era, Sombra's head can be seen in each mode of battle.
The information disseminated in the test has been verified by the players one by one: Sombra has super mobility, restrains the ultimate skills of most heroes, and the blood bag of the invasion map can ensure its own charge and prevent the enemy from recovering blood.
Also, she can become invisible.
Since Overwatch started beta testing, the legendary stealth attribute that would destroy the balance of the game has finally appeared in front of the public.
"The residual blood McRae is in the small room at the east corner!" Yun Yun shouted loudly, then quickly escaped from the flames of war and returned to the blood bag positioned by the shadow.
Sombra's passive skill allows him to see the bloody enemies he has attacked. Through voice communication, Yun Yun can share his vision smoothly.
AM's routine of experimenting with Sombra was not smooth. He needed a lot of frontal cooperation and rotated around the health packs on the map for a long time. Such a roundabout tactic was not suitable for his straight-faced personality.
"Although there will be no shadow crisis in the new version in a short time, Yun Yun, you are really not suitable for this hero." Lu Xiaoan said objectively.
Such a problem, Yun Yun felt it when he picked up the black shadow.
The Sombra automatic pistol was the worst weapon he had ever used. Even though its high-frequency attacks were faster than Tracer's, the damage it caused couldn't be compared at all.
What's more important is the stealth skill. Yun Yun is good at catching the terrain to hide and dodge. He has never come into contact with this kind of stealth hero who dares to shuttle in front of the enemy openly.
Sombra is not like something that can be created by FPS games, it is more like a special occupation of some MMRPG, maybe as the game developer said, let Overwatch return to the field of MOBA games. She completely broke the previously stable pattern of marksmanship. Anyone should beware of this hero who uses optical camouflage to sneak into the enemy's line and create more variables.
Yun Yun resignedly picked up Soldier 76, walked on the path of assault vanguard, and said, "You guys try again." He is indeed not suitable for such a hero.
Sombra can be very strong, but in a mature combat system, just like Anna when she first appeared, once she finds a suitable tactic, she will be beaten to pieces. What's even more frightening is that all heroes face terrible adjustments, and the charging speed of their ultimate skills is greatly weakened.
This is a revolution, breaking all the tactics that professional teams have been used to, and being forced to develop new routines. Either innovate and change, or wait to lose.
"The good news is that Genji has been weakened, and Genji's playing rate in the game will be greatly reduced. Our disadvantages have at least reduced our weaknesses tactically, but there is more bad news." Zhang Ye said after Sombra went online. Summarized the adjustment status of the team, "Ana weakened, Lucio weakened, and the Dotan lineup was rampant, but it was difficult for Reaper to play."
He looked at the various data in his hand, and the prediction news released by some famous international analysts, and said: "Now we only talk about the heroes of the version, Soldier 76 and Dva, and the Pharah is still on the sidelines."
The driving routines of many teams' live broadcast rooms have already built simple and rough 76 pioneers.
The angel's attack bonus is 76 for the lead soldier, the 76 who swept the battlefield with five guarantees and one, and the 76 who swiped the screen with a "I see you".
Soldier 76, who was like a water gun at the beginning, stands out in the turbulent new version, one is because the hero system of the version is unknown, and the other is because marksmanship heroes are the best to adapt to.
The team's accustomed system was facing re-adjustment, and the intensity of the training match could not meet their requirements at all. Zhang Ye anticipated such a situation, and signed up for the recent online match for Are Men at the beginning of the version update.
The domestic cup competitions are always held in full swing, and most of the cup competitions are held at the same time, making the audience unclear who is holding and who is finishing. Such a thriving scene, even if the audience cannot tell the specific meaning of the cup competition, but which team They can remember clearly which team the team has played against and what record they have achieved.
Both popular teams and powerful teams have loyal audiences, and those online matches held on various platforms always attract a lot of onlookers.
Even domestic first-tier teams like DeGR and Laur, who are not easy to appear in small competitions, can find their participation information in various online cup competitions.
All teams are facing a new round of adjustments and changes, and no one dares to bury their heads in the base and work behind closed doors.
Actual combat is completely different from individual training matches. The atmosphere and intensity brought by official matches will never be achieved by private training.
Boosting training with games is the best way to deal with the version adjustment period.
AM's tactics have been greatly adjusted. On the basis of the original tactics, they have begun to take the mix-and-match route.
Yun Yun chose between Sombra and Soldier 76, while Liu Sanping hovered between Pharah and Dva, and the others basically remained the same, not limited by the hero pool, but impossible. Ana, Lucio, Zarya, and Reinhardt are still needed on the field. These vital supports and tanks will survive even after version changes.
AM is quite optimistic about the new version of the battle, but Yun Yun is a little disappointed.
"Now the fast mode can't repeat the hero. It feels like you have to work hard to practice the hero." Yun Yun said this, and he and Kang Ming's tandem car entered the waiting interface in Nepal.
The grand scene of six Hanzo, six Genji, and six Dva in the quick mode is gone forever. It completely follows the requirements of the competitive mode and cannot repeat heroes.
"Then grab it." Kang Ming said concisely, with quick eyes and quick hands, and got the black shadow.
And Yun Yun, who had always chosen Hanzo, chose Genji, who hadn't been played in competitive mode for a long time.
"Actually, I quite like Genji." As a Hanzo, Yun Yun felt Genji's powerlessness in such a crazy new version. Probably because he wasn't strong enough to outrun the version and function Genji as he should.
The hero who had been rampant all his life went to the disadvantaged, and sat on the bench with his brother.
Multi-tan configurations are becoming more and more popular, and the hero's blood volume is no longer uniformly 200. Those strengthened Dvas each have a 600 blood bar with damage reduction.
Facing such an opponent, Yun Yun didn't have the strength to draw his sword much, and it was more likely that he would draw his sword and return to the city.
Kang Ming, who usually had a long talk about Genji's current situation, simply replied at this time: "Don't be sad, okay."
Yun Yun wasn't sad at all, he was just emotional, but after Kang Ming's shit, he couldn't say anything more. This is not like Kang Ming, who is usually orderly. What he said just now sounded perfunctory, and he didn't want to talk about such a topic.
Also, he was clearly absent-minded.
Although Yun Yun could still hear him answering the barrage's question in a gentle tone, and then a laughing voice came, but he didn't seem really happy.
"I fell."
When Kang Ming said these words, he watched his black shadow being killed by the 76 point opposite, and the helplessness in his voice turned into reality through the screen, and even the bullet screen felt distressed.
He really has something on his mind. Although he blindly dislikes Gu Chensheng, his brother's friend, but when the other party encounters something and discusses it, Kang Ming still can't gloat.
Le Ye is leaving the team. Gu Chensheng's words last night still linger in Kang Ming's memory like alcohol. He said that after this month's competition, Le Ye decided to find another team. The reason was: he didn't want to become Gu Chensheng's vassal.
Even though, Gu Chensheng is more like Le Ye's vassal.
After seeing Zuo Zhou and Xing Ze, and Gu Chen Sheng and Le Ye, they are two couples with completely different results, Kang Ming is still very emotional. After all, it happened around him, even if he doesn't care about it, it doesn't mean he doesn't like it.
Gu Chensheng really devoted a lot of time and energy to Le Ye, which is very rare in their circle that cares about money like Chen Xunjie.
He tried his best to make Le Ye popular, made a powerful team into the second-tier domestically, and then Le Ye turned around and left when he was unhappy. The feeling of no memory made Kang Ming unable to say a word of free and easy.
It doesn't matter if you say it's negative, or it doesn't matter if you say it's willful. Such a vivid example caused Kang Ming to feel an inexplicable sadness about the death of a rabbit and a fox.
Although he is completely different from Gu Chensheng, as the boss of the team, no one wants to see the painstaking efforts cultivated in his hands come to an end easily.
He suddenly realized Zhang Ye's heaviness back then, and he couldn't gently say that it didn't matter to those things that he had given affection to, and then start all over again.
Once again, he missed and was killed. Kang Ming finally gave up struggling, and said wearily, "I'm sorry everyone, I'm not in a good state today, so I'm going to download it."
He didn't give the barrage audience any time to react, and decisively closed the live broadcast room.
On the quiet Overwatch client, his heroes looked over the screen. There had been no system prompts to search for matches on the interface for a long time. Even Yun Yun turned on the microphone and said, "If you're not feeling well, Kang Ming, take a rest."
Kang Ming leaned back and let out a sigh, falling in love is really a troublesome thing, if something goes wrong, just like Gu Chensheng, he will erase all the past sacrifices.
Anyway, he is also an ambitious and high-class person, because of his sweetheart's willfulness, even Kang Ming feels sorry for him.
"Yunyun, do you have someone you like?" He was really afraid that this professional player with lofty goals would turn into a distraught look like Gu Chensheng one day.
Kang Ming felt that if that day came, he would definitely want to raise a knife to kill people.
"A lot." Yun Yun didn't understand his deep meaning at all.
"The kind that want to go to bed."
Adult conversations are always straightforward and terrifying. When Kang Ming's words came out of the earphones, Yun Yun almost threw the water glass he was holding out of his hand.
He put the cup down and raised his hand to tap the keyboard quickly, making a crackling sound.
[Team] DL: ... None!
"Then your life is still far away from troubles." Kang Ming couldn't help but feel that young people are carefree, especially a simple person like Yun Yun who devotes all his energy to his career, it's best to keep this look forever.
[Team] DL: Are you in heat
These words aroused Kang Ming's smile, and he couldn't help but say: "This is a normal physiological need of human beings, and there is no division of periods at all, it just depends on whether you want it or not."
[Team] DL: Animals in the lower body!
"What about you, a right-handed animal?" Kang Ming unabashedly brought the topic to an indescribable aspect.
[Team] DL: …
DL quit the team.
DL quits Overwatch.
run fast. Kang Ming snorted softly and decided to go downstairs to talk in person. He hoped that Yun Yun would take Gu Chensheng's tragic story as a lesson, and never fall in love with anyone casually, so as not to suffer unnecessary setbacks on the road of life and affect the smooth sailing of his career.
As soon as he stood up, he heard the phone ringing frantically.
Such a threatening and exclusive ring came from Chen Xunjie. Generally speaking, his brother only called when educating people and summoning people, and usually sent text messages to solve the problem together.
"No." Kang Ming resolutely refused.
"Then I will withdraw the capital."
Kang Ming pointed his middle finger at him and said, "Chen Xunjie, how old are you? Why are you still playing this trick?"
"Just work."
As the boss of AM, and as a witness of Yunyun's world championship dream, this threat is indeed effective. Chen Xunjie's investment is completely related to the smooth progress of the International Invitational Tournament. Kang Ming didn't know what kind of contract a ghost like his brother had signed with Zuo Zhou. If he really wanted to withdraw his capital, Chen Xunjie had plenty of solutions.
Kang Ming, who has been standing at the top of the food chain all year round, suddenly felt that a game gave him an extra domineering and domineering president, and his status dropped by a whole level.
He was very angry, but he had no choice but to take the initiative to send it to the door for the team with grief.
Among the offline competitions that Zhang Ye signed up for, the closest one was a small competition organized by a small third-tier platform called MSQ. Normally, MSQ is basically a small cup where the second-tier and third-tier teams compete, but after the revision, it is the most suitable online game for tactical training, and it has gathered all the teams in the country.
So much so that this unpopular cup match had to extend the group stage and adjust all eligible teams.
In addition to familiar faces such as DeGR and Laur in the first line, rookies Are Men and GodR, old clubs RTK and Str.7, MI and Yeah in the second line, more new teams appeared in this cup match.
When the official revealed the long list of games, the MSQ Cup became the online game with the largest number of teams in the group stage in China.
Usually at this time, you have to go through the audition to start the group battle, but the MSQ Cup is not a particularly large game, and Lede broadcasts every battle live to attract fans of these well-known teams. They used the group stage as the audition, and simply divided eight groups of ABCDEFGH by lottery, with four teams in each group, allowing the teams to fight each other, and then the 16 teams were determined, and then sixteen into eight, and eight into eight. Four of the normal process.
This is an online game with a single-elimination system, but almost all the participating teams are not just for the 10,000 RMB bonus, but for tactical adjustments in the new version.
Use competitions to practice and adjust tactics in order to meet greater challenges.
For the first time, MSQ, as a little transparency in the cup, has received intense attention from all sides. A well-known team is the guarantee of online discussion, because there is no plan for a large-scale offline competition in China recently, it seems that these keyboard tacticians attach great importance to this competition.
Just when all the great masters on the Internet were citing scriptures and discussing who the domestic team could stand out in the new version of the separatist regime and create another glory, a blockbuster news broke out on Weibo.
Kang Ming coming: Invited by the official IOP, Are Men will compete next month, thank you for your support [picture].
Amidst the doubts about the abbreviation of "IOP", everyone clicked on Kang Ming's picture, only to find that the real Warring States era has just begun.
It was a Chinese-English bilingual invitation letter framed and covered with gold like a charity banquet. It said that the Are Men team was sincerely invited to participate in The International OVERWATCH Permier, the Overwatch International Championship.
After such a simple picture exploded a wave of curiosity about the title of "International Championship", what followed was a series of blinding teams posted on IOP's official Weibo.
International teams invited to the IOP International Championship: US BME, JTen, EU Bepe, War Lord, South Korea KingPlay, Pil-Seung. Domestic teams: DeGR, Laur, Are Men, GodR, RTK, Str.7, Yeah, MI.
The names on the invitation list, apart from the familiar ones in China, are amazing in the international part. The six teams are all in the top ten of the Overwatch professional team rankings, and there is not even a single one that is lagging behind. What's even more frightening is that in this International Invitational Tournament, the prize money for the champion is 800,000 yuan, and the total prize money is as high as 1.8 million yuan, making it the most domestic Overwatch event.
Regardless of the results of the IOP, in terms of the invited teams, the offline competition system, and the total prize pool, it is undoubtedly the largest professional competition in China since Overwatch started beta testing. What was discussed on the Internet for the first time was not only the competition specifications, but they were more interested in the strong financial support behind the competition.
The industry's default standard for invitational tournaments is that foreign teams receive subsidies from the organizers, and the organizers arrange the itinerary throughout the entire process, not to mention the expenses of entourage, staff, translators, and security personnel. Big spenders.
The sponsors of IOP are very rich and courageous, investing millions or tens of millions of funds in an e-sports game competition, in the eyes of most businessmen, it is tantamount to spending money for charity.
Does esports make money? Judging from the comparison between the annual salary of well-known domestic anchors and top professional players, e-sports is undoubtedly still moving forward with dreams.
Esports has publicity potential? The reality shows and celebrity endorsements that fill the streets can obviously attract more people's attention.
In the development of domestic e-sports, such a league-like game undoubtedly attracted much attention. Except for those golden packages, every expense is like a bet, putting all the future on the young people.
This is a unique model in South Korea. When a certain game e-sports starts, various invitational tournaments will be held to invite international teams to compete in South Korea, and to learn and record other people's advanced experience in actual combat. For his own use, after continuous training and growth, when he stood on the top of the world, he immediately swept the international battlefield, and he no longer had the modest and cautious appearance in the invitational tournament.
However, there is a shadow of government support behind the South Korean Invitational Tournament, and the IOP Organizing Committee is completely owned by private businessmen, without any official organization taking the lead.
"Learning skills from barbarians to control barbarians" is an old saying. Unfortunately, after domestic e-sports got used to stagnation, this is the first time that everyone has seen an organizing committee that really stood up to hold such an event.
This is to do big things. Such thoughts became more and more intense. The MSQ Cup, which had just grabbed a wave of hot topics, was abandoned in the corner, and the IOP took the peak of the hot discussion.
In such a heated discussion, AM was completely immersed in training, preparing for tonight's MSQ online match.
Their opponent is the same popular team, Yeah. Although everyone is very curious about the gossip about Le Ye and Gu Chensheng, but in the arena, they are always concerned about their strength. No matter how many times they have studied Yeah's combat routines, they can only be used as a simple reference for the new version.
Overwatch's version change was the deadliest change Yun Yun had ever encountered. It was like entering a brand new game. After being at a loss, they slowly regained their past rhythm. But the tactics are quite simple—Angel leads Soldier 76 for attack bonus, Dva provides full protection, and the rest remains the same.
It's just a change in the output of the main force, bringing the game back to how it was in the initial public beta. At that time, it almost belonged to the era of marksmanship. Everyone lacked the coordination of small skills and the development of ultimate skills. They could only rely on the foundation of marksmanship in FPS games to choose gun-type heroes such as McCree, 76, and Widowmaker. The tactics of matching 76 through angel attack bonus.
"I feel like I'm back in the past." Because of Lucio's big weakening, Wu Lisheng picked up the Angel again, "Back then the sky was full of Shuangfei groups, or it was the Angel who led the output, really nostalgic."
As Soldier 76 led by Wu Lisheng, Yun Yun felt a lot of pressure. Soldier 76's attack method was completely different from McCree's, and he felt like starting from scratch.
But apart from him, no one can swap out the output position.
Yeah, he is actually very capable. He was able to enter the top eight in the offline competition. The team's cooperation is indispensable. Yun Yun has watched the video of them meeting RTK. Every member of the team rarely makes mistakes. If there are more matches Experience is a team that has always had great potential.
MSQ, the first game of the group stage.
When the map entered the familiar King's Road, Yun Yun decisively picked up Soldier 76.
This is the first battle after the new version. All the tactics that AM has formulated must be tested one by one.
"Fortunately, Roadhog remains the same, I am already very satisfied." Liu Sanping almost destroyed half of the heroes he was good at, and the remaining roadhog still looks like that, "Lu Xiaoan, hurry up, wish me a good hook!"
"I wish you nerves." Lu Xiaoan answered him indifferently, and then took out Anna.
AM still chooses cautiously in the first game of King's Row. The 312 lineup of Soldier 76, Roadhog, Ana, Dva, Reinhardt, and Angel is not the best choice, but they really want to experience Angel 76 in actual combat. power.
And their thoughts coincided with Yeah on the opposite side.
Even if MSQ's commentator is not professional in offline cup commentary, he can immediately see the thoughts of the two teams when choosing heroes.
Ah K said: "I believe that after the new version, the audience has seen too many 76s, and they are no strangers to this kind of configuration. Angels lead 76s and attack, and the teammates keep 76s throughout the whole process. It is simple and rude, rushing up and doing it."
Such a violent combat system is no different from the original 303 three-tank melee. Everyone takes the same hero, and no matter how exciting the game is, they will feel tired. The reason why Overwatch is popular all over the world is first of all because of the fun brought by the diversity of heroes, those unpredictable kills and victories, with unexpected surprises, firmly grasped the hearts of players.
But in order to stabilize the game, the team abandons the configuration with a low winning rate and uses a configuration with a higher winning rate, and the embarrassment of the mirror image hero will appear.
You take 76, I also take 76, you have angel plus attack, I also have angel plus attack.
The rest depends entirely on the team's cooperation and luck, even the OB seems a bit boring-no matter which side you cut to, it's the same hero.
"Why doesn't DL take Hanzo! Take Sombra as well." Since AM defeated DeGR to win the Tep Cup, DL Hanzo's prestige has not faded for a long time. The charm of a rare hero like Hanzo cannot be concealed.
When shouting that the world needs more Hanzo, DL's Soldier 76 undoubtedly made the barrage cry and hugged to keep warm.
"DL's performance is very impressive. He completed the triple kill under the lead of the angel, and already has the ultimate skill. Yeah, the situation here is not bad, and he has accumulated a lot of energy, and he is gathering for the second attack."
In fact, under the same hero configuration, the strength gap between the two teams can be seen even more.
Are Men is already a well-deserved first-tier team in China, and the second-tier team title that Yeah obtained by relying on hormones to draw his sword is likely to be lost after the new version. After all, in this version, unless there is a large gap in strength, it is difficult for Genji to play brilliantly. However, Yeah, who adopted the soldier 76 strategy, obviously lost to the powerful AM.
When the bullet screen lamented the death of the Genji Empire, the commentator Ning Ning said in surprise: "The Yeah team replaced Genji!"
As the output core of the Yeah team, Le Ye once played very beautifully with Genji, drawing his sword in the air and slashing pentakills, and hitting the group with the crowd's shadow attack. Those scenes that are composed of wonderful collections will never be without his figure.
When Yeah appeared weak, Leye took out Genji, no doubt wanting to save the world by himself.
However, the Genji Empire fell.
Yun Yun raised his hand and killed the Genji who was powerless to chase Liu Sanping's road tyrant and slashed at him. Those blood volumes that were exhausted with small skills can be fully restored by Liu Sanping easily pressing the recovery skills, without the need for Lu Xiaoan's intensive care.
Yun Yun knew Le Ye's Genji.
Although it can't be called every second, it is at least considered to be the top level in the country. Even if all teammates are killed, they can still make a perfect comeback with their own strength. Even Genji like this couldn't turn the tide of battle under the new version, he couldn't help but let out a low sigh.
"What's wrong?" Lu Xiaoan asked him.
This is a gap for the defense to get a breather. Yeah, they have just been sent back to the rebirth room for a wave, and they will gather again, and they will have to wait at least eight or nine seconds.
Yun Yun glanced at him, and manipulated soldier 76 to go up to the platform on the second floor. When he saw the enemy's red defensive shield raised, he whispered, "Genji really seems to be dying."
He had an inexplicably sad tone, as if he was really Shimada Hanzo, mourning for his younger brother.
Lu Xiao'an didn't say much, but commanded calmly, defending point A of King's Avenue tightly.
After the defense at point A was declared over and the battlefield switched offense and defense, Lu Xiaoan said, "Take Genji. Liu Sanping Tracer, Lin Team Dva, Wu Lisheng Lucio, Peng Xiaozhou Winston."
Yun Yun didn't understand why he took such a risky move, and asked, "Are you sure you want to let the dog go?"
"Yes." Lu Xiaoan affirmed his question, and answered his previous exclamation by the way, "Le Ye's Genji can't do it, but you can."
When Ah K saw the hero's portrait on the AM team's portrait, it was obviously a dog release system. In front of 76, this kind of tactics is undoubtedly quite backward, and it is easy to lose the target point. But AM's successful defense made their offense have no pressure at all.
"AM can easily win as long as he wins the target points, but the dog release system is obviously not wise, especially the heroes who rely on ultimate skills like Genji have become quite weak in the new version."
Ning Ning said: "Actually, the king's road attack, I am still looking forward to DL taking Hanzo."
But DL, it's Genji.
No matter how unfavorable the commentator is about Genji's state, Genji on DL's head has never been replaced. When the horn of charge sounded on the King's Road, the members of AM quickly entered the point under the acceleration sound effect of Lucio.
This was completely a one-sided crush. AM's high mobility quickly pulled the battle line into the target point. Dva, known as the overlord of the version, was fearless in the face of soldier 76 on the high platform, and rushed directly to knock him down. Yeah's defense became extremely chaotic under the harassment of many dogs.
AM's momentum was overwhelming, and the killing information brushed in the upper right corner belonged to their strong elimination.
"Genji double kills, triple kills!" Ning Ning recounted the battle situation excitedly. DL's Genji and Le Ye played completely differently. They were still the same as before, relying on a hormone knife to quickly shuttle across the battlefield, even if there were many opponents. Tank heroes with a high blood volume can do a lot of killing with the help of Anna.
On the battlefield where Dva and Soldier 76 exist, this round is undoubtedly Genji Carry!
"You can win the world with Hanzo, how could Genji not be able to." Lu Xiaoan made the best summary with actual combat, "Yeah, it's not Genji who lost, but Le Ye himself."
The game ended early, but it started at 7:00 and ended with AM victory before 7:20. Yeah's strength has undergone a change and has not yet adapted to the rhythm of the new version. Every replay shot can see their jerky cooperation .
After the conclusion of the war, the meeting was announced to be adjourned within half an hour. When Yun Yun returned to the computer, he saw the secret chat sent by Kang Ming 20 minutes ago.
coming: so you come upstairs.