Good news! Blizzard fixed the bug precaution 2 The Kiriko bug allows her to teleport while holding the flag in Capture mode. Bad news! In doing so, they seem to have broken the purge effect attached to her Quick Step ability, meaning she can no longer purge debuffs. The bug appeared after yesterday’s update and was not mentioned in patch notes, yes, it’s an error, not a balance change. Hopefully she’ll be back soon to clean up.
Swift Step teleports Kirko directly to an ally, even through walls – although she is not supposed to be able to carry important, game-winning objectives with her. A bug has allowed her to do just that for the past few months, with a fix probably just coming out since it’s not a widely played mode.
The cleaning bug introduced with yesterday’s update is more important, because it’s not mode-specific. Widespread bug reports have surfaced on Reddit and Blizzard’s forumNo response from Blizzard so far.
Yesterday’s update added a free neat sound for all modes Adjust the hero’s abilities so that they resemble the power of the Greek gods. Swings and roundabouts, from the very beginning.
In days gone by, this would have been part of an Overwatch news post where I recounted my own experiences, perhaps with a stupid comment about how I’ve always played Genji. The truth is I haven’t even touched the sequel, because tastes change and time mocks our identities.
Ollie gives special praise to Kiriko in Overwatch 2 Reviewwhile questioning whether the overall gameplay is enough to justify being counted as a sequel.
You can download Overwatch 2 for free from Battle.net.
