Blizzard today detailed a Symmetra redesign in Overwatch that will give the character a second ultimate and entirely new move.
First, Symmetra will be able to choose between her original ultimate, the Teleporter, or a new Shield Generator.
Moreover, the character receives a new move: the Photon Barrier. The elliptical projectile can be used offensively and defensively and is akin to Reinhart and Winston’s shields.
“It’s really effective if you’re hanging behind your time and they don’t have somebody like a Reinhardt,” said Blizzard’s Jeff Kaplan
“Maybe they have a Roadhog and Zarya as their tanks up front, you can send this projected barrier out in front of you and it sort of signals your whole team to … follow with it.”
Symmetra wil also be able to stock up to six turrets.
“Maybe you didn’t play [Symmetra] before because she wasn’t fun or the skill set wasn’t where you wanted to be,” Kaplan continue, saying the changes should alleviate that condition.
The changes to Symettra are now available in the Public Test Server on PC.
Overwatch is currently available on Windows PC, Xbox One and PS4.
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