A long time coming
Overwatch‘s D.va was introduced toHeroes of the Stormin mid-2017 to a mixed welcome.
Although there are D.va fans out there and folks who can make her work, she’s slowly lost favor with the general playerbase due to a mixed-flavor kit that’s frankly outdated. A “D.va rework” has been in the cards for some time as a response, and now it’s hitting the gametoday in PTR(until “the week of September 7”), alongside of a surprise Gazlowe rework and some other changes.
D.va has become more of a “traditional bruiser” in the words of Blizzard, with an expansive talent selection that has some of her more important aspects baked directly into her kit. On paper, she should be a lot more formidable and fun to play (Big Shot now being available baseline is a huge change). We’ll see once she’s in the hands of players.
Gazlowe, one of the first-ever heroes to enter the fray, is also getting a much-needed second pass. The little turret-laying goblin now uses scrap instead of his mana bar: drastically changing his playstyle and allowing him to become more uniquely flavorful and thematic. Turrets are now less powerful overall but his other basic abilities (Deth Lazor, Xplodium Charge) no longer have any cost associated with him.
His Robo-Goblin Heroic (the old favorite) also has an unstoppable activation built into it, with Grav-O-Bomb seeing a reduced cooldown of 60 seconds. Even if those were the only changes he’d feel different, but Blizzard has now allowed him to embrace a more frontline role: which should hopefully result in more engaging teamfights and less “Gazlowe is playing his own game by himself” situations.
Oh, and the underutilized Brawl mode is now officially ARAM (no more private games via Discord servers!) and the new Nexus Anomaly is designed to combat hard stuns.You can find more info on that facet of the game here.
o Hit the Nitrous [Q]
o Fusion Generator [W]
Level 20
Heroes Rework: Gazlowe
BaseVitalso Uses Scrap instead of Mana, max of 10 Scrap.o Base Health increased from 1826 to 2275.o Health regen increased from 3.8046 to 4.74.
Basic Attacko Damage from 95 to 100.
Traito Renamed to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.o New Functionality: Regenerate 1 Scrap every 4 seconds. Destroyed Rock-It! Turrets drop 1 Scrap,pick up dropped Scrap to regain it. Activate to destroy a target Rock-It! Turret.
Scrapo Scrap pick up range increased from 1.25 to 1.5.o Spawn pick up delay reduced from 0.45 to 0.0 seconds.
Rock-It! Turrets [Q]o Costs 4 Scrap.o Base damage decreased from 62 to 36.o Base Health reduced from 593 to 510.o Health scaling increased from 4% to 5%.o Duration decreased from 30 to 15 seconds.o GCD decreased from 2 to 0.5 seconds.o Placement range increased from 2 to 3.o Adjusted weapon range icons to be less noisy.o Prioritizes nearest enemy Hero when first created.
Deth Lazor [W]o No longer has a cost.o Cooldown decreased from 12 to 8 seconds.o Damage increased from 137 to 174.o Range increase from 6 to 10.o Width increased from 2 to 2.5.o Adjusted Functionality: After 0.65 seconds, deal 208 damage to enemies in a line. Heal 25% ofdamage dealt, this effect is increased to 75% against Heroes.
Xplodium Charge [E]o No longer has a cost.o Cooldown decreased from 20 to 12 seconds.o Damage reduced from 233 to 155.o Missile travel speed increased substantially.o Search area reduced from 3 to 2.85.o Range decreased from 9.5 to 7.o Explosion delay decreased from 2.5 to 1.25 seconds.o Stun duration decreased from 1.75 to 1 second.
Robo-Goblin [R1]o New Functionality: Activate to become Unstoppable for 1.5 seconds. Passive: Basic Attacks deal80 bonus damage over 5 seconds, stacks up to 3 times.
Grav-O-Bomb 3000 [R2]o Cooldown decreased from 90 to 60 seconds.o Damage reduced from 251 to 220.o Added Functionality: Basic Abilities deal 30% more damage for 5 seconds after casting Grav-O-Bomb 3000.
Talents
Level 1
o Extra TNT [E] Removed.o Scrap-o-matic Smelter [Trait]Removed.o Break it down [Trait]Removed.o Goblin Repairs [Passive]Removed.o (New) Rocket Boots [E]Increase the cast range of Xplodium Charge by 30% and its damage by 20%. Hitting aHero increases movement speed by 20% for 3 seconds.
o (New) One Man Wrecking Crew [Passive]Casting Basic Abilities cause Gazlowe’s next Basic Attack within 6 seconds to deal 45%more damage. Stores up to 2 charges.o (New) Big Game Hunter [Passive]Dealing damage with Basic Attacks to Heroes, Mercs or Monsters reduces the cooldown of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by 2 seconds. Increase maximum Scrap by 2.
Level 4
o Clockwerk Steam Fists [Q]Removed.o Reduce, Reuse, Recycle [Trait]Removed.o Hired Goons [Passive]Removed.o (New) Rock It Sock It [Q]Placing a Rock-It! Turret grants Gazlowe a 215 point Shield for 2.5 seconds.o Hyperfocus Coils [W/E]Moved from level 7.Adjusted Functionality: Heroes hit by Deth Lazor and Xplodium Charge take an additional2% of their maximum Health in damage. Gazlowe is healed for 150% the amount.Crit kicker added.o EZ-PZ Dimensional Ripper [Active]Moved from level 13.New Functionality:Cooldown: 40 seconds.Activate to gain 35 Armor for 3 seconds, reducing damage taken by 35%, andreduce damage dealt of all nearby Heroes and Summons by 50% for 3 seconds.
Level 7
o Rock-It! Turret XL [Q]Removed.o Engine Gunk [Q]Removed.o Goblin FusionMoved from level 13.Adjusted Functionality: Generate 3 Scrap for each Hero hit by Deth Lazor.o (New) Overload [W]Deth Lazor can now store up to 2 charges. Each enemy Hero hit by Deth Lazor reducesthe cooldown of Deth Lazor by 0.5 seconds.
o (New) Master Blaster [E]Deth Lazor and Xplodium Charge Slow by 35% for 2.5 seconds. Rock-It! Turret BasicAttacks extend the duration by 0.25 seconds.
Level 10
o Robo-Goblin [R1]New Functionality: Activate to become Unstoppable for 1.5 seconds. Passive: BasicAttacks deal 80 bonus damage over 5 seconds, stacks up to 3 times.
o Grav-O-Bomb 3000 [R2]Cooldown decreased from 90 to 60 seconds.Damage reduced from 251 to 220.Added Functionality: Basic Abilities deal 30% more damage for 5 seconds after castingGrav-O-Bomb 3000.
Level 13
o X-Tra Large Bombs [E]Removed.o (New) Positive Reinforcement [Q]Primary Turret attacks against Heroes increase Gazlowe’s Attack Speed by 40% for 3 seconds.o (New) Superior Schematics [Q]Moved from level 16.Adjusted Functionality: Rock-It! Turrets attack up to 2 additional target for 75% damageand have 50% increased range.o (New) Overcharged Capacitors [Q]Gazlowe gains 5% Spell Power for each active turret, up to a maximum of 15%. DealingBasic Attack damage extends the duration of Rock-It! Turrets by 1.5 seconds.
Level 16
o Turret Storage [Q]Removed.o Kwik Release Charge [E]Removed.o Firin’ Mah Lazorz [W]Moved from level 20.Damage increased from 102 to 125.o Ark Reaktor [E]Moved from level 4.Adjusted Functionality: Reduce the cooldown of Xplodium Charge by 3 seconds. UsingXplodium Charge creates 3 Rock-It! Turrets that last for 3 seconds. These Turrets do notdrop Scrap or benefit from other Talents.o (New) Overklock [Passive]Hitting enemy Heroes grants 15% bonus Movement Speed for 2 seconds. Hitting enemyHeroes with Basic Attacks causes them to take an additional 2.5% of their maximumHealth in damage.
o Mecha-Lord [R1]Adjusted Functionality: Basic Attacks increase Gazlowe’s Armor by 10 for 10 seconds, upto a maximum of 30. Basic Attacks deal 50% more damage to Stunned or Slowed targets.o Miniature Black Hole [R2]Added Functionality: Each enemy Hero hit reduces the cooldown of Grav-O-Bomb by 12seconds.o It’s Raining Scrap [Q]Adjusted Functionality: Reduce the Scrap cost of Rock-It! Turrets by 1. Regain 2 Scrap foreach Scrap pickup.o (New) Bomb Toss [E]Xplodium Charge launches 2 more bombs when it detonates.
