I tried few games (after ult cost was reduced) and it was fine. Now flanks need perfect timing and you get much more (easy) value as Sombra76. It is a huge change from pure flanker Sombra but it is playable.

I haven’t played in a while, so keep in mind that I haven’t seen the latest changes, but I think I would miss it. Sombra has always been squishy and a bit underpowered in damage output, so getting value out of her meant using the rest of her kit to make up for it. I enjoy that kind of challenge more than endlessly twitch-aiming and clicking heads.

Stealth in particular has a funny and I think mostly undeserved reputation. On the one hand, it doesn’t feel good (as another hero) to have positioned yourself well and have great aim but still get assassinated by an enemy who appeared behind you out of nowhere. On the other hand, Sombra doesn’t just appear out of nowhere. She is visible when she’s near you, and her footsteps make noise, and she can’t attack until she fully de-cloaks and sits through a cooldown, and she announces herself when she de-cloaks, and she’s vulnerable during the cooldown, and she’s often alone the whole time.

All these weaknesses combined leave ample room to shoo her away (or even kill her) if you keep aware of your surroundings, rendering all her set-up time wasted and forcing her to go heal up. But having tunnel vision can be a death sentence when Sombra is in play. I think this is why I’m seldom killed by Sombra when I play another hero, yet get plenty of kills as Sombra when my opponents aren’t paying attention.

If stealth were gone, I expect her mobility would still be appealing, but I would really miss the high risk/reward of relying on stealth and game sense more than teammates for protection, and I would really miss the challenge of reading enemy intentions and awareness levels to find kill opportunities. Endless point-and-click is pretty boring to me.

Also, everyone needs a counter. Even Widowmaker.

Last time I played OW much, I remember just getting killed by Sombras over and over again from behind. Good if they stopped that. It was annoying.

I actually quite like it. I would say that she is actually still pretty strong. Especially since they just changed Translocater to be from seven to six second cooldown. If you relied on Invis. to hide out in the open, I can see where you would now struggle.

I like that the Opportunist passive is back, it makes hacking enemies before striking is worth it again; whether Virus or primary fire.

It’s very much go in, find opportunity, strike or get out. Though, you can still Sombra:76 if you want and play in the frontline.