Lifeweaver is the most recent Overwatch 2 hero within the recreation, launched in Season 4. This help hero sports activities a novel package that enables him to reposition his teammates, both by lifting them into the air together with his Petal Platform or by pulling them involuntarily to his location with Life Grip. Life Grip is already a controversial capacity, however his package is made much more controversial by the neighborhood, just because they don’t appear to suppose he’s superb.
Recreation Director of Overwatch 2, Aaron Keller, tweeted that the group is “gathering Lifeweaver efficiency information over the weekend and may have particulars on steadiness adjustments” inside the subsequent week. He additionally talked about that these adjustments will doubtless be buffs, and can be engaged on alternate controls for Lifeweaver as nicely.
Is Lifeweaver weak in Overwatch 2?
There are a number of points the neighborhood factors out with Lifeweaver’s package in Overwatch 2. One main criticism is his low therapeutic, regardless of him being marketed as a “predominant healer.” Lifeweaver should cost up all of his heals, which takes a very long time and has bother holding allies alive throughout a battle. Moreover, Lifeweaver is slowed whereas charging his heal, making it really feel clunky as nicely. In contrast with Kiriko, who has excessive therapeutic and one other invulnerability-granting capacity with Protecting Suzu, Lifeweaver virtually pales as compared.
Lifeweaver additionally has a clunky management system, which forces him to swap weapons when he needs to deal injury as an alternative. Regardless of heroes like Moira and Kiriko having heal and injury on left-click and right-click respectively, Lifeweaver should manually change between his therapeutic and damage-dealing weapon just like Mercy. Many gamers identified how clunky that is, with some even creating totally different management schemes for the character to repair the difficulty. Compounded with how sluggish his therapeutic is, and plenty of gamers discover it troublesome to weave in injury.
The group will proceed gathering Lifeweaver efficiency information over the weekend and may have particulars on steadiness adjustments (greater than doubtless a buff) someday subsequent week. Data on coming management scheme adjustments ought to come subsequent week as nicely.
— Aaron Keller (@aaronkellerOW) April 14, 2023
