ability index 5
change timeline 7 patches
- Duration reduced from 6 to 5 seconds.
Developer Comments: Bastion's Reconfiguration can provide sustained pressure for extended periods of time. Reducing its duration places greater emphasis on timing while preserving its overall impact.
- Head hit volume increased from 20 to 21.5.
- Back minigun hit volume reduced from 20 to 18.
- Lower arm hit volume reduced from 20 to 15.
Lindholm Explosives - Major Perk
- Reworked into Tuned Treads.
- Move 35% faster while in Configuration: Assault or Configuration: Tank.
- Reworked into Configuration: Tank - Configuration: Tank's weapon fires fast-moving shells that deal 205 explosive damage.
Are you into race cars? Bastion is now a speed demon in configuration form. No longer is he slow and an easy target. He's now a speed demon. We also dropped the 2 from Overwatch so why not bring back his original ult as well?
- Armored Artillery – Minor Perk
- Removed.
- Smart Bomb – Minor Perk
- A-36 Tactical Grenade's self-knockback is increased by 25% and no longer damages you.
- Minor Perk cost increased by 10%.
- Major Perk cost increased by 6%.
- No longer fully refunds cooldown.
- Now reduces cooldown by 4 seconds.
- Overhealth degeneration reduced from 100 to 50 per second.
- Now shoots large wind-blasts with limited range, knocking back enemies.
- Bastion now moves faster while in this configuration instead of moving slower.
We noticed Bastion was running a bit slow while in turret mode, so we replaced his gun with a large fan to hopefully speed him up.
Configuration Recon
- Damage reduced from 25 to 23.
Recent fire-rate improvements enhanced the feel of Bastion’s primary fire but also increased his damage output more than desired. Reducing damage slightly offsets this while keeping the improved weapon flow intact.
Configuration: Recon
- Fire rate increased from 5 to 6 shots per second.
Recon mode damage is often weak compared to other heroes, making Bastion overly dependent on Sentry mode. A higher fire rate helps smooth out the weapon’s flow and increases his threat while in Recon mode.