Yamato's momentum is glitched in the new patch

[Octopuses]

You know how speedy things goes in, speedy thing comes out? Well, that's not the case for Yamato's grapple anymore. Now it doesn't keep any momentum on cancel and is just boring.

 

[qxrae]

The 2 grapple cancel before and after:
(Thanks to Dexy for recording the clips)
View attachment yamato_2_CANCEL_QUICK_MELEE.mp4
View attachment rip_yamato.mp4

 

[qxrae]

Yamato used to be able to cancel her Flying Strike ability during the grapple flight and preserve her momentum, which can either be used to quickly escape a fight or reach another target. It was a really satisfying and skillful mechanic that was a core gameplay of Yamato.

Some old clips of Yamato's grapple cancel in action:
(Credits to Dexy and Inn8)
View attachment yamato_escape_1.mp4
View attachment youtube_tfRU4t-FgFA_1280x720_h264.mp4

 

[lumpfish1]

If this was an intentional change I'm pissed. Was one of the main things that made Yamato fun to play and wasn't even that insanely broken.

 

[Frightstare]

Hope they revert this back, this is such a weird thing to remove, helped Yamato and gave more depth to her gameplay...

 

[Yoshi]

Is it fixed now?

 

[ninkaridze]

Is it fixed now?

Not sure (I'm not Yamato player to consistently to pull it off). But also I noticed that sometimes you get blink back with this skill if you cancel it.

Also, not Yamato related, but can you do something about Shiv 2 and walls please?

 

[Octopuses]

Is it fixed now?

Yes it is. Thank you for the quick fix!

 

[Stumbler]

Is it fixed now?

Yes, it seems to work fine now! Thank you so much.

Finally feels good again to play Yamato! Thank you for listening to feedback.

 

[raiden0123]

Is it fixed now?

Did you fix that in ult this skill has same speed as without?

 

[Frightstare]

Is it fixed now?

It is fixed! Send my thanks to the team, I love you all!

 

[Saga]

Is it fixed now?

Better but not quite.
There's still a huge delay on startup that seems to be random/inconsistent, it will vary for whatever reason.
With the recent ult nerf it can often take half your ult timer or more to hook a target.

 

[lumpfish1]

At work right now so I can't test it myself but I'm happy you're at least looking into this. Thank the team for your hard work.

 

[lumpfish1]

Definitely much better than last night. I do feel it's not exactly the same and it's a tad less 'fluid', but it is completely workable. Thank you for working to change it back.