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The cool down on Baptiste’s Immortality Field should start AFTER it’s destroyed!
I don’t play Baptiste much myself so I guess I never realized that the cool down on his IF starts the instant you put it down. This means that if the IF is not destroyed (which happens a lot if it’s placed well) then it only has 12 seconds left on cool down before it’s up again. For an ability that’s already basically an ult, this is unnecessarily generous.
Start the 20 second cool down after it’s destroyed or disappears on it’s own. Considering Baptiste’s damage and healing output (which is a whole other conversation) he will still be an incredibly strong pick even after this change.
Edit: clarification
Jeff Kaplan
we're trying out some changes to immortality field to make it less oppressive. i missed the playtest today so i'll ask the crew how it went.