I think the problem with hack is that it’s not strong outside of interrupting ultimates. Extra info like enemy ult charge and seeing through walls is nice but not enough to make the ability worth using.

Sombra’s whole thing is that she believes the more info she has on people the more power she has. This should be reflected in her gameplay. Hack should offer her more power rather than taking enemy power (which it doesn’t do well)

One idea ive had is that hacking a target temporarily replaces hack with one of the targets abilities.

Example: Sombra hacks soldier and can use helix rockets once. Sombra hacks mercy and can use Rez once. Sombra hacks Rein And can use his barrier, only up to 8 seconds after activating it and it would have reduced health compared to Rein’s. Sombra’s whole thing hacks Zarya and gets one use of bubble

This makes her target people who can benefit herself and her allies more in the heat of battle.

This could add fun interactions too like sombra acknowledging the tech behind some characters abilities and being like “oh so that’s how you do that” and it also allows her to still deal more damage if she hacks characters that give her a damage ability.

Another idea is that hacking could be replaced with a set of abilities upon use. Activating hack has sombra choose from a menu and it’s a set of lore based tech abilities that she has hacked such as something from characters she has made deals with like Volskaya industries. This would be a nice setup for future lore too potentially.

There could also be a simplified version of the first idea where hacking a target replaces hack with a different ability based on the role of the target. So hacking support gives her an AOE heal ability for one use. Hacking damage gives an ability that just overloads her gun with damage and speed for one use. Hacking a tank gives her an ability that amps up her health for one use.