@KicsitCsicska Light Forge was always picked becuz cherish was always picked and that loadout card card was hardly used when using a solar blessing build so it was never op+ the cooldown reduction was like 1.25s instead of 2.5s like seris and her previous soul forge card so it was balanced enough. Furia might need a 1s reduction on the cherish talent becuz of how Solar Blessing seems to be infinitely better with the 40% slow buff.
EDIT: although i think they did it to compensate her aggressiveness it does feel like a big change so i guess we will find out when the patch goes live.

Imo the patch notes are like 50-50. Alot of the changes are good but there are so many changes which was rlly bad. Other than the shield nerfs, I want to list down why I dont like how they nerfed champs like Ying(her BASE healing got nerfed from 420 to 380 in pts), Furia, Raum, Skye and Strix.
-Ying: Her base healing was bad anyways but they still nerfed it to 380 while they nerfed LE to 700 which is ok. The base healing needs to be buffed or reverted to 420 and maybe have LE nerfed more to compensate.
-Furia: Her card rework to Light Forge is a bit much cuz it makes Cherish nearly terrible. They could buff the 25% additional heals to 35%-ish to make it nearly as good as Solar Blessing. I guess Cherish still works but it might need a buff in the future.
-Raum: Raum is incredibly hard-countered by CC and his weapon had alot of falloff at range so the nerf to the base weapon and his card doesnt make sense cuz it was never strong and he is pretty much mid-tier.
-Skye: She got a hard nerf without any buff to compensate. All of her cards with dmg and flanking capabilities got nerfed. Her strongest movement speed card Victory Rush got its duration nerfed by HALF(8s->4s). The illuminate nerf helps a bit but it still doesnt make up for the nerfs she got to her flank talents(Both flank talents including even Preparation is still good with the right builds but it all comes down to the player rlly). But I love her Smoke & Dagger change with the move speed and ammo regen benefit to allies. She can still have flanking capabilities with this talent and it might get a push in high tiers.
-Strix: His pistol nerfs were rlly unnecessary. Although it was rlly strong it was pretty much the most balanced part of his kit. UU needs a bigger nerf tbh cuz the 2 shot combo is still busted. It should get outright nerfed to 250% or anything at all to give players a bit more time to sustain the burst with healing in loadouts or enough time for the support to focus heals on you.
All the nerfs aside I dont like how they buffed Maeve when she's already the best flank in the game. These are just about all the changes I dont like about season 3. Most of the other changes like for example, the nerf to Atlas and the buff to Lian's Precision are pretty good. There are still alot of champs or cards that need to be adjusted like Vivian's "Nowhere to Hide" card. Its heavily busted and is only ever used at lvl 4-5 against Skye players and needs to be nerfed by half. Its only ever used against 1 champion and is really unhealthy for that situation.

IMO she could use an energy based stealth mechanic similar to strix but skyes stealth will not be consumed when standing still. Her smoke and dagger talent could be changed to slowly refill her stealth bar when standing still and debilitate should be nerfed to compensated the added stealth.
Rework ideas aside, illuminate is going to nerfed and smoke and dagger is gonna be reworked again so lets just wait until season 3 comes out cuz skye can still flank well in her current state in the hands of one-tricks and the next update might make her much better without changing her playstyle like JayFlare said in his AoC meeting videos.

@Dusklicious I use this card on my main build at lvl 3 actually cuz it helps me reposition faster or get me in the fight faster and helps me outrun flanks more consistently. Headstrong isnt bad but i personally dont use it much cuz i use open season as filler instead.
Her mines do suck and could use more dmg cuz they are really close to be on par with barik turrets. Her DPS with charge time and all is almost 40% slower than strix. Thats also not her biggest issue. Her Mines need better utility. Id personally give a chunk of that to her TP as well. Maybe have her F deal 500 dmg to players close to her when fully cast cuz it wouldnt make her strong against flanks directly and she shouldnt be good against them. This is my opinion anyways.
EDIT: A direct buff to her mines is pretty much all she needs+ she could use the barik treatment and maybe have like 20% of Beam me up bonus moved to her base kit.

@Dusklicious No Bob and weave does not need a rework. That card makes a big difference with kinessa even at lvl 2. A buff wouldnt make it op or anything but its fine and is a really good card with any talent on kinessa.

@synjetic Most of what you said is the opposite of her current state in the game. Her range is really short and lacks poke dmg on longer ranges or high mobility to compensate her low range. Her mobility is lackluster and only comes close to decent with the bunnyhop mechanic. She is only decent against comps that didnt pick a hitscan to counter her+ her enormous hitbox makes it nearly impossible not to get bursted down by everyone. Her dmg needs another rework and she needs either stronger mobility or good poke dmg to be properly balanced.

@schachmaty
No, you can hide from the stuns. Walls are the counter of luna just like Skye's ult. Luna does not stun you through walls unless you were still not completely behind the wall in time. Its fairly easy to avoid for backline champs and is on a 15s cooldown unlike most stuns. But in your case, Evie is hard-countered by Luna stun unless you ran wormhole.

To all of you that replied about Strix being better than Kinessa, its true. I didnt say Kinessa is like BETTER than Strix but more like she can do better than him in certain comps that have good CC. The part on Strix and Kinessa was just my opinion. The first sentence regarding strix and kinessa was a bit too direct and misunderstood(mistake on my part). Now i just want to clear out my point on why I think she can do better than Strix in those comps(And yes Strix is much better than Kinessa overall). Take a look at a few of my examples. For instance,

1. You are going to be dived by a flank and are in trouble. A good Damba player can stun him and the both of you together can finish him off easily or force him to use his escape. He can also stun others like tanks. Thats a team synergy and also helps her out to deal with her main issue that is, she is easy to flank.
2. The enemy team is on the cap and the Inara used her ult in your presence and stunned 4 people on point. You can follow up using your own ult and pick off atleast 3 people easily while they are stunned by doing headshots. That would be half of their team dead and the other 2 people can easily be dealt with by your team or force them to retreat. Thats game-changing and also another really good team synergy with Kinessa.
   Kinessa can only do better than Strix when fitted to the right compositions like Inara, Damba, Cassie etc in the same team. Strix is better than her overall and doesnt need all that teamplay to be so effective and needs a hard nerf.
   @Heartstrife I dont have much to say to you but that by the words "simply outshines" i meant she can do much better than Strix at that specific situation where a player uses his ult and you take advantage or also combo that with your own ult if he got more than 2 players I didnt say She is better. Strix is better than Kinessa overall.
   @schachmaty Like I said Kinessa is not better than strix at all but only comes close with the right compositions. One thing that Kinessa does better than Strix is she can escape getting dived completely even at low health and even against 2 players, Strix cant do that and also can only fight 1v1s at full health. Its up to the dmg dealer to leave him vulnerable for flanks to finish him. Kinessa should never duel Strix. The one exception is when your flanker is ready to dive him. Just let him bodyshot you as you do the same to him and the flanker can do the rest. Also the best way to deal with him is to pick him off when he is not dueling you. This makes it easy to 1 hit him or follow-up on a half charged shot giving him less time to react. One shotting him when he is not dueling you is usually not too hard for good players but even if u cant, he will still have a hard time taking aggressive angles which gives flanks more opportunities to flank him without getting bursted down completely.
   Lastly, I dont think Kinessa is better than Strix(she is not). I think Kinessa can do much better than him ONLY when she is playing with her best team comps.

@a_a Its also a nerf to cauterise so supports do need a nerf to their healing to compensate except for Ying's base kit. So healing would be more consistent rather than op and healbot playstyles will no longer be dominant in high elos(hopefully).

@HeartQueen
If u didnt know the healing version of smoke & daggers is going to be reworked in most probably season 3. Jay Flare said this in 12th AoC meeting video. They may also buff it which is highly unlikely instead of reworking it. And now to your suggestions, most of them are fine but reworking both of her other talents just doesnt sit well with me. Preparation is the only talent that makes her work like a better flanker instead of a close range dmg dealer and i dont want it to go away. As long as it doesnt get reworked the changes are fine or else it might change the way she is played completely which i dont want happening as a skye main.