Blizzard has launched the newest patch notes for its hero shooter, Overwatch 2. Gamers have quite a lot of content material to sit up for, such because the Transformers collaboration and the return of the Summer season Video games playlist. Along with new sport modes, the newest replace introduces adjustments to varied heroes and quality-of-life enhancements.
As an Overwatch 2 blog post defined, the Transformers occasion will run till July 22. Members can have the prospect to unlock new participant icons, title playing cards, and even titles. On high of that, the Summer season Video games can now be performed till July 29. Those that take part within the Summer season Video games may also earn new sprays, participant icons, and different beauty objects.
Reinhardt gamers could also be pleased to listen to that his Mythic Certain Demon weapon pores and skin adjustments primarily based on their gameplay. The pores and skin will present “dynamic results” that reply to their actions, together with “charging into battle or holding the road.” The Mythic Certain Demon can be out there later this month, on July 23.
Going ahead, gamers will sometimes be requested to participate in a survey on their telephone or PC. That is in hopes of serving to “determine areas the place the sport will be improved.” On high of that, a brand new audio cue is being launched that’ll let gamers know after they’re capturing enemies well being, shields, or over well being.
Under are the official patch notes for Overwatch 2.
HERO UPDATES
GENERAL
- Armor flat harm discount elevated from 5 to 10 per projectile.
- Enemy well being bars now show when they’re at their Low Well being threshold.
Developer Feedback: The armor adjustments have had a optimistic affect on which heroes and harm varieties are slowed down by armor well being. We’re rising the harm discount on it to additional widen the pool of heroes which are considerably affected by armor’s protection.
Tanks
Tank Function Passive
- Final technology discount elevated from 30 to 40%.
- Knockback resistance lowered from 50 to 40%.
Developer Feedback: Dealing harm to Tank heroes can be barely much less rewarding with the elevated discount to final technology and can assist to stability out the elevated therapeutic they could obtain with the change to the Injury function passive on this patch. Whereas the knockback resistance was usually helpful for tank heroes and their emphasis on positioning, it was additionally reaching the purpose the place it was troublesome for gamers to inform if knockback talents had been having any impact on them.
D.VA
Developer Remark: The utmost period of Protection Matrix is elevated by half a second by decreasing the speed at which the useful resource meter drains when in use, so it will not take longer to regenerate. The elevated harm on Micro Missiles will assist the flexibility really feel comparatively extra impactful towards bigger well being swimming pools.
Protection Matrix
- Most period elevated from 3 to three.5 seconds.
Micro Missiles
- Explosion harm elevated from 4 to five.5 harm (from 126 to 153 max harm with direct impacts)
DOOMFIST
Developer Feedback: Most of Doomfist’s survivability is thru his wonderful mobility, however this increase to his passive Overhealth technology will allow him to remain within the battle longer earlier than disengaging, particularly when hitting a number of targets together with his talents.
The Finest Protection…
- Overhealth gained per goal elevated from 35 to 40 HP.
- Delay earlier than Overhealth begins to empty elevated from 1 to three seconds.
JUNKER QUEEN
Developer Feedback: Junker Queen is comparatively small and quick for a Tank hero, so Commanding Shout would not want a ton of bonus well being to be efficient. The elevated wound therapeutic higher rewards her for managing her talents nicely.
Commanding Shout
- Overhealth elevated from 150 to 175 HP
Adrenaline Rush
- Wound harm self-healing multiplier elevated from 2 to 2.5x
MAUGA
Developer Feedback: Cardiac Overdrive is Mauga’s main tanking skill that retains him within the battle, however the earlier period was troublesome to counter. It’s now a stronger impact with a shorter period to extend the significance of selecting each the suitable second to make use of it as Mauga and when to attempt mitigating towards it as an enemy.
Overrun
- Knockback harm elevated from 25 to 30
- Stomp harm elevated from 60 to 75
Cardiac Overdrive
- Length lowered from 5 to three seconds.
- Lifesteal elevated from 60 to 100%.
- Injury discount elevated from 30 to 40%.
- Allies now obtain solely half of the lifesteal and harm discount impact worth.
ORISA
Developer Feedback: The Fortify and Javelin Spin talents had been weakened additional than vital when Orisa was overly dominant. She has not been performing nicely since then however on this patch the place we’re broadly adjusting how impactful the function is. So, there may be room once more to return a few of Fortify’s effectiveness.
Fortify
- Length elevated from 3.5 to 4 seconds
RAMATTRA
Developer Feedback: The Pummel harm adjustment is notable because it reduces the variety of punches required to knockout a 250 well being hero.
Nemesis Type
- Bonus armor elevated from 225 to 300.
Pummel
- Pummel harm elevated from 60 to 65.
REINHARDT
Developer Feedback: One of many core design objectives for Reinhardt is to be the hero that shields his group. Prior to now we have lowered the barrier well being considerably with a view to enhance different offensive elements of his package to higher match the fast-paced gameplay of Overwatch 2, however maybe it was an excessive amount of. We nonetheless need to keep away from boundaries feeling necessary attributable to how helpful they are often and preserve tank variety at a wholesome degree. Nonetheless, with this patch trying on the tank function specifically, we’re rising Reinhardt’s barrier well being once more and can consider additional.
Barrier Subject
- Most well being elevated from 1400 to 1600.
- Barrier regeneration charge elevated from 140 to 160 well being per second.
Cost
- Wall affect harm elevated from 275 to 300.
ROADHOG
Developer Feedback: The Pig Pen skill wasn’t very helpful exterior of getting used within the Chain Hook combo so we’re rising its potential menace if an enemy stays inside its space.
Pig Pen
- Space harm after activating elevated from 30 to 45 harm per second.
- Restoration time lowered from 0.55 to 0.4 seconds.
- Cooldown now begins instantly when used as an alternative of after a brief delay.
SIGMA
Developer Feedback: Sigma is a tank that doesn’t presently have a difficulty with survivability when biking between managing his barrier, Kinetic Grasp, and weapon vary. We’re nevertheless rising the harm of Accretion to deliver again extra of the menace it used to pose and improve the satisfaction in touchdown it, because it additionally didn’t profit from the worldwide improve to projectile sizes.
Accretion
- Affect harm elevated from 40 to 80 (120 harm whole).
WINSTON
Developer Feedback: Winston is among the high performing tanks in the intervening time, although when contemplating how satisfying the person talents inside his package are, the Tesla Cannon secondary hearth felt underwhelming for the way lengthy it took to cost, so it will now be a bit extra fluid. We additionally nonetheless need Primal Rage mode Winston to be killable, however including some well being to it’s going to assist keep away from a few of the excessive conditions the place it may occur too rapidly.
Tesla Cannon
- Secondary hearth cost time lowered from 1 second to 0.85 seconds.
Primal Rage
- Most well being gained elevated from 500 to 700.
WRECKING BALL
Developer Feedback: Wrecking Ball has wonderful mobility and survivability and can now be extra environment friendly in transferring a few of that survivability to his teammates, ought to he select to return to them. We’re additionally making the automated reload in ball kind match his guide reload timing for a smoother transition between modes.
Quad Cannons
- Computerized reload time whereas remodeled lowered from 2 to 1.6 seconds.
Adaptive Shields
- Allied Overhealth switch ratio elevated by 50% (Use as much as 50 Overhealth per goal to grant allies as much as 75 HP).
ZARYA
Developer Feedback: Rising the well being on these boundaries additionally means the full power Zarya can achieve per barrier is elevated, so it is a increase to each her offensive and defensive capabilities.
Particle Barrier
- Well being elevated from 200 to 225.
- Length elevated from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
Projected Barrier
- Well being elevated from 200 to 225.
- Length elevated from 2 to 2.5 seconds.
DAMAGE
Injury Function Passive
- Now solely half as efficient towards Tank heroes (10% therapeutic discount).
Developer Feedback: With Tank heroes being the frontline, they’ve this therapeutic discount impact practically all the time and are usually probably the most reliant on incoming therapeutic to assist them as nicely. The harm function passive is offering an essential perform to sport general, however its impact on tanks survivability and tempo of gameplay is extra impactful relative to the opposite roles. As such, we’re decreasing its efficiency towards Tank heroes.
ASHE
Developer Feedback: This Massive Omnic Butler tanks quite a lot of incoming hearth and can now be extra proof against knockbacks and significant harm.
B.O.B.
- B.O.B. now features the Tank function passive skill.
CASSIDY
Developer Feedback: Along with his present tuning Cassidy is performing nicely in too many elements between his vary, burst harm, and survivability, resulting in him being a dominant selection among the many Injury heroes by an awesome quantity. The gameplay purpose for Cassidy is to be the sturdier, close-range hitscan who’s more adept at coping with excessive mobility flankers. With this in thoughts, we’re pulling again the efficient falloff vary of his weapon to assist align him with these gameplay objectives and to open up extra hero selection from the Injury function.
Peacekeeper
- Major hearth falloff vary rescaled from 25-35 meters to 20-30 meters.
PHARAH
Developer Feedback: This can be a reversion again to Pharah’s Concussive Blast from earlier than her latest rework. Dealing even a small quantity of harm with this skill will increase her lethality considerably and made it too dependable in ending off low well being targets, attributable to its vast space and quick projectile velocity, with out ready the complete restoration to fireside one other rocket.
Concussive Blast
- Explosion harm lowered from 30 to 0.
- Explosion knockback radius elevated from 6 to eight meters.
- Knockback elevated by 11%.
Help
ANA
Developer Feedback: Relatively small change right here however we would like to attenuate the period of time Tanks will be taken out of the battle for and they’re additionally the best targets to hit with Sleep Dart.
Sleep Dart
- Length of impact on Tank heroes decreased from 3.5 to three seconds.
ILLARI
Developer Feedback: Illari will nonetheless see this UI alert however allies usually needn’t because it may happen pretty typically and be distracting.
Therapeutic Pylon
- Allies not see the “Destroyed” UI when Therapeutic Pylon breaks
ZENYATTA
Developer Feedback: We’re decreasing the price of Transcendence as Zenyatta was impacted greater than most by a few of the adjustments on this patch.
Transcendence
- Final price decreased 10%.
BUG FIXES
Common
- Fastened ranked progress bar UI not exhibiting progress for Bronze 5.
- Fastened voice and textual content chat not performing on PC with console gamers.
- Fastened in a earlier replace – Weekly and Day by day Challenges would get reset to 0 after relog for some gamers.
- Fastened in a earlier replace – Display tearing on PlayStation® 5 throughout giant fights.
- Fastened in a earlier replace – Season 11 Voice Strains may very well be heard by anybody at any distance.
Heroes
Cassidy
- Fastened Deadeye monitoring phased targets when revealed by Infra Sight.
D.Va
- Fastened a difficulty with Self Destruct hitting targets behind boundaries or collision.
Kiriko
- Fastened teleporting to Echo as clone ends making the “Swift Step” skill to interrupt for the rest of the sport.
Lifeweaver
- Fastened an exploit with Lifeweaver tree hiding Symmetra turrets within the payload.
Roadhog
- Fastened Roadhog’s weapon mannequin/placement being largely greater sporting ‘Kaiju’ pores and skin.