Overwatch 2’s Latest Patch Is Nerfing The Support Heroes

Overwatch 2’s newest steadiness patch forward of the upcoming Le Sserafim collaboration occasion is hitting Support heroes arduous. Blizzard mentioned this was its plan in a developer replace earlier this month, however the precise patch notes, it positively seems to be like medics are feeling the most recent nerfs most.

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According to Blizzard, these modifications have been meant to deal with criticism that Support characters had been having fun with an increase in energy since Overwatch 2 launched final yr, so virtually everyone seems to be seeing some tweaks, principally within the type of nerfs.

High-impact talents like Ana’s Biotic Grenade and Kiriko’s Protection Suzu have been given elevated cooldowns, whereas constructing talents like Illari’s Healing Pylon and Baptiste’s Immortality Field now have diminished sturdiness and could be extra simply destroyed by the enemy group.

Zenyatta, in the meantime, has one of many extra notable modifications to his Orb of Discord capacity. The capacity will increase injury taken on whichever enemy it’s hooked up to, giving Zen’s group an opportunity to give attention to them and take them out rapidly. Now, it. can’t be reapplied to the identical goal for seven seconds after it’s eliminated. This means you possibly can’t simply preserve spamming it on one high-priority goal.

The full patch notes learn as follows:

**LE SSERAFIM X OVERWATCH 2 LIMITED TIME EVENT**

Overwatch 2 is teaming up with Okay-pop sensation, LE SSERAFIM in an in-game music collaboration. Play Concert Clash, a 3v3 capture-the-flag mode set in a Okay-pop themed Busan. Play as D.Va, Kiriko, Tracer, Brigitte and Sombra—decked out in LE SSERAFIM-inspired skins—and compete over tickets and seize targets to show them in and rating factors. This limited-time occasion begins on Wednesday, November 1, at 11:00 AM PDT.

GENERAL UPDATES

ENDORSEMENTS

Endorsement stage decay has been reworked to be extra forgiving in some circumstances. The endorsement stage at all times decays barely everytime you end a match, however that decay is now diminished by the share of gamers who couldn’t have endorsed you. If not one of the gamers within the match may have endorsed you, your Endorsement stage wouldn’t decay. The following causes forestall different gamers from endorsing you:

The participant is your good friend.
The participant endorsed you throughout the previous 24 hours.

Endorsement stage decay additionally not happens when a server shuts down. The commonest cause for this can be a aggressive match shutting down when gamers go away the match early.

CHALLENGES

Added Legendary, Mythic, and Ultimate Player Title challenges to every hero’s development challenges.

PROGRESSION

Victory Pose now exhibits your Progression Level as an alternative of the Hero Level.

Developer Comments: The hero you finish the match on isn’t essentially consultant of you as a participant. This change is meant to raised showcase your total development.

SOCIAL FEATURES

The default choice for match textual content chat is now set to OFF (beforehand set to ON) for brand spanking new gamers. This could be modified within the Social Options.

The default choice for group voice chat is now set to ON (beforehand set to AUTO-JOIN) for brand spanking new gamers. This could be modified within the Social Options.

Current textual content or voice chat settings for current gamers should not modified.

Developer Comments: We shall be altering the defaults for each textual content and voice chat to encourage efficient communication by means of the ping system whereas decreasing the prospect of encountering disruptive chat within the sport.

HERO UPDATES

Developer feedback: This steadiness patch is essentially centered on widening the window of time gamers have throughout fight between some impactful cooldowns, equivalent to Bastion’s reconfigure, Cassidy’s grenade, and most of the help utilities.

TANK

D.VA

Developer feedback: The added projectile velocity to Micro Missiles helps enhance their consistency at medium vary whereas the decreased motion velocity penalty on Fusion Cannons allow D.Va to stay nearer to cellular targets, making her extra of a menace when diving into the enemy group.

Fusion Cannons

Movement velocity penalty diminished from 40 to 30%.

Micro Missiles

Projectile velocity elevated from 40 to 50.

DOOMFIST

Developer feedback: This change will give the surprised participant extra alternatives to react to Doomfist following a wall stun.

Rocket Punch

Minimum wall stun length decreased from 0.25 to 0.15 seconds.
Maximum wall stun length decreased from 0.75 to 0.6 seconds.

WINSTON

Developer feedback: Increasing the vary of the alternate hearth will give Winston some extra flexibility in positioning whereas dealing injury from vary.

Tesla Cannon

Secondary hearth vary elevated from 30 to 40 meters.

DAMAGE

BASTION

Configuration: Assault

Cooldown elevated from 10 to 12 seconds.
Weapon unfold elevated 10%.

CASSIDY

Magnetic Grenade

Cooldown elevated from 10 to 12 seconds.

MEI

Developer feedback: With among the latest modifications, Mei is now barely overperforming. Her improved main hearth injury output is sweet for her function, so somewhat than regulate that additional, we’re as an alternative focusing on the extra generally irritating crowd management facet of its slowing impact.

Endothermic Blaster

Slow impact decreased from 40 to 30%.

SOMBRA

EMP

Ultimate price decreased 10%.

SYMMETRA

Developer feedback: With Symmetra lately gaining extra lethality in her long-ranged secondary hearth, she’s not as reliant on taking part in at shut vary, so we’re reverting her complete well being again to 200.

Base defend well being diminished from 125 to 100 (complete 200 HP)

WIDOWMAKER

Developer feedback: Recon Visor is taking a very long time to cost on common relative to different final talents so we’re decreasing the price. Widowmaker can also be at a extra extreme drawback in opposition to Sombra with the latest rework and these modifications will add extra counterplay.

Widow’s Kiss

Unscoped photographs to achieve most unfold elevated from 3 to 7.

Infra-Sight

Ultimate price diminished 10%.

SUPPORT

ANA

Biotic Grenade

Cooldown elevated from 10 to 12 seconds.

BAPTISTE

Immortality Field

Health decreased from 150 to 125.
Cooldown elevated from 23 to 25 seconds.

ILLARI

Developer feedback: Illari’s total injury output all through a match is simply too excessive so we’re decreasing how constant her Solar Rifle injury is to use. Her weapon has another disadvantages equivalent to needing to cost up and a diminished crucial injury multiplier, however we’ll be evaluating how a lot of an impact this modification has together with the diminished Healing Pylon uptime.

Solar Rifle

Primary hearth projectile measurement diminished from 0.1 to 0.05 meters.

Healing Pylon

Base well being diminished from 75 to 50 (complete 100 HP).
Cooldown when destroyed elevated from 12 to fifteen seconds.

KIRIKO

Protection Suzu

Cooldown elevated from 14 to fifteen seconds.

LIFEWEAVER

Dev Comment: Lifeweaver’s complete therapeutic over a match is considerably larger than every other hero so to assist deliver it extra in line we’re making some changes to his main Healing Blossom.

Healing Blossom

Ammo diminished from 20 to 16.
Max heal diminished from 75 to 70.

Life Grip

Cooldown elevated from 16 to 19 seconds.

ZENYATTA

Developer feedback: The purpose of those modifications is so as to add extra counterplay in opposition to Discord Orb and encourage Zenyatta gamers to suppose extra about who to position it on. Now, if the impact ends for any cause, the goal is briefly unable to be focused once more by Discord Orb. A brand new soft-targeting reticle seems when aiming towards an enemy participant that can not be affected by Discord Orb to show the remaining length earlier than it may be reapplied. This is a major change each to how the flexibility feels to make use of and the way clear it’s to know, so we shall be holding an in depth eye on participant suggestions.

Base well being elevated from 50 to 75 (complete 225 HP).

Harmony Orb

Time to put on off when not in line-of-sight elevated from 3 to five seconds.

Orb of Discord

Can not be reapplied to the identical goal for 7 seconds after the impact has been eliminated.
Range elevated from 30 to 40 meters.

HERO CUSTOM CONTROL UPDATES

In addition to the hero steadiness changes on this replace, we’re implementing further quality-of-life settings and extra enter choices for a number of hero talents to provide the capacity to custom-tailor your expertise of taking part in your favourite heroes.

Sorted many Hero-Specific Options into Advanced Hero Options class.

TANK

DOOMFIST

Added the Hero-Specific Options:

Relative Aim Sensitivity During Power Block – 100% by default.
Relative Gyro Aim Sensitivity During Power Block – 100% by default (Only obtainable on gyro-supported platforms).

SIGMA

Added the Hero-Specific Option:

Rise During Gravitic Flux With Ability 3 – Off by default.

DAMAGE

ECHO

Added the Hero-Specific Options:

Crouch Activates Glide – Off by default.
Rise During Flight With Ability 1 – Off by default.
Flight Cancel Input – Ability 1 by default.
Automatically Toggle Glide After Flight – Off by default.

TORBJÖRN

Added the Hero-Specific Option:

Interact Cancels Deploy Turret – On by default.

SUPPORT

ILLARI

Added the Hero-Specific Option:

Rise During Captive Sun With Ability 3 – Off by default.

LÚCIO

Added the Hero-Specific Options:

Automatically Wall Ride – Off by default, Only obtainable on Console Platforms.
Wall Ride Cares About Movement – Off by default.

MERCY

Added the Hero-Specific Options:

Crouch Activates Glide – On by default.
Automatically Toggle Angelic Decent After Guardian Angel – Off by default.
Rise During Valkyrie With Ability 3 – Off by default.

RUMBLE UPDATES

We’ve gone by means of and adjusted the Rumble and Trigger Feedback on a number of talents for controllers. We appeared to make the rumble extra dynamic and responsive whereas additionally highlighting the distinctive really feel of many talents.

TANK

D. Va

Reworked Rumble on Primary Fire.
Added rumble on activation of Defense Matrix.
Adjusted set off suggestions on Defense Matrix to account for injury of destroyed projectile.
Added rumble on projectile destruction for Defense Matrix.
Added rumble on Self-Destruct activation.
Added set off suggestions on Boosters.
Added rumble on Call Mech begin.
Adjusted rumble on Call Mech.
Added rumble on Call Mech hit.
Added rumble on getting into the Mech after Call Mech.

Doomfist

Added rumble on begin of Power Block.
Added rumble on Fist Empowerment.

Orisa

Fusion Driver rumble now scales barely with Heat.
Added rumble on Overheat.
Added rumble on Javelin Spin begin.
Added rumble on Javelin Spin length.
Added rumble on Javelin Spin damaging an enemy.
Added rumble on Javelin Spin finish.
Added rumble on Terra Surge begin.
Added rumble on Terra Surge cost
Added rumble on Terra Surge activation.

Ramattra

Increase rumble energy and length on Pummel.
Added rumble on Block activation.

Reinhardt

Added rumble on Barrier activation.

Roadhog

Added rumble on Chain Hook activation.
Added set off suggestions on Chain Hook activation.
Added set off suggestions on Chain Hook impression.
Added set off suggestions on Chain Hook retraction.

Sigma

Added rumble on Accreation hearth.
Added rumble on Kinetic Grasp length.
Added rumble on Kinetic Grasp take in.
Added rumble on Kinetic Grasp Overhealth acquire.
Added rumble on Gravitic Flux intro.
Added rumble on Gravitic Flux looking for targets.
Added rumble on Gravitic Flux discovered targets.
Added rumble on Gravitic Flux holding targets.
Adjusted rumble on Gravitic Flux slam.

Winston

Added rumble on Jump Pack activation.
Added rumble on Secondary Fire launch.
Added rumble on Barrier Projector Activation.
Reworked rumble on Winston’s Primal Rage punch.
Added set off suggestions on Winston’s Primal Rage punch hit.

Wrecking Ball

Added rumble on Roll exit.
Adjusted the rumble on Piledriver impression.

Zarya

Added rumble on Particle Barrier.
Added rumble on Barrier Deploy.
Added rumble on Particle Barrier finish.
Increased the rumble energy on Particle Beam whereas focusing on an enemy.

DAMAGE

Ashe

Added rumble on Dynamite.
Added rumble on B.O.B. name.
Added rumble on B.O.B. touchdown.

Cassidy

Added rumble on Magnetic Grenade.
Added rumble on Deadeye begin.

Genji

Added rumble throughout Dash.
Added rumble on Dash dealing injury.
Added rumble on Deflect begin.
Added rumble on Deflect deflection.
Reworked rumble on Dragonblade swing.
Added Trigger Feedback on Dragonblade swing hit.
Added rumble on Wall Climb.
Added rumble on Ledge Climb.
Added rumble on Double Jump.

Hanzo

Added set off suggestions on Bow cost.
Reduced rumble length on charging arrow to match cost time.
Reduced rumble on holding arrow.
Reduced rumble on arrow hearth throughout Storm Arrows.
Added rumble on Lunge.
Added rumble on Dragonstrike hearth.
Added rumble on Wall Climb.
Added rumble on Ledge Climb.
Added rumble on Sonic Arrow Equip.

Junkrat

Adjusted RIP-tire rumble.
Reduced rumble on Concussive Mine when not hitting self.
Increased rumble on Concussive Mine when hitting self.
Added rumble on Concussive Mine hearth.
Added rumble on Steel Trap hearth.

Mei

Added rumble on Blizzard hearth.
Added rumble on Ice Wall begin.
Added rumble on Ice Wall destroy.

Pharah

Increased Rumble on Primary Fire.
Added rumble on hitting your self with Concussive Blast.

Reaper

Swapped the Left and Right Primary Fire rumble.
Increased the rumble on the Left Primary Fire.
Added rumble on Wraith Form activation.
Added rumble on Wraith kind ending.
Adjusted Shadowstep’s set off suggestions for participant’s enter settings.
Added rumble on Shadowstep begin.

Sojourn

Increased rumble on Primary Fire.
Adjusted rumble on Secondary Fire.
Added distinctive rumble on Secondary Fire photographs charged above 90.
Added rumble on Power Slide soar.

Soldier: 76

Adjusted rumble on Helix Rockets.
Added rumble on Sprint begin.
Added rumble on Spring length.
Added rumble on Tactical Visor begin.

Symmetra

Added rumble on all three ranges of Primary Fire on miss.
Added rumble on transferring from stage 3 to stage 2.
Added rumble on transferring from stage 2 to stage 1.
Added rumble on Teleporter begin.
Added rumble on Teleporter destroy.
Added rumble on Photon Barrier begin.
Lengthened rumble on Photon Barrier hearth.
Added rumble on utilizing the teleporter (as any character).

Torbjörn

Added rumble on Turret Deploy.
Added rumble on Turret Destroy.

Widowmaker

Added rumble on Infra-sights.

SUPPORT

Baptiste

Reworked Exo-boots maintain rumble.
Shortened Exo-boots charging-up rumble.
Added rumble on Amplification Matrix Start.

Brigitte

Reworked Brigitte’s Primary Fire rumble.
Added rumble on Shield Barrier activation.

Illari

Added rumble on Healing Pylon destroy.

Kiriko

Reworked Healing Ofuda rumble.
Adjusted Healing Ofuda rumble to reply to buying targets.
Added rumble on Wall Climb.
Added rumble on Ledge Climb.

Lifeweaver

Reworked Rumble on Rejuvenating Dash to be directional.
Added rumble on Tree of Life begin.
Added rumble on Tree of Life destroy.

Lúcio

Added rumble on Amp It Up.
Added rumble on Crossfade.
Added rumble on Wall Ride begin.
Added rumble on Wall Ride journey.
Added rumble on Wall Ride soar.
Added rumble on Sound Barrier begin.
Added rumble on Sound Barrier.
Reworked rumble on Sound Barrier Fire.

Mercy

Added set off suggestions on Caduceus Staff Secondary Fire.
Added set off suggestions on Caduceus Blaster.
Added rumble on Valkyrie intro.

Moira

Reduced rumble on Secondary Fire.

Zenyatta

Added rumble on Healing Orb.
Added rumble on Discord Orb.

BUG FIXES

GENERAL

Audio

Fixed a problem within the Training Grounds the place the Heavy Training Bot’s Shield was taking part in the inaccurate impression impact.
Adjusted the areas within the coaching grounds through which the default Training Bot’s weapon hearth could be heard. This ought to present content material creators some further quiet areas for capturing their media.

Hero Mastery

Fixed a bug that might lead to a perpetual black display in the event you died to enemy injury after a course restart.
Resolved a problem that resulted in no Hero icon being proven within the Results display throughout a Replay.
Resolved a bug that might lead to ‘New Personal Best’ being displayed for any rating.
Fixed a bug that might happen on some platforms that induced the Kill Feed and HUD to fade if Try Again was chosen.
Resolved a problem for Mercy that resulted in Healing not being displayed within the Scoring Details.

Other Fixes

Fixed a bug that will disband your group in the event you chosen ‘Leave as Group’ in a Competitive match.
Fixed a bug within the Hero Gallery that will trigger the UI to focus on one other beauty after equipping one.
Fixed a problem that induced the achievement ‘The Friend Zone’ to not unlock on some platforms regardless of necessities being met.
Fixed a problem that resulted in enemy group Roles being revealed through the scoreboard in Mystery Heroes.
Fixed a bug that prevented some Player Icons from being geared up.
Fixed a bug that prevented ‘Random From Favorites’ from working throughout Hero Select.
Fixed a bug with AI bots selecting heroes excluded within the Custom Game Settings which might lead to empty slots within the match.

MAPS

Antarctic Peninsula

Fixed some areas of the map that might get gamers caught.

New Junk City

Moved some setting property from floating in one of many spawn rooms.

Route 66

Fixed an space of the map that allowed gamers to face outdoors the meant playable area.

Samoa

Fixed some areas that had gaps that induced unintended sight traces.
Fixed some areas that allowed gamers to face in unintended areas.
Fixed some areas of the map that allowed turrets to be positioned outdoors the playable area however nonetheless assault enemies.
Fixed some areas of that map that might get gamers caught.
Fixed lighting in some areas of the map.

HEROES

Illari

Fixed a bug that resulted within the ‘Daybreak’ pores and skin displaying twice within the Skin Selection whereas in pre-game Hero Select.
Resolved a problem with Healing Pylon that might lead to gamers launching out of it.

Lifeweaver