Overwatch 2 most recently released the brand new Season 6 for players, which included the new PvE mode in Invasion.
Competitive has been soaring as of late, and it’s all getting revamped in Season 9, along with other notable features.
Here’s all the patch notes.
Overwatch 2 Season 9 Hero Changes: All Patch Notes and More
Blizzard has now revealed all the changes coming with the major rank reset in Season 9, and it’s going to vastly change how the game is played. Blizzard has noted how players will have their ranks reset, and we’re going back to a ranking style we all know and love.
Now, they’ve gone ahead and showcased all the hero changes, which are outlined below.
Developer Comments: Season 9 features changes to the fundamentals of Overwatch 2 gameplay that affect every hero. We’ve heard the community feedback around some gameplay pain points, and these changes are in response to many of those.
Most damage-dealing projectile sizes have been increased by a new global modifier added to their base size.
- +0.05 meters for hitscan projectiles with a high rate of fire or spread (e.g., Tracer’s Pulse Pistols or Reaper’s Hellfire Shotguns).
- +0.08 meters for hitscan projectiles that are more precise (e.g., Cassidy’s Peacekeeper or Soldier:76’s Heavy Pulse Rifle).
- +0.05 meters for travel time projectiles that are shotguns or have a very high rate of fire (e.g., Roadhog’s Scrap Gun or Ramattra’s Void Accelerator).
- +0.10 meters for travel time projectile with a speed greater than 50 meters per second (e.g., Zenyatta’s Destruction Orb).
- +0.15 meters for travel time projectile with a speed less than or equal to 50 meters per second (e.g., Pharah’s Rocket Launcher).
- Very large projectiles with a base size greater than 0.5 meters have been excluded from these increases (e.g., Orisa’s Energy Javelin or Reinhardt’s Fire Strike).
Hero combined HP (base health/armor/shields) increased by 15-25%.
- 150-175 HP heroes increased by 25 HP.
- 200-300 HP heroes increased by 50 HP.
- 300+ HP (Tanks) increased by 75-100 HP.
- Each hero’s precise health increases are listed in their patch notes below.
Ultimate Charge
- All Ultimate ability costs increased by 10%.
Regenerative Passive for All Heroes
- All heroes now regenerate 20 health per second after 5 seconds of not taking damage.
Support Role Passive
- Now reduces the delay before regeneration begins by half (2.5 seconds).
Damage Role Passive
- Reload speed bonus on elimination has been removed.
- New role passive: Dealing damage reduces enemy healing received by 20% for 2 seconds.
Quick Melee
- Damage increased from 30 to 40.
TANK
D.Va
- Pilot health increased from 150 to 175.
- Mech armor increased from 300 to 375.
Self Destruct
- Explosion maximum damage increased from 900 to 1000.
- Inner explosion radius (range for maximum damage before falloff begins) increased from 4 to 6 meters.
Doomfist
- Health increased from 300 to 375.
Rocket Punch
- Max impact damage increased from 50 to 75.
- Max wall slam damage increased from 30 to 40.
Junker Queen
- Health increased from 300 to 375.
Rampage
- Wound damage over time increased from 60 to 90.
Mauga
- Health increased from 300 to 400.
Orisa
- Armor increased from 275 to 350.
Ramattra
- Health increased from 200 to 275.
Reinhardt
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
- Armor increased from 250 to 275.
Rocket Hammer
- Damage increased from 85 to 100.
Charge
- Wall impact damage increased from 225 to 275.
Roadhog
- Health increased from 550 to 650.
Sigma
- Shields increased from 200 to 275.
Winston
- Health increased from 200 to 225.
- Armor increased from 200 to 250.
Tesla Cannon
- Damage increased from 60 to 75 damage per second.
Primal Rage
- Punch damage increased from 40 to 50.
Wrecking Ball
- Armor increased from 100 to 175.
Zarya
- Health increased from 100 to 175.
Particle Cannon
- Primary fire beam width increased from 0.15 to 0.2 meters.
DAMAGE
Ashe
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
B.O.B.
- B.O.B.’s weapon damage increased from 14 to 17.
Bastion
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Cassidy
- Health increased from 225 to 275.
Deadeye
- Initial damage rate increased from 130 to 150.
- Damage rate increased from 260 to 300.
Echo
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Focusing Beam
- Width increased from 0.2 to 0.25 meters.
Duplicate
- Maximum combined health value increased from 300 to 350.
Genji
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Dragonblade
Swing recovery decreased from 0.9 to 0.7 seconds.
Hanzo
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Storm Arrows
- Damage increased from 65 to 75.
- Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds.
Junkrat
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Frag Launcher
- Base projectile size reduced from 0.25 to 0.2 meters.
Mei
- Health increased from 250 to 300.
Pharah
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Rocket Launcher
- Recovery reduced from 0.85 to 0.80 seconds.
- Projectile speed increased from 35 to 40 meters per second.
- Explosion self-damage reduced from 50% to 25%.
Jet Dash
- New Secondary Fire Ability.
- Provides a quick horizontal boost in the direction Pharah is moving.
- 8-second cooldown.
- Added a setting to activate Jet Dash on Double Jump instead.
Jump Jet
- Now restores 50% of Hover Jets fuel and can briefly overfill the maximum fuel amount.
- Vertical boost height reduced by 20%.
- Cooldown increased from 10 to 14 seconds.
Concussive Blast
- Cooldown decreased from 9 to 7 seconds.
- Explosion now deals 30 damage to enemy targets.
- Explosion radius reduced from 8 to 6 meters.
- Knockback reduced by 10%.
Barrage
- Now instantly refills Hover Jets fuel.
Hover Jets
- Speed boost increased from 20% to 40%.
- Now requires landing to recharge fuel.
- Can now be activated without fuel to slow your descent.
Developer Comments: Pharah has a significant update that empowers more individual plays and shifting her movement capabilities from high up in the air to more horizontal movement that can cover distance quickly.
Reaper
- Health increased from 250 to 300.
Sojourn
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Railgun
- Secondary Fire base projectile size reduced from 0.1 to 0.07 meters.
Soldier: 76
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Sombra
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Symmetra
- Shields increased from 100 to 150.
Photon Projector
- Primary fire beam width increased from 0.2 to 0.25 meters.
Torbjörn
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Tracer
- Health increased from 150 to 175.
Widowmaker
- Health increased from 175 to 200.
SUPPORT
Ana
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Baptiste
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Brigitte
- Health increased from 150 to 200.
Rocket Flail
- Damage increased from 35 to 45.
Illari
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Kiriko
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Kunai
- Base projectile size reduced from 0.18 to 0.15 meters.
Lifeweaver
- Health increased from 175 to 225.
Lúcio
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Soundwave
- Damage increased from 25 to 35.
- Knockback increased 12%.
- Movement lockout duration increased from 0.3 to 0.45 seconds.
Mercy
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Guardian Angel
- Active duration on jump/crouch cancel reduced from 1.5 to 1 second.
Sympathetic Recovery passive
- Health recovered increased from 25% to 40% of healing dealt.
Moira
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Biotic Grasp
- Secondary fire damage increased from 50 to 65 damage per second.
- Secondary fire target acquisition radius increased from 0.6 to 0.7 meters.
Zenyatta
- Health increased from 75 to 100.
- Shields increased from 150 to 175.
MAP UPDATES
JUNKERTOWN UPDATE
- New nighttime lighting theme.
- New building near the first point to provide more cover & block long sightlines.
- Added a water tower near the first point to block sightlines from upper choke positions.
- Added more vehicles near the cliff to provide additional cover & block long sightlines.
- Reduced the cliffside path to tighten the space and reduce the overall footprint of the area.
- Removed a small health pack on the second area balcony that was easy for defenders to overuse.
- Added vertical beam at second choke point to promote movement out of the upper floor & make the choke easier to defend.
- Widened and added cover in a hallway in the third area to make close quarter fights easier to maneuver.
Developer Comments: We’ve added more cover—including new structures—to help counter some of the long sightlines around the first checkpoint. Additional changes in the third area allow attackers to push through certain chokes more easily.
BUG FIXES
GENERAL
- Fixed an issue with some shadows that could appear jagged when on any setting below Ultra.
- Fixed a bug that prevented your skin from changing when using the Change Skin option in Hero Select if you had a Loadout selected.
- Fixed a bug with Golden Weapons being marked as unspecified and not being purchasable.
- Fixed a bug with some callouts for pushing the payload playing at incorrect moments.
- Fixed an issue with Wall Climb failing in some situations.
- Additional bug fixes for general stability and performance.
MAPS
Antarctic Peninsula
- Fixed lighting in some areas of the map.
King’s Row
- Fixed areas of the map that were missing collision.
Midtown
- Fixed some locations that could cause some heroes to become stuck
Shambali Monastery
- Fixed a location of the map that displayed incorrect textures.
HEROES
Doomfist
- Fixed a bug with Meteor Strike that could result in Doomfist getting inside the environment.
- Fixed a bug that sometimes prevented Seismic Slam’s damage from going through turrets.
- Fixed a bug that could prevent Doomfist from acquiring Overhealth in some cases.
- Fixed a bug where Rocket Punch left a small window of time open to use abilities.
Echo
- Fixed an interaction when Duplicating Bastion that prevented the Duplicated Configuration: Artillery’s shots from landing if Duplicate ended before they landed.
Lifeweaver
- Fixed a bug that prevented Tree of Life from healing Reaper when in Wraith form.
Lúcio
- Amp it Up now goes on cooldown if interrupted by stun during its cast time or when dying while it’s active.
Mauga
- Fixed a bug with the burning applied by Mauga not being removed when picking up a health pack.
Orisa
- Terra Surge now correctly pulls in and damages enemies that are on uneven slopes/collision, as long as Orisa has a direct line of sight, they will get pulled/damaged.
Roadhog
- Fixed a bug with Roadhog’s model becoming distorted with some skins during the Heroic Highlight intro.
- Fixed a bug with Pig Pen displaying a Junkrat icon when pinged.
Sombra
- Fixed an interaction that prevented Hack from being interrupted by Rocket Punch or Shield Bash.
- Fixed a bug where Sombra would enter Stealth while escorting the robot in some situations.
Torbjörn
- Fixed a bug with disabling the Interact Cancel Deploy Turret setting causing you to only destroy a deployed turret and not toss out a new one when the ability is used.
Winston
- Fixed a bug with Primal Rage that interrupted the ability to attack if the Ultimate was initiated while Jumping and using Melee at the same time.
Zenyatta
- Golden weapon tint should now properly be reflected on all skins.
