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[Blizzard] Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes - September 17, 2024

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    General Updates

    • Role Queue Mystery Heroes

    Competitive Updates

    • Competitive Drives

     

    HERO UPDATES

    GENERAL

    • Armor flat damage reduction decreased from 10 to 7 per impact.

     

    TANK

    Tank Role Passive

    • Knockback resistance reduced from 40% to 25%.

    D.Va

    • Mech armor health reduced from 375 to 325.
    • Mech base health increased from 200 to 225.

    Orisa

    Fortify

    • Movement speed penalty reduced from 20% to 10%.

    Roadhog

    Take a Breather

    • Resource regeneration rate increased from 8 to 10 per second.

    Sigma

    Hyperspheres

    • Impact damage reduced from 25 to 15.
    • Explosion damage increased from 30 to 40.
    • No longer deals damage to self.

     

    DAMAGE

    Bastion

    Configuration: Assault

    • Spread reduced from 2.2 to 2 degrees.

    Configuration: Artillery

    • Ultimate cost reduced 12%.

     

    Cassidy

    Flashbang

    • Hinder duration reduced from 1.2 to 0.9 seconds.
    • Explosion damage increased from 45 to 75.

    Deadeye

    • Ultimate cost reduced 10%.

    Hanzo

    Storm Bow

    • Normal arrows are no longer affected by global projectile size increases.
    • Maximum damage increased from 120 to 125.
    • Time to fully charge increased from 0.72 to 0.87 seconds.
    Venture

    Explorer’s Resolve

    • Shield health gained per ability reduced from 40 to 30.

     

    SUPPORT

    Moira

    Coalescence

    • Damage per second increased from 70 to 85.
    Lifeweaver

    Thorn Volley

    • Maximum ammo increased from 80 to 100.

    Zenyatta

    Destruction Orb

    • Damage increased from 48 to 50.

    Orb of Discord

    • Cooldown per target reduced from 7 to 6 seconds.

     

    Map Updates

    CLASH

    • Fast Respawn after a point has been captured has been removed from Clash. We’ll be looking to implement an alternate version of it for Clash in the future.
    • Respawn times for defenders get reduced by 2 seconds for each segment the attackers secure in the final capture zone.

    FLASHPOINT

    • The initial boost of speed heroes receive when leaving the spawn has been increased in duration from 1 second to 2 seconds.
    • Increased maximum potential duration of the speed boost effect from 5 to 6 seconds.