Overwatch 2’s newest steadiness patch forward of the upcoming Le Sserafim collaboration occasion is hitting Help heroes laborious. Blizzard mentioned this was its plan in a developer replace earlier this month, however taking a look at the precise patch notes, it positively seems to be like medics are feeling the newest nerfs most.
In response to Blizzard, these adjustments have been meant to deal with criticism that Help characters had been having fun with an increase in energy since Overwatch 2 launched final 12 months, so nearly everyone seems to be seeing some tweaks, principally within the type of nerfs.
Excessive-impact talents like Ana’s Biotic Grenade and Kiriko’s Safety Suzu have been given elevated cooldowns, whereas constructing talents like Illari’s Therapeutic Pylon and Baptiste’s Immortality Area now have decreased sturdiness and will be extra simply destroyed by the enemy staff.
Zenyatta, in the meantime, has one of many extra notable adjustments to his Orb of Discord skill. The flexibility will increase harm taken on whichever enemy it’s connected to, giving Zen’s staff an opportunity to deal with them and take them out shortly. Now, it. can’t be reapplied to the identical goal for seven seconds after it’s eliminated. This implies you possibly can’t simply preserve spamming it on one high-priority goal.
The complete patch notes learn as follows:
LE SSERAFIM X OVERWATCH 2 LIMITED TIME EVENT
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GENERAL UPDATES
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsement degree decay has been reworked to be extra forgiving in some circumstances. The endorsement degree all the time decays barely everytime you end a match, however that decay is now decreased 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 degree wouldn’t decay. The next causes forestall different gamers from endorsing you:
- The participant is your good friend.
- The participant endorsed you inside the previous 24 hours.
Endorsement degree decay additionally now not happens when a server shuts down. The commonest cause for it is a aggressive match shutting down when gamers go away the match early.
CHALLENGES
Added Legendary, Mythic, and Final Participant Title challenges to every hero’s development challenges.
PROGRESSION
Victory Pose now exhibits your Development Stage as an alternative of the Hero Stage.
Developer Feedback: The hero you finish the match on isn’t essentially consultant of you as a participant. This alteration is meant to higher exhibit your general development.
SOCIAL FEATURES
The default choice for match textual content chat is now set to OFF (beforehand set to ON) for brand new gamers. This may be modified within the Social Choices.
The default choice for staff voice chat is now set to ON (beforehand set to AUTO-JOIN) for brand new gamers. This may be modified within the Social Choices.
Present textual content or voice chat settings for current gamers should not modified.
Developer Feedback: We might be altering the defaults for each textual content and voice chat to encourage efficient communication via the ping system whereas lowering the prospect of encountering disruptive chat within the sport.
HERO UPDATES
Developer feedback: This steadiness patch is basically centered on widening the window of time gamers have throughout fight between some impactful cooldowns, reminiscent of Bastion’s reconfigure, Cassidy’s grenade, and most of the assist 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 risk when diving into the enemy staff.
Fusion Cannons
- Motion velocity penalty decreased from 40 to 30%.
Micro Missiles
- Projectile velocity elevated from 40 to 50.
DOOMFIST
Developer feedback: This alteration will give the surprised participant extra alternatives to react to Doomfist following a wall stun.
Rocket Punch
- Minimal wall stun period decreased from 0.25 to 0.15 seconds.
- Most wall stun period decreased from 0.75 to 0.6 seconds.
WINSTON
Developer feedback: Growing the vary of the alternate hearth will give Winston some extra flexibility in positioning whereas dealing harm 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 a few of the latest adjustments, Mei is now barely overperforming. Her improved major hearth harm output is sweet for her function, so relatively than alter that additional, we’re as an alternative focusing on the extra generally irritating crowd management facet of its slowing impact.
Endothermic Blaster
- Gradual impact decreased from 40 to 30%.
SOMBRA
EMP
- Final value decreased 10%.
SYMMETRA
Developer feedback: With Symmetra not too long ago gaining extra lethality in her long-ranged secondary hearth, she’s now 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 decreased 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 lowering the associated fee. Widowmaker can also be at a extra extreme drawback in opposition to Sombra with the latest rework and these adjustments will add extra counterplay.
Widow’s Kiss
- Unscoped photographs to succeed in most unfold elevated from 3 to 7.
Infra-Sight
- Final value decreased 10%.
SUPPORT
ANA
Biotic Grenade
- Cooldown elevated from 10 to 12 seconds.
BAPTISTE
Immortality Area
- Well being decreased from 150 to 125.
- Cooldown elevated from 23 to 25 seconds.
ILLARI
Developer feedback: Illari’s general harm output all through a match is simply too excessive so we’re lowering how constant her Photo voltaic Rifle harm is to use. Her weapon has another disadvantages reminiscent of needing to cost up and a decreased essential harm multiplier, however we’ll be evaluating how a lot of an impact this transformation has together with the decreased Therapeutic Pylon uptime.
Photo voltaic Rifle
- Major hearth projectile dimension decreased from 0.1 to 0.05 meters.
Therapeutic Pylon
- Base well being decreased from 75 to 50 (complete 100 HP).
- Cooldown when destroyed elevated from 12 to fifteen seconds.
KIRIKO
Safety Suzu
- Cooldown elevated from 14 to fifteen seconds.
LIFEWEAVER
Dev Remark: Lifeweaver’s complete therapeutic over a match is considerably increased than some other hero so to assist convey it extra in line we’re making some changes to his major Therapeutic Blossom.
Therapeutic Blossom
- Ammo decreased from 20 to 16.
- Max heal decreased from 75 to 70.
Life Grip
- Cooldown elevated from 16 to 19 seconds.
ZENYATTA
Developer feedback: The objective of those adjustments is so as to add extra counterplay in opposition to Discord Orb and encourage Zenyatta gamers to assume extra about who to position it on. Now, if the impact ends for any cause, the goal is quickly 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 period earlier than it may be reapplied. This can be a vital change each to how the flexibility feels to make use of and the way clear it’s to know, so we might be retaining a detailed eye on participant suggestions.
Base well being elevated from 50 to 75 (complete 225 HP).
Concord Orb
- Time to put on off when not in line-of-sight elevated from 3 to five seconds.
Orb of Discord
- Can now not be reapplied to the identical goal for 7 seconds after the impact has been eliminated.
- Vary elevated from 30 to 40 meters.
HERO CUSTOM CONTROL UPDATES
Along with the hero steadiness changes on this replace, we’re implementing extra quality-of-life settings and extra enter choices for a number of hero talents to provide the skill to custom-tailor your expertise of taking part in your favourite heroes.
Sorted many Hero-Particular Choices into Superior Hero Choices class.
TANK
DOOMFIST
Added the Hero-Particular Choices:
- Relative Goal Sensitivity Throughout Energy Block – 100% by default.
- Relative Gyro Goal Sensitivity Throughout Energy Block – 100% by default (Solely out there on gyro-supported platforms).
SIGMA
Added the Hero-Particular Possibility:
- Rise Throughout Gravitic Flux With Skill 3 – Off by default.
DAMAGE
ECHO
Added the Hero-Particular Choices:
- Crouch Prompts Glide – Off by default.
- Rise Throughout Flight With Skill 1 – Off by default.
- Flight Cancel Enter – Skill 1 by default.
- Robotically Toggle Glide After Flight – Off by default.
TORBJÖRN
Added the Hero-Particular Possibility:
- Work together Cancels Deploy Turret – On by default.
SUPPORT
ILLARI
Added the Hero-Particular Possibility:
- Rise Throughout Captive Solar With Skill 3 – Off by default.
LÚCIO
Added the Hero-Particular Choices:
- Robotically Wall Experience – Off by default, Solely out there on Console Platforms.
- Wall Experience Cares About Motion – Off by default.
MERCY
Added the Hero-Particular Choices:
- Crouch Prompts Glide – On by default.
- Robotically Toggle Angelic First rate After Guardian Angel – Off by default.
- Rise Throughout Valkyrie With Skill 3 – Off by default.
RUMBLE UPDATES
We’ve gone via and adjusted the Rumble and Set off Suggestions on a number of talents for controllers. We regarded to make the rumble extra dynamic and responsive whereas additionally highlighting the distinctive really feel of many talents.
TANK
D. Va
- Reworked Rumble on Major Fireplace.
- Added rumble on activation of Protection Matrix.
- Adjusted set off suggestions on Protection Matrix to account for harm of destroyed projectile.
- Added rumble on projectile destruction for Protection Matrix.
- Added rumble on Self-Destruct activation.
- Added set off suggestions on Boosters.
- Added rumble on Name Mech begin.
- Adjusted rumble on Name Mech.
- Added rumble on Name Mech hit.
- Added rumble on getting into the Mech after Name Mech.
Doomfist
- Added rumble on begin of Energy Block.
- Added rumble on Fist Empowerment.
Orisa
- Fusion Driver rumble now scales barely with Warmth.
- Added rumble on Overheat.
- Added rumble on Javelin Spin begin.
- Added rumble on Javelin Spin period.
- 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
- Enhance rumble power and period 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 affect.
- Added set off suggestions on Chain Hook retraction.
Sigma
- Added rumble on Accreation hearth.
- Added rumble on Kinetic Grasp period.
- 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 Leap Pack activation.
- Added rumble on Secondary Fireplace 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 affect.
Zarya
- Added rumble on Particle Barrier.
- Added rumble on Barrier Deploy.
- Added rumble on Particle Barrier finish.
- Elevated the rumble power 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 Sprint.
- Added rumble on Sprint dealing harm.
- Added rumble on Deflect begin.
- Added rumble on Deflect deflection.
- Reworked rumble on Dragonblade swing.
- Added Set off Suggestions on Dragonblade swing hit.
- Added rumble on Wall Climb.
- Added rumble on Ledge Climb.
- Added rumble on Double Leap.
Hanzo
- Added set off suggestions on Bow cost.
- Diminished rumble period on charging arrow to match cost time.
- Diminished rumble on holding arrow.
- Diminished 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.
- Diminished rumble on Concussive Mine when not hitting self.
- Elevated rumble on Concussive Mine when hitting self.
- Added rumble on Concussive Mine hearth.
- Added rumble on Metal Entice hearth.
Mei
- Added rumble on Blizzard hearth.
- Added rumble on Ice Wall begin.
- Added rumble on Ice Wall destroy.
Pharah
- Elevated Rumble on Major Fireplace.
- Added rumble on hitting your self with Concussive Blast.
Reaper
- Swapped the Left and Proper Major Fireplace rumble.
- Elevated the rumble on the Left Major Fireplace.
- Added rumble on Wraith Kind activation.
- Added rumble on Wraith kind ending.
- Adjusted Shadowstep’s set off suggestions for participant’s enter settings.
- Added rumble on Shadowstep begin.
Sojourn
- Elevated rumble on Major Fireplace.
- Adjusted rumble on Secondary Fireplace.
- Added distinctive rumble on Secondary Fireplace photographs charged above 90.
- Added rumble on Energy Slide soar.
Soldier: 76
- Adjusted rumble on Helix Rockets.
- Added rumble on Dash begin.
- Added rumble on Spring period.
- Added rumble on Tactical Visor begin.
Symmetra
- Added rumble on all three ranges of Major Fireplace on miss.
- Added rumble on shifting from degree 3 to degree 2.
- Added rumble on shifting from degree 2 to degree 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 Begin.
Brigitte
- Reworked Brigitte’s Major Fireplace rumble.
- Added rumble on Protect Barrier activation.
Illari
- Added rumble on Therapeutic Pylon destroy.
Kiriko
- Reworked Therapeutic Ofuda rumble.
- Adjusted Therapeutic Ofuda rumble to reply to buying targets.
- Added rumble on Wall Climb.
- Added rumble on Ledge Climb.
Lifeweaver
- Reworked Rumble on Rejuvenating Sprint 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 Experience begin.
- Added rumble on Wall Experience experience.
- Added rumble on Wall Experience soar.
- Added rumble on Sound Barrier begin.
- Added rumble on Sound Barrier.
- Reworked rumble on Sound Barrier Fireplace.
Mercy
- Added set off suggestions on Caduceus Workers Secondary Fireplace.
- Added set off suggestions on Caduceus Blaster.
- Added rumble on Valkyrie intro.
Moira
- Diminished rumble on Secondary Fireplace.
Zenyatta
- Added rumble on Therapeutic Orb.
- Added rumble on Discord Orb.
BUG FIXES
GENERAL
Audio
- Fastened a problem within the Coaching Grounds the place the Heavy Coaching Bot’s Protect was taking part in the wrong affect impact.
- Adjusted the areas within the coaching grounds through which the default Coaching Bot’s weapon hearth will be heard. This could present content material creators some extra quiet areas for capturing their media.
Hero Mastery
- Fastened a bug that might lead to a perpetual black display screen in case you died to enemy harm after a course restart.
- Resolved a problem that resulted in no Hero icon being proven within the Outcomes display screen throughout a Replay.
- Resolved a bug that might lead to ‘New Private Finest’ being displayed for any rating.
- Fastened a bug that might happen on some platforms that brought on the Kill Feed and HUD to fade if Strive Once more was chosen.
- Resolved a problem for Mercy that resulted in Therapeutic not being displayed within the Scoring Particulars.
Different Fixes
- Fastened a bug that may disband your group in case you chosen ‘Go away as Group’ in a Aggressive match.
- Fastened a bug within the Hero Gallery that may trigger the UI to focus on one other beauty after equipping one.
- Fastened a problem that brought on the achievement ‘The Pal Zone’ to not unlock on some platforms regardless of necessities being met.
- Fastened a problem that resulted in enemy staff Roles being revealed through the scoreboard in Thriller Heroes.
- Fastened a bug that prevented some Participant Icons from being outfitted.
- Fastened a bug that prevented ‘Random From Favorites’ from working throughout Hero Choose.
- Fastened a bug with AI bots choosing heroes excluded within the Customized Recreation Settings which might lead to empty slots within the match.
MAPS
Antarctic Peninsula
- Fastened some areas of the map that might get gamers caught.
New Junk Metropolis
- Moved some atmosphere belongings from floating in one of many spawn rooms.
Route 66
- Fastened an space of the map that allowed gamers to face exterior the meant playable house.
Samoa
- Fastened some areas that had gaps that brought on unintended sight traces.
- Fastened some areas that allowed gamers to face in unintended areas.
- Fastened some areas of the map that allowed turrets to be positioned exterior the playable house however nonetheless assault enemies.
- Fastened some areas of that map that might get gamers caught.
- Fastened lighting in some areas of the map.
HEROES
Illari
- Fastened a bug that resulted within the ‘Dawn’ pores and skin displaying twice within the Pores and skin Choice whereas in pre-game Hero Choose.
- Resolved a problem with Therapeutic Pylon that might lead to gamers launching out of it.
Lifeweaver
- Fastened a bug that prevented Petal Platform from falling when Hacked.
Lúcio
- Fastened a bug with the Hermes pores and skin that brought on the sounds performed throughout Wallride to be louder than meant.
Mercy
- Fastened an interplay with Sombra that prevented Mercy’s beams not correctly fading out when utilized to a Stealth Sombra.
Moira
- Fastened a bug with the ‘Be Stunning’ Spotlight Intro not displaying the window behind Moira on all platforms.
Sombra
- Fastened in a earlier replace – Resolved a problem that brought on Sombra to seem untextured after interacting with Random from Favorites.
Zenyatta
- Fastened a problem the place typically Orbs of Discord and Concord wouldn’t keep connected to the goal.