Overwatch 2 May 9 General Updates Ping System: "Group Up" can now be used while dead. Added a new setting to Controls -> Communication -> Ping - Options -> Enable Contextual Comms Wheel. When Enabled, this setting changes "Group Up" and "Need Healing" to use alternate comms when aimin...
Reconfigure:Bastion's transformation skill. It changes to Configuration: Assault within 1 second, while it changes back to Configuration: Recon within only 0.5 seconds. This ability can be used mid-air, so Bastion can activate this ability mid-jump from a higher ground to lower ground, ready ...
These changes further support Overwatch 2's vision of more aggressive and mobility-focused gameplay. Orisa can now move more and two other tanks that are slower are able to heal faster and deal more damage. Support heroes will also be able to support the tank's aggressiveness a bit more wi...
Reconfigure: Bastion's transformation skill. It changes to Configuration: Assault within 1 second, while it changes back to Configuration: Recon within only 0.5 seconds. This ability can be used mid-air, so Bastion can activate this ability mid-jump from a higher ground to lower ground, ready...
Notable changes include improving Bastion’s Tactical Grenade to have more impact and shifting the power in Kiriko’s Kunai and Protection Suzu. You can read up on these changes and more in the latest patch notes and learn more about context behind some of the cha...
Aside from the broader damage changes in Overwatch 2, Reaper’s passive The Reaping will return to its original form where soul orbs will be dropped from defeated enemies that Reaper can pick up to gain 50 HP. Also plan how you use Wraith Form as it cannot be cancelled early....
Sunstruck duration decreased from 7 to 6 seconds. Dev Comments:Illari has had a strong showing since her launch. The following changes are meant to promote a better balance between healing and damage while adding more counterplay against her abilities. We are making the Healing Pylon weaker, as...
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 opt...
Overwatch 2 – Season 7: The Rise of Darkness comes with dozens of new balance changes, but notably, we’re introducing a whole new ability kit for Sombra. We’ve removed Opportunist and adjusted her Stealth ability to be a passive that starts automatically when Sombra is not taking...
Now let's talk about some recent balance changes and how we approach our start-of-season and mid-season updates. There are a few goals when we approach balancing Overwatch 2, but two that are consistently front of mind are that Hero changes should be an improvement to t...