Summary
A newOverwatch 2update is available with nerfs for tanks and three more heroes. The emergency patch arrived just a few days afterOverwatch 2released its mid-season update, making huge improvements to tanks, and bringing back one of its recurring events. Another feature of the newestOverwatch 2update is the introduction of Mythic weapons, along with another new crossover for players.
With the release of the mid-season update, Blizzard has made official thecollaboration betweenOverwatch 2and theTransformersfranchise, bringing the Autobots and Decepticons to Blizzard’s shooter. The Summer Games are back with the popular Lucioball arcade mode, as well as general changes and specific alterations for several heroes.Overwatch 2’s tanks got buffs to passive and active skills, while D.Va and Reinhardt had their skill sets strengthened. AnotherOverwatch 2update is available, but this time to bring some heroes into line.
Overwatch 2has released an emergency hotfix with nerfs for Ramattra and Zarya, and changes for Pharah, Illari, and Lucio. After the massive buff the tanks received in the mid-season update,Overwatch 2increased the cooldown of Ramattra’s Nemesis Form to 8 seconds, reduced its base armor to 75, and its base health to 250.Overwatch 2’s strongest womanalso received nerfs, with Zarya’s Projected Barrier and Particle Barrier having their cooldown increased to 11 seconds and their duration reduced to 2.25 seconds.
Overwatch 2 Releases New Patch Few Days After Mid-Season Update
Although it’s not thePharah nerfs requested byOverwatch 2players, Blizzard has decided to make a subtle adjustment and reduce the character’s base health from 250 to 225. Illari’s Healing Pylon now has a 14-second cooldown, and the cost of her ultimate, Captive Sun, has been increased by 12%. Another support that has been adjusted is Lucio, with his Sonic Amplifier’s knockback increased by 10%.
With the emergency patch,Overwatch 2has rolled back the buffs given to Zarya’s Particle Barrier and Projected Barrier, while making Ramattra less robust in his Nemesis Form. This adjustment by Blizzard should please players who play damage heroes, whose role passive was recently nerfed, making it less effective againstOverwatch 2’s tanks. While Lucio wasn’t mentioned in the previous patch notes, Illari received a change to the visibility of the Healing Pylon. Pharah, one of the most controversial heroes ofOverwatch 2Season 11, had her Concussive Blast reverted to what it was before Blizzard reworked the hero.
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Overwatch 2 is an always-on and ever-evolving free-to-play, team-based action game set in an optimistic future, where every match is the ultimate 5v5 battlefield brawl. Power up your railgun and disrupt the battlefield as Sojourn, or yield your axe and command attention as Junker Queen. Battle to take control of a robot and move it toward the enemy base in the new Push Mode. Bring the fight to new destinations across the globe in iconic locations like New York, Rome, Monte Carlo and Rio. Daily challenges and frequent updates mean there is always something new to play.
