[Blizzard] Overwatch Patch Notes - August 20, 2024

New Hero – Juno

New Core Game Mode - Clash

New Clash Map - Throne Of Anubis

Hero Mastery Updates

• Hero Mastery Courses for Pharah and Zarya have been added.

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General Updates

• Avoid As Teammate
• Avoid List has been updated
• Wave Respawn
• Shop Updates - try out all skins in the practice range
• Competitive Play Updates - Mid-Year Rank (soft) Reset

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Hero Updates

Tank

D.Va

Defense Matrix

• Maximum duration reduced from 3.5 to 3 seconds.

 

Orisa

Energy Javelin

• Impact damage increased from 60 to 80.

 

Zarya

Particle Cannon

• Secondary fire minimum damage increased from 47 to 55.
• Secondary fire maximum damage increased from 95 to 110.

 

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Damage

Echo

Base health reduced from 250 to 225.

 

Hanzo

• Base health reduced from 250 to 225.

 

Junkrat

Frag Launcher

• Projectile size is now reduced by half after the second ricochet.
• Projectiles preserve slightly more velocity on ricochet.

 

Sojourn

Railgun

• Primary fire weapon spread reduced from 2 to 1.6 degrees.
• Critical hits now grant 10 energy.
• Energy degeneration rate reduced from 33 to 15 per second after 7 seconds.

 

Sombra

Base health reduced from 250 to 225.

Virus

Impact damage increased from 25 to 35.

Stealth

Bonus movement speed increased from 45 to 60%.

 

Torbjörn

Developer Comment: This shift in armor health for Torbjorn is to increase survivability against the heroes which are most affected by armor’s damage reduction, such as Tracer.

• Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
• Base armor increased from 50 to 75.

 

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Support

Illari

Solar Rifle

• Maximum ammo reduced from 16 to 14.

Captive Sun

Projectile environment collision size reduced from 0.15 to 0 meters.

 

Juno

• Juno has been added to the lineup.
• Juno is now eligible for Competitive Play.
• Base health reduced from 250 to 225.

Mediblaster

• Burst projectile volley rate of fire reduced from 34 to 28 shots per second.

Pulsar Torpedoes

• Damage and Healing impact increased from 75 to 85.
• Heal-over-time reduced from 60 to 50 health.

Hyper Ring

• Deploy range increased by 3.5 meters.
• Cooldown reduced from 16 to 14 seconds.

Orbital Ray

• Beam travel speed increased from 1.9 to 2.25 meters per second.

 

Kiriko

Base health reduced from 250 to 225.

Kunai

• Critical multiplier reduced from 2.5 to 2x.
• Damage increased from 45 to 60.
• Recovery time increased from 0.5 to 0.55 seconds.

 

Lifeweaver

Healing Blossom

• Healing progress can now charge passively at a reduced rate.
• No longer reduces movement speed when holding a full charge.

Petal Platform

• Duration only counts down while the platform is raised.
• Platform now resets if no one is standing on it for 2 seconds.
• Duration increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
• Health reduced from 400 to 300.

Rejuvenating Dash

• Healing reduced from 60 to 45.

 

Mercy

• Base health reduced from 250 to 225.

Caduceus Staff

• Primary fire healing increased from 55 to 60 health per second.
• Secondary fire damage boost increased from 25% to 30%.

 

Moira

• Base health reduced from 250 to 225.

Biotic Grasp

• Secondary fire damage increased from 60 to 65 damage per second.

 

Lúcio

• Base health reduced from 250 to 225.

Sonic Amplifier

Primary fire damage increased from 18 to 22.

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Hero Quality of Life Updates

Support

Juno

Mediblaster

• The weapon model visuals and firing sounds were updated to indicate when the weapon is at low ammo.
• The heal sounds that play locally to the Juno player were updated to be more noticeable when healing allies closer to full health.

Pulsar Torpedoes

• The cooldown when the ability is canceled after no successful lock-ons has been reduced from 5 seconds to 2 seconds.
• Line of Sight checks were improved to better find targets with hitboxes in view.
• Added range forgiveness of an extra 5 meters on current targets that might move beyond the max 40 meters range.
• The local cancel sound was increased in volume to be more noticeable for the Juno player.
• The ally and enemy impact sounds were updated to be more noticeable for the Juno player.
• Healing torpedoes have new impact visuals when hitting enemy barriers and when clipping near walls.

Glide Boost

• Now adjusts Juno better when she hits level architecture such as doorways.

Hyper Ring

• Juno players will now hear the initial Hyper Ring apply sound when entering their own ring for the first time.
• The sound when re-entering the Hyper Ring was updated to be more noticeable.

Orbital Ray

• The Ultimate enemy voice line was updated in tone to better contrast the ally version.
• The enemy version of the ray’s start sound was updated to be more noticeable.

 

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Map Updates

Flashpoint

• Passing through the spawn door barrier of your own spawn will apply a temporary speed boost to get to the capture point faster.
• The speed boost is removed when taking or dealing damage.
• The speed boost is applied by both the default and forward spawns.
• The speed boost counts toward the existing movement speed bonus cap of 75%.

Push

• The Push bot collision has been updated so players cannot contest from certain high ground positions.

 

General map & Mode updates

• Updates to our map recency system to increase the frequency of new maps and modes at the start of each season.
• Capture point outlines can now be seen through walls on Clash and Flashpoint when the capture point is unlocked.
• Lighting scenarios are now randomized in Quick Play and Competitive Game Mode.