Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – May 14, 2024
This patch introduces significant changes to armor and health regeneration, buffs several Tank heroes, and implements new Competitive Play modifiers to improve rank visibility and matchmaking fairness.
▲Buffs19
- GeneralHealth regeneration now scales with maximum health, significantly benefiting Tank heroes.20→10 + 5% max HP HP/s
- Tanks
- Role Passive:Tanks now receive 25% damage reduction against critical headshots to prevent being burst down too quickly.0%→25% %
- Role Passive:Increased resistance to knockback effects, making Tanks more stable in combat.30%→50% %
- Junker Queen
- Commanding Shout:Commanding Shout can now be activated while using other abilities, increasing responsiveness.→Any ability
- Commanding Shout:Cooldown reduced by 2 seconds, allowing more frequent use of the speed and health burst.14→12 s
- SigmaGravitic Flux:Gravitic Flux no longer requires line of sight to the center of the effect to hit targets.Required→Not Required
- Wrecking Ball
- Grappling Claw:Increased impact damage of Grappling Claw.50→60
- Piledriver:Enemies are locked down longer after a Piledriver hit.0.5→0.75 s
- Minefield:Increased damage of Minefield explosions.130→165
- Minefield:Increased knockback from Minefield explosions.5→10
- Zarya
- Graviton Surge:Increased the area of effect for Graviton Surge.6→7 m
- Graviton Surge:Increased the duration of the Graviton Surge pull.3.5→4 s
- JunkratFrag Launcher:Increased direct impact damage, allowing 2 direct hits to secure an elimination.40→45
- EchoDuplicate:Increased the rate at which Echo earns ultimate charge while transformed.4→4.5
- HanzoDragonstrike:Increased the travel speed of Dragonstrike to make it more offensive and less of a zoning tool.12→15 m/s
- BrigitteRally:Activating Rally now immediately resets the cooldown of Shield Bash.→Reset
- Competitive Play
- Grouping Restrictions:Grand Masters can now group within 3 divisions to be considered a narrow group.→3 divisions
- Grouping Restrictions:Champions can now group within 1 division to be considered a narrow group.→1 division
- MatchmakingLoss Streak Protection:Matchmaker now attempts to place players on a loss streak on teams with a statistically higher chance of winning.→Avoid low-win-rate teams
✚Bug fixes2
- Venture
- Tectonic Shock:Fixed a bug where turrets were incorrectly counted toward the Excavation Annihilation challenge.
- Burrow:Fixed an issue where Venture could remain burrowed above the ground.
◆Other changes3
- GeneralArmor health reverted to a flat damage reduction of 5 per projectile (max 50%), better resisting rapid-fire and shotgun weapons.→5 per projectile
- Competitive Play
- Demotion Protection:Demotion Protection modifier moved into the Rank Progress bar for better visibility.→In-bar
- Pressure Modifier:New visible modifier for very high or low ranked players that adjusts progress gain/loss to push them toward the average.→Added
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Patch history
- Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – May 20, 2025May 21, 2025 · 15mo
Season 16 update featuring the Street Fighter 6 collab, the introduction of Freja to the Stadium, and significant balance adjustments to several heroes and Stadium-specific items.
+20−8→ - Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – June 20, 2024Jun 20, 2024 · 26mo
Season 11 introduces the new Runasapi map, significant hero balance adjustments focusing on D.Va, Cassidy, and Sojourn, and a rework of Cassidy's Flashbang.
+20−10→ - Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – May 21, 2024May 21, 2024 · 27mo
Venture receives cooldown flexibility for Drill Dash and a quality-of-life update to Burrow, while Zarya's self-knockback is adjusted.
+2→ - Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes - May 2, 2024May 2, 2024 · 28mo
Significant nerfs to Orisa and Venture, alongside a slight increase to the Damage role's passive healing reduction.
+1−6→ - Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – April 16, 2024Apr 16, 2024 · 28mo
Introduces the new hero Venture, the 'Clash' limited-time mode, and the Hanaoka map, alongside significant updates to Competitive grouping and rank progression.
+18−9→ - Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – February 21, 2024Feb 22, 2024 · 30mo
A balance update focusing on projectile size adjustments for several heroes, alongside targeted buffs for Roadhog, Zarya, Junkrat, and Illari, and a significant health nerf to Zenyatta.
+10−10→ - Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – February 13, 2024Feb 13, 2024 · 31mo
Season 9 introduces a massive global health increase, a new regenerative health passive for all heroes, a reworked Competitive rank system with the 'Champion' tier, and a significant movement overhaul for Pharah.
+14−3→ - Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes - October 19, 2023Oct 19, 2023 · 34mo
A minor update focusing on general stability, map boundary fixes, and hero-specific bug fixes for Brigitte, Sombra, and Hanzo.
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