Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – May 14, 2024

✦AI summary1w

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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General2 Tanks2 Junker Queen2 Sigma1 Wrecking Ball4 Zarya2 Junkrat1 Echo1 Hanzo1 Brigitte1 Competitive Play4 Matchmaking1 Venture2

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