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Turtle BeachFebruary 12, 2024

Overwatch 2 Season 9 Hero Changes: All Patch Notes and More

Overwatch 2 most recently released the brand new Season 6 for players, which included the new PvE mode in Invasion.

Competitive has been soaring as of late, and it’s all getting revamped in Season 9, along with other notable features.

Here’s all the patch notes.

Overwatch 2 Season 9 Hero Changes: All Patch Notes and More

Blizzard has now revealed all the changes coming with the major rank reset in Season 9, and it’s going to vastly change how the game is played. Blizzard has noted how players will have their ranks reset, and we’re going back to a ranking style we all know and love.

Now, they’ve gone ahead and showcased all the hero changes, which are outlined below.

Developer Comments: Season 9 features changes to the fundamentals of Overwatch 2 gameplay that affect every hero. We’ve heard the community feedback around some gameplay pain points, and these changes are in response to many of those.

Most damage-dealing projectile sizes have been increased by a new global modifier added to their base size.

+0.05 meters for hitscan projectiles with a high rate of fire or spread (e.g., Tracer’s Pulse Pistols or Reaper’s Hellfire Shotguns).
+0.08 meters for hitscan projectiles that are more precise (e.g., Cassidy’s Peacekeeper or Soldier:76’s Heavy Pulse Rifle).
+0.05 meters for travel time projectiles that are shotguns or have a very high rate of fire (e.g., Roadhog’s Scrap Gun or Ramattra’s Void Accelerator).
+0.10 meters for travel time projectile with a speed greater than 50 meters per second (e.g., Zenyatta’s Destruction Orb).
+0.15 meters for travel time projectile with a speed less than or equal to 50 meters per second (e.g., Pharah’s Rocket Launcher).
Very large projectiles with a base size greater than 0.5 meters have been excluded from these increases (e.g., Orisa’s Energy Javelin or Reinhardt’s Fire Strike).

Hero combined HP (base health/armor/shields) increased by 15-25%.

150-175 HP heroes increased by 25 HP.
200-300 HP heroes increased by 50 HP.
300+ HP (Tanks) increased by 75-100 HP.
Each hero’s precise health increases are listed in their patch notes below.

Ultimate Charge

All Ultimate ability costs increased by 10%.

Regenerative Passive for All Heroes

All heroes now regenerate 20 health per second after 5 seconds of not taking damage.

Support Role Passive

Now reduces the delay before regeneration begins by half (2.5 seconds).

Damage Role Passive

Reload speed bonus on elimination has been removed.
New role passive: Dealing damage reduces enemy healing received by 20% for 2 seconds.

Quick Melee

Damage increased from 30 to 40.

TANK

D.Va

Pilot health increased from 150 to 175.
Mech armor increased from 300 to 375.

Self Destruct

Explosion maximum damage increased from 900 to 1000.
Inner explosion radius (range for maximum damage before falloff begins) increased from 4 to 6 meters.

Doomfist

Health increased from 300 to 375.

Rocket Punch

Max impact damage increased from 50 to 75.
Max wall slam damage increased from 30 to 40.

Junker Queen

Health increased from 300 to 375.

Rampage

Wound damage over time increased from 60 to 90.

Mauga

Health increased from 300 to 400.

Orisa

Armor increased from 275 to 350.

Ramattra

Health increased from 200 to 275.

Reinhardt

Health increased from 200 to 250.
Armor increased from 250 to 275.

Rocket Hammer

Damage increased from 85 to 100.

Charge

Wall impact damage increased from 225 to 275.

Roadhog

Health increased from 550 to 650.

Sigma

Shields increased from 200 to 275.

Winston

Health increased from 200 to 225.
Armor increased from 200 to 250.

Tesla Cannon

Damage increased from 60 to 75 damage per second.

Primal Rage

Punch damage increased from 40 to 50.

Wrecking Ball

Armor increased from 100 to 175.

Zarya

Health increased from 100 to 175.

Particle Cannon

Primary fire beam width increased from 0.15 to 0.2 meters.

DAMAGE

Ashe

Health increased from 200 to 250.

B.O.B.

B.O.B.’s weapon damage increased from 14 to 17.

Bastion

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Cassidy

Health increased from 225 to 275.

Deadeye

Initial damage rate increased from 130 to 150.
Damage rate increased from 260 to 300.

Echo

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Focusing Beam

Width increased from 0.2 to 0.25 meters.

Duplicate

Maximum combined health value increased from 300 to 350.

Genji

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Dragonblade

Swing recovery decreased from 0.9 to 0.7 seconds.

Hanzo

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Storm Arrows

Damage increased from 65 to 75.
Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds.

Junkrat

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Frag Launcher

Base projectile size reduced from 0.25 to 0.2 meters.

Mei

Health increased from 250 to 300.

Pharah

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Rocket Launcher

Recovery reduced from 0.85 to 0.80 seconds.
Projectile speed increased from 35 to 40 meters per second.
Explosion self-damage reduced from 50% to 25%.

Jet Dash

New Secondary Fire Ability.
Provides a quick horizontal boost in the direction Pharah is moving.
8-second cooldown.
Added a setting to activate Jet Dash on Double Jump instead.

Jump Jet

Now restores 50% of Hover Jets fuel and can briefly overfill the maximum fuel amount.
Vertical boost height reduced by 20%.
Cooldown increased from 10 to 14 seconds.

Concussive Blast

Cooldown decreased from 9 to 7 seconds.
Explosion now deals 30 damage to enemy targets.
Explosion radius reduced from 8 to 6 meters.
Knockback reduced by 10%.

Barrage

Now instantly refills Hover Jets fuel.

Hover Jets

Speed boost increased from 20% to 40%.
Now requires landing to recharge fuel.
Can now be activated without fuel to slow your descent.

Developer Comments: Pharah has a significant update that empowers more individual plays and shifting her movement capabilities from high up in the air to more horizontal movement that can cover distance quickly.

Reaper

Health increased from 250 to 300.

Sojourn

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Railgun

Secondary Fire base projectile size reduced from 0.1 to 0.07 meters.

Soldier: 76

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Sombra

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Symmetra

Shields increased from 100 to 150.

Photon Projector

Primary fire beam width increased from 0.2 to 0.25 meters.

Torbjörn

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Tracer

Health increased from 150 to 175.

Widowmaker

Health increased from 175 to 200.

SUPPORT

Ana

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Baptiste

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Brigitte

Health increased from 150 to 200.

Rocket Flail

Damage increased from 35 to 45.

Illari

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Kiriko

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Kunai

Base projectile size reduced from 0.18 to 0.15 meters.

Lifeweaver

Health increased from 175 to 225.

Lúcio

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Soundwave

Damage increased from 25 to 35.
Knockback increased 12%.
Movement lockout duration increased from 0.3 to 0.45 seconds.

Mercy

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Guardian Angel

Active duration on jump/crouch cancel reduced from 1.5 to 1 second.

Sympathetic Recovery passive

Health recovered increased from 25% to 40% of healing dealt.

Moira

Health increased from 200 to 250.

Biotic Grasp

Secondary fire damage increased from 50 to 65 damage per second.
Secondary fire target acquisition radius increased from 0.6 to 0.7 meters.

Zenyatta

Health increased from 75 to 100.
Shields increased from 150 to 175.

MAP UPDATES

JUNKERTOWN UPDATE

New nighttime lighting theme.
New building near the first point to provide more cover & block long sightlines.
Added a water tower near the first point to block sightlines from upper choke positions.
Added more vehicles near the cliff to provide additional cover & block long sightlines.
Reduced the cliffside path to tighten the space and reduce the overall footprint of the area.
Removed a small health pack on the second area balcony that was easy for defenders to overuse.
Added vertical beam at second choke point to promote movement out of the upper floor & make the choke easier to defend.
Widened and added cover in a hallway in the third area to make close quarter fights easier to maneuver.

Developer Comments: We’ve added more cover—including new structures—to help counter some of the long sightlines around the first checkpoint. 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 option in Hero Select if you had a Loadout selected.
Fixed a bug with Golden Weapons being marked as unspecified and not being purchasable.
Fixed a bug with some callouts for pushing the payload playing at incorrect moments.
Fixed an issue with Wall Climb failing in some situations.
Additional bug fixes for general stability and performance.

MAPS

Antarctic Peninsula

Fixed lighting in some areas of the map.

King’s Row

Fixed areas of the map that were missing collision.

Midtown

Fixed some locations that could cause some heroes to become stuck

Shambali Monastery

Fixed a location of the map that displayed incorrect textures.

HEROES