The latest Overwatch 2 patch notes introduce a number of buffs as part of the mid-season update, giving several underpowered heroes a much-needed boost. They arrived alongside the Overwatch 2 Gods powers revealed in The Battle for Olympus, which gives several characters new themed powers to match their god skins in Blizzard’s special FPS event mode.
Game director Aaron Keller notes that the balance patch is “a bit lighter than usual, as some of the planned changes were delayed until the mid-December patch,” which included heavy nerfs to Doomfist and the promise of a hassle-free Roadhog review. A small but noticeable buff to Brig’s shield health, better energy retention for Zarya’s charged energy, and an adjustment on Moira to allow her biotic sphere to regenerate some of her biotic energy when she deals damage, which should help her to keep your healing resources replenished. .
However, the biggest winner is Junker Queen. His passive lifesteal from wounds now heals the remaining damage if the affected enemy dies, granting him slightly more resistance. Additionally, a portion of the impact damage from a direct hit from the jagged sword she throws is now applied as a wound, which stacks with the sword’s memory and melee wounds from her to her fast melee. Finally, her Carnage Ax now reduces her cooldown by 2 seconds per enemy hit.
All of these changes should help the ab-heavy tanky Aussie maintain his health in fights – his Carnage deals damage too, so hitting multiple people with it at once and bringing it back even faster should really help him out. stay healthy. His passive was buffed a while back, increasing self-healing wounds to 125% of the damage dealt, so expect him to be a bit tougher with the new update.
Whether that’s enough to help it stand out against Roadhog, Orisa, and Ramattra all of them looking pretty dominant right now remains to be seen. keller too add that Roadhog’s initial planned changes, which lead hero designer Alec Dawson said would focus on nerfing his one-hit ability, are currently “scheduled for mid-January through late January.”
Overwatch 2 Patch Notes: January 5
general updates
- Reports of completed matches in the History tab will persist between sessions and will reset between updates instead of each session.
- The Capture the Flag 2023 Competitive Season will begin on January 10 and can be found in the Competitive Mode menu.
- Competitive loading screen has been updated.
Junker Queen (improvement)
- Adrenaline Rush (Passive): Now heals remaining wound damage when an enemy dies with wounds.
- Butcher shop: Cooldown is now reduced by 2 seconds for each enemy hit.
- toothed blade: Recoil damage reduced from 80 to 50.
- toothed blade: Direct hits thrown now add 30 damage to the locked target. Stacks with damage dealt by Quick Melee or Jagged Blade Retaliation.
Sunrise (improved)
- Energy degeneration reduced from 2.2 to 2 per second.
- The delay before energy decay begins after gaining energy has been increased from 1 to 2 seconds.
Bridget (amateur)
- Barrier Shield: Health increased from 250 to 300.
Moira (amateur)
- Biotic Orb: Dealing damage with a biotic sphere now restores a small amount of biotic energy.
Detailed patch notes, including a full list of bug fixes, can be found in the full post on the Blizzard forums.
These changes could mean changes to our Overwatch 2 tier list, where you’ll find the best characters to use in multiplayer right now. We’ve also got a detailed guide to the best Overwatch 2 setups for maximum performance, as well as an explanation of all Overwatch 2 maps and game modes if you still can’t find your way around in the hero shooter.
Source : PC Gamesn
