Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – August 31, 2020

A new patch is now live on Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Read below to learn more about the latest changes.

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HERO UPDATES

Developer Comments: In an environment with less pervasive barriers, some Damage heroes have become increasingly lethal. As such, we’re now looking to reduce damage outputs accordingly. As a cascading effect, this also introduces a need to reduce healing outputs for some Support heroes, as there’s less damage being dealt overall.

General

Armor

• Beam-type damage reduction against Armor health pools increased from 20% to 30%

Ana

Biotic Rifle

• (General) Ammo reduced from 14 to 12

Ashe

The Viper

• (General) Max ammo reduced from 15 to 12
• (Secondary Fire) Aim-down sights damage reduced from 85 to 80

Baptiste

Biotic Launcher

• (Secondary Fire) Grenade ammo reduced from 12 to 10

Regenerative Burst

• Total healing reduced from 150 to 75
• Baptiste now receives twice as much healing from Regenerative Burst

Junkrat

Frag Launcher

• Impact damage reduced from 50 to 40 (Total 130 to 120)

McCree

Peacekeeper

• (Primary Fire) Recovery increased from 0.42 to 0.50

Moira

Biotic Grasp – Healing

• Lingering heal reduced from 4 seconds to 2 seconds (Total healing from 65 down to 35)
• Healing per second increased from 65 to 70
• Healing resource consumption rate increased from 11 to 14 (27%)

Biotic Grasp – Damage

• Attach angle reduced by 37%
• Healing resource gain rate increased by 50%

Orisa

Halt!

• Radius increased from 4 to 5
• Projectile speed reduced from 30 to 25

Pharah

Rocket Launcher

• Recovery increased from 0.75 to 0.85

Symmetra

Photon Projector

• (Secondary Fire) Max damage reduced from 140 to 120

Widowmaker

Widow’s Kiss

• (General) Max ammo increased from 30 to 35
• (Secondary Fire) Scoped ammo cost increased from 3 to 5
• (Secondary Fire) Scoped shots now have up to 50% damage falloff from 60-85 meters

Zarya

Particle Cannon

• (Secondary Fire) Ammo cost increased from 20 to 25