Overwatch 2 Blizzard has announced it will receive the first major hero balance patch on November 15, much earlier than the previously announced balance changes scheduled to come to the second multiplayer season of the game. game.
Blizzard originally stated Major balance changes won’t come until Season 2 (scheduled to start in early December), as “no hero’s overall strength level is far above our target.” Looks like a lot has changed in the two weeks since that post, as now Blizzard is looking at making changes to the five heroes before Season 2 arrives.
In a post on Overwatch 2 Forums, community manager AndyB outlined the upcoming changes to some of the “prominent” heroes in the current Overwatch 2 meta. Those heroes include Genji, Zarya, D.Va, Sombraand Kirikoeveryone who will get the nerf on November 15
Genji has been a huge thorn in the side for support players since Overwatch 2 launched, with Blizzard saying that he “benefited greatly from the move to 5v5… but hasn’t received the updates. adjusted because he wasn’t active in the meta until debut.” That will soon change, with Genji’s max ammo set reduced from 30 to 24 and his shuriken damage increased from 29 to 27.
Zarya has also proven to be formidable, going against what Blizzard calls “early player sentiment” that has labeled her as one of the weaker tanks in Overwatch 2’s new 5v5 format. Blizzard writes that “Barrier’s high damage and active duration have proven to be extremely effective”, so she will see Barrier’s duration reduced by half a second and Barrier’s cooldown increased. a second.
Blizzard writes that Sombra’s ability to easily hit back has proven to be a bit too effective, so changes are coming to her Hack ability. Damage multiplier applied to hacked targets will be reduced from 40% to 25%, Hack’s skill lock time is reduced by 25 seconds, and Hacked enemies will no longer be able to be Hacked for the duration of the effect. .
D.Va is the only other tank that will be adjusted on November 15. She will see the impact damage of her Booster skill reduced from 25 to 15, and the spread of her Fusion Cannon. it increased a bit.
Last but not least, the new support hero Kiriko will see the period of invulnerability after using her Swift Step teleport ability decrease slightly, to eliminate “some shooting confusion”. into Kirkio” after she teleports. Players will be able to see all the new balance changes in action as part of the Overwatch League knockouts on October 30.
Changes come after a Overwatch 2 Preliminary Warmup, saw long queue times, DDoS attacks, and server maintenance times that resulted in many players being unable to play for days after the game’s launch. Things are back to normal, with Blizzard giving players a free skins and multiple weekends double XP to make up for the initial game downtime. In GameSpot’s Overwatch 2 ReviewWe call the changes to Overwatch’s core gameplay “a step in the right direction,” even as “is a separate entity and the sequel it stumbles upon.”
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