In Overwatch 2, the developers have attempted to give Zenyatta some extra survivability against flankers. A new Season 3 buff has also given him five extra Orbs of Destruction to fire before having to reload them. I’m sure I’m not the first person to bring this up… but total mayhem is just NOT playable or fun with Zarya’s new changes. She’s LITERALLY invincible unless there’s a Sombra, that’s the only way to even touch her lol. Zarya is getting hit pretty hard, with her Barrier duration reduced to 2 seconds, down from 2.5 seconds. Barrier’s cooldown time is also increasing from 10 seconds to 11. Opponents should have more time to do damage to Zarya, while she’ll have less time to build up energy from enemy fire. Next month's launch will also bring a new map pool to Overwatch 2. Rialto and Blizzard World will be entering rotation alongside the new map Shambali Monastery. Oasis and Nepal will also be appearing “at different times of day”, while Hollywood and Watchpoint: Gibraltar will be rotated out.

Overwatch 2: Sojourn the Main Target of Nerfs in Season 2

Developer comments: There are several changes here for Doomfist with the intent to increase his presence as a disruptive brawler-style tank. The buff to his passive ability will help him stay in the fight longer, especially when he’s hitting multiple enemies with his abilities. Junkrat's Frag Launcher projectiles now have a larger hitbox, which will make it easier for players to directly hit opponents with grenades and achieve maximum damage. Steel Trap is also more effective in Overwatch 2 compared to the original's version damage-wise, though it takes a little longer to arm and doesn't trap opponents for as long. Assuming you don't hit any headshots, this means that you'll need four Storm Arrows to kill a 200 HP hero instead of three, which is likely a change that the developers made with Overwatch 2's lower amount of shielding in mind. Aside from that, Hanzo plays just like he did in the original Overwatch, effectively fulfilling the role of mid-to-long-range sniper. Genji’s nerf is a bit more slight: He can hold a maximum of 24 shurikens (down from 30), and will do less damage (27, versus 29) when the balance update goes live. D.Va too will get a slight nerf, with her Boosters impact damage reduced from 25 to 15, and her Fusion Cannon spread increasing from 3.5 to 3.75. Kiriko’s getting just one minor nerf: Her teleport ability, Swift Step, will make her invulnerable for just 0.25 seconds, down from 0.4.Fixed a bug with Torbjörn and Symmetra's turrets displaying hostile red overlays in Deathmatch for the player that placed them Fixed an interaction with Healing Pylon and Lifeweaver's Tree of Life, the pylon should now pass through the tree's canopy. Resolved an issue with the Werewolf skin and the Excuse Me highlight intro turning Winston red in the Hero Gallery Queuing for most game modes is now suspended when a player leaves a match inside a penalty threshold. The health totals for all tank heroes will be lower when playing any game mode that does not have a role queue. Health totals will remain the same for tanks when playing any Role Queue enabled game.

Overwatch 2 nerfs designed to protect supports, Blizzard says

Fixed a bug that was causing Roadhog's breaths to not be audible when viewing some animations in the Hero Gallery

Update 3 (November 16, 2022)

Blizzard has also reworked Sojourn's primary fire energy gain, making it so that each shot landed flatly gives 5 energy rather than a varying amount determined by damage. This makes it impossible for characters like Mercy to boost the rate at which energy is gained, but it does allow Sojourn to get charge faster than she could before against heroes with Armor health. Brigitte was one of the most frequently changed support heroes in the original Overwatch, and she has gotten plenty tweaks in Overwatch 2 as well, including a large rework to her Ultimate in Season 4. The Artillery Ultimate can be very powerful if used well, though players may escape the radius of your artillery rounds unless you pair it with an immobilizing Ultimate like Graviton Surge. It also leaves you unable to defend yourself while you're aiming your shots, so make sure you use the Ultimate from a safe location. The Jump and Crouch cancel active ability state can no longer be manually interrupted to begin the cooldown early

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D.Va hasn't been changed radically, though the adjustments she did receive have quite an impact. Here's what they are: Since his introduction at the start of Overwatch 2 Season 2, Ramattra has gotten a few fairly significant buffs. However, his Ultimate was nerfed significantly at the start of Season 3: Fixed an issue in the Training Grounds where the Heavy Training Bot’s Shield was playing the incorrect impact effect. Energy gain is no longer based on damage done by primary fire. Each primary fire hit against an enemy player now grants 5 energy

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Enemies affected by Necrotic Orb’s explosion receive the “Weakened” effect, reducing all damage dealt by 75% for 4 seconds The Railgun changes make it easier for Sojourn to land charge headshots with her sniper-like secondary fire, though the nerf to her primary fire spread and damage as well as her effectiveness against non-player targets means that she can't build charge as rapidly as she could previously.

Overwatch 2 nerfs for Zarya, Genji, Dva, Sombra coming in

Just a few weeks after these tweaks go live, there will be more balance changes that come into play at the start of Season 2. We’ll learn more details about those in the coming weeks along with, I suspect, a look at the new tank hero. MORE FROM FORBES Overwatch 2 Has A Ton Of Exciting Content Coming In The Next Few Seasons By Kris Holt Blizzard plans to roll out these changes in a patch on November 15. Intriguingly, these balance changes will be in play for the Overwatch League playoffs, which start on Sunday. With the removal of her shield and Halt! crowd control, Orisa players now need to make effective use of her Energy Javelin and Javelin Spin ability to push into enemies and take ground. Her extra health and armor allow her to soak up more damage than she could before, and her new Augmented Fusion Driver can deal tons of damage up close.However, it should be noted that Orisa's Fortify now provides 50 less Overhealth than it did before, making her considerably easier to take down with focus fire and strong burst damage while it's active. In Season 3, her Augmented Fusion Driver's falloff range was also significantly reduced from 25 meters to 15, making the weapon ineffective beyond close and mid-range.

Update 2 (October 14, 2022)

In Season 4, Moira is expected to be even more effective thanks to the recent changes to her Fade. Now that it can be used during Coalescence, the Ultimate is less risky to use and still allows Moira to access her escape tool. Note that the Ultimate will continue channeling after Fade ends, so don't worry about cancelling it. Kiriko's Protection Suzu ability also allows her to throw out a bell that makes her and her allies invincible for a a brief moment, which can be used to save teammates from deadly Ultimates and other powerful abilities. It even cleanses debuffs and stuns, allowing Kiriko to counter enemy Reinhardt Earthshatters, Ana Biotic Grenades, and more. When she needs to retreat or get close to a teammate, Kiriko can use her Swift Step. This move lets her instantly teleport to an ally, and even works through walls. At lower capture percentages this change will have no impact on the game mode, as this new rule is only applied for the purposes of Overtime Many of Symmetra's abilities have been adjusted for Overwatch 2, though the fundamental way she plays has remained the same.