Overwatch 2 Season 17 patch notes now live: Tank buffs, smaller Bastion, DPS Zenyatta, and more

Overwatch 2 Season 17 is now live, bringing with it a slew of major updates. These include the Aatlis map's debut, the arrival of D.Va and Reaper's mythics, some adorable 8-bit skins in the Battle Pass, the map voting feature, and so much more. Read on for all of today's Overwatch 2 patch notes and details.

Season 17 of Overwatch 2 brings about changes to several heroes across all roles. These pertain to tanks Junker Queen, Mauga, Ramattra, and Zarya, DPS characters Bastion, Echo, Pharah, Reaper, Soldier: 76, Tracer, Venture, plus support heroes Lifeweaver, Lucio, Moira, and Zenyatta. There are also a bunch of general updates.

While Junker Queen's Commanding Shout now provides teams with more utility, her own shorter duration also means a shorter speed boost. The cooldown rotation is quicker, however. As for Mauga, he has a buff to his Berserker passive which increases his overhealth conversion rate. Ramattra's buff to his Nanite Repair perk also adds to his survivability. Zarya, meanwhile, has a couple of perk adjustments to increase her damage and movement speed.

Next up, Bastion is, as promised earlier by the developers, 10% smaller in model size to help him stay in battles longer. Echo, on the other hand, has reduced primary fire's spread. As for the rest of the DPS heroes, Pharah has a perk update that allows her to trigger shield health regeneration, it's easier to use Soldier: 76's Stim Pack perk now, Reaper and Reaper can both deal more damage with their primary fire, and Venture has an increased damage output.

On the support side of the Overwatch 2 Season 17 patch notes, Lifeweaver's Cleansing Grasp perk rewards players who actually cleanses debuffs, Lcuio plus Moira can heal more, and Zenyatta's Duality perk has increased converted damage.

There are a lot of Stadium updates as well, including the arrival of Sigma, Junkrat, and Zenyatta as the newest heroes in the game mode plus the arrival of the Esperança and Samoa maps, build saving, more example builds, custom games, and Stadium Drives. Don't forget about the ranked and hero updates, either. Sigma, Junkrat, and Zenyatta's Stadium kits are detailed in this image. You can click on it to zoom in. The rest of the hero changes can be found here.

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