Here are the latest patch notes for Overwatch 2’s Stadium game mode.
The latest Overwatch 2 Stadium patch notes have arrived, and this time, they feature adjustments to Freja, Tracer, and Brigitte.
Overwatch 2 Stadium patch notes
Freja buffs
According to the developers, Freja has a bunch of buffs because of her low winrate. Her builds now have more consistency to make her more competitive. A couple of buffs pertain to the Seismic Shot power's explosion radius and Deep Pockets' ammo restoration. All of the new Stadium patch notes for Freja are listed below, courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment.
- Lille Fælde - Power
- Increased effectiveness to 30% reduced effectiveness (up from 40% reduced effectiveness).
- Seismic Shot - Power
- Increased explosion radius increased to 50% (up from 33%).
- Forager - Power
- Increased Max Life Heal per shot to 5% (up from 4%).
- Deep Pockets - Power
- Ammo Restore on Ability Use increased to 40% (up from 25%).
- Volley à Deux - Power
- Increased damage on additional bolts to 50% reduced (up from 66% reduced).
Tracer updates
Next, Tracer gets adjustments to her survivability and weapon-focused powers. This means it's now harder for her to get high amounts of health. The updates to her weapon-focused powers, meanwhile, pushes players toward alternative builds.
- Chronal Crux - Stadium Passive
- Now gains 35% less Health, Armor, and Shields from items and cash (previously 25% less).
- Alternate Ending - Power
- Healing increased to 100% of damage taken (up from 75%).
- Blink of An Eye - Power
- Cooldown reduction reduced to 0.04s (down from 0.05s).
- Foresight - Power
- Auto-aim reduced to 4 shots (down from 6).
- Temportal - Power
- Increased the portal's duration to 8s (up from 6s).
- Chrono Bomb - Epic Ability Hero Item
- Increased Ability Power to 20% (up from 15%).
- Increased cost to 10500 (up from 10000).
Brigitte nerf
As for Brigitte, she has a nerf to her Sköldkastning power. This makes her Shield Bash deal less damage. According to the developers, the nerf to the bonus damage keeps it in line with her other powers and helps maintain build variety.
- Sköldkastning - Power
- Shield Boomerang damage reduced to 40% of Shield Bash damage (down from 60%).
More Overwatch 2 Stadium updates: October 1
In terms of other notable Stadium patch notes, the Codebreaker general weapon of the epic tier now costs 10,000 instead of 9,000. It's also now easier to reach the Elite rank thanks to an adjusted ranked distribution curve, players lose fewer Stadium Points after a loss, and the minimum and maximum Stadium Points from ranked matches are adjusted to better balance wins and losses.
That's all for now. Stick around on esports.gg for more Overwatch 2 news and updates.
