The latest Overwatch Stadium hotfix includes a bunch of updates that affect heroes such as Reinhardt, Zarya, Reaper, Soldier: 76, Lucio, and Juno.
Blizzard Entertainment just issued a hotfix for the Overwatch 2 Stadium game mode. This update targets outlier Powers and Items. It also adjusts Stadium Cash earnings. Read on for the latest Overwatch 2 Stadium patch notes and details.
Overwatch 2 Stadium patch nerfs D.Va, Reinhardt, and Orisa
The latest hotfix nerfs D.Va’s Nano Cola Nitrous and Busan Blaster Items in Stadium. These updates scale back her survivability and how she’s been able to quickly mech up again. Meanwhile, our favorite horse also has Stadium Power nerfs in terms of Restortify and Solar Regenergy. They now have reduced healing and armor restoration respectively.
As for Reinhardt, this tank hero has been earning too much Stadium Cash. Therefore, the amount he can earn is now 13.64% less. This decreases his potential to snowball in matches. In terms of Zarya, she has a couple of adjustments. Her Lifelift nerf means reduced health scaling while her Here to Spot You buff makes it a more reliable Stadium Power.
Items
Nano Cola Nitrous
Health reduced to 25 (down from 50)
Reduced Max Life increase to 5% (down from 25%)
Reduced duration of [Nano Boost] to 4s (down from 8s)
Busan Blaster
No longer generates Ultimate Charge
Powers
Restortify
Reduced healing to 5% of your Max Life every 1s (down from 10%)
Items
Solar Regenergy
Reduced Armor Restoration to 3% of Max Life (down from 5%)
Stadium Cash
Reduced the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 13.64%
Powers
Lifelift
[Particle Barrier] health scaling reduced to 50% of your bonus Max Life (down from 100%)
Here to Spot You
Increased healing to 20% of your Max Life over 3s (up from 15%)
Overwatch 2 Stadium nerfs and buffs DPS heroes
Next, the latest Overwatch 2 Stadium patch includes nerfs to Reaper. Similar to Reinhardt, he’s scaling back in terms of his Stadium Cash gain. Soldier: 76 also gets less Stadium Cash while experiencing a nerf to his Rocket Visor Power. Despite a shorter time on his Tactical Visor because of this, he does get buffs to his Biotic Bullseye. As for Mei, her adjustments include a nerf to her Coulder’s knockback frequency and a buff to this Power’s damage dealt per knockback.
Stadium Cash
Reduced the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 10%
Stadium Cash
Reduced the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 12.5%
Powers
Rocket Visor
Duration reduced to 0.5s (down from 0.75s)
Biotic Bullseye
Increased ammo restoration to 10% per critical hit (up from 5%)
Powers
Coulder
Reduced the knockback frequency rate by 60%
Increased how far enemies are knocked back
Increased the damage dealt per knockback to 20 (up from 10)
Overwatch 2 Stadium support patch notes
Now for the support heroes in this game mode. While Kiriko also gets less Stadium Cash, Lucio has both buffs and nerfs. The DJ now has more Stadium Cash gain, a buff to the Signature Shift Stadium Power alongside nerfs to Crowd Pleaser and Megaphone’s Amp It Up duration. His B-Side Bop Stadium Item also has a nerf to increase its pick rate.
As for Juno, she mainly has buffs in terms of her Stadium Cash gain and Cosmic Coolant Stadium Power alongside a change to her PulStar Destroyers Stadium Item. The Solar Shielding Stadium Item, also takes a hit in terms of ability power.
Stadium Cash
Reduced the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 16.67%
Stadium Cash
Increased the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 10%
Powers
Crowd Pleaser
Healing reduced to 150% of Crossfade healing (down from 200%)
Megaphone
Amp It Up duration reduced to 15% (down from 20%)
Signature Shift
Increased Projectile Size increased to 80% (up from 20%)
Items
B-Side Bop
Health increased to 50 (up from 25)
Stadium Cash
Increased the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 33.33%
Powers
Cosmic Coolant
Cooldown per target hit reduced to 0.5s (down from 1s)
Items
PulStar Destroyers
Removed: 15% Ability Power
Added: 10% Ability Lifesteal
Solar Shielding
Ability Power reduced to 15% (down from 25%)
That’s all for now. Do you agree with this hotfix? How will you adapt to these changes? Stick around on esports.gg for more Overwatch 2 Stadium news and updates.