Here are the latest patch notes for Overwatch 2 Stadium.
Blizzard Entertainment just revealed the latest hotfix for Overwatch 2’s Stadium game mode. Read on for the full May 29 Overwatch 2 Stadium patch notes, which include buffs for Orisa, Ashe, and Juno, plus updates to Reinhardt, Freja, and Ana.
Overwatch 2 Stadium patch notes: May 29
Overwatch 2 Stadium hotfix: Tank changes
In terms of tanks, D.Va, Junker Queen, Orisa, and Reinhardt have updates. D.Va’s buffs pertain to her Ignition Burst Power and Vesuvius Protocol Ability Hero Item, which both increase her lava damage. She does have decreased spread when it comes to her Fusion Cannon Power, however.
Meanwhile, Junker Queen has buffs all around. The Overwatch 2 Stadium team hopes that players can give her shotgun and knife builds some love. As for our favorite horse, she has buffs in terms of her Scorched Earth Power and Electro Lights Hero Weapon Item. Reinhardt, meanwhile, has buffs to his Barrier Reconstruction Power and Dampener Grip plus a nerf to his Feeling the Burn Power in that it no longer applies to Smashing and Dampener Grip.
Focused Fusion – Power
Decreased Fusion Cannon spread to 50% (Down from 66%).
Ignition Burst – Power
Increased Lava damage to 80 (Up from 30).
Vesuvius Protocol – Rare Ability Hero Item
Increased Lava damage to 80 (Up from 30).
Royal Bullets – Power
Increased range to 15 meters (Up from 12 meters).
Increased damage to 50 (Up from 30).
Twist The Knife – Power
Increased Wounds extension to 1 second (Up from 0.5 seconds).
Blade Parade – Power
Increased Damage to 100% (Up from 35%).
Merciless Magnetism – Power
Increased range to 15 meters (Up from 12 meters).
Thick Skull – Epic Survival Hero Item
Increased Damage Reduction to 75% (Up from 50%).
Scorched Earth – Power
Increased damage to 20% (Up from 10%).
Electro Lights – Rare Hero Weapon Item
Increased recovery rate to 50% (Up from 25%).
Barrier Reconstruction – Power
Increased Barrier Health Restoration from Damage to 15% (up from 10%).
Feeling the Burn – Power
No longer applies to Smashing and Dampener Grip.
Dampener Grip – Epic Weapon Hero Item
Increased Ability Power to 15% (up from 10%).
Overwatch 2 Stadium patch notes: DPS buffs and nerfs
Next, we have changes to Ashe, Freja, Mei, and Soldier: 76. Ashe has several buffs that target her underperforming Powers and Stadium Items. Freja, on the other hand, has a bunch of nerfs. As for Mei, she can now heal more per second using her Blizznado Power. In terms of Soldier: 76, the developers hope to encourage more builds surrounding his Biotic Field ability.
Out with a Bang – Power
Decreased Explosives damage reduction to 30% (Down from 66%).
Molten Munitions – Power
Increased damage to 80 (Up from 50).
This change will not be represented correctly on the tooltip but it will be functionally set to 80. This information in the tooltip will be fixed next season.
Reload Therapy – Power
Increased heal to 10% (Up from 3%).
Sidewinder – Epic Weapon Hero Item
Increased attack speed to 15% (Up from 10%).
Increased damage to 25% (Up from 15%).
Lille Fælde – Power Re-enabled
Bola from Lille Fælde slow is decreased by 60%.
Bola from Lille Fælde no longer pulls enemies upon direct hit.
These will be reflected in the tooltip in a future update.
So Cooked – Power
Decreased increased damaging zone damage to 30% (down from 50%).
Decreased increased damaging zone duration to 2 second (down from 3 second).
Deep Pockets – Power
Max Ammo restored from using an ability reduced to 25% (down from 50%).
Forager – Power
Max Life heal per hit increased to 4% (up from 3%).
Portable Zipline – Epic Weapon Hero Item
Decreased Weapon Power to 5% (down from 15%).
Volley a Deux – Power
Increased damage to 33% reduced damage on additional bolts (up from 50% reduced).
Magnetic Maelstrom – Epic Ability Hero Item
Disabled.
Blizznado – Power
Increased Heal per second to 15% (up from 5%).
Hunker Down – Power
Increased Biotic Field duration to 50% reduced duration (up from 30% reduced).
Chaingun – Power
Decreased Weapon Power per shot to 0.4% (down from 0.5%).
Battery Pack – Rare Ability Hero Item
Increased Biotic Field Duration to 40% (up from 30%).
Rapid Response Radius – Epic Ability Hero Item
Increased Biotic Field radius to 40% (up from 30%).
Compression Fatigues – Rare Survival Hero Item
Removed 5% Attack Speed.
Added 5% Ability Power.
Overwatch 2 May 29 Stadium patch notes: Support heroes
Finally, support heroes Ana, Juno, and Kiriko have updates in the May 29 hotfix. Ana now has increased survivability while her auto-aim now locks on enemies better. Meanwhile, Juno’s Hyper Ring build gets some love while Kiriko has increased healing in terms of her Self-Care Power.
Tactical Rifle – Power
Reduced aim tracking angle by 50%.
Dash Boots – Rare Ability Hero Item
Increased Movement Speed bonus to 10% (Up from 5%).
Decreased cooldown to 3 seconds (Down from 4 seconds).
Cluster Core – Epic Ability Hero Item
Biotic Grenade cooldown is reduced by 2 seconds for each target it hits (up from 1 second).
Hyper Healer – Power
Increased Overhealth to 100 (Up from 50).
Black Hole – Power
Increased Slow duration to 2 seconds. (Up from 1 second).
Self-Care – Power
Increased heal to 15% (Up from 5%).
Overwatch 2 patch notes today
Outside of the Stadium game mode, Freja has a few balance updates. They include nerfs to Take Aim plus increased Quick Dash and Updraft cooldowns.
Take Aim – Secondary Fire
Slow momentum time reduced from 1.5 to 1.0 second.
Reload time increased from 1.35 to 1.5 seconds.
Quick Dash – Ability 1
Cooldown increased from 4.0 to 4.5 seconds.
Updraft – Ability 2
Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
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