Overwatch 2 Patch Notes – September 3. This patch addresses some of the dominant hero picks in Season 12 while also fine-tuning recent changes to the Support hero, Juno. Following community feedback, Sombra’s power has been tempered, specifically focusing on the potency of her Hack ability.

Hero Updates

Tank

Winston

  • Tesla Cannon
    • Damage per second reduced from 75 to 70.

Damage

Ashe

  • The Viper
    • Reload per bullet increased from 0.2 to 0.25 seconds.
    • Primary fire damage reduced from 40 to 35.

Sombra

  • Virus
    • Damage over time reduced from 90 to 75.

Support

Juno

  • Mediblaster
    • Fire rate increased from 14.3 to 15.5 (reverted to the 34 shots per second during the projectile volley).
    • Damage reduced from 8 to 7.5.
    • Healing reduced from 7 to 6.5.

Bug Fixes

General

  • Fixed a bug that occasionally caused heroes to be pulled down during a ledge mantle.
  • Badges and Emblems are now correctly reflecting your player rank.
  • Fixed an issue that caused large FPS drops at the start and end of matches on PlayStation® 5 consoles.
  • Fixed a bug where the avoid list might not be respected during backfill.

Heroes

Doomfist

  • Fixed the stretched texture on Doomfist’s BAST skin.