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April 2024 Update: New Heroes and Gameplay Adjustments

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Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – 2024-04-30

  • Updated: Damage role passive healing reduction increased to 20%.
  • Nerf: Fortify duration reduced to 3.5 seconds, Orisa moves slower while fortified; Javelin Spin cooldown increased to 9 seconds.
  • Nerf: SMART Excavator max explosion damage decreased to 40, Drill Dash initial impact damage decreased to 30, Tectonic Shock ultimate charge cost increased by 10%.
  • Fixed: General bug fixes including Streamer Mode, Requeue button, spray lighting; Hanamura lighting restored; D.Va ping chat; Venture Drill Dash interaction.

Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – April 30, 2024

HERO UPDATES

Damage role passive healing reduction increased from 15% to 20%.

TANK

Fortify

  • Duration reduced from 4.5 to 3.5 seconds.
  • Orisa now moves 20% slower while fortified.

Javelin Spin

  • Cooldown increased from 7 to 9 seconds.

Damage

SMART Excavator

  • Maximum explosion damage decreased from 45 to 40.

Drill Dash

  • Initial impact damage decreased from 40 to 30.

Tectonic Shock

  • Ultimate charge cost increased by 10%.

BUG FIXES

GENERAL

  • Names will no longer be revealed when blocking someone with Streamer Mode enabled.
  • Fixed a bug that allowed non-leader players to select the Requeue button.
  • Fixed a lighting issue that caused several sprays to look oversaturated.

MAPS

Hanamura

  • Fixed an issue with the lighting on Hanamura (Assault). This map is now available to play in the Assault Arcade mode and in Custom Games.

HEROES

D.Va

  • Fixed a bug that caused some pings from D.Va to enter several 0's into the chat.

Venture

  • Fixed an issue with Drill Dash that could occur when interacting with Doomfist's Rocket Punch or Orisa's Energy Javelin, sending Venture flying back at a great speed.
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