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November 2021 Balance Changes and Bug Fixes

Patch2021-11-09
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Patch version 2021-11-09 introduces the New Blood Challenge event and bug fixes across general, heroes, and maps.

  • New: Cassidy's New Blood Challenge runs through November 23, 2021, offering limited-time rewards including the Sandstorm epic skin. Play games and watch Overwatch streams on Twitch to earn rewards.
  • Fixed: General bugs including the ability for console players to enter custom games of PC players that blocked them, and allies incorrectly targeting recently respawned allies.
  • Fixed: Hero bugs for Ana (empty subtitles on "no" voice line), Brigitte (mace transparency on respawn), Genji (Swift Strike through King's Row geometry), Mei (enemies not freezing in Blizzard), Moira (Boo emote odd behavior), Reinhardt (Hammer sounds instead of Axe sounds with Draugr skin), and Symmetra (teleporter placement near Havana stills and turret destruction).
  • Fixed: Map bugs on King's Row (heroes standing in unintended areas) and Kanezaka (grapple onto unintended spots).

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

CASSIDY'S NEW BLOOD CHALLENGE

Celebrate the release of NEW BLOOD, the new Overwatch comic by Ray Fawkes, with Cassidy's New Blood Challenge! Through November 23rd, earn limited-time rewards, including the new Sandstorm epic skin, by playing games and watching Overwatch streams on Twitch.

Learn more about Cassidy's New Blood Challenge on the Overwatch website.

BUG FIXES

GENERAL
  • Fixed a bug that allowed console players to enter custom games of PC players that blocked them
  • Fixed a bug that allowed allies to incorrectly target recently respawned allies in certain circumstances
HEROES

Ana

  • Fixed a bug that caused her "no" voice line to display empty subtitles

Brigitte

  • Fixed a bug that made her mace appear transparent on respawn under certain circumstances

Genji

  • Fixed a bug that allowed him to use Swift Strike through a certain map geometry on King's Row

Mei

  • Fixed a bug that caused enemies to occasionally not freeze in Blizzard

Moira

  • Fixed a bug that caused her "Boo" emote to behave oddly on some props

Reinhardt

  • Fixed a bug that caused Hammer sounds instead of Axe sounds while swinging his Axe while using the Draugr skin

Symmetra

  • Fixed a bug that prevented her teleporters from placing properly near the stills on Havana
  • Fixed a bug that sometimes caused her turrets to be instantly destroyed instead of teleported
MAPS

King's Row

  • Fixed a bug that allowed certain heroes to stand in unintended areas of the payload's path

Kanezaka

  • Fixed a bug that that allowed players to grapple onto unintended spots of the map

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