Overwatch June 2021 Patch Notes

JUNE 22, 2021

ASHE'S DEADLOCK CHALLENGE

Celebrate the release of the new Overwatch novel, “Deadlock Rebels” by Lyndsay Ely, with Ashe’s Deadlock Challenge! Through July 5, earn limited-time rewards, including the new Deadlock Ashe skin, by playing games and watching Overwatch streams on Twitch.

GENERAL UPDATES

New Feature: Cross-Play

Cross-Play is now here, allowing players on different platforms to group up and play Overwatch together! All console players are required to make a Battle.net account and link it to their console account. Everyone who logs into Overwatch by the end of 2021 will receive a Golden Loot Box to celebrate. For more information, head to the Overwatch website for detailed instructions on linking a Battle.net account with your console, as well as answers to many frequently asked questions about Cross-Play.

General

All Recent Players and Avoided Players lists have been cleared with this update

HERO UPDATES

General

With the introduction of Cross-Play, we are bringing balance between platforms to be in parity with one another. These changes are labeled as Parity Adjustments and apply to all matches
(Parity Adjustment) Enemy AI in Archives no longer do less damage on console platforms

ANA

Biotic Rifle

(Parity Adjustment) Darts no longer have increased projectile size on console platforms

ASHE

B.O.B.

(Parity Adjustment) No longer does less damage on console platforms

SYMMETRA

Sentry Turret

(Parity Adjustment) No longer deals less damage on console platforms

TORBJÖRN

Deploy Turret

(Parity Adjustment) No longer does less damage on console platforms

BUG FIXES

General

Fixed a bug that caused the Play vs. AI game mode to not appear within the All Modes context menu in the Career Profile
Fixed a bug in 4v4 Team Deathmatch that caused score pings to playback too loudly

Maps

Busan

Fixed a bug that caused players to become stuck on a specific section of the train station

Heroes

Doomfist

Fixed a bug with breakable objects not breaking properly when using Rising Uppercut
Fixed a bug where McCree could rarely avoid being lifted by Rising Uppercut if using Combat Roll

D.Va

Fixed a bug that allowed her Call Mech ability to damage enemies through walls

Symmetra

Fixed a bug that caused her Teleporter to not appear directly beneath her when cast within Zarya’s Graviton Surge

JUNE 9, 2021

BUG FIXES

General

Fixed a bug that awarded the wrong Player Icon to players for Season 4 of Competitive 6v6 Lockout Elimination
Fixed a bug that caused player ranks to not appear properly on the hero select and tab screens

Heroes

Sombra

Fixed a bug that caused Sombra’s neck to be outstretched during her "Pumpkinette" victory pose

Torbjörn

Fixed a bug that caused Torbjörn’s fingers to clip through his mallet during his "Taking a Break" victory pose

JUNE 3, 2021

HERO UPDATES

BAPTISTE

Though it felt better to use, the previous reduction to the Exo Boots charge time resulted in Baptiste becoming much more evasive against some heroes. Since he already has strong defensive ability options in Regenerative Burst and Immortality Field, we're reverting how quickly he can charge the Exo Boots jump.

Exo-Boots

Charge time increased from 0.7 to 1 second

ECHO

The Duplicate ultimate has proven to be more impactful than expected and was coming up quickly due to Echo's high damage output.

Duplicate

Ultimate cost increased by 15%

MCCREE

Much of McCree's recent success can be attributed to his increased maximum health and we think that aspect is working well to help solidify a close-to-mid-range role for him. We're reverting the Combat Roll distance and Peacekeeper reload times as they lead to longer distance Flashbang initiations and made the burst damage from 'Fan the Hammer' less of a costly investment.

Peacekeeper

Reload time increased from 1.2 to 1.5 seconds

Combat Roll

Distance reduced by 20%

MOIRA

Many channeled ultimate abilities automatically reload the heroes weapon as they're locked out from reloading for a short time. The new regeneration rate will refill about half of Moira's Biotic energy resource over the full duration of Coalescence. This doesn't fully refill Moira's energy from empty as it would be unfortunate to lose that portion of her gameplay if players were able to fully cycle between ultimates with healing alone.

Biotic Grasp

Resource regeneration is now three times higher while channeling Coalescence

Coalescence

Ultimate cost increased by 17%

REAPER

This adjustment brings Reaper's self-healing with his Hellfire Shotguns back to about where it was before the recent weapon tuning changes.

The Reaping

Life Steal amount increased from 30% to 35%

ZARYA

Zarya's base damage wasn't adjusted after the beam hit detection changes awhile back but she wasn't seeing much use at the time either. Now that she has a more dominant presence in a variety of team compositions, we're looking at reducing her beams average damage, though the same maximum damage is still achievable.