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#Overwatch Balance Changes ๐ ๏ธ
๐ผ Sigma
Hyper Regeneration (Minor Perk):
โ Now restores barrier health only when damaging enemy heroes.
Experimental Barrier:
โ (6v6) Maximum health reduced from 650 to 600.
๐ฎ Ramattra
Ravenous Vortex:
โ Vengeful Vortex moved from Perk to baseline ability.
โ Projectile now explodes on contact with the ground.
โ Explosion can now be manually detonated while airborne.
โ Explosion damage reduced from 50 to 15.
Prolonged Barrier (Minor Perk):
โ New Minor Perk.
โ Void Barrier duration and size increased by 25%.
Vengeful Vortex (Major Perk):
โ Removed.
Void Surge (Major Perk):
โ Moved from Minor to Major Perk.
โ Delay between bursts reduced from 0.75 to 0.6 seconds.
๐ก๏ธ Reinhardt
Shield Slam (Minor Perk):
โ Added a custom setting allowing Shield Slam to be bound to Quick Melee, enabling free look while the perk is equipped.
๐ฝ Roadhog
Scrap Gun:
โ Reload time increased from 1.5 to 1.75 seconds.
Chain Hook:
โ Cooldown increased from 6 to 8 seconds.
Invigorate (Major Perk):
โ Removed.
Hogdrogen Exposure (Major Perk):
โ New Major Perk.
โ Take a Breather now heals nearby allies for 50% of its healing amount.
๐ฆ Winston
General:
โ (6v6) Base health reduced from 350 to 325. (Total health including armor and shields reduced from 550 to 525.)
Tesla Cannon:
โ Deals 50% increased damage to deployables.
๐น Wrecking Ball
General:
โ (6v6) Base health reduced from 475 to 450. (Total health including armor and shields reduced from 575 to 550.)
๐ชญ Anran
Fan the Flames:
โ Impact damage increased from 5 to 6.
Inferno Rush:
โ Impact damage reduced from 50 to 30.
Dancing Blaze:
โ Now heals Anran for 50 health on the first target hit and 25 health for each subsequent target.
Hungering Blaze (Major Perk):
โ Increases the healing of Dancing Blazeโs subsequent strikes by 25%.
Perk Costs:
โ Minor Perk cost reduced by 7%.
โ Major Perk cost reduced by 5%.
๐งจ Ashe
Double Barreled (Minor Perk):
โ Time required to retrigger Coach Gun increased from 1 to 2 seconds.
๐งข Bastion
Configuration Reload (Minor Perk):
โ No longer fully refunds cooldown.
โ Now reduces cooldown by 4 seconds.
Armored Artillery (Minor Perk):
โ Overhealth degeneration reduced from 100 to 50 per second.
Perk Costs:
โ Minor Perk cost increased by 10%.
โ Major Perk cost increased by 6%.
๐ต Echo
Duplicate:
โ Can now duplicate allied heroes.
Focused Rush (Minor Perk):
โ Range increased from 4 to 6 meters.
๐ฅ Emre
Siphon Blaster:
โ Added an accessibility option which allows players to hold Secondary Fire to automatically fire Siphon Blaster at a reduced fire rate.
Heat Sink (Minor Perk):
โ Heat generated from direct hits reduced from 100% to 60%.
๐ฃ Junkrat
Mine Recycling (Major Perk):
โ Moved from Minor to Major Perk.
โ Eliminations with Concussion Mine restore one charge.
Bomb Voyage (Minor Perk):
โ Moved from Major to Minor Perk.
โ Attack speed bonus reduced from 35% to 25%.
๐ Pharah
Hover Jets:
โ Bonus movement speed reduced from 40% to 30%.
Barrage:
โ Pharah can now move while using Barrage.
โ Explosion damage reduced from 30 to 25.
Drift Thrusters (Minor Perk):
โ Removed.
Concussive Force (Minor Perk):
โ New Minor Perk.
โ Concussive Blast deals up to 50 explosion damage.
๐ Reaper
Dire Triggers:
โ Moved from Perk to baseline ability.
โ Cooldown increased from 3 to 6 seconds.
Trigger Finger (Major Perk):
โ New Major Perk.
โ Using an ability or reloading refreshes Dire Triggersโ cooldown.
๐๏ธ Soldier: 76
Sprint:
โ Can now reload while sprinting.
โ Reloading while sprinting reduces Sprintโs movement speed bonus by 50%, diminishing over the duration.
โ Added a custom setting allowing Sprint to cancel reload.
Agility Training (Major Perk):
โ Removed.
Full Stride (Major Perk):
โ New Major Perk.
โ Sprintโs movement speed bonus gradually increases by an additional 25% over 2 seconds.
๐พ Sombra
Stealth:
โ Movement speed bonus reduced by 50% while revealed by damage.
Perk Costs:
โ Minor Perk cost reduced by 6%.
โ Major Perk cost reduced by 5%.
โซ Tracer
Perk Costs:
โ Minor Perk cost reduced by 10%.
โ Major Perk cost reduced by 7%.
๐บ Vendetta
General:
โ Armor reduced from 100 to 75.
Onslaught (Passive):
โ Movement speed per stack reduced from 4% to 2%.
Palatine Fang:
โ Overhead swing bonus range reduced from 2.5 to 2.0 meters.
Perk Costs:
โ Minor Perk cost reduced by 6%.
โ Major Perk cost reduced by 5%.
๐ท๏ธ Widowmaker
Perk Costs:
โ Minor Perk cost reduced by 6%.
โ Major Perk cost reduced by 4%.
๐ Ana
Biotic Grenade:
โ Cooldown reduced from 14 to 12 seconds.
๐ช Brigitte
Barrier Shield:
โ Health increased from 250 to 300.
Combat Medic (Minor Perk):
โ Cooldown refunded increased from 0.5 to 0.75 seconds.
๐บ Jetpack Cat
Frenetic Flight:
โ Acceleration reduced by 11%.
๐ธ Juno
Pulsar Torpedoes:
โ (6v6) Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds.
Glide Boost:
โ Movement speed bonus reduced from 50% to 40%.
๐ชท Lifeweaver
Healing Blossom:
โ Maximum healing increased from 80 to 90.
Rejuvenating Dash:
โ Healing increased from 45 to 55.
Life Grip:
โ Now cleanses allies when pulled.
Sow the Seed (Major Perk):
โ Cooldown reduced from 14 to 11 seconds.
๐ธ Lucio
Crossfade:
โ (6v6) Healing reduced from 20 to 18.
Accelerando (Major Perk):
โ Gain 15% attack speed while Lucio's Speed Song is active, tripled during Amp It Up.
๐ฆ Kiriko
Swift Step:
โ Teleport range reduced from 35 to 30 meters.
Healing Ofuda:
โ Fire rate increased from 5 to 7 per second.
โ๏ธ Mizuki
Remedy Aura:
โ (6v6) Minimum healing reduced from 5 to 4.5.
โ (6v6) Maximum healing reduced from 20 to 18.
Kekkai Sanctuary:
โ No longer spawns if Mizuki is eliminated during the cast time.
Katashiro Return:
โ Can now activate return while other animations are active, excluding Kekkai Sanctuaryโs cast animation.
โ Movement speed bonus reduced from 35% to 30%.
Perk Costs:
โ Minor Perk cost increased by 16%.
โ Major Perk cost increased by 10%.
๐ชฝ Mercy
Flash Heal:
โ Moved from Perk to baseline ability.
โ Cooldown reduced from 15 to 12 seconds.
โ Base healing increased from 50 to 60.
โ Healing multiplier on allies below 50% health reduced from 3x to 2x.
Caduceus Staff:
โ Healing reduced from 60 to 55.
Guardian Angel:
โ Launch speed reduced by 10%.
Double Dose (Major Perk):
โ New Major Perk.
โ Flash Heal gains an additional charge but its base healing is reduced by 10%.
๐ Wuyang
Rushing Torrent:
โ Duration reduced from 4 to 3.5 seconds.
๐ฆฟ Zenyatta
Orb of Discord:
โ (6v6) Damage amplification reduced from 30% to 25%.
What do you think of the changes? ๐ญ