Overwatch Patch Notes

## What changed **Economy** — Currency gain from healing and damage increased by 7.14% in Jetpack Cat stadium ## Bug Fixes - **Ana's Mythic 'Ra' Skin** — Nano Boost recipients now see the correct visual effects - **Freja's Mini Bola (Lille Fælde)** — Damage reduced to intended values - **Juno's Blink Boosts** — Fixed issue where final charge was constantly triggering On Ability effects - **Backstabber** — No longer grants additional bleed procs on Critical Hit - **Ramattra's Void Barrier** — Toggling no longer triggers On Ability effects ## Overall This patch increases economy rewards in Jetpack Cat stadium and fixes several ability interactions and visual bugs across multiple heroes.

## What changed - **All heroes** — leveling speed increased - **Competitive Play unlock requirement** — increased from 20 wins to 50 wins - **Default sound settings** — "Play Sound When Teammate Eliminated" and "Play Sound When Enemy Eliminated" now enabled by default - **Advanced Info Panel** — added new "Swap Reloads" keyword - **Post Match Accolades** — adjusted to display underrepresented statistics more frequently ## Balance Changes **Buffs:** - **Brigitte Inspire** — added custom UI showing number of allies currently being healed - **Doomfist Empowered Punch** — added new visual and sound effects when ability is about to time out - **Junker Queen Adrenaline Rush** (5v5 only) — wound damage self-healing multiplier increased from 2.25x to 2.5x - **Freja Rising Winds** — no longer reduces height gained from Updraft - **Freja Updraft** — cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds - **Freja Bounty Hunting** — bonus Ultimate charge increased from 25% to 33% - **Baptiste Regenerative Burst** — instant healing increased from 40 to 50, healing over time increased from 40 to 50, cooldown reduced from 14 to 12 seconds - **Mercy Winged Reach** — new perk granting Guardian Angel 30% increased range - **Mercy Guardian Angel** — launch speed increased by 10% - **Mizuki Kekkai Sanctuary** — now absorbs projectiles from both directions **Nerfs:** - **Initiator Subrole**

## What changed - **Play Sound When Teammate Eliminated** and **Play Sound When Enemy Eliminated** — default setting changed to On - **Initiator Subrole** — no longer triggers while airborne, heal amount reduced from 60 to 50 - **All heroes** — leveling speed increased - **Competitive Play unlock requirement** — increased from 20 wins to 50 wins - **Advanced Info Panel** — added new keyword "Swap Reloads" - **Post Match Accolades cards** — adjusted to show underrepresented statistics more frequently ## Character adjustments **Mercy** - **Divine Momentum Minor Perk** — removed - **Winged Reach Minor Perk** — added, increases Guardian Angel range by 30% - **Guardian Angel** — launch speed increased by 10% **Brigitte** - **Inspire** — added custom UI element showing allies being healed **D.Va** - **Micro Missiles** — impact damage reduced from 3 to 2 **Doomfist** - **Seismic Slam** — camera lock and shockwave effects now trigger later to align with animation - **Empowered Punch** — added new visual and sound effects when about to time out **Junker Queen** - **Adrenaline Rush** — wound damage self-healing multiplier increased from 2.25x to 2.5x (5v5 only) **Emre** - **Siphon Blaster** — healing conversion reduced from 80% to 60% - **Cyber Frag** — radius of maximum explosion damage reduced from 2 to 1.5 meters **Freja

## What changed - **Brigitte** — fixed a bug where she would lose her abilities under certain conditions - **Spawn defense turret** — increased damage from 25% to 50% ## Bug Fixes - **Brigitte** — resolved an issue causing her to lose her abilities under certain conditions ## Balance - **Spawn defense turret** — damage increased from 25% to 50% ## Overall Brigitte received a stability fix while spawn defense turrets now deal significantly more damage.

## What changed **Damage adjustments** — Multiple heroes received either buffs or nerfs to their primary weapons and abilities, with some receiving changes to cooldowns and costs. **Map changes** — Spawn Defense Turrets added outside spawn rooms on Payload Race, Control, and Clash maps. **Bug fixes** — Several unintended mechanics and targeting issues resolved across multiple heroes. ## Balance Changes **Freja** - **Take Aim** — Impact damage increased from 30 to 35 - **Revdraw Crossbow primary fire** — Maximum spread reduced from 2 to 1.5 degrees **Doomfist** - **Rocket Punch** — Empowered punch now deteriorates after 20 seconds - **Power Matrix perk** — Projectile absorption area scaled down **D.Va** - **Extended Boosters perk** — Additional Booster damage reduced from 100% to 40% **Roadhog** - **Whole Hog** — Damage per pellet increased from 6 to 7 **Ashe** - **Viper's Sting perk** — Ammo gained reduced from 2 to 1 - **The Viper secondary fire** — Falloff range reduced from 40-60 meters to 35-55 meters **Bastion** - **Configuration Recon** — Damage reduced from 25 to 23 **Genji** - **Shuriken** — Ammo increased from 24 to 30 **Symmetra** - **Photon Projector secondary fire** — Base projectile size reduced from 0.5 to 0.4 meters - **