The latest patch of Overwatch is live. While Mercy has to take a hit, Lúcio is regaining old strength. We have the patch notes for you.
Last night (October 17, 2017), the latest patch for Overwatch went live. The small update to the existing patch 1.16 / 2.19 brings only a few changes to the balancing, especially affecting Mercy and Lúcio.
Mercy receives another adjustment to her ultimate and resurrection, which we have already discussed in more detail in this post. She is now capable of resurrecting two players in direct succession at will, but loses the cooldown reduction bonus for resurrection – which ultimately leads to fewer resurrects per round.
Although Lúcio is a buff, strictly speaking it is just a bugfix, since he unintentionally lost speed due to a developer oversight.
The complete patch notes for the update for patch 1.16 (PC) or 2.19 (PS4, Xbox One) are as follows:
General Changes
Social
[PC only] Players can now set their current status to Online, Away, Busy, or Invisible (friends can still see them if they are in the same match).
Hero Changes
General
Lúcio
Wall Ride
The speed boost that Lúcio receives at the end of a wall ride has been increased by 65%.
Mercy
Guardian Angel
Players can now glide over their target when they press the jump button.
The cooldown is no longer reset when a resurrection is performed.
Valkyrie
No longer resets the cooldown of resurrection.
Now grants players an additional charge of resurrection.
Zenyatta
A number of additional voicelines for the cultist skin have been added.
Bug Fixes
Heroes
A bug was fixed that prevented Mercy’s momentum from correctly decreasing when Guardian Angel was cancelled.
A bug was fixed that prevented the visual effects of Sombra’s pumpkin victory pose from displaying correctly.
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