The next patch for Overwatch is now on the PTR and brings a lot of buffs and nerfs with it. We reveal everything about the patch notes.
In recent weeks, some winners and losers have emerged regarding the balance in Overwatch. Sigma is currently indispensable in almost any team, and Symmetra is also very popular. Because these characters are currently so strong, Blizzard is changing the balance of many heroes and making several adjustments.
Recently, there were two “secret” buffs in Overwatch.
Who benefits from the patch? A major winner of the update is definitely D.Va, who can now use her Defense Matrix more often, but Roadhog also received powerful buffs, as he can now use more ammo before needing to reload.
Lucio gets a larger portion of his speed boost back, although his wall ride is weakened, which balances out.
Who will be nerfed? Among the losers is clearly the new hero Sigma, as almost all of his abilities are being weakened. But Orisa has to take another nerf to her protective barrier.
Doomfist now takes longer for his attacks and receives less shield energy when hitting enemies.
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Hero Updates – Patch Notes for PS4, Xbox, PC
Here are all the hero changes in the upcoming patch 1.41 in detail.
D.Va
- Defense Matrix
- The regeneration rate has been increased from 12.5% to 16% per second.
- The delay before regeneration starts has been reduced from 1 second to 0.75 seconds.
Orisa
- Protective Barrier
- The cooldown has been increased from 9 seconds to 10 seconds.
Roadhog
- Scrap Gun
- The maximum ammo has been increased from 5 to 6 shots.
Sigma
- Kinetic Grasp
- No longer stops Roadhog’s hook or Brigitte’s whip shot.
- Gravitic Flux
- The effect of high gravity has been reduced from 1.2 seconds to 0.9 seconds.
- Experimental Barrier
- The regeneration rate has been reduced from 175 to 150 per second.
- Now has a cooldown of 1 second after the barrier is recalled.
- The duration of 0.2 seconds has been removed.
Winston
- Barrier Projector
- The duration has been increased from 6 to 9 seconds.
- The shield energy has been increased from 600 to 700.
Baptiste
- Amplification Matrix
- The health points have been reduced from 250 to 200.
Lucio
- Crossfade
- The speed bonus has been increased from 20% to 25%.
- Speed Boost
- The speed bonus has been increased from 50% to 60%.
- Wall Ride
- The speed bonus has been reduced from 40% to 30%.
Mercy
- Valkyrie
- The additional beams from Valkyrie now ignore enemy barriers.
Moira
- Biotic Grasp
- The self-healing has been reduced from 30 to 20 per second.
Doomfist
- Rocket Punch
- The time to achieve maximum charge has been increased from 1 second to 1.4 seconds.
- The best defense … (passive)
- Shield gained per hit has been reduced from 35 to 30.
Sombra
- Teleport
- The cooldown has been increased from 4 to 6 seconds.
- The cooldown now starts immediately after the device is placed or destroyed by an enemy.
Symmetra
- Photon Barrier
- The duration has been reduced from 15 seconds to 12 seconds.
- The health points have been reduced from 5,000 to 4,000.
- Turret
- The damage per second has been reduced from 50 to 40.
- Photon Projector
- Players hit by this weapon with the primary fire now hear the beam louder.
Tracer
- ID Blasters
- The damage is now reduced only after a distance of 13 meters instead of after 10 meters.
Keep in mind that these changes are currently only active on the PTR. Until the release of patch 1.41, these details may still change.
What do you think of the buffs and nerfs? Are they appropriate or a clear misjudgment?
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