On Tuesday evening, a new patch 1.15/2.19 for Overwatch was released on PC, PS4, and Xbox One. What does the September update of Overwatch contain? Let’s take a look at the patch notes.
The Overwatch patch late Tuesday evening brought several changes that had been previewed and announced for some time. Most of the changes had been on the PTR since mid-August.
Today’s Overwatch update is version 1.15 for PC and 2.19 for PS4 and Xbox One.
We have previously published articles on each of the three major changes and new features of the patch. Currently, the patch notes are only available in English. We will provide the German patch notes once Blizzard has translated them.
The three main changes in the patch notes for 1.15/2.19 in Overwatch for PC, PS4, Xbox One
The three main changes:
Junkertown
The new map “Junkertown” is live.
The new Overwatch map is set in Australia and is home to Junkrat and Roadhog. The map was introduced by Blizzard in a cinematic. Junkertown is an escort map – there will be a payload.
Mercy Rework
The hero Mercy receives her rework. She loses her ability to resurrect the team and gains a new ultimate ability.
- Resurrection (Mercy’s former ultimate)
- Now only resurrects a single player
- Range reduced to 5 meters
- Cooldown is now 30 seconds
- Mercy is no longer invulnerable during resurrection
- Valkyrie (New Ultimate)
- Valkyrie unleashes the full power of Mercy’s suit and enhances her and her abilities for 20 seconds
- Caduceus: Mercy’s healing and damage boost now bounce to nearby allies and the range is increased
- Caduceus Pistol: Has unlimited ammunition and projectiles fly faster
- Guardian Angel: Increased range and movement speed
- Resurrection: Cooldown is instantly finished when Valkyrie is activated and only takes 10 seconds after the resurrection
- Mercy can fly in any direction at increased speed
- Regeneration (Passive): Will not be interrupted when Mercy takes damage
- Valkyrie unleashes the full power of Mercy’s suit and enhances her and her abilities for 20 seconds
The changes make Mercy’s resurrection a skill that affects only one target and not the entire fallen team anymore. Blizzard aims to prevent Mercy from letting her whole team die only to resurrect them. Her new ultimate “Valkyrie” allows Mercy to fly and transforms her into a kind of healing angel of death.
A rework that will significantly change Mercy and has been widely discussed in the community.
D.Va Rework
The hero D.Va also receives her rework
- Micro Missiles (New Ability)
- D.Va fires a salvo of small rockets that explode on impact and deal damage in a small radius. These can be fired while D.Va is using other abilities or her weapons
- Defense Matrix
- Defense Matrix now depletes the resource gauge twice as fast
- Energy regeneration is now 12.5% per second (previously 10%)
- Boosters
- D.Va can now use her weapons while the ability is active
D.Va is intended to become somewhat weaker but still remain attractive to play. Therefore, Blizzard now allows her to shoot while flying. D.Va is supposed to continue to act defensively while being able to preemptively counter enemy attacks.
You can read the further changes in the Overwatch patch notes here in English for the time being. We will update the article later.
