All Hero Changes for Overwatch 2 Season 3

With the new season of Overwatch 2 comes several touch-ups to new characters. The biggest change has been to tanks in an open queue/arcade modes since they now have an HP cap of 300 for balancing purposes. That being said, there are plenty of other changes that will affect ranked play, including a Widowmaker that will be much easier to kill.

Patch Notes for Overwatch 2 Season 3

Note: All Tank Health Bars for open queue modes are at 300 unless otherwise noted.

Junker Queen

• HP increased from 425 to 450 .

Orisa

• Damage falloff range from her primary fire reduced from 25 meters to 15 meters.
• HP in open queue modes reduced to 125.

D.Va

• HP for Mech in open queue modes reduced to 200.

Ramattra

• Ultimate cost increased by 12%. Also, damaging enemies with Annihilation now slows the timer down instead of stopping it entirely. Ultimate duration is now 20 seconds.

Reinhardt

• HP in open queue modes was reduced to 175.
• Cooldown on Charge reduced to 7 seconds from 8 seconds.
• Fire Strike now deals 100 damage.
• Earthshatter direct hit damage was reduced from 250 to 170, but the knockdown time now increased to 2.75 seconds. Ultimate cost also increased by 7%.
• Rocket Hammer knockback reduced from 10 to 6.

Roadhog

• HP in open queue modes was reduced from 700 to 550.
• Whole Hog now lasts 8 seconds, but Ultimate cost increased by 8%.

Sigma

• HP in open queue modes reduced to 200.
• Ultimate cost for Gravitic Flux increased by 7%.

Winston

• HP in open queue modes reduced to 200.
• Barrier Projector health reduced from 700 to 650.

Wrecking Ball

• Shield health increased to 150.
• Pile Driver cooldown is now 8 seconds.
• Minefield now arms in 1 second, but Ultimate cost increased by 9%.

Zarya

• HP in open queue modes reduced to 100.
• Graviton Surge cost increased by 8%.

Ana

• Biotic Grenade effect now lasts for 3.5 seconds.

Brigitte

• Healing from the Repair Pack is now reduced to 50 per second, but using a pack now instantly heals 25 HP.
• Rally cost reduced by 10%.

Lucio

• Sound Barrier cost reduced by 7%.

Related: How to play Ramattra in Overwatch 2 – Abilities and Tips

Mercy

• Guardian Angel cooldown is now 2.5 seconds, and canceling the ability with a backward jump now moves 20% slower.
• Caduceus Staff heals 45 HP per second, but healing is increased for allies under half health by 50%.
• Regeneration Passive has been eliminated, and replaced with Sympathetic Recovery, which heals herself for 25% of healing done with Caduceus Staff.

Moira

• Coalescence cost was reduced by 5%.

Zenyatta

• Ammo for Orb of Destruction increased from 20 to 25.

Cassidy

• Combat Roll can no longer be interrupted by colliding with an enemy.
• Falloff range for Primary Fire increased from 20 meters to 25 meters.

Junkrat

• Concussion Mine max damage output was reduced from 120 to 100.

Mei

• Blizzard cost were reduced by 5%.

Pharah

• Barrage Ultimate cost reduced by 5%.

Reaper

• Death Blossom cost was reduced by 8%.

Soldier 76

• Now takes six shots to reach maximum recoil for primary fire. In general, recoil has been reduced by 12%.

Sombra

• Bullet damage from Machine Pistol increased from 7 to 7.5 per bullet.
• Hack can now hack health packs for 45 seconds instead of 30.

Symettra

• Photon Barrier cost increased by 10%.

Torbjorn

• Turret health was reduced from 250 to 225.

Widowmaker

• HP reduced from 200 to 175.

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