Overwatch 2 Patch Notes (March 7th, 2023) – Wrecking Ball nerfed

The beginning of Overwatch 2 Season 3 saw loads of Tank players switch to Wrecking Ball, who not only got armor but a very quick arming time for Minefield. The recent patch in Overwatch 2 addressed this issue, while making minor changes to other characters as well as changing matchmaking.

March 7th 2023 Patch Notes for heroes in Overwatch 2

Orisa

• Orisa's ultimate, Terra Surge, can now be interrupted by Sombra's Hack.

Ramattra

• Using Ramattra's ultimate, Annihilation, while in Nemesis form will refresh Ramattra's bonus armor.

Roadhog

• Roadhog's Chain Hook now has its cooldown begin once the animation ends.
• Chain Hook cooldown dropped from 8 seconds to 6 seconds

Wrecking Ball

• A specific mode has been added for relative aim sensitivity while rolling. This becomes relative gyro sensitivity when played on the Nintendo Switch.
• Grappling Claw now has a timeout indicator above the ability icon.
• Minefield now arms at 1.25 seconds instead of 1 second.

Zarya

• Both Particle Barrier and Projected Barrier have their cooldowns reduced from 11 seconds to 10 seconds.

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Ashe

• Ashe's ultimate, B.O.B, will now prioritize targets that have already been shot by Ashe herself

Hanzo

• The cooldown for Lunge has decreased from 5 seconds to 4 seconds.

Mei

• Mei's ultimate, Blizzard, now casts in 0.4 seconds instead of 0.5 seconds

Pharah

• Players can now effect Jump Jet's direction via joystick

Sojorun

• The hit volume width for Sojourn's torso has increased by 20%

Baptiste

• The Immortality Field minimum health threshold jumped up from 10 to 25%

In addition to all that, Blizzard changed matchmaking to where they will match parties with similar delta ratings from the highest to lowest ranked player. This is in an effort to address issues with matchmaking as of late, where it felt like ranking players would be matched against teams way over their skill rating.

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