Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – March 22, 2021

Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – March 22, 2021

A new patch is now live on Windows PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Read below to learn more about the latest changes.

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EXPERIMENTAL HERO UPDATES

This experiment is intended for use during the Overwatch League Experimental Card Tournament and for you to try out these player-suggested changes yourselves–there is no plan to implement these changes outside of this experimental card.


HERO UPDATES (ONLY IN EXPERIMENTAL)

Ana
Biotic Rifle

  • Ammo increased from 12 to 14

Nano Boost

  • Can now be self-cast on Ana by using the interact key

Ashe

Dynamite

  • Damage reduced from 100 to 90

Baptiste

Regenerative Burst

  • Healing reduced from 75 to 65

Immortality Field

  • Now protects teammates to a minimum health threshold of 1 health, down from 20% of maximum

Bastion

Self-Repair

  • Now increases movement speed increased by 25% while repairing

Brigitte

Inspire

  • Healing removed from teammates when Brigitte is eliminated

D.Va

Boosters

  • Duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds

Echo

Duplicate

  • When Duplicate ends, Echo will return to the health value she had prior to activating the ability, or to 100 health, whichever is higher

Genji

Shuriken

  • (Secondary Fire) Spread reduced from 9 to 8 meters

Dragonblade

  • Duration increased by 1 second for each kill while active

Hanzo

Dragonstrike

  • Travel speed increased by 20%

  • Damage increased by 20%

  • Distance before the dragon forms from the arrow shot reduced from 10 to 5 meters


Junkrat

Concussion Mine

  • Minimum damage increased from 30 to 35

Lúcio

Soundwave

  • Cooldown increased from 4 to 6 seconds

Crossfade

  • Radius increased by 50%

  • Effectiveness increased by 20% at close range, falling off to -50% at maximum range


Mei

Endothermic Blaster

  • Ammo increased from 120 to 140

Mercy

Guardian Angel

  • Killing blows now reset cooldown

Orisa

Protective Barrier

  • Health increased from 600 to 700

  • Cooldown increased from 10 to 11


Pharah

New Passive: Damage taken while airborne decreased by 5% and damage taken while grounded increased by 10%


Reaper

Shadow Step

  • Removed voice line triggered upon arrival

Reinhardt

Earthshatter

  • Stuns closer targets for up to 3 seconds. Targets at maximum range are stunned for the standard 2.5 seconds

Soldier: 76

Helix Rockets

  • Now has two charges

  • Damage reduced from 40 impact + 80 splash to 30 impact + 50 splash

  • Self-damage scalar reduced from 50% to 40%.


Sombra

Hack

  • Activation time increased from 0.65 to 1.15 seconds

  • Duration increased from 5 to 6 seconds

Translocator

  • Cooldown is now triggered when the translocator used or destroyed, instead of immediately after placement

  • Cooldown reduced from 6 to 5 seconds


Symmetra

Sentry Turret

  • Placement travel speed increased from 15 to 20 meters per second

Torbjörn

Deploy Turret

  • Now has two charges

  • Damage reduced by 40%

  • Health reduced by 40%


Tracer

General

  • Health increased from 150 to 175

Recall

  • Cooldown increased from 12 to 14 seconds

Widowmaker

Venom Mine

  • Damage increased from 75 to 120

Duration of damage over time effect increased from 5 to 6 seconds

  • Trigger radius increased from 3 to 4 meters

Winston

General

  • Health/Armor has been redistributed from 350/150 to 335/165

Wrecking Ball

General

  • Size reduced by 15%

Quad Cannons

  • Ammo reduced from 80 to 70

Grappling Claw

  • Cooldown increased from 5 to 7 seconds

Adaptive Shield

  • No longer prevents enemies from generating ultimate charge

Zarya

Projected Barrier

  • Range increased from 30 to 34 meters

Zenyatta

Transcendence

  • Movement speed multiplier increased from 2x to 2.3x
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