Overwatch 2 is getting some hero balances before season 2 after all

surveillance 2 will actually receive some balance changes before the second season, despite what Snow storm originally said.

Earlier this month, Blizzard told us that we wouldn’t see any hero changes until Season 2. Well, that’s not true anymore, like blog post We were informed by community manager AndyB on the Overwatch forums that we would be seeing several character changes starting on November 15, including D.Va, Genji, Sombra, Kiriko, and probably the best tank in the game right now, Zarya. .

Unfortunately for the Genji mainnet, you will only see a few nerfs. His max ammo is reduced from 30 to 24, and his shuriken damage is reduced from 29 to 27. These changes are intended to bring Genji more in line with other flanking damage heroes, as he is a character that benefited a lot of movement. at 5v5.

Sombra has also received a trio of nerfs, such as reducing the lock duration of her hack ability from 1.75 to 1.5 seconds. Hacked enemies are also “no longer valid targets to hack for the duration of the effect”, and the hacked damage multiplier has been greatly reduced, from 40 to 25%.

D.Va actually received a buff, with her Fusion Cannon increased from 3.5 to 3.75, though she’s also been nerfed in-kind, with the impact damage of her buffs reduced from 25 to 15.

Kiriko also received a nerf, with her quick step invulnerability duration reduced from 0.4 to 0.25 seconds. A comment from a developer explains that “this window of invulnerability is primarily intended to help avoid being instantly killed by something invisible after teleporting through walls, but it ended up being too long and led to some confusion when shooting Kiriko.”

Lastly, Zarya also received a couple of nerfs, one seeing her barrier duration reduced from 2.5 to 2 seconds, and her barrier cooldown increased from 10 to 11 seconds. Interestingly, the developer’s comment notes that early player sentiment believed that Zarya would be one of the weaker solo tanks in the 5v5 switch, but “her high damage potential and barrier uptime have proven to be extremely effective.”

This made tank opponents feel that Zarya has “very limited windows of vulnerability, which feels unwieldy when combined with her increasing damage potential”, which is why the changes were implemented.

The blog post also notes that while these changes are scheduled to roll out on November 15, they could still change, so keep an eye out for updates if things change.