Overwatch 2 Patch Buffs Damage Role Passive, Nerfs Orisa and Venture

The golden horse’s campaign of terror hasn’t ended yet in Blizzard’s Overwatch 2, but it’s somewhat curtailed thanks to the latest patch. Tank hero Orisa has seen key survival skills, Fortify and Javelin Spin, the former having a duration of 3.5 seconds from 4.5 (and 20 percent slower movement speed) while the latter’s cooldown has increased to nine seconds from seven.

To further help against the survival of some Tank and Support heroes, attacks from Damage dealers now reduce the amount of passive healing from 15 to 20 percent. Those frustrated with Venture should also note that SMART Excavator’s max explosion damage is reduced from 45 to 40.

Drill Dash’s impact damage is now 30 instead of 40, which should help prevent their near-instant one-shot combos. Their Ultimate, Tectonic Shock, also has a 10 percent increased cost. In terms of bug fixes,  if someone is using Streamer Mode, you’ll no longer see their real name upon blocking them. Check out the full patch notes below for more details.

Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes – April 30, 2024

HERO UPDATES

• Damage role passive healing reduction increased from 15% to 20%.

TANK

Orisa

Fortify

• Duration reduced from 4.5 to 3.5 seconds.
• Orisa now moves 20% slower while fortified.

Javelin Spin

• Cooldown increased from 7 to 9 seconds.

Damage

Venture

SMART Excavator

• Maximum explosion damage decreased from 45 to 40.

Drill Dash

• Initial impact damage decreased from 40 to 30.

Tectonic Shock

• Ultimate charge cost increased by 10%.

BUG FIXES

GENERAL

• Names will no longer be revealed when blocking someone with Streamer Mode enabled.
  
• Fixed a bug that allowed non-leader players to select the Requeue button.
• Fixed a lighting issue that caused several sprays to look oversaturated.

MAPS

Hanamura

• We have fixed an issue with the lighting on Hanamura (Assault). This map is now available to play in the Assault Arcade mode and in Custom Games.

HEROES

D.Va

• Fixed a bug that caused some pings from D.Va to enter several 0’s into the chat.

Venture

• Fixed an issue with Drill Dash that could occur when interacting with Doomfist’s Rocket Punch or Orisa’s Energy Javelin, sending Venture flying back at a great speed.