Overwatch 2 New Update Brings Season 14, Winter Wonderland 2024, Hero Changes and More

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As promised by Blizzard, Season 14 of Overwatch 2 is now here! This brings a new tank hero in Hazard, 6v6 role queue, Winter Wonderland 2024 an hero adjustments. Players on consoles will see this as Overwatch 2 update 3.91 on PS4/XB1, and version  1.000.055 on PS5/XSX.

There’s a lot to take in, so go read on for the complete patch notes and new event details.

Overwatch 2’s Latest Update Ushers Season 14

Season 14: Hazard

Get ready for an explosive season as we introduce Hazard, the new Scottish tank hero, embodying the spirit of anarchy for the greater good. Then test your skills with a unique blend of past and present in the 6v6 Role Queue event, where teamwork and synergy shine within the 2-2-2 setup. Plus, prepare to wield the hammer of Gods as Mythic Thor Reinhardt and earn up to five Legendary skins with the Premium Battle Pass. Packed with nostalgia, customization, and radical gameplay, Season 14 has everything you need to dominate in style and become a hazard to the competition.

Winter Wonderland 2024

The Winter Wonderland event returns now through January 7, bringing fan-favorite modes and exclusive rewards for the holiday season! From Mei’s Snowball Offensive to Freezethaw Elimination, there’s something for everyone. Complete challenges to earn seasonal rewards, including the festive Winter Casual Hanzo skin.

6V6 Role Queue Experiment

Explore Overwatch 2’s latest evolution with the 6v6 Role Queue experiment, where strategy meets nostalgia. Dive into this unique mode to experience the dynamics of 6-player teams while maintaining structured gameplay, showcasing how modern Overwatch 2 heroes and abilities adapt to the classic team format.

Hero Mastery – Ashe

Practice your sharpshooting skills and get B.O.B. to do something, when Hero Mastery courses for Ashe arrives on January 14.

Hero Changes

Hero updates

Damage Role Passive

• Debuff duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds.
• Healing reduction increased from 20% to 25%.

Global Projectile Size Bonus

• Hitscan radius large reduced from 0.08 to 0.07 meters.
• Hitscan radius small reduced from 0.05 to 0.04 meters.
• Projectile radius large reduced from 0.15 to 0.12 meters.

Blizzard note:: We’re increasing the potency of the damage role passive in order to make the threat of sustained damage more meaningful by slowing down health recovery while in combat. At the same time, we’re slightly decreasing how reliable hitscan and large travel time projectiles are to hit.

TANK

Doomfist

Seismic Slam

• Shockwave range reduced from 18 to 15 meters.
• Cooldown increased from 6 to 6.5 seconds.

Blizzard note: The recent increase to Rocket Punch wall slam angle has added a lot of consistency and made Doomfist significantly more threatening. To help account for this we’re pulling out some of the survivability from Seismic Slam.

Hazard

Bonespur

• Damage per spike increased from 6.75 to 7.5.
• Each volley’s center projectile no longer has a random launch spread and now always launches straight.

Spike Guard

• The angle of protection provided by Spike Guard increased from 104 degrees to 180 degrees.
• Damage per second reduced from 75 to 70.

Violent Leap

• Post-slash recovery time for Primary Fire and Quick Melee increased from .3 seconds to .5 seconds.

Jagged Wall

• Health increased from 350 to 400.
• Knockback damage increased from 40 to 50.
• Damage interval increased from 1.5 seconds per target to 1.75 seconds per target.

Downpour

• Airborne momentum lost by casting Downpour reduced from 90% to 50%.

Vault

• Minimum obstacle height to trigger Vault reduced from 1.75 meters to 1.25 meters, which should allow Hazard to scale short obstacles more consistently.

Mauga

• Base armor reduced from 200 to 150.
• Base health increased from 375 to 425.

Blizzard note: The Overrun changes from the last patch have been great for enabling more active Mauga playstyles. We’re converting some of his armor back to normal health to balance out some of the added survivability gained from the Overrun changes.

Orisa

• Armor increased from 300 to 325.
• Base health reduced from 175 to 150

Terra Surge

Pull radius increased from 8.5 to 10.5 meters

Ramattra

Ravenous Vortex

• Now briefly interrupts horizontal momentum when first affecting a target.
• Slowing field now ignores barriers for line of sight.

Blizzard note: Ravenous Vortex will now be more effective at dealing with bursts of high speed momentum, though this change does not have much effect on abilities that continuously move you for a duration like Reinhardt Charge or D.Va Boosters.

Winston

Jump Pack

• Damage increased from 50 to 60.

Blizzard note: Winston’s leap now has a higher maximum damage to better reward accuracy when landing directly next to a target, though it still has damage falloff when landing further away.

DAMAGE

Ashe

Coach Gun

• Can now be activated while affected by mobility locking abilities but won’t move Ashe.

Blizzard note:  There were some inconsistencies for when Coach Gun was disabled by mobility lock abilities. Now Ashe will be able to activate Coach Gun while mobility is locked out (such as Junkrat’s Steel Trap) to knockback enemies but won’t move herself.

Pharah

Jet Dash

• Cooldown increased from 8 to 9 seconds.

Blizzard note: Pharah is a difficult hero to deal with for many due to her high flying mobility and burst damage. We’re reducing how often her horizontal movement cooldown is available to make it slightly more of a positioning commitment when used.

Sojourn

Railgun

• Secondary fire damage scaling increased from 1-100 damage to 20-120 damage.

Blizzard note: Sojourn has received adjustments to increase the rate of her energy gain and shifted some power into her Disruptor Shot ability recently, though the secondary fire lacking in impact undermines her core gameplay fantasy as “the Railgun hero”. We’re adding some damage back to it and will keep a close eye on how powerful she ends up being.

Soldier: 76

Biotic Field

• Cooldown reduced from 18 to 15 seconds.

Blizzard note: Soldier could use a small increase to his effectiveness and with changes to the damage role passive it’s a good time to make his Biotic Field more available.

Symmetra

Teleporter

• Base shield health increased from 200 to 250.

Blizzard note: Symmetra is performing quite well but we’d like to further enable teamplay around an interesting ability like the Teleporter by making it more difficult to destroy.

Torbjörn

Forge Hammer

• Damage increased from 55 to 70.

Deploy Turret

• Build time reduced from 3 to 2.5 seconds.
• Base health increased from 225 to 250.

Blizzard note: We’d like to make the turret more effective without increasing its damage. It now builds more quickly to better enable repositioning it for a faster pace of gameplay. We’ve also fixed a grievous oversight from moving to larger health pools and Torbjörn’s Forge Hammer will strike fear into his enemies once again.

Venture

Drill Dash

• Cooldown rate is now faster anytime Burrow is active, rather than requiring the player to be underground.

Blizzard note: This is mostly a quality-of-life change that makes Venture’s cooldown cycle more consistent, as they tend to activate Burrow while soaring through the air quite often

SUPPORT

Baptiste

Regenerative Burst

• Cooldown decreased from 15 to 14 seconds.
• Radius increased from 10 to 12 meters.

Blizzard note: Adjusting the values of Regenerative Burst will increase Baptiste’s self-survivability while also providing greater support to his teammates.

Brigitte

Inspire

• Duration reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.

Blizzard note: The duration has been reduced to limit Brigitte’s Inspire uptime, while the healing per second remains unchanged, ensuring that healing output is unaffected when Inspire is triggered consistently.

Illari

Captive Sun

• Explosion radius increased from 8 to 10 meters.

Blizzard note: Illari’s Captive Sun can be difficult to use effectively due to enemies’ ability to dodge its effects. Increasing the radius will improve the consistency and overall value of the ultimate.

Lúcio

Crossfade

Self-healing penalty decreased from 60% to 40%.

Sound Barrier

• Now falls faster when used in mid-air.

Blizzard note: The adjustment to Lúcio’s health pool has impacted his survivability in fights, this change will increase his durability in combat by improving his self-healing capabilities. Additionally, Sound Barrier now falls faster while in mid-air, enabling more reactive and safer usage from higher positions.

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