Invasion and Hero Balance Changes
The forthcoming Overwatch 2 update, Invasion, is highly anticipated by fans and is part of Season 6. Invasion comprises a series of story missions set on some of the largest maps ever seen in the game. The update is scheduled to launch at 8 pm BST UK time on August 10th, alongside a new Battle Pass and the Invasion Bundle, providing access to the new story content.
Support Hero Addition
In other news, Blizzard is introducing a new Support character, Illari, to Overwatch. Players can obtain access to Illari instantly with the Premium Battle Pass or by achieving level 45 on the free tier. Additionally, Season 6 will bring about extensive balance adjustments to several Overwatch 2 heroes, including Cassidy, Torbjorn, and Soldier: 76.
The forthcoming patch notes reveal that Cassidy will experience a significant increase in health, whilst the Magnetic Grenade’s range will be narrowed down. Conversely, Torbjorn will benefit from an improvement in his fire rate, coupled with faster weapon swap speeds.
Blizzard will persist in conducting trials on Lifeweaver, as well as making necessary adjustments to Tree of Life and other related aspects. The patch notes for Season 6 of Overwatch 2 are available for your perusal below…
Patch Notes
GAMEPLAY CHANGES
ARMOUR DAMAGE REDUCTION
• Armour damage reduction is now additive with other sources of damage reduction and respects the current cap of 50%.
Previously, the damage reduction from abilities was multiplicative, leading to instances where specific heroes were significantly harder to damage than originally intended due to them surpassing the damage reduction cap.
The impact will be minimal, with Ramattra and Orisa being the primary areas affected.
HERO BALANCE CHANGES
CASSIDY
• Magnetic Grenade
– Maximum range will shorten with a 1.5-second max travel time
• Health Increase
HERO BALANCE CHANGES CONTINUED…
TORBJORN
• Primary Fire
– Faster fire rate
• Faster weapon swap
SOLDIER:76
• Helix Rocket
– Reduced damage
• Ultimate cost increase
ORISA
• Fortify ability will now grant 125 bonus health
LIFEWEAVER
• Part of Tree of Life’s healing will now be converted into Overhealth – up to a maximum of 100 health per player.
• Portion of health converted to shields
• Increased healing for Rejuvenating Dash
KIRIKO
• Protection Suzu
– Reduced healing
– Additional burst of healing when cleansing negative effect
– Removed knockback
MERCY
• Damage boost reduced from 30% to 25%
RAMATTRA
• Block will reduce stuck damage
DOOMFIST
• Block will reduce stuck damage
