All Hero Balance Changes in Overwatch 2 Season 2
Traditionally, every new Season of Overwatch has been released with a number of Hero balance changes following observations and community feedback made during the previous competitive Season. This is no different in Overwatch 2, and now that the first Season is over, Season 2 has launched with several much-needed hero balance changes. Don’t worry; we’ve got all the information you’ll need to know about these tweaks, so follow along below forall Hero balance changes in Overwatch 2 Season 2.
New DPS Passive Ability
The decision has been made to remove the DPS passive of a movement speed bonus due to it affecting the precision of aim. The new DPS passive instead gives a buff to reload times, with changes taking place as follows:
Introduction of Ramattra
Ramattra is the latest addition to the Overwatch 2 roster, filling the role of Tank. Ramattra is unlockable at Tier 45 of the free Battle Pass or instantly at Tier 1 with the purchase of the Premium Battle Pass. Ramattra won’t be hitting the Competitive roster for another two weeks, but that gives everyone plenty of time to learn him in Quickplay. Ramattra fills a unique Tank playstyle, with his abilities as follows:
Void Accelerator (Omnic Form):
Nemesis Form
Pummel (Nemesis Form)
Ravenous Vortex
Annihilation
Doomfist Changes
After making it through Season 1 as arguably the weakest character in the entire game, Doomfist has received a lot of much-needed changes to his abilities and cooldowns to improve him and put him back on equal grounds with the other Tank heroes (hopefully). Here’s everything you need to know:
Rocket Punch
Power Block
Meteor Strike
The Best Defense…
Junker Queen Changes
Junker Queen is another Tank that has received some much-deserved changes in Season 2. Community feedback from Season 1 stated that many players felt Junker Queen was severely underperforming compared to her experience in the OW2 Beta. Changes to her passive are set to grant Junker Queen more survivability in Season 2, so feel free to check them out in full below.
Commanding Shout
Adrenaline Rush
Bastion Changes
Bastion has received changes to his Ultimate to help balance out the damage it causes, as well as a few tweaks to change up the time players have to avoid the area of effect. Here’s all the details:
Configuration Artillery
Reconfigure
Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds
Sojourn Changes
Sojourn is a character that has been said to be performing well in the most capable hands at top tiers but somewhat poorly and inconsistently for the average Overwatch gamer. The following changes have been made to Sojourn’s Railgun and Overclock Ultimate in hopes of balancing this out:
Symmetra Changes
Symmetra has received changes to her primary fire to give her more damage potential at a faster rate, but it has also been reworked, so these damages decrease faster when her beam isn’t charging. Take a look here:
Proton Projector
Tracer Changes
Tracer’s changes come following edits that were made to her damage to help negate a bug. Now that the bug is gone, Tracer’s damage has been changed back and will work as followed:
Pulse Pistols
Ana Changes
Ana has received a change to her Sleep Dart ability, with Overwatch 2 Devs noting that the decision to reduce the ability’s cooldown will improve Ana’s survivability. Here’s the change that is referenced in this statement:
Sleep Dart
Kiriko Changes
It’s probably not a surprise to many to see Kiriko receiving some changes in Season 2, considering her Ultimate could single-handedly roll every team fight and cause absolute chaos. To help balance this out, Kiriko is receiving reduced movement speed, and cooldown boosts to teammates from Kitsune Rush to help with aim and stability. On top of this, she has also received a few tweaks to her kit, as seen below:
Kitsune Rush
Protection Suzu
Swift Step
Poor Mercy is one of the characters that has been experimented with the most in Overwatch 2. Once again, our favorite guardian angel has made it into the Season 2 hero balance changes. For Mercy in Season 2, she has now received changes to her Pistol weapon, with the reasoning that it should enable her to defend herself better in bad situations. Take a look for yourself here:
Caduceus Blaster
That’s everything you need to know aboutall Hero balance changes in Overwatch 2 Season 2. Make sure to check out the rest of our Overwatch 2 content here at Twinfinite. We have a variety of topics to fit all your Overwatch needs, help your troubles, and answer any questions about the game, such asSeason 2’s Patch Notes,all rewards in the Season 2 Battle Pass, andhow to unlock Ramattra.
