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Overwatch 2: Three heroes receive a nerf with the latest patch

The second hotfix for the season brings a few adjustments

Juno from Overwatch 2 aiming with her Mediblaster

A new hotfix for Overwatch 2 has arrived and the patch notes reveal three heroes have been nerfed. This is the second update the game has received since the start of Season 12, with Blizzard slowly adjusting those dominant heroes in the current meta.

The heroes affected in this occasion are Winston, Sombra, and Ashe. The first two are not a surprise, especially Sombra since she has been a favorite pick by many in lower ranks and even some high-rank games.

The update also brings changes for Juno, adjusting her Mediblaster rate of fire and damage. Here are the full patch notes posted on the game's official website:

Hero Updates

Ashe from Overwatch with her mythic skin equipped standing in Eichenwalde

Tank

Winston

  • Tesla Cannon
    • Damage per second reduced from 75 to 70.

Damage

Ashe

  • The Viper
    • Reload per bullet increased from 0.2 to 0.25 seconds.
    • Primary fire damage reduced from 40 to 35.

Sombra

  • Virus
    • Damage over time reduced from 90 to 75.

Support

Juno

  • Mediblaster
    • Fire rate increased from 14.3 to 15.5 (reverted to the 34 shots per second during the projectile volley).
    • Damage reduced from 8 to 7.5.
    • Healing reduced from 7 to 6.5.

Bug Fixes

General

  • Fixed a bug that occasionally caused heroes to be pulled down during a ledge mantle.
  • Badges and Emblems are now correctly reflecting your player rank.
  • Fixed an issue that caused large FPS drops at the start and end of matches on PlayStation® 5 consoles.
  • Fixed a bug where the avoid list might not be respected during backfills.

Heroes

Doomfist

  • Fixed the stretched texture on Doomfist's BAST skin.

You can check out this article to see what other content is scheduled to drop throughout this season and you can visit here to read about our expectations for the new World of Warcraft collaboration event.

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