Overwatch 2 Season 2 Patch Notes Breakdown

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Patch Release Date: December 6, 2022

New Hero – Ramattra

(Ramattra Origin Story | Overwatch 2: youtube.com/watch?v=vd_SPOkaZZ4)

Based on the official info, Ramattra is the first tank hero with a form-changing ability. When players press their Shift key, Ramattra can shift between its Omnic Form and Nemesis Form.

Void Accelerator (Omnic Form):

Primary (left click): Fire a stream of projectiles in a fixed pattern
Secondary (right click): Create a barrier at the targeted location

Nemesis Form: Transform into Nemesis Form, changing your attacks and gaining bonus armor

Pummel (Nemesis Form):

Primary: Punch forward, creating a wave of piercing energy with every swing
Secondary: Significantly reduces damage taken from the front and reduces movement speed

Ravenous Vortex: Fire a nano ball, which explodes when it hits the ground, spreading a damaging field. Affected enemies are slowed and pulled downward

Annihilation: Enter Nemesis Form and create an energy swarm surrounding yourself. This swarm will lash out toward nearby enemies, dealing damage and pausing the duration when damage is dealt.

Season 2 Map Pool

Push

New Queen Street – Morning
Colosseo – Evening
Esperança – Morning

Hybrid

Blizzard World – Overcast (NEW)
Eichenwalde – Evening
King's Row – Evening
Midtown – Morning
Paraíso – Morning

Escort

Dorado – Evening
Junkertown – Morning
Circuit royal – Night
Rialto – Morning
Route 66 – Night
Shambali Monastery – Night (NEW MAP)

Control

Busan – Night
Ilios – Evening
Lijiang Tower – Dawn
Nepal - Evening (NEW)
Oasis - Morning (NEW)

The new season brings us a new map pool with the new map Shambali. Players can also expect the return of Rialto, one of the community's favorite maps, and the most thrilling place on earth – Blizzard World. And now you'll have the chance to visit Nepal and Oasis at different times, while Watchpoint: Gibraltar and Hollywood are removed from the map pool. But the removed maps remain playable in custom games.

New Map – Shambali Monastery

(Credit: overwatch.fandom.com)

According to Blizzard's official description, in the brand new Escort map, Shambali Monastery, players will "ascend the winding path walked by countless Omnics who have sought refuge within its walls. Transcend your opponents in a battle for mastery over the one-time home of Zenyatta and Ramattra."

Key Hero Updates

Hero Nerfs

Sojourn

The biggest change is her "secondary fire critical damage multiplier reduced from 2 to 1.5". Sojourn's fully charged headshots can no longer one-tap heroes with a full 200 HP.

Railgun:

Energy delay before draining reduced from 8 to 5 seconds
Secondary fire damage falloff starting range reduced from 70 to 40 meters
Secondary fire critical damage multiplier reduced from 2 to 1.5
Secondary fire damage now scales linearly with energy from 30 to 130 damage (1 energy converts to 1 damage added)
Primary fire damage per projectile increased from 9 to 10
Overclock energy charge rate increased by 20%

Hero Buffs

Doomfist

Several changes were made to Doomfist to increase his impact at disrupting battles as a fighter tank hero. In terms of the buffs on his Power Block and Meteor Strike, the utility of his Rocket Punch increased as a result. Allowing him to interfere with enemies more easily and create shock on multiple targets at once.

Rocket Punch:

Impact damage range (minimum-maximum) increased from 15-30 to 25-50 damage
Wall slam damage range (minimum-maximum) reduced from 20-40 to 10-30 damage
Empowered Rocket Punch wall slam stun duration range reduced from 0.5-1 to 0.25-0.75 seconds
Non-Empowered Rocket Punch now stuns for the minimum 0.25 second duration on wall slam
Empowered Rocket Punch knockback radius reduced from 4 to 3 meters
Minimum time before cancel option becomes available reduced from 0.25 to 0.12 seconds
Cooldown reduced from 4 to 3 seconds
This has been in since his rework but was not mentioned

Power Block:

Cooldown reduced from 8 to 7 seconds
Duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
Minimum damage mitigated required to empower Rocket Punch reduced from 90 to 80 damage

Meteor Strike:

Now empowers Rocket Punch on landing
Enemy slow duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds

The Best Defense…:

Maximum temporary health increased from 150 to 200 health
Temporary health gained per target hit with abilities increased from 30 to 40 health

Hero Changes

Kiriko

Arm hit volumes width reduced 15%
Added an auto-wall climb hero option

Kitsune Rush:

Ultimate cost increased by 10%
Movement speed bonus reduced from 50 to 30%
Cooldown rate reduced from 3 to 2 times faster

Protection Suzu:

Cast time reduced from 0.15 to 0.1 second

Kunai:

Ammo increased from 12 to 15

Swift Step:

Ability input can now be held to activate

Bastion

Both delays and explosion damage have been lowered, meaning that as long as the targets are closer to the explosion range the lethality also lowers.

Configuration Artillery:

Delay before projectile drops reduced from 1 to 0.6 seconds
Explosion damage reduced from 300 to 250
No longer deals explosion damage to self
Minimum delay between placing shots reduced by 20%

Reconfigure:

Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds

Ana

To counter the cleanse mechanics and elevate Ana's survival ability, Sleep Dart's cooldown has been reduced.

Sleep Dart:

Cooldown reduced from 15 to 14 seconds

Junker Queen

Torso and head hit volume size increased 12%

Rampage

Wound duration reduced from 5 to 4.5 seconds
Ultimate cost reduced by 10%

Commanding Shout

Cooldown reduced from 15 to 14 seconds

Adrenaline Rush

Adrenaline passive healing multiplier increased from 1 to 1.25x damage dealt by wounds

Mercy

Weapon swap time reduced from 0.5 to 0.35 seconds

Caduceus Blaster

Ammo increased from 20 to 25

Bug Fixes

Guardian Angel now correctly resets its cooldown if Valkyrie is used
Guardian Angel "cancel boost" is now disabled when Mercy is stunned

Symmetra

Proton Projector

Beam charge rate and decay rate increased by 20%
Primary fire ammo consumption rate increased from 7 to 10 per second
Primary fire gains ammo from damaging barriers again

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug that resulted in all VO being cut out when taking the Teleporter
Fixed a bug with Torbjörn and Symmetra's turrets displaying hostile red overlays in Deathmatch for the player that placed them

What's More?

Brand new limited-time events: Winter Wonderland, Battle for Olympus, and Lunar New Year
The event skin rewards for completing challenges include Epic Ice Queen Brigitte, Legendary Winged Victory Mercy, and Legendary Kkachi Echo.
Events allow players to choose the hero, and victories in events unlock new heroes.

The full Patch Notes and Season 2 blog can be found on Blizzard's official websites.

Our Upcoming Community Tournament for Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau Region

The Tournament Main Visual (can you guess which hero is hidden in it? XD)

It's been a few months since Overwatch 2's release, and we believe people are eager to prove themselves as the best Genji or Sojourn. If you're wondering how the new map will affect the meta and how the new hero plays out in competitions, keep an eye out for the Nadiya Cup 2023 Winter that we're co-organizing with PLANET9 and 2000FUN from January 14 to 15!