OVERWATCH EXPERIMENTAL PATCH NOTES – AUGUST 24, 2020
EXPERIMENTAL HERO UPDATES
Biotic Rifle
• Ammo reduced from 14 to 12
The Viper
General
• No longer frees Reaper from Zarya’s Graviton Surge or Sigma’s Gravitic Flux.
Secondary Fire
• Aim-down sights damage reduced from 85 to 80.
Biotic Launcher
Secondary Fire
• Grenade ammo reduced from 12 to 10.
Regenerative Burst
• Total healing reduced from 150 to 75.
• Baptiste now receives twice as much healing from Regenerative Burst.
Frag Launcher
• Impact damage reduced from 50 to 40 (Total 130 to 120).
Peacekeeper
Primary Fire
• Recovery increased from 0.42 to 0.50.
Biotic Grasp
Healing
• Lingering heal reduced from 4 seconds to 2 seconds (Total healing from 65 down to 35).
• Healing per second increased from 65 to 70.
• Healing resource consumption rate increased from 11 to 14 (27%).
Damage
• Attach angle reduced by 37%.
• Healing resource gain rate increased by 50%.
Halt!
• Radius increased from 4 to 5.
• Projectile speed reduced from 30 to 25.
Rocket Launcher
• Recovery increased from 0.75 to 0.85.
Photon Projector
Secondary Fire
• Max damage reduced from 140 to 120.
Widow's Kiss
General
• Max ammo increased from 30 to 35.
Secondary Fire
• Scoped ammo cost increased from 3 to 5.
• Scoped shots now have up to 50% damage falloff from 60-85 meters.
Particle Cannon
Secondary Fire
• Ammo cost increased from 20 to 25.
OVERWATCH EXPERIMENTAL PATCH NOTES – AUGUST 18, 2020
EXPERIMENTAL HERO UPDATES
Biotic Grasp
• Attach angle reduced by 37%.
Biotic Orb
Damage Orb
• Now sticks to enemies when impacting them, instead of piercing through them.
• Only deals damage if stuck to a targetDeals a constant 60 DPS to all enemies.
• Will remain on a stuck player for 3 seconds or until 120 damage is dealt to that player, whichever happens first.
• The Orb is destroyed if it hits an enemy barrier.
• Reduced max number of bounces to 1.
• Increased projectile speed from 20 to 25.
Fade
• Now phases out all allies within 6 meters (and self) for 1 second after exiting Fade.
• No longer frees Moira or allies from Zarya’s Graviton Surge or Sigma’s Gravitic Flux.
• Cooldown increased from 6s to 8s.
Wraith Form
• No longer frees Reaper from Zarya’s Graviton Surge or Sigma’s Gravitic Flux.
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