#Overwatch 2 season 18 patch notes

A brand new playable hero is just the start of a big swath of adjustments coming to Overwatch 2 in season 18.

Balancing adjustments are abound with regards to issues like Perks, Stadium Objects and Powers, and extra. Summer time Video games 2025 additionally returns, whereas Junkrat’s Loot Hunt occasion comes again once more in September to mark the event.

Right here’s what’s coming to OW2 within the new season when it launches on Aug. 26.

Overwatch 2 patch notes – Season 18

This can be a fairly hefty replace for OW2, together with a brand new hero, plus the overhaul of lots of the Perks launched a number of seasons in the past, whereas additionally altering up a bunch of content material inside Stadium mode as properly.

New assist Hero – Wuyang

After a latest hero trial, the brand new water-wielding hero is obtainable for all gamers to start season 18. Right here’s a have a look at his skills and package:

New Perks

Nearly all of the roster has had at the least one Perk eliminated and changed with a brand new one, making for some enjoyable new mixtures to enhance upon this 12 months’s main replace for the sport that got here in February.

I’ve highlighted a few of the most fascinating new Perks beneath.

Tank

D.Va

• Precision Fusion – Main Perk
  • Press Reload to cut back Fusion Cannon’s unfold by 75 p.c for 3 seconds.

Doomfist

• Aftershock – Main Perk
  • Enemies hit by Seismic Slam are slowed by 30 p.c for 1.5 seconds.

Hazard

• Explosive Impalements – Main Perk
  • Bonespur hits mark targets with spikes. Fast Melee and Violent Leap’s Slash
    detonate them for 40 explosive harm.

Junker Queen

• Rampant Change – Minor Perk
  • Acquire Unstoppable and refresh all cooldowns when utilizing Rampage.

Orisa

• Protection Protocol – Minor Perk
  • Regenerate 100 well being per second whereas charging Terra Surge.
• Cellular Fortification – Minor Perk
  • Whereas Fortify is lively, Orisa has no transfer pace discount and no warmth era.

Ramattra

• Relentless Kind – Minor Perk
  • Whereas Nemesis Kind is lively, eliminations prolong the length by 1 second, half that in Annihilation.

Reinhardt

• Barrier Recharge – Minor Perk
  • Distance travelled whereas utilizing Cost regenerates your Barrier Subject by 150 per second.
• Ignited Fury – Main Perk
  • For every enemy you hit with Fireplace Strike, acquire 2 seconds of 25 p.c elevated assault pace.

Roadhog

• Shrapnel Launcher – Minor Perk
  • Prolong the vary of Scrap Gun’s secondary fireplace by 50% and tighten its burst unfold by 25 p.c.
• Pulled Pork – Main Perk
  • Acquire overhealth based mostly on how far you pull enemies with Chain Hook, as much as 250.

Sigma

• Hyper Regeneration – Minor Perk
  • 50 p.c of Hyperspheres’ harm restores Experimental Barrier’s well being.

Winston

• Barrier Toss – Minor Perk
  • Winston now throws his Barrier Projector ahead when used.

Zarya

• Vitality Converter – Minor Perk
  • Hits with Particle Cannon’s secondary fireplace generate 3 vitality.

Harm

Ashe

• Distant Detonator – Minor Perk
  • After utilizing Dynamite, urgent E once more causes it to detonate after a 0.5 second delay.

Bastion

• Configuration Reload – Minor Perk
  • Refresh the cooldown of A-36 Tactical Grenade when altering configurations.

Cassidy

• Silver Bullet – Main Perk
  • Peacekeeper’s secondary fireplace is changed with a piercing shot that inflicts bleeding. Fight Roll and Deadeye reset its cooldown.

Echo

• Targeted Rush – Minor Perk
  • Focusing Beam’s vary is elevated by 4 meters and motion pace is elevated by 10 p.c when lively.
• Partial Scan – Minor Perk
  • Duplicate begins with 50 p.c of its final cost.

Freya

• Hunters Intuition – Minor Perk
  • Direct hits with Take Goal reveal enemies to Freja for 3 seconds.
• Momentum Increase – Minor Perk
  • Fast Sprint distance is elevated by 20 p.c.
• Aerial Restoration – Main Perk
  • After utilizing Updraft, heal for 30 well being per second till Freja touches the bottom.

Genji

• Swift Cuts – Minor Perk
  • Fast Melee reduces the cooldown of Swift Strike by 3 seconds.

Hanzo

• Swift Lunge – Minor Perk
  • Arrow hits scale back the cooldown of Lunge by as much as 1 second, based mostly on cost.

Junkrat

• Mine Recycling – Minor Perk
  • Killing blows with Concussion Mine restore one cost.
• Bomb Voyage – Main Perk
  • After launching with Concussion Mine, Junkrat features 35 p.c elevated assault pace for 3 seconds.

Mei

• Skating Rink – Minor Perk
  • Allies inside Blizzard acquire 25 p.c elevated motion pace and heal for 50 well being per second.
• Glacial Propulsion – Minor Perk
  • Double leaping creates a small ice pillar that launches Mei into the air.

Pharah

• Sky Spy – Main Perk
  • Concussive Blast reveals targets to Pharah for 3 seconds. Throughout this, the subsequent direct Rocket Launcher hit per goal offers 30 p.c further harm.

Reaper

• Loss of life’s Shadow – Minor Perk
  • Shadow Step’s forged time and cooldown are 25 p.c quicker, however the vary is diminished by 25 p.c.

Sojourn

• Deceleration Subject – Minor Perk
  • Enemies hit by Disruptor Shot are slowed by 25 p.c.
• Friction Mills – Main Perk
  • Whereas sliding, Energy Slide generates as much as 50 vitality.

Soldier: 76

• Tactical Salvo – Minor Perk
  • Helix Rockets cooldown is diminished by 80 p.c throughout Tactical Visor.

Sombra

• Adept Hacker – Main Perk
  • Hacked well being packs present as much as 50 overhealth to Sombra.

Symmetra

• Hovering Barrier – Main Perk
  • Teleporter features the choice to create a ahead shifting barrier as a substitute. Urgent E once more slows down the barrier’s motion.

Torbjörn

• Hammer Time – Minor Perk
  • Transfer 20 p.c quicker whereas Forge Hammer is supplied.

Tracer

• Kinetic Reload – Minor Perk
  • Melee hits grant 20 ammo.

Enterprise

• Deep Burrow – Minor Perk
  • Drill Sprint distance is 50 p.c longer whereas burrowed.
• SMART Extender – Main Perk
  • Empower SMART Excavator with E to extend its most projectile vary by one hundred pc for 4 seconds.

Widowmaker

• Sniper’s Intuition – Minor Perk
  • Scoped photographs cost one hundred pc quicker for two seconds after utilizing Grappling Hook.
• Seeker Mine – Main Perk
  • Venom Mine now fires poison darts at enemies inside 10 meters and stays lively after triggered.

Assist

Ana

• Pace Serum – Minor Perk
  • Nano Increase grants a 40 p.c motion pace enhance to each Ana and her goal.

Baptiste

• Biotic Reloader – Minor Perk
  • Hitting a whole three-round burst reloads a therapeutic projectile. Therapeutic projectile direct hits reloads 3 main fireplace ammo.

Brigitte

• Fight Medic – Minor Perk
  • Melee assaults scale back the cooldown of Restore Pack by 0.5 seconds.
• Inspiring Strike – Main Perk
  • Protect Bash grants 30 p.c elevated motion pace for two seconds. Encourage’s therapeutic is prompt when activated by Protect Bash.

Illari

• Photo voltaic Flare – Main Perk
  • Press Major Fireplace whereas utilizing Photo voltaic Rifle’s therapeutic beam to eat all vitality, therapeutic allies in entrance of Illari for as much as 120 therapeutic.

Juno

• Carry Off – Main Perk
  • Martian Overboots can now triple leap.

Kiriko

• Prepared Step – Main Perk
  • Swift Step grants Kiriko 40 p.c elevated assault and reload pace for two seconds.

Lifeweaver

• Petal Energy – Main Perk
  • Allies acquire 25 p.c assault pace whereas standing on a raised Petal Platform.

Lúcio

• Soundwave Rider – Minor Perk
  • Wall Using empowers your subsequent Soundwave, growing its knockback by 25 p.c and harm by 50 p.c.

Mercy

• Divine Momentum – Minor Perk
  • Will increase Mercy’s journey pace by 15 p.c after cancelling Guardian Angel.

Moira

• Destruction’s Divide – Minor Perk
  • Coalescence might be toggled between pure therapeutic or pure harm, with 25 p.c larger impact.
• Reversal – Main Perk
  • Reactivating Biotic Orb reverses its route.
• Phantom Step – Main Perk
  • Fade lasts 0.5 seconds longer and boosts leap top by 50 p.c.

Zenyatta

• Transcendant Condemnation – Minor Perk
  • Whereas utilizing Transcendence, apply Discord Orb to all enemies inside vary.

The total listing of Perks, together with modified and eliminated ones, might be discovered on Blizzard’s web site.

Stadium adjustments

New adjustments to Stadium mode in season 18 embrace the addition of Fast Play, a brand new map kind referred to as Payload Race, three new maps (Powder Keg Mines, Thames District, Oasis Gardens), and new playable heroes in Winston, Brigitte, and Pharah, with Tracer becoming a member of later within the season.

There’s lots of tweaks to Objects and Powers, too, so try the full patch notes for particular particulars.

Roadhog revamp

Cease me in case you’ve heard this earlier than, however Roadhog is getting a rework once more. Say goodbye to his Pig Pen throwable entice, and welcome again his basic dual-firing package. Right here’s how Roadhog is altering:

• Scrap Gun
  • Reverted to basic Major and Secondary Fireplace performance.
• Major Fireplace
  • Not features a volley of 4 further giant, long-ranged projectiles.
  • Variety of projectiles elevated from 16 to 25.
  • Harm per pellet diminished from 6.25 to six.
• Secondary Fireplace
  • Preliminary volley not crits.
• Pig Pen
• Take a Breather
  • Moved from Secondary Fireplace to Means 2.
  • The choice to toggle on the flexibility is now on by default.
  • Added Means 1, Major Fireplace, and Secondary Fireplace as further cancel buttons whereas
    toggled.
  • Minimal time earlier than cancelable diminished from 0.8 to 0.6 seconds.

Superior Data Panel

After a latest tease, OW2 confirmed it would add a brand new panel for Superior Info concerning a large number of sides of the sport, like hero skills.

“From exact harm numbers and therapeutic output to cooldowns and different essential stats, each worth will likely be laid out so that you can make smarter performs and grasp your kits,” Blizzard stated. “Whether or not you’re seeking to fine-tune your intention in Aggressive or interested in the actual affect of your skills, the Superior Data Panel provides you with the numbers it’s good to stage up your strats and play with goal.”

Hero Development 2.0

Hero Development adjustments in season 18 “rebuilds the system from the bottom up” and is all about cosmetics to point out off your proficiency and playtime for every hero. Right here’s what leveling up your particular person heroes can carry, with descriptions straight from Blizzard:

• Development Stage represents how a lot you play general. Each time you stage up a hero, your Development Stage additionally goes up.
• Your hero and account stage badges are routinely prestiged after reaching sure ranges.
• Stage up your heroes to earn Ascended borders, which shows in most areas throughout the course of a match. Opponents will be unable to see your Ascended status till after the match begins.
• As you stage up, kickstart your beauty assortment on your favourite heroes by incomes Spotlight Intros, Emotes, Victory Poses, Participant Icons, Credit, and extra.
• Moreover, unlock evolving Title Playing cards and Participant Titles to point out off your excessive stage heroes!
• Development accolades might be hidden in Streamer Mode settings.

Aggressive Play – Hero Talent Ranking

SR is again in OW2, however this time for particular person heroes, permitting gamers to research their talent stage for the totally different characters within the recreation. That is purely beauty, although, and doesn’t have an effect on matchmaking in any manner, with every hero talent stage set between 1 and 5,000.

There’s additionally a rank reset with the brand new season, because of the plethora of various adjustments alongside the replace.

The total, complete patch notes for season 18 might be discovered on the OW2 web site. The brand new season begins on Aug. 26 at 1pm CT.