Overwatch 2 Patch April 1, 2026 Notes

2026-04-01 - Underwatch Patch Notes

This Overwatch 2 patch includes 38 buffs, 20 nerfs, and 123 rework/adjustments.

Hero balance changes

• D.Va - neutral - Now fires two giant, slow-moving missiles that explode in a bigger area.
• Domina - neutral - Will randomly select one of many pre-determined Barrier Array configurations.
• Domina - buff - Barrier Panel Health increased by 50.
• Domina - buff - Cooldown reduced to 7 seconds.
• Doomfist - neutral - Doomfist can see all active Talon members through walls.
• Doomfist - buff - Doomfist deals and receives 50% more damage from active Talon members.
• Doomfist - neutral - Active Talon members: Vendetta, Emre, Sigma, Moira, Mauga, Freja
• Doomfist - neutral - Charge can be held indefinitely.
• Doomfist - nerf - Movement speed is no longer reduced when charge is held for long enough.
• Hazard - neutral - No longer fires a wall-spawning projectile.
• Hazard - nerf - Instead, Hazard enhances himself for 5 seconds, greatly increasing his attack speed, reload speed, movement speed, cooldown speed, and jump speed.
• Hazard - buff - Cooldown reduced to 8 seconds.
• Junker Queen - neutral - Now shoots 7 knives instead of bullets.
• Junker Queen - neutral - Now throws a regular shotgun instead of a knife.
• Junker Queen - neutral - When impaling an enemy, the shotgun fires at the enemy.
• Junker Queen - neutral - After recalling, the shotgun fires at your crosshair when caught by Junker Queen.
• Mauga - neutral - Overrun can last forever.
• Mauga - neutral - Using Overrun for too long lights Mauga on fire.
• Mauga - neutral - While on fire from Overrun, colliding with enemies lights them on fire.
• Mauga - neutral - Now makes Mauga's chainguns shoot blobs of lava, which explode and instantly ignite enemies.
• Mei - neutral - Moved to Tank role and Bruiser subrole.
• Mei - neutral - No longer has the Specialist subrole passive.
• Mei - buff - Shields increased from 0 to 200.
• Mei - buff - Mei's scale has been increased by 25%.
• Mei - buff - Ice Wall's scale has been increased by 25%.
• Orisa - neutral - Now launches Orisa in the direction the Javelin is thrown.
• Orisa - neutral - While charging Terra Surge, Orisa ascends into the sky and can move around.
• Orisa - neutral - Upon unleashing Terra Surge, Orisa slams down onto the ground below her, triggering its damage on impact.
• Orisa - neutral - No longer grants overhealth.
• Orisa - nerf - Maximum damage reduced to 400.
• Ramattra - buff - Health increased from 425 to 500.
• Ramattra - buff - Armor increased from 100 to 500.
• Ramattra - neutral - Ramattra is now permanently anti-healed.
• Ramattra - neutral - Ravenous Vortex now heals Ramattra for 250% of the damage dealt (bypassing anti-heal).
• Ramattra - neutral - Annihilation now heals Ramattra for 100% of the damage dealt (bypassing anti-heal).
• Ramattra - neutral - Annihilation applies anti-heal to enemies.
• Reinhardt - neutral - Charge can pin multiple enemies at once.
• Reinhardt - neutral - Holding forwards or backwards speeds up or slows down Charge's speed.
• Reinhardt - buff - Charge's duration increased from 3 seconds to 10 seconds.
• Roadhog - neutral - Hook no longer pulls enemies.
• Roadhog - neutral - Now slows, hacks, anti-heals, burns, and reveals the hooked enemy for 3 seconds.
• Roadhog - buff - Cooldown reduced from 6 seconds to 4.5 seconds.
• Sigma - neutral - Now fires a shotgun volley of small rocks.
• Sigma - neutral - Has 2 charges.
• Winston - neutral - Winston has been disabled.
• Winston - neutral - Seriously, you can't play as Winston.
• Wrecking Ball - buff - Greatly increases Wrecking Ball's size.
• Wrecking Ball - nerf - Wrecking Ball is unstoppable and takes 30% reduced damage during Roll, but moves significantly slower.
• Wrecking Ball - neutral - Retracting the Grappling Claw now launches Wrecking Ball in the direction he is moving.
• Zarya - neutral - Secondary fire now blows explosive bubbles.
• Anran - neutral - While airborne, Anran's secondary fire will push her backwards in the direction she is aiming.
• Anran - neutral - Anran can move around while dead before triggering Vermillion Revival.
• Ashe - neutral - If Ashe shoots an airborne Dynamite, a new Dynamite will be launched upwards from the explosion.
• Bastion - neutral - Now shoots large wind-blasts with limited range, knocking back enemies.
• Bastion - nerf - Bastion now moves faster while in this configuration instead of moving slower.
• Cassidy - neutral - Cassidy fires a piercing bullet that inflicts bleeding whenever saying hello.
• Echo - buff - Each successive shot increases the number of projectiles fired, creating new shapes for each volley.
• Echo - neutral - Cancelling Flight launches Echo in the direction she is moving.
• Echo - neutral - Sticky Bombs now bounce off the environment up to 3 times before sticking.
• Emre - buff - Emre's jump height has increased.
• Emre - nerf - Emre's gravity has decreased.
• Emre - neutral - 200 of Emre's health has been converted to shields.
• Emre - neutral - Projectile physics have been changed.
• Emre - buff - Now sticks to enemies, dealing more damage when stuck.
• Emre - buff - Projectile speed increased.
• Emre - neutral - Can now headshot.
• Emre - neutral - Lifesteal removed.
• Emre - neutral - No longer changes Emre's jump behavior.
• Emre - neutral - Now deals 60 damage.
• Emre - neutral - Will lunge at nearby enemies.
• Emre - neutral - Deals critical damage when hitting enemies in the back.
• Emre - buff - Ultimate cost has been reduced by 50%.
• Emre - neutral - Now only fires 2 heavy rounds.
• Emre - buff - Rate of fire has increased.
• Emre - neutral - No longer grants flight.
• Freja - nerf - Freja's regular movement is 70% slower.
• Freja - neutral - Freja's cooldowns are accelerated by 300% while on the ground.
• Genji - neutral - Moved from his Ultimate to his weapon.
• Genji - nerf - Damage reduced from 110 to 65.
• Genji - neutral - Moved from his weapon to his Ultimate.
• Genji - neutral - Shuriken projectile speed tripled.
• Genji - neutral - Primary fire now continues firing when held down.
• Genji - buff - Secondary fire now fires 9 projectiles at a faster rate and in a wider arc.
• Genji - buff - Ultimate duration increased to 8 seconds
• Genji - neutral - New ability.
• Genji - neutral - When activated, Genji's Dragonblade will fire large energy projectiles with each slash for a short duration.
• Genji - neutral - Only usable with Dragonblade equipped.
• Genji - neutral - Has an 8-second cooldown.
• Hanzo - rework - Replaces Sonic Arrow.
• Hanzo - neutral - Has a 6 second cooldown.
• Hanzo - neutral - Readies one of many possible arrows at random into Hanzo's bow, which can be seen before firing.
• Junkrat - buff - Maximum number of active Steel Traps has been increased from 1 to 3.
• Junkrat - neutral - No longer has a cooldown and instead costs 50 scrap to place.
• Junkrat - neutral - Heroes drop 25 scrap upon death, which Junkrat can pick up.
• Pharah - neutral - Removed.
• Pharah - buff - Has increased self-knockback.
• Pharah - buff - The more Pharah knocks herself back with her Rocket Launcher, the faster she moves.
• Pharah - neutral - No longer deals damage to Pharah.
• Reaper - neutral - During Shadow Step, Reaper has 6 seconds to choose if he wants to teleport there or retreat back to his original position.
• Reaper - buff - If he retreats, Shadow Step's cooldown is reduced to 5 seconds.
• Sojourn - neutral - While at 100 energy, Sojourn's abilities consume 50 energy to become energized.
• Sojourn - buff - Energized Power Slide moves 100% faster and trips enemies Sojourn collides with.
• Sojourn - neutral - Energized Disruptor Shot leaves behind 2 smaller energy bursts as it travels.
• Sojourn - neutral - The smaller energy bursts have a 2-meter radius and deal 60 damage per second.
• Soldier: 76 - neutral - Soldier: 76 can deal massive damage to enemies if he places Biotic Field on them.
• Soldier: 76 - buff - Final Blows increase Soldier: 76's Sprint bonus speed boost by 25%, up to 75% extra.
• Soldier: 76 - neutral - This bonus is lost on death.
• Sombra - rework - Replaced Translocator.
• Sombra - neutral - Transforms Sombra into a random object.
• Sombra - neutral - Sombra can still move while disguised.
• Sombra - neutral - Doing any action removes Sombra's disguise.
• Symmetra - neutral - Sentry Turrets now automatically deploy around Symmetra and follow her around wherever she goes.
• Symmetra - buff - Number of charges increased to 4 from 3.
• Symmetra - buff - Cooldown reduced to 7.5 seconds.
• Symmetra - nerf - Damage reduced from 30 to 15.
• Torbjörn - neutral - A second Torbjorn is on top of Torbjorn, mimicking all of his actions.
• Tracer - buff - Distance increased to 100 meters.
• Vendetta - neutral - Vendetta's camera is always in 3rd person, with her aim being totally separate from the player's.
• Vendetta - neutral - Vendetta will automatically lock on to nearby enemies, facing them no matter how the player moves.
• Vendetta - neutral - Press Interact to lock on to the nearest enemy your crosshair is aiming at.
• Vendetta - nerf - Overhead damage reduced by 40%.
• Venture - neutral - When emerging from Burrow, a random pick-up is also dug out of the ground.
• Venture - neutral - The pick-up can be collected by any ally.
• Widowmaker - neutral - Can now charge up to 150%.
• Widowmaker - nerf - When charging above 100%, the charge rate is 80% slower and the scope zooms in even further.
• Ana - neutral - Now puts Ana to sleep for up to 3 seconds.
• Ana - neutral - When waking up, Ana will Nano Boost herself.
• Ana - neutral - The Nano Boost's duration will scale based on how long she was asleep.
• Baptiste - neutral - Now charges up to 4 air-dashes.
• Baptiste - neutral - Air-dashes are used by jumping in mid-air, launching Baptiste horizontally in the direction he is moving.
• Baptiste - neutral - Air dash charges do not decay over time.
• Brigitte - buff - After Shield Bashing, Brigitte begins surfing on another shield for 3 seconds, increasing her movement speed and jump height.
• Brigitte - neutral - Shield Bash's cooldown begins once the shield surfing ends.
• Brigitte - buff - Cooldown reduced to 3 seconds.
• Illari - neutral - No longer passively heals nearby allies.
• Illari - neutral - Shooting the pylon with Solar Rifle's primary fire reflects the projectile to all enemies in range.
• Illari - neutral - Solar Rifle's secondary fire can heal the pylon.
• Illari - neutral - Shooting the pylon with Solar Rifle's secondary fire reflects the beam to all damaged allies in range.
• Illari - nerf - Build time reduced to 0.5 seconds.
• Illari - neutral - Illari can throw the Pylon further.
• Illari - neutral - Cooldown is always 7 seconds.
• Jetpack Cat - neutral - Comes pre-attached with a Wrecking Ball that can be used to slam into enemies.
• Jetpack Cat - neutral - Ending Lifeline launches the ball at high speeds in the direction it is moving.
• Jetpack Cat - neutral - Now has a 12-second duration.
• Jetpack Cat - nerf - Cooldown increased to 6 seconds.
• Juno - neutral - Hyper Ring is now deployed sideways.
• Juno - buff - Allies within Hyper Ring can jump higher. Wheeee!
• Kiriko - neutral - Kiriko can move along walls horizontally while wall climbing.
• Kiriko - neutral - After wall-climbing, Kiriko can re-grab the wall without needing to touch the ground.
• Lifeweaver - nerf - Lifeweaver's scale has been reduced by 50%.
• Lifeweaver - nerf - Health reduced from 200 to 75.
• Lifeweaver - nerf - Shields reduced from 50 to 25.
• Lifeweaver - neutral - Allies pulled by Life Grip get shrunk for 5 seconds after being pulled.
• Lifeweaver - nerf - Petal Platform's scale has been reduced by 50%.
• Lifeweaver - nerf - Health reduced from 300 to 150.
• Lifeweaver - nerf - Tree of Life's scale has been reduced by 50%.
• Lifeweaver - nerf - Health reduced from 1200 to 600.
• Lúcio - buff - Successive jumps off of the floor increase Lucio's jump height, up to 5 times.
• Lúcio - neutral - Failing to chain jumps together resets Lucio's jump height back to normal.
• Lúcio - neutral - When at maximum jump height, Lucio can land on an enemy's head, dealing damage and bouncing him back up.
• Mercy - neutral - Can now target enemies.
• Mercy - neutral - Now only targets enemies.
• Mercy - neutral - Using "Resurrect" on an enemy deals damage while casting, ending in an explosion of damage when finished.
• Mercy - neutral - Mercy heals for 50% of the damage dealt with Resurrect.
• Mercy - buff - Cooldown reduced to 15 seconds.
• Mizuki - neutral - Healing Kasa has 3 charges.
• Mizuki - neutral - Mizuki now wears a hat for each charge of Healing Kasa available.
• Mizuki - neutral - Healing Kasa no longer returns to Mizuki.
• Mizuki - neutral - While Mizuki has 1 or more charges of Healing Kasa, he cannot be headshot.
• Mizuki - neutral - Mizuki can teleport to his previous location 3 times per use.
• Moira - neutral - Now requires targeting an ally to cast.
• Moira - neutral - The Biotic Orb will attach itself to the targeted ally, moving around with them.
• Moira - buff - Damage orb's range increased from 4 meters to 8 meters.
• Moira - buff - Healing orb's range increased from 5 meters to 10 meters.
• Wuyang - neutral - Wuyang can charge up Guardian Wave, empowering its size, damage, healing, and knockback.
• Zenyatta - neutral - Secondary fire now has a 6-second cooldown.
• Zenyatta - neutral - While charging secondary fire, orbs begin circling around Zenyatta, dealing damage and knocking back nearby enemies for up to 8 seconds.
• Zenyatta - neutral - When releasing secondary fire, the orbs are shot out all around Zenyatta rather than all straight-forwards.
• Zenyatta - buff - Secondary fire's damage and knockback increase with each orb charged.
• Zenyatta - buff - Zenyatta moves 30% faster while charging Orb of Destruction.
• Zenyatta - neutral - Zenyatta gains 15 overhealth with each stored orb.