Overwatch 2 patch notes – Season 6 update delivers big balance changes

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Overwatch 2 patch notes for Season 6 are here, delivering plenty of changes to some of your favorites as the long-awaited Overwatch 2 story missions make their appearance in the Blizzard multiplayer game. Alongside the arrival of the game’s newest support hero and its new PvE missions, this Overwatch 2 update changes a lot of its roster, with the much-discussed Mercy damage boost nerf leading the charge.

New Overwatch 2 hero Illari is of course the focus of the update from a hero balance perspective, but many other supports have seen changes too, along with most of the game’s tank roster and a number of damage heroes. It’s good news for the likes of Lifeweaver, Lucio, Bastion, Torbjörn, Winston, and Orisa, but bad news if you’re a fan of Soldier: 76, Sombra, Ana, or of course Mercy.

For the full list of changes, you can read on below for the full list of Overwatch 2 patch changes. It’s also worth noting that, with the arrival of both story missions and event missions, there will now be unique hero balance changes exclusive to co-op modes, which also include the removal of passive ultimate charge gain and increased overall ult costs.

Here are the Overwatch 2 patch notes for August 10, 2023:

Using solar threading augmentation, Illari strikes down her enemies by harnessing the power of the sun.

Note as mentioned above that specific balance changes have been made for co-op modes such as story missions and event missions. For these individual changes and additional bug fixes, you can check the extended patch notes courtesy of Blizzard.

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