Overwatch 2 Season 5 Midseason Patch Notes - Summer Games

The Season 5 midseason patch is here featuring the return of the Summer Games event, Lúcioball, the brand new Winston’s Beach Volleyball, and buffs to Sojourn, Orisa, Soldier: 76 and more.

Summer Games Lúcioball and Lúcioball remix return, alongside the brand new Winston's Beach Volleyball gamemode. Brand new cosmetic rewards, including a new Epic skin for Doomfist. On Fire Adjustments On Fire and Blazing are more difficult to attain early in a round and for long periods of time. On Fire's cooldown was reduced to 3 seconds, preventing most of the cases where a hero gained On Fire with a delay after a positive contribution. On Fire score decays slightly quicker when a hero is not On Fire. Competitive Team Queue Team Queue is a new competitive mode requiring everyone to play in full groups of 5 players. Team Queue has no rank restrictions and is available until the end of Season 5. Team Queue is limited to 1 Tank, 2 Damage, and 2 Supports. Players of any ranking can group together. Players choose their roles within each match. Hero Changes Tank

Orisa

Fortify's damage reduction has been increased to 50% (was 40%). Dev Comments: We are increasing the effectiveness of Fortify to make Orisa a stronger counter against team compositions that lean on Crowd Control.

Ramattra

Ravenous Vortex now passes through enemy heroes but is still blocked by barriers. Dev comments: This is a quality of life changed aimed at fixing an issue where Ravenous Vortex would bounce off an enemy, landing it at an unintended location.

Reinhardt

Barrier Field maximum health increased to 1400 (was 1200). Dev comments: We are increasing Rein's barrier health to help him better protect his allies. We're keeping a close eye on this to avoid a Read more on wowhead.com