Overwatch 2 Season 5 Patch Notes & Trailer
Overwatch 2 Season 5 releases June 13th, featuring a revamped version of the On Fire system, new CC for Cassidy and Mei, Widowmaker and Hanzo nerfs, Watchpoint: Giblartar changes and more.
On Fire The On Fire system from Overwatch 1 has returned with new features, visuals, and sound effects. Blazing is a new state, which is a more prestigious version of being On Fire, requiring outstanding play to maintain. Killing enemies that are On Fire grants Fire.Fire can be earned from eliminations, damage, mitigated damage, saves, healing, assists, capturing or contesting objectives, boosted damage, and crowd control. Competitive Updates Players who did not play any matches during the previous competitive season will have no rank and have to redo placements matches. Competitive Mystery Heroes returns for all of Season 5.
Hero Changes Junker Queen Ultimate cost reduced by 15% Commanding Shout bonus HP reduced from 200 to 150. Dev comments: Junker Queen was staying in fights longer due to her last round of buffs, which let her get her ultimate more often. To nerf her survivability without changing her wound healing, Blizzard is nerfing her commanding shout.
Roadhog Take a Breather now amplifies healing received by 50% for 2.5s after finishing Take a Breather. Dev comments: We want to increase Roadhog's survivability while encouraging him to play with his team, which is why we made this change. Cassidy Magnetic Grenade no longer has a maximum travel range of 10m Magnetic Grenade now targets an enemy from 1.5m away and chases them for up to 1 second.
Magnetic Grenade impact damage increased to 10 (was 0). Magnetic Grenade explosion damage reduced to 70 (was 120). Stuck targets now have their movement speed slowed by 30%,.
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