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Looking for some Overwatch patch notes? Esports.gg has you covered with all the notes, observations, and more regarding the game’s ever-changing landscape. Below you’ll find a rolling list of the patch notes so far in 2024. We have a hotfix today for the Season 9 patch which includes a number of balancing tweaks for Mauga and Symmetra.
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Overwatch 2 patch notes, Jul 01, 2025
Mauga
The Mauga buffs from last week proved to be too divisive. I suppose the sign that maybe he was buffed too much came in the form of every OWCS team playing a Mauga comp over the weekend. Regardless, back he goes to the middle of the pack.
Sombra
I don’t feel like that’s much of a nerf, but, whatever.
Symmetra
Turrets requiring two shots to die was maybe a bit too good.
ROLE PASSIVES UPDATES
PROJECTILE SIZE UPDATES
Yeah, this makes sense. That 20 percent healing reduction was downright oppressive. Here’s hoping this helps tanks feel less brittle.
HERO CHANGES - TANK
Doomfist
A good change! All too often you’d end up doing, literally, 15 damage with your Meteor Strike.
Will this make playing Mauga feel less gross? Only time will tell, but Cardiac being more viable certainly helps him in the long run.
Orisa
What? Why? Did she need it? I mean, I’m fine with this, but it feels a bit unneeded.
Small changes, but not bad ones.
Reinhardt
Look: Rein is still bad. There’s no amount of damage increase here that’s going to help that at the moment. Fact of the matter is, his shield is made of paper and he can’t do anything up close against his biggest counters. It feels bad, but it’s reality.
Roadhog
After years of debuffs it feels weird that Hog is now maybe one of the best tanks for any situation.
HERO CHANGES - DPS
Hanzo
This is actually a non-change, which means it gets a non-comment.
Mei: She’s good!
Reaper
Reaper buffs? Now? In this economy? Sure, if you say so.
Well, Sombra is just that much better now. Hope you like seeing her in your Quick Play games.
Symmetra feels like she’s constantly in that range of being nerfed and buffed over and over. So, it’s hard to tell if these changes will help her deal with a non-shield based meta.
Ana
Biotic Grenade
That heal increase is nice. Along with the nerf to the DPS passive, this helps Ana out a ton.
Brig
All good changes for a hero that sometimes feels like nothing but a niche pick.
Illari
I’ll take any help illari can get at this point. She just feels incredibly slow right now, so more firepower helps.
Wifeleaver
Just based off a few games on the new patch I could already tell his healing feels better. However, Lifeweaver still feels like a big target compared to other Supports.
Overwatch 2 patch notes, Jun 08, 2025
We don’t have a lot things to say about these balance changes, to be honest. A lot of them are course-corrections from the launch of Season 9. Will they affect the burgeoning meta? More data needed.
Overwatch 2 patch notes, Jun 20, 2025
GAMEPLAY CHANGES
Most damage-dealing projectile sizes have been increased by a new global modifier added to their base size.
Damage Role Passive
Quick Melee
The big gameplay changes are here, and with it comes a new era of Overwatch. Pay special attention to the new class passives, which all bring a new twist to Overwatch and its patch notes.
Competitive Updates
Skill Modifiers
Take Blizzard’s advice for the new season: Use your best Heroes for those 10 placement matches. The MMR reset will do right by you, so play your best!
Zarya
Particle Cannon
There’s too many changes here to go over them all, but many just boil down to health increases. However, the damage increases on Reinhardt, Winston, and Doomfist should not be ignored.
AIR DASH! Overwatch 2 Pharah rework arrives to secure the skies
PharMercy dead? The Pharah rework coming at the start of Overwatch 2 Season 9 sees a radical change in play for the aerial bombardier.
New Pharah? Her rework is here and with it comes a slightly removal in effectiveness for those deploying PharMercy. Pharah is now a much more lateral aerial Hero, as opposed to an up-high hoverer. Adjust accordingly.
Overwatch 2 patch notes, Jul 28, 2025
MAUGA
You’re welcome. I think this basically puts Mauga in line with the other tanks. However, he’ll definitely still benefit greatly from specific combinations of Heroes such as Kiriko, Bastion, Mercy, and more. Will this be enough to fix things? Guess we won’t know until we play.
ORISA
Alright, which one of you silly geese at Blizzard decided to take damage falloff away from Orisa? Good joke, very funny. Oh. That’s real. Huh. Well, good luck out there, Widowmaker mains.
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SOJOURN
This is a huge buff for Sojourn across the board, now always having at least a minimum charge. As if she needed the help.
SOMBRA
This seems fair, as Sombra now has a real problem with escaping on certain maps. This should make her vanishing act feel “snappier”.
ANA
There’s an argument that Ana is due to be nerfed to the ground. After all, she possesses three of the best cooldowns in the game. Don’t be surprised if we keep seeing more nerfs, or even a change to anti-healing effects entirely.
Overwatch 2 patch notes - ILLARI
As one of my group said about this change, “it’s only for true sickos.” And this might be true, as it seems like a nothing buff. However, this will eliminate downtime for Illari when it comes to pew-pewing.
LIFEWEAVER
Sure, great. I love killing Reapers as Wifeleaver. Weirdly enough, my favorite change in this round of Overwatch 2 patch notes.
For the full notes check out the Overwatch 2 patch notes page.
