Overwatch Reveals Patch Notes for Reign of Talon Season 1: Conquest

Overwatch Reign of Talon Season 1: Conquest is officially live, and with five new heroes, dozens of buffs and nerfs, storytelling events, map updates, and much more, its accompanying patch notes are massive. The soft relaunch of Overwatch brought about one of the largest sets of patch notes in the game’s nearly decade-long history.

During the Overwatch Spotlight event, Blizzard shocked its community with some huge announcements. Overwatch 2 would be dropping the “2” from its name on February 10 in a massive patch that included five new heroes, an overhauled user interface, and sweeping changes that make it one of the largest updates in the franchise’s history.

A New Era of Storytelling and Gameplay in Overwatch

Now, the first Overwatch update of the year is officially live, and its accompanying patch notes are suitably gigantic. Front and center in the first Overwatch Reign of Talon update is the Conquest event that gives the season its name. During each week of this five-week event, players declare allegiance to Overwatch or Talon, then complete in-game challenges to fill out a special Battle Pass and earn rewards. Once the pass is finished, fans can either stick with their faction and earn Loot Boxes on the Prestige Pass or become a Double Agent and complete the opposite faction’s pass.

Each week, the global pass progress for each side will be tallied, and a phase reward based on the winning team will be distributed. Over the course of the event, players can earn some incredible rewards, including nearly 100 Loot Boxes, some of which are Epic or Legendary, a skin for Echo inspired by Overwatch or Talon, and over 40 other cosmetics and customizations.

In addition to the Conquest event, the Lunar New Year celebration in Overwatch runs from February 13 through March 2. Roadhog’s Catch-a-mari Overwatch game mode is back with a New Year twist, featuring several thematic cosmetics for fans to collect.

Several maps have received alterations to go along with the story of this update as well. Watchpoint: Gibraltar has been attacked by Talon and features some significant changes to the map; the bridges have been destroyed, the dropship now dangles precariously over the hangar, and fire and rubble scar the battlefield. Additionally, Rialto and Colosseo now sport Talon-themed banners, turrets, thrones, and more, signaling their allegiance to Vendetta’s new empire. Lastly, Stadium has received a new Push map in the form of Serenza, a Talon stronghold seemingly located in Italy.

Overwatch Heroes Balance Adjustments and More

Of course, no Overwatch patch would be complete without hero balance adjustments, and Reign of Talon Season 1 has them in spades. 11 heroes have received improvements to their base abilities or existing perks, including Roadhog, Sombra, Baptiste, and even Anran, one of this Overwatch season’s new heroes who was available in early access for several days before launch. Beyond that, 18 heroes received one or more new perks, such as Winston’s Electric Charge, Cassidy’s Rollin’ Round-Up, and Lifeweaver’s Sow the Seed.

Unfortunately, several heroes caught some nerfs in this update. Nine heroes, including D.Va, Reaper, Wuyang, and Vendetta – Talon’s new leader in Overwatch – had their base statistics, abilities, or perks reduced in power in some way. Zarya is among those who were nerfed, but she also received some nice perk buffs and changes to compensate.

Beyond the addition of Vendetta to the game mode, there were some hero changes specific to Stadium. Doomfist, Reinhardt, Genji, Reaper, Sojourn, and Lucio all had their abilities, Powers, or Items increased in power or reduced in cost, while Winston and Freja received the opposite. Meanwhile, Sigma, Mercy, and Moira all got some buffs and some nerfs to various parts of their Stadium kits. Lastly, D.Va, Orisa, and Zenyatta all had at least one Power or Item retooled, while Ashe was completely reworked.

This has only scratched the surface of this update. New Praise voice lines for every character, automatic verbal warnings for back capping and invisibility detection, improvements to the ping system and Advanced Info Panel, and a Loot Box refresh featuring cosmetics from last year are just some of the other features that are now live in Overwatch. Needless to say, it is no surprise that the player count in Overwatch on Steam is soaring.

Overwatch Reign of Talon Season 1: Conquest Patch Notes – February 10, 2026

Conquest Event

• 5 week long event
• Each week you can choose your faction, Overwatch or Talon
• Once you select your faction, you can complete faction-specific challenges to unlock rewards in the weekly pass. Once you unlock the whole pass, you can either change factions and complete that pass as well (earning those faction-specific rewards) as a Double Agent or choose to stay loyal to your initial faction and complete the Prestige Pass to unlock lootboxes!
• At the end of each week, completed passes for each faction will be tallied up around the world to establish a global winner for the week – each completed pass will help your faction succeed!
• You’ll get a special phase reward at the end of each week depending on which faction was victorious that week!
• At the end of the 5-week event, each faction’s overall progress will be summed up and a global winner will be declared! Look out for an awesome Overwatch or Talon themed Echo skin recolor and a nice in-game surprise to thank you for fighting in the global conflict! Rewards you can earn over the course of the event!
• Rewards you can earn over the course of the event!
  • 75 Base Lootboxes
  • 12 Epic Lootboxes
  • 7 Legendary Lootboxes
  • 9 New Voice Lines
  • 31 Player Icons, Titles, Sprays, and Namecards
  • 2 Weapon Charms
  • 1 of 2 faction-themed Legendary Echo skins
  • Exclusive Legendary titles (and a secret hidden one!)

Year of the Horse (February 13th through March 2nd)

Happy Lunar New Year! We’re changing it up a bit this year by bringing back fan-favorite mode, Roadhog’s Catch-a-mari, with a New Year twist. Collect adorable Lunar Pachi by eliminating your opponents to earn LNY cosmetics!

General Updates: Comms/Ping Updates

The new functionality for Praise is intended to be a quick way to celebrate a team kill or an incredible shot without needing to use voice chat. We won’t judge you if you use it sarcastically too, like when your teammate fat fingers their ult in spawn. We didn’t want to change your Comms Wheel customizations when we added Praise, so instead of replacing something on the wheel that you might have added years ago, we made the Comms Wheel function almost identically to the Ping Wheel. Keep in mind that you can revert the Comms Wheel to its original functionality by changing a single setting! Alongside our commitment to expanding the game’s story, our narrative and sound teams have been working hard to record more great voice lines that let you express your personality through our heroes. We’ll continue to expand on your communication options by adding more contextual lines over time.

Praise

• “Praise” added as a new default function of the Comms Wheel.
• Tapping the Comms Wheel button now tells your allies how awesome they are with Praise voice lines that are unique to each hero.
• By default, the Comms button functionality now mimics the functionality of the Ping Button, meaning there is a very short delay (.18 seconds by default) between pressing the button and the wheel opening.
• This new functionality can be disabled in the Options with the setting “Enable Quick Press Praise”. The delay can be modified with the setting “Comms Wheel Press Delay”.
• This short delay is immediately canceled when any mouse movement or right stick movement is detected, for players that want to flick to a Comms Wheel option.
• Praise can be assigned to the Comms Wheel in the Options, but it is not assigned to the Comms Wheel by default.

New Contextual Voice Lines and Functionality

• Heroes now emit voice lines that suggest setup locations to their team when players use neutral pings during the Setup Phase while defending in Attack/Defend modes.
• Heroes now have more specific internal monologue voice lines for when they request healing and no supports are available to help.
• Heroes on defense in Escort and Hybrid are now more likely to notice when a payload is being pushed by a sneaky player and call it out with a voice line.
• Heroes will now automatically call out to their team with a voice line when they detect an invisible hero nearby (Sombra).
• This uses the same cooldown and tuning as when heroes detect Widowmaker aiming at them and warn their allies with “sniper” voice lines.
• Heroes can aim at an allied Jetpack Cat and ping her to request a pick up at their location with a voice line.
• The “On My Way” Comms now prints an ETA in seconds in text chat when aiming at an allied hero based on the speaker’s speed.

Bug Fixes

• The Ping System’s spam protection now works in the Waiting For Players phase of a match.
• Supports no longer hear the healing ping sound effect when another support on their team pings an injured ally.
• Thanking a support for the “Not So Thankless” challenge should now more reliably count for challenge completion.

General Updates: Advanced Info Panel

• Added all 5 new heroes.
• All Cleanses in the Advanced Info Panel have been separated between Lesser Cleanses which are much more common and Greater Cleanses which are more rare and can cleanse Stuns. The definitions of these keywords have been updated.
• Added the following new Keywords to abilities where relevant:
  • Aura – An Energy ability that gains resource whenever dealing damage or healing.
    • Example: Mizuki’s Remedy Aura
  • Break – Removes Tether effects.
    • Examples: Jetpack Cat’s Catnapper, Lifeweaver’s Life Grip, Reinhardt’s Charge, Roadhog’s Chain Hook
  • Displace – Prevents a hero from taking actions while moving them, interrupts Channeled abilities, and is not Cleansable.
    • Examples: Doomfist’s Rocket Punch, Reinhardt’s Charge, Roadhog’s Chain Hook
  • Heat – Ceases to function when the Heat gauge is full and cools off automatically when not firing.
    • Examples: Emre’s Siphon Blaster, Orisa’s Augmented Fusion Driver
  • Immobilize – Removes control of hero movement.
    • Examples: Hazard’s Downpour, Lucio’s Soundwave, Wrecking Ball’s Piledriver, Zarya’s Graviton Surge
  • Tether – Attaches a hero to a location or hero within a radius until the tether ends.
    • Examples: Jetpack Cat’s Lifeline, Jetpack Cat’s Catnapper, Mauga’s Cage Fight, Mizuki’s Binding Chain

While almost all recent development on this feature was focused on providing accurate information about the new heroes, our efforts to help explain the game’s most nuanced mechanics have continued here with the addition of new Keywords. If you haven’t used this system much, keep in mind that all of the Keyword definitions can be viewed in a match or in the Practice Range when hovering over an ability!

General Updates

Updated Look and Feel

• The revamped UI focuses on your friends and favorite heroes more than ever. Showcase your best skins and invite friends with the social panel.

Notification Hub

• We’ve added Notifications, a new in-game screen that keeps all important notifications in one place. You’ll find Endorsement rewards, Thank You for Reporting, Important News, and other key updates whenever you want to check them. No more popup overload! This is the first step toward a cleaner, more streamlined login experience.

Loot Box Updates

• A selection of cosmetics from Seasons 15 through 20 have been added to loot boxes.

Player Title Updates

• Player Titles are now a range of rarities, from Common to Legendary.

Options Updates

• Added an option to adjust the Field of View on Xbox Series X, Playstation 5, and Playstation 5 Pro consoles
• Added options to adjust the volume of the Lobby SFX and Music
• Controller options have been separated into three categories, in order to make it easier to find and adjust settings:
  • Controller
  • Controller Deadzone
  • Aim Assist

Core Game Updates

Core Game Modes

Clash Removed

• Clash has been removed from QP

As we move into 2026, the team is carefully looking at what maps and modes provide players with the best long term experience in Overwatch. We want to lean into the content that players engage with the most while also providing a high level of gameplay variety. After all, variety in our maps and modes is a core pillar on our design team, and that will never change. It is also important that the variety we offer resonates with our players. Unfortunately, even after some adjustment, Clash hasn’t been hitting the mark. We love the maps that we made for Clash. They will remain in Stadium and we still may see them return in the future. We have some amazing new maps lined up for the next year and our reworks will continue…and get bigger. Redesigns that completely change how certain areas of our maps play are coming soon. As we look into the future of our game, we will continue to curate our map roster in the ways we feel offer the best experience. We look forward to sharing more news about all the upcoming maps and modes coming to Overwatch.

Map Updates

Gibraltar Narrative Updates

Now at the helm of Talon, Vendetta has begun her reign with a bang: laying siege to Watchpoint: Gibraltar with a vengeance. She will leave no one to stand in the way of her new empire…. Vendetta’s attack has caused severe damage to the Watchpoint. Some layout tweaks have been made throughout the map Area 1:

• A new entrance to the left side (from Attackers POV) building has been added
• The bridge is destroyed
• The large health pack position in the lower choke area has been adjusted
• Server room opening has been widened
• Some cover adjustments have been made to the high ground surrounding first point

Area 2:

• New ramps have been added to allow easier access to the high ground
• The dropship has been angled and the health pack inside of it has been moved to the ground level to stop defenders from health pack camping

Area 3:

• A new ramp has been added to allow easy access to the high ground on the far right side (from Attackers POV)
• The bridge has been destroyed
• Small rubble piles have been added to a few areas to smooth out movement in this area

Rialto and Colosseo

With Vendetta in charge of Talon, our Italy maps have seen some changes. Banners signifying the glory of La Lupa’s new empire have been raised across the city’s various neighborhoods, and a throne fitting of her strength has been raised in Rialto.

Competitive Play Updates

Rank Reset

• With 5 new heroes joining the fray, alongside several new perks and balance changes for existing heroes, this soft reset is designed to put players on an even playing field and give them a chance to climb in a chaotic new environment where everyone is learning together!
• All ranks in Role Queue and Open Queue in Competitive Play have been reset to Unranked, and all players will need to complete their respective 10 placement matches for each role.
• Hero Skill Ratings have also been soft reset.
• This Rank Reset did not change the Rank Distribution, so players can expect to see a similar number of players in each Rank once everyone is calibrated again.
• Rewards:
• Crimson Wolf replaces Galactic as this year’s Competitive Weapon Variant and will be available to be unlocked with Competitive Points after the first two weeks of the season!
• Galactic Weapon Variants join the Gold and Jade Weapon Variants as Legacy Rewards.
• Achieving Diamond or above in Role Queue or Open Queue will now unlock Doomfist’s Crimson Wolf skin.
• All Competitive Points earned in the 2025 Competitive Year have been converted into Legacy Competitive Points.

Top 500 Challenger Updates

• We heard your feedback about the name change, and we agree “Top 500” was too iconic to abandon, so we’ve combined the old and new names.
• Sort By Rank:
  • The Top 500 Challenger leaderboard can now be sorted by Rank.
    • Rewards are awarded based on Challenger Score.
    • Only players with enough Challenger Score to be on the leaderboard are sorted by Rank.

Rule Changes

• Challenger Score is no longer awarded based on the highest ranked player in the match.
  • Challenger Score is now always awarded based on your own rank.
• Diamond removed from Top 500 Challenger eligibility
• The challenge required for Top 500 Challenger eligibility has been swapped from Seasoned Competitor to Adept Competitor.
• Challenger Score deduction on loss increased from 33% to 40%

We quickly realized this design choice was a mistake when we heard the player feedback that the leaderboard should prioritize rank much more highly than it did at Season 20 launch, and this choice meant that the highest ranked players were often donating a considerable amount of Challenger Score in their games to lower ranked players. This change means that we can tune the highest ranks to gain considerably more Challenger Score and ensures that only the highest ranked players benefit from these rewards. These increased payouts for the highest ranks now account for both the difficulty of maintaining these ranks and the increased queue times associated with these ranks.

Since we redistributed the Ranks in Season 18 to allow for more players at our highest Ranks (Master, Grandmaster, Champion) we agree with the community feedback that Diamond is not prestigious enough for the leaderboard.

This change means that 250 total wins in Competitive Play are required to appear in Top 500 Challenger instead of 750. With Challenger Score as a requirement, the 750 win requirement was unnecessarily high.

Rewards

• Player Icons return as a reward for Top 500 Challenger.
  • New icons will be available at each Rank Reset, meaning that a new icon becomes available to earn every 3 seasons.
  • Placing in Top 500 Challenger during the Rise of Talon Season 1, 2, or 3 will grant the Conquest Top 500 Challenger player icon.

Social Links Update

• We’ve been working to expand the tech that allows our Community Team to add social links of prominent players to the leaderboard.
  • Updates in Season 21 should allow for considerably more players to have their social links added to this feature.
• We’ve discovered that some older Battlenet accounts without a birthdate set are not able to view social links.
  • This feature is designed to be for players that are 18+, but the lack of a birthdate is currently preventing these older accounts from viewing the social links.
  • We’re continuing to investigate solutions to this problem and we apologize to those players that are unable to use this feature at this time.

Tuning Changes

• Challenger Score payout for each Rank and Division has been tuned to further favor the highest ranks:
  • Master 5 – 20
  • Master 4 – 30
  • Master 3 – 40
  • Master 2 – 50
  • Master 1 – 60
  • Grandmaster 5 – 100
  • Grandmaster 4 – 125
  • Grandmaster 3 – 150
  • Grandmaster 2 – 175
  • Grandmaster 1 – 200
  • Champion 5 – 250
  • Champion 4 – 300
  • Champion 3 – 400
  • Champion 2 – 550
  • Champion 1 – 700
• The Challenger Score requirement to appear on the Top 500 Challenger Leaderboard has been reduced:
  • Combined Role and Open Queue: Reduced from 5000 to 2000.
  • Each Individual Role: Reduced from 4000 to 1500
• Increased Maximum Heat Bonus from 40% to 100%

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the Friends Leaderboard being organized randomly.

We hope these updates show our commitment to updating this system based on player feedback, but this is also a good time to address some of the feedback we’ve heard that probably isn’t a viable path for us today. We’ve heard some of our highest rank players request that we decay ranks at the start of each season like we did before the launch of Overwatch 2. Before Season 9 of Overwatch 2, Rank and MMR were not directly linked and could diverge considerably. After Season 9, we committed to Rank and MMR being linked in the Core game because we believe showing you the most accurate representation of your skill is important to the competitive integrity of the system. That’s still the case today, and it’s why the type of pseudo-Rank decay that was applied to high rank players at that time (artificially displaying them at a lower SR than their MMR) is not an option for us today. If we used that type of decay today, we’d be lowering the MMR of all of the highest ranked players every season. This has a lot of knock on effects, but it would be effectively creating more severe versions of the Rank Resets we do every 3 seasons today, but only for players above a specified MMR. We see this as undesirable because of the negative impact it would have on match quality every season for our highest ranked players. We appreciate all of your feedback about this feature so far and we’ll continue to listen for ways we can improve it going forward.

Hero Updates: General

• General Changes
  • All heroes can now see allied health states through walls; previously only support heroes could.
• Roster Updates
  • Domina has been added to the Tank roster
  • Anran has been added to the Damage roster
  • Emre has been added to the Damage roster
  • Jet Pack Cat has been added to the Support roster
  • Mizuki has been added to the Support roster
• Console Aim Assist
  • Added a legacy option to use the previous aim assist strength curve.
  • The previous 4% auto-aim change applied earlier this season for select heroes has now been extended to all hitscan heroes.
    • Does not apply when using the Legacy Aim Assist option.

Heroes Update: Sub Roles

• Tank Role Passive
  • Reduced ultimate charge is granted from healing and damage received.
    • Ultimate Generation Reduction: -40%
  • Base health increased in Role Queue game modes.

  • Knockback Resistance and Critical Damage Resistance removed from the role passive.
• Damage Role Passive
  • Removed
  • The following effects that were previously granted by the Damage Role Passive are now baseline for all heroes.
    • In-Combat Healing Reduction on Damage: -30%
    • Reduced effectiveness against Tanks: -15%
• Support Role Passive
  • Removed
  • Global regeneration after 6 seconds remains unchanged.

The role passive system has undergone a significant revision, introducing multiple categorized passives within each role. Heroes are now assigned to a subcategory within their role, granting them a new passive that is more closely aligned with their intended playstyle. This approach aims to enhance gameplay depth and role identity for each hero.

Looking ahead, we will closely monitor the effectiveness of this new system. Our ongoing plan includes evaluating its impact and making future adjustments as needed. This could involve balancing individual subroles, reassigning heroes to different subroles, or even introducing entirely new subroles to better support the evolving needs of the game.

Tank Sub-Roles

• Initiator
  • Heroes: D.Va, Doomfist, Winston, Wrecking Ball
    • Staying airborne lightly heals you.
      • Airborne Time: 0.8 seconds
      • Total Healing: 75
      • Heal Duration: 1 seconds
• Bruiser
  • Heroes: Mauga, Orisa, Roadhog, Zarya
    • Reduces critical damage received. While at critical health, gain movement speed.
      • Critical Damage Reduction: -25%
      • Movement Speed Bonus: 20%
• Stalwart
  • Heroes: Domina, Hazard, Junker Queen, Ramattra, Reinhardt, Sigma
    • Reduces knock backs and slows received.
      • Knockback Resistance: 40%
      • Slow Resistance: 40%

Damage Sub-Roles

• Specialist
  • Heroes: Bastion, Emre, Junkrat, Mei, Soldier: 76, Symmetra, Torbjörn
    • Eliminating an enemy briefly increases reload speed.
      • Reload Speed Bonus: 50%
      • Duration: 3 seconds
• Recon
  • Heroes: Pharah, Freja, Echo, Sombra
    • Damaging enemies below half health reveals them through walls.
      • Reveal Duration: 5 seconds
• Flanker
  • Heroes: Anran, Genji, Reaper, Tracer, Vendetta, Venture
    • Health packs restore additional health.

• Sharpshooter
  • Heroes: Ashe, Cassidy, Hanzo, Sojourn, Widowmaker
    • Critical hits reduce movement ability cooldowns.
      • Cooldown Reduction: 0.75% of damage dealt

Support Sub-Roles

• Tactician
  • Heroes: Ana, Baptiste, Jetpack Cat, Lúcio, Zenyatta
    • Excess ultimate charge is retained after using your ultimate ability.
      • Bonus Ultimate Charge Cap: 25%
      • Reduced Ultimate Charge Gain Rate: -25% while above 100%
• Medic
  • Heroes: Kiriko, Lifeweaver, Mercy, Moira
    • Healing allies with your weapon also heals you.
      • Self-Healing: 25% of healing dealt
      • Reduced Ultimate Charge Gain Rate: -25% while above 100%
• Survivor
  • Heroes: Brigitte, Illari, Juno, Mizuki, Wuyang
    • Using a movement ability activates passive health regeneration.

Hero Balance Changes

With the addition of Sub Role Passives, several existing perks now overlap in functionality. We’ve replaced perks in these cases and continued to iterate on others to improve overall perk choices and balance.

Tank

D.Va

D.Va’s combined mobility, defensive tools, and health pool make her overly durable and difficult to punish. Reducing her base health increases opportunities to force her out of mech.

• Base Health reduced from 375 to 325. (5v5)
  • Total reduced from 700 to 650
• Base Health reduced from 300 to 250. (6v6)
  • Total reduced from 600 to 550

Mauga

• Kinetic Bandolier – Minor Perk
  • Ammo generation now grants 150 ammo instantly instead of over time.

Orisa

• Protective Barrier – Major Perk (6v6)
  • Cooldown increased from 8 to 10 seconds.
• Charged Javelin – Major Perk
  • Fixed animation issues when charging Javelin.

Reinhardt

• Barrier Re-Charge – Minor Perk

• Crusader’s Resolve – Minor Perk
  • While using Barrier Field, passive health regeneration triggers 75% sooner.

Roadhog

Reduced consistency on Roadhog’s Chain Hook one-shot has lowered his overall effectiveness compared to other tanks. Increasing Take a Breather’s duration and Pulled Pork’s overhealth improves his survivability and supports more aggressive play.

• Take a Breather (5v5)
  • Resource maximum duration increased from 2.5 to 3 seconds.
• Pulled Pork – Major Perk
  • Overhealth maximum increased from 250 to 300.

Sigma

Sigma’s ability cycling can make him difficult to break through. Reducing his barrier health and Hyper Regeneration’s effectiveness creates more opportunities to pressure him.

• Experimental Barrier
  • Barrier health reduced from 700 to 650.
• Hyper Regeneration – Minor Perk
  • Barrier health conversion rate reduced from 50% to 40%.

Winston

• Barrier Toss – Minor Perk

• Electric Charge – Minor Perk
  • Winston gains 10% movement speed for each enemy damaged by his primary fire, up to 30%.

Wrecking Ball

• Pack Rat – Minor Perk

• Multi-Ball – Minor Perk
  • Press Ultimate within 5 seconds after using Minefield to deploy 7 additional mines.

Zarya

Zarya’s damage at high energy can be extremely high. Reducing her maximum primary fire damage lowers her effectiveness in these situations, while adjusting her perks helps balance her overall power.

Particle Cannon

• Primary fire maximum damage per second reduced from 190 to 175.
• Energy Converter – Minor Perk

• Spotter – Minor Perk
  • Moved from Major to Minor.
  • Movement speed bonus reduced from 25% to 20%.
• Energy Lance – Major Perk
  • No longer requires being above 50 energy.
• Extra Oomph – Major Perk
  • While a Barrier is active, dealing damage with Particle Cannon’s beam generates energy.

Damage

Anran

• Fan the Flames
  • Impact damage increased from 4 to 5
  • Maximum ammo increased from 8 to 10
• Inferno Rush
  • Maximum vertical height reduced by 20%
  • Added “Hold to use Inferno Rush” hero option
• Dancing Blaze
  • Cooldown decreased from 10 to 8 seconds
  • Cleansing effect removed

Ashe

• Sidewinder – Minor Perk

• Double-Barreled – Minor Perk
  • Knocking an enemy back with Coach Gun briefly allows it to be used again with 25% reduced knockback.

Cassidy

Reducing Combat Roll’s cooldown improves Cassidy’s mobility and survivability, giving him more options in close-range engagements while slightly increasing his damage output.

• Combat Roll
  • Cooldown reduced from 6 to 5 seconds.
• Gun Slingin’ – Major Perk

• Rollin’ Round-Up – Major Perk
  • Combat Roll heals 15 health for each bullet reloaded.

Echo

• Focused Rush – Minor Perk
  • Movement speed bonus increased from 10% to 20%.

Freja

• Hunter’s Instinct – Minor Perk

• Relentless Barrage – Minor Perk
  • Moved from Major to Minor.
• Rising Winds – Major Perk
  • Updraft gains an additional charge but has 20% reduced height.

Hanzo

• Swift Lunge – Minor Perk

• Dragon Fury – Minor Perk
  • Moved from Major to Minor.
  • Attack speed reduced from 25% to 20%.
  • Duration reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds.
• Frost Arrow – Major Perk
  • Press Reload to ready an explosive frost arrow that slows enemies by 35% for 3 seconds.

Pharah

• Sky Spy – Major Perk

• Rocket Salvo – Major Perk
  • After using a movement ability, the next primary fire shoots two spiraling mini-rockets, each dealing 40 damage.

Reaper

• Shadow Step
  • No longer cleanses on use.

Soldier: 76

• Tactical Salvo – Minor Perk
  • Added: Using Helix Rockets no longer interrupts primary fire during Tactical Visor.
• Recycled Pulse Munitions – Minor Perk

• Helix Propulsion – Minor Perk
  • Helix Rocket projectile speed increased by 50%.

Sombra

With the introduction of the Recon Sub Role Passive, Sombra’s Opportunist has been updated to avoid overlap. Revealing enemy ultimate status on nameplates provides unique information that supports Sombra’s fantasy.

• Opportunist
  • No longer detects enemies below half health.
  • Now reveals enemy ultimate abilities on nameplates.
• Healthy Hacker – Major Perk

• High-Speed Bandwidth – Major Perk
  • Hacked health packs grant allies 25% movement speed and 50 overhealth for 4 seconds.

Torbjörn

• Fully Loaded – Minor Perk

• Pre-Heated – Minor Perk
  • Molten Core activates Overload.

Tracer

Tracer’s smaller projectile size has reduced her consistency against mobile targets. Restoring the global projectile size and slightly lowering damage improves reliability while keeping her overall lethality in check.

• Pulse Pistols
  • Damage reduced from 6 to 5.75.
  • Gains the increased global projectile size (0.04 meters).
• Chronal Dash – Minor Perk
  • Blink distance increased by 20%.
• Flashback – Major Perk

• Blink Packs – Major Perk
  • Moved from Minor to Major.

Vendetta

Vendetta has a high death rate but can still be difficult to fight against when trading effectively. Adjusting her armor and increasing Soaring Slice’s cooldown encourages more deliberate engagement choices while maintaining her ability to survive in close combat.

• Health increased from 150 to 175.
• Armor reduced from 125 to 100.
• Soaring Slice
  • Cooldown increased from 6 to 7 seconds.
• Extra Edge – Minor Perk
  • Projected Edge costs 25% less energy.
• Relentless – Major Perk
  • Moved from Minor to Major.
• Swift Vengeance – Major Perk

Widowmaker

• Seeker Mine – Major Perk
  • Damage increased from 50 to 75 over its duration.
• Escape Plan – Major Perk

• Widow’s Bite – Major Perk
  • Scoped shots can charge up to 125%, piercing enemies when fully charged.

Support

Baptiste

• Assault Burst – Minor Perk
  • Moved from Major to Minor.
  • Attack speed reduced from 25% to 20%.
• Biotic Reloader – Minor Perk

• Expanded Field – Minor Perk
  • Immortality Field radius increased by 30%.
• Automated Healing – Major Perk
  • Moved from Minor to Major.
  • Healing per shot increased from 25 to 40.

Illari

Recent changes have increased Illari’s damage output to solidify her weapon-focused strengths. These adjustments reduce her mobility and healing output to maintain balance within her kit.

• Solar Rifle – Secondary Fire
  • Resource regeneration reduced from 43 to 35.
• Outburst
  • Cooldown increased from 7 to 8 seconds.
• Solar Flare – Major Perk
  • No longer costs resource.
  • Now has a 10-second cooldown.

Kiriko

Kiriko’s healing can feel inconsistent for allies at range or moving quickly. Increasing Healing Ofuda’s projectile speed improves reliability while retaining its identity.

Swift Step previously gave Kiriko multiple self-cleansing options, making her difficult to eliminate. Removing the cleanse on Swift Step preserves its mobility value while improving counterplay.

• Healing Ofuda
  • Projectile speed increased from 18 to 24.
• Swift Step
  • No longer cleanses on use.
• Foxtrot – Major Perk
  • Removed increased cooldown recovery buff
  • Movement speed buff duration increased from 2 to 4 seconds

Lifeweaver

Increasing Tree of Life’s overhealing conversion improves the reliability of its overhealth gain.

• Tree of Life
  • Overhealth conversion rate from overhealing increased from 50% to 100%.
• Lifeweaving – Minor Perk

• Cleansing Grasp – Minor Perk

• Petal Power – Major Perk

• Petal Protection – Minor Perk
  • Allies heal 20 health per second while standing on Petal Platform.
• Dashing Escape – Minor Perk
  • Rejuvenating Dash distance increased by 30%.
• Sow the Seed – Major Perk
  • Quick Melee with Healing Blossom equipped tosses a seed forward.
  • Allies who pick up a seed gain 75 overhealth and 25% movement speed for 5 seconds.

Mercy

With the introduction of the Medic Sub Role Passive, Mercy’s Sympathetic Recovery has been replaced with Swift Recovery, which restores faster health regeneration.

• Sympathetic Recovery – Passive

• Swift Recovery – Passive
  • Health regeneration begins sooner.

Moira

• Destruction’s Divide – Minor Perk
  • Focused healing/damage bonus increased from 25% to 30%

Wuyang

Wuyang continues to have high healing alongside strong survivability and damage output. Reducing his passive healing lowers his overall sustain while preserving his healing when actively using Beam.

• Restorative Stream
  • Passive healing reduced from 25 to 20.
  • Beam healing increased from 50 to 55.

Zenyatta

• Transcendent Condemnation – Minor Perk

• Discordant Repair – Minor Perk
  • Zenyatta gains 10% lifesteal against enemies affected by Discord Orb.

Stadium Updates

Hero Builder

• A new and accessible way to build your hero and choose your playstyle in Stadium!
• Smart Build Recommendations based on your current build.
• Bundle Recommendations to get right into the action.
• Counter Item suggestions based on the enemy team.

With the Hero Builder, making a build in Stadium is much more accessible. The Hero Builder will give you the best recommendations, based on constantly updating pick rate and win rate data of all items in the context of your current build. It’ll also show you multiple build paths at the beginning of the match, so you can explore and try out new builds and playstyles. For new players just trying out Stadium or experienced players who want to explore new builds or see what the data says about their favorite build, the Hero Builder should improve your Stadium Building experience. For new and reworked heroes, there will be a short period where there won’t be sufficient data to show recommendations based on live data, so during that period we will be displaying manually inputted recommendations that may be lower quality.

New/Reworked Stadium Heroes

Vendetta (New)

Vendetta expands her conquest into the Stadium.

• Continuum – Power
  • Before dying, temporarily come back to life with 15% Max Life per each [Onslaught] stack and become hindered. (90s Cooldown)
• Rising Rampage – Power
  • [Onslaught]’s maximum stack increases by 1 after earning 2 Eliminations, up to 3.
• Overloaded Strike – Power
  • After using [Soaring Slice], holding Overhead swing in air can channel level 1 [Sundering Blade] with 25% increased damage.
• Skycut – Power
  • After blocking ranged damage, Overhead swing shoots a [Projected Edge] with 50% damage.
• Defiance Core – Power
  • [Warding Stance] energy regenerates energy regenerates now even while blocking at 75% rate. For every [Projected Edge] fired, reduce [Whirlwind Dash] and [Soaring Slice] cooldown by 0.7s.
• Furious Friction – Power
  • [Warding Stance] has 50% increased energy regeneration rate.
• Riposte – Power
  • After blocking ranged damage, remove [Warding Stance] move speed penalty. Vendetta’s next swing becomes an overhead swing.
• Cyclone Charge – Power
  • [Whirlwind Dash] to continue spinning up to 3s for 50% damage after the initial spin.
• Double Dash – Power
  • After [Whirlwind Dash] is finished, it can be reactivated within 3s for 50% damage.
• Exalted Empress – Power
  • After using [Soaring Strike], overhead strike and [Sundering Blade] gives 30% of damage as temporary Overhealth, up to 100.
• Up and Over – Power
  • Using [Soaring Slice] gives 35% of missing life as Overhealth for 10s.
• Cataclisma – Power
  • [Projected Edge] explodes on enemy hit, dealing 20 (AP) damage to enemies within 4m.
• Crater Creator – Rare Weapon Hero Item
  • 10 Health
  • +10% Weapon Power
  • Performing an Overhead swing mid-air drags the hit enemy down to the ground along with Vendetta, dealing 30 (WP) damage on land.
  • 4000 Cost
• Scaled Steel – Epic Weapon Hero Item
  • 10% Attack Speed
  • +25% [Palatine Fang] Swing Range
  • 10000 Cost
• Chimera Cross – Rare Ability Hero Item
  • 10% Ability Power
  • After blocking damage, gain 15% Ability Power for 5s.
  • 5000 Cost
• Warrior’s Shout – Rare Ability Hero Item
  • 25 Health
  • +10% Ability Power
  • Using [Whirlwind Dash] gives 10% of max life as Overhealth to all allies within 9m.
  • 6000 Cost
• Talon Trinket – Rare Ability Hero Item
  • 10 Health
  • +5% Cooldown Reduction
  • For each enemy hit by [Sundering Blade], reduce [Whirlwind Dash]’s Cooldown by 1s.
  • 4500 Cost
• Onslaught Amplifier – Epic Ability Hero Item
  • 25 Health
  • Gain 5% Ability Power for every [Onslaught] stack. 12000 Cost
• Marzia’s Mastery – Epic Ability Hero Item
  • +10% Weapon Lifesteal
  • +15% Ability Lifesteal
  • [Soaring Slice] heals all allies within line of sight for 150% of the damage dealt over 2s.
  • 9500 Cost
• Ricochet Razor – Epic Ability Hero Item
  • +10% Ability Power
  • +10% Ability Lifesteal
  • [Projected Edge] bounce off surfaces 1 time.
  • 10000 Cost
• Colosseo Coin – Rare Survival Hero Item
  • +25 Health
  • The last player to land a killing blow on you becomes a target. Eliminate the target to gain 200 extra Stadium Cash and reset cooldowns.
  • 4000 Cost
• Braced Blade – Rare Survival Hero Item
  • +25 Health
  • Gain 1 [Onslaught] stack for every 50 damage absorbed with [Warding Stance].
  • 4000 Cost
• Chargeguard – Rare Survival Hero Item
  • +25 Health
  • After deflecting a melee attack, gain 2% Ultimate Charge.
  • 4000 Cost
• Duelist’s Draught – Epic Survival Hero Item
  • +25 Health
  • +5% Move Speed
  • Gain 15% damage reduction if there is only 1 enemy within 6m.
  • 9000 Cost
• Antonio’s Lesson – Epic Survival Hero Item
  • +50 Health
  • Gain 50% damage reduction during dashing using [Whirlwind Dash] or [Soaring Slice].
  • 9000 Cost
• Vicious Vow – Epic Survival Hero Item
  • +50 Health
  • While channeling [Sundering Blade], gain 25 (AP) Overhealth every second, up to 50 (AP).
  • 9000 Cost

Ashe (Rework)

• The following Powers have been removed:
  • Head Honcho
  • Incendiary Rounds
  • Incendiary Blast
  • Early Detonation
  • Molten Munitions
  • Partners in Crime
• The following Items have been removed:
  • Tripod
  • Ironsights
  • Sidewinder
• Slow Burn – Power
• New
  • Dealing Scoped Critical Damage burns enemies for 30% additional damage over 3s.
• Fire at My Fingertips – Power
  • New
  • Dealing weapon damage to burning enemies restores 1 ammo.
• Controlled Boom – Power
• New
  • After using [Dynamite], reactivating the ability causes it to explode after a 0.5 second delay. [Dynamites] that explode mid-air burn for 1s longer.
• Stacked Sticks – Power
  • Converted to Power (was Epic Ability Hero Item)
  • Removed +15% Ability Power
  • [Dynamite] has 40% increased Blast Radius and burns 25% faster.
• What in Tarnation!? – Power
  • New
  • For 2.5s after [Coach Gun] knocks you airborne, gain 20% increased attack speed and fall more slowly while aiming.
• PinB.O.B. – Power
  • New
  • After [B.O.B.] charges, reactivate Ultimate to charge again. Eliminations reset the charge and add 2s duration.
• Calamity – Power
  • Changed from “Using [Coach Gun] reloads 2 Ammo. [The Viper]’s next 2 hits deal 40(AP) additional damage over 3s” to “Using [Coach Gun] reloads 25% of your Ammo. The restored shots burn enemies for 40(WP) over 3s”.
• Out With a Bang – Power
  • Additional mini dynamites damage decreased to 50% reduced damage (Down from 30% reduced damage).
• Aero-Dynam-ite – Rare Weapon Hero Item
  • New
  • +25 Health
  • +5% Weapon Power
  • When your [Dynamite] explodes, gain 30% Attack Speed and 15% Move Speed for 3s.
  • 4000 Cost
• Maxed Mag – Epic Weapon Hero Item
  • Rarity changed to Epic (was Rare)
  • Cost increased to 10000 (Up from 4000)
  • Added +50 Health
• B.O.B Wire Defense – Epic Ability Hero Item
  • Removed 50 Health
  • Added 10% Ability Power
• Incendiary Blastpaper – Epic Ability Hero Item
  • +10% Ability Power
  • [Coach Gun] applies Burning, dealing 75 damage over 5s.
• Silver Spurs – Rare Survival Hero Item
  • Added +5% Cooldown Reduction
• Build-A-Blast Buckshot – Epic Survival Hero Item
  • Added +50 Health
  • Removed “[Coach Gun] has 50% increased self knockback”
  • Added “Gain 15% Damage Reduction while Airborne”

New Push Map – Serenza

Talon ships lurk beneath the canals of Serenza in this new Push map created for Stadium.

Stadium Competitive Update

• Powers are now granted in rounds 1, 2, 4, and 6

We’re testing a format change in Competitive that we heard suggested frequently during the revert from the Best of 5 format. This change should be a good middle ground, keeping the faster power progression so your builds come online faster while maintaining the Bo7 format that allows for more time to adapt to the enemy and create memorable comebacks. We also think this has the ability to increase comeback potential, particularly in Round 2. Previously, falling behind in Round 1 meant that Round 2 will feel like a repeat of Round 1, but with the enemy having more items, since early on you often don’t have enough currency to meaningfully change your build. However, being able to select a Power means being able to get a large power spike in your build and more tools to adapt and fight back with in the pivotal early rounds, even when behind. We’ll be keeping a close eye on this change, so let us know your feedback!

Stadium Hero Updates

Tank

D.Va

This change is part of an effort to reduce the use of Lava for gameplay clarity. With Ignition Burst shifting to a burn effect on Boosters, D.Va still retains her ability to deal damage and control space through mobility, while giving Lava a clearer home elsewhere. This keeps Booster oriented builds impactful without overlapping too heavily with other heroes’ signature mechanics.

• Ignition Burst – Power
  • Redesigned: [Boosters] knockback applies burn that deals 60 damage over 3s.

Doomfist

Doomfist has been struggling in Stadium, with the lowest Win Rate among tanks. We’re buffing his survival oriented powers and some mobility options to help him scale his survivability into the late game without increasing his vertical burst.

• Seismic Rally – Power
  • Max Life Overhealth gained per second increased from 3% to 5%.
• Block Party – Power
  • Self Heal increased from 5% to 8% of Max Life per second.
• Rising Uppercut – Power
  • Cooldown reduced from 12s to 10s.
• Asteroid Smash – Power
  • Cooldown reduced from 12s to 10s.
  • Maximum impact damage increased from 150 to 200.
  • Now triggers Overhealth from The Best Defense
• Quickcharger – Epic Ability Hero Item
  • Cost reduced to 10000 (Down from 12000).

Orisa

These changes focus on making Orisa’s ability-focused builds feel more fluid and rewarding, especially in high-tempo fights. Hot Rotate-O now leans into Overheat as a moment of momentum rather than punishment, letting Orisa immediately re-engage with Javelin Spin. Shield Divergence has been adjusted to be faster and more reliable in frontline situations, reducing friction when reacting under pressure. Finally, 3D-Printed Lance adds more cooldown interplay to Energy Javelin, encouraging more active and aggressive ability usage instead of holding tools defensively. Overall, the goal is to make Orisa feel smoother, snappier, and more decisive when cycling her kit.

• Hot Rotate-O – Power
  • Redesigned: When you Overheat, [Javelin Spin] cooldown is reduced by 100%.
• Shield Divergence – Power
  • Barrier is now quickly thrown in front of Orisa instead of being thrown towards where Orisa is aiming.
• 3D-Printed Lance – Epic Ability Hero Item
  • Added: [Energy Javelin] hit also reduces cooldown by 15%.

Reinhardt

Reinhardt’s Fire Strike centric builds have been performing poorly. We’re adding some more power there as well as sharpening the niche of the build so that there are clearer situations to opt for the build.

• Magma Strike – Power
  • Lava duration increased from 1s to 2s.
• Blazing Blitz – Power
  • Added 25% Starting Ultimate Charge.
• Chimera Maw – Epic Ability Hero Item
  • Removed “For each additional enemy [Fire Strike] damages beyond the initial target, reduce [Fire Strike] cooldown by 5%.”
  • Added “Hitting an Airborne target above 3m burns them for 20% of Fire Strike damage over 3s.”

Sigma

These updates are aimed at pushing Sigma further into a tempo-controlling tank who rewards precision and smart ability timing rather than raw damage stacking. We’re adding more synergy around Accretion to encourage accurate play and give Sigma clearer moments of payoff through healing, cooldown reduction, and team value. Event Horizon expands Kinetic Grasp into a more supportive, frontline-anchoring tool, allowing Sigma to share some of his durability when he commits. At the same time, Apogee Alignment’s damage has been toned down to keep Hypersphere from overshadowing the rest of his kit. Overall, this pass shifts power away from passive damage and into deliberate ability interactions that better define Sigma’s identity in Stadium.

• Mass Driver – Power
  • Added: [Experimental Barrier] heals 100 (AP) health when [Accretion] projectile passes through.
• Event Horizon – Power
  • Added: [Kinetic Grasp] also gives overhealth to allies in line of sight.
• Singularity – Power
  • Added: [Accretion]’s cooldown is reduced by 25% on direct hit.
• Apogee Alignment – Power
  • Hypersphere damage decreased from 100% to 50%.

Winston

Winston has been getting a little too comfortable chaining jumps and slams with very little risk, so this update reins in some of that nonstop airtime. Primal Slam now fully commits Winston by resetting Jump Pack to max cooldown, making the decision to slam a real “all in” moment instead of a free combo extender. On the item side, Premium Peanut Butter was punching far above its weight for a Rare item, giving too much durability too early, so it’s moving up to Epic with stats and cost to match. Meanwhile, S. PaceArmor is coming back down to Rare to better support early survivability without letting Winston feel unbreakable. Overall, this keeps rampaging Winston scary, but asks him to think twice before bouncing.

• Primal Slam – Power
  • Jump Pack cooldown is triggered again with max cooldown when using Primal Slam
• Premium Peanut Butter – Rare Survival Item
  • Rarity changed to Epic (Previously Rare)
  • Cost increased to 10000 (Up from 6000)
  • Health increased to 50 (Up from 25)
• S. PaceArmor – Epic Survival Item
  • Rarity changed to Rare (Previously Epic)
  • Cost decreased to 4000 (Down from 9000)
  • Armor decreased to 25 (Down from 50)

Damage

Freja

We overshot with previous buffs to Freja, who is a hero that can feel particularly frustrating to play against due to her high burst and mobility, especially in Stadium. We’re pulling back the vertical damage of her two most popular builds to help give players more of a window to react to her.

• Lille Fælde – Power
  • Mini Bola damage decreased to 40% reduced (Down from 30% reduced)
• So Cooked – Power
  • Bola damaging zone bonus damage decreased to 20% (Down from 30%)
• Volley à Deux – Power
  • Bonus Shot damage decreased to 50% reduced (Down from 33% reduced)

Genji

Genji’s deflect-focused playstyle wasn’t quite delivering on the fantasy of turning enemy fire back into real pressure. These updates lean harder into that identity by making deflected projectiles significantly faster and extending the window where Genji can safely play around Deflect (Watch out Pharah!). Sacred Shuriken further supports this direction by speeding up his primary fire, helping Genji feel more fluid and threatening when weaving between aggression and defense. The goal is to reward sharp timing and positioning, and to make successful deflect moments feel decisive without pushing Genji into pure burst territory.

• Deflect-o-bot – Power
  • Deflected projectile speed bonus increased from +50% to +200%
  • Auto-targeting duration increased from 1.5s to 2s
• Sacred Shuriken – Power
  • Added: +50% Primary fire projectile speed

Reaper

Death Step has always been about giving Reaper more control over how and when he commits. Allowing Death Blossom to be canceled after engaging with Shadow Step gives Reaper a much-needed escape hatch, letting skilled players disengage when things go sideways instead of going all in every time. This change is aimed at raising the skill expression of the combo, rewarding good judgment and timing rather than blind commitment to the spin.

• Death Step – Power
  • [Death Blossom] can now be canceled while being casted after using [Shadow Step].

Sojourn

Sojourn’s builds have been feeling a little too expensive for how quickly Stadium matches move, especially when trying to piece together early and mid game power spikes. Across these weapon, ability, and survival items, we’re lowering costs to smooth out her build progression and reduce the friction of committing to specific playstyles. The goal here is simple: get Sojourn online sooner, let her experiment with more item paths, and make sure she’s spending more time sliding, shooting, and railgunning than staring at the Armory wondering where all her currency went.

• Espresso Shots – Rare Weapon Item
  • Cost decreased to 4000 (Down from 4500)
• Murphy’s Motor Module – Epic Weapon Item
  • Cost decreased to 10000 (Down from 12000)
• Shah-Mat Strategem – Epic Weapon Item
  • Cost decreased to 10000 (Down from 11000)
• CAF Calibrator – Rare Ability Item
  • Cost decreased to 3750 (Down from 5500)
• Afterburners – Rare Survival Item
  • Cost decreased to 4000 (Down from 4500)
• Rocket-Powered Javelin – Rare Weapon Item
  • Cost decreased to 4050 (Down from 5000)

Support

Lúcio

We’re adding some power to Lucio’s lesser picked options as well as compensating for an earlier nerf to Soundwave in the core game in a previous patch.

• Reverb – Power
  • Free cast window increased from 2s to 3s
  • Free cast effectiveness increased to 70% reduced (Up from 75% reduced).
• Signature Shift – Power
  • Now also triggers on Gadget Use
  • Added “Restore 10% Max Ammo” after Ability and Gadget Use
• Radio Edit – Power
  • Triggered Sound Barrier Overhealth increased to 80% reduced (Up from 85% reduced)
• Hip Hop – Epic Survival Hero Item
  • Cost reduced to 9000 (Down from 9500)

Mercy

Mercy’s Damage Boost has always been amplified in effectiveness in Stadium due to stacking multiplicatively with stats like Weapon Power and the increased currency gain, so we’re lowering the base Damage Boost effectiveness to weaken Mercy’s pocketing capabilities. We’re also buffing her Pistol oriented build due to its low pick rate, including some QoL to make it easier to manage the Pistol buffs and a small rework to Equivalent Exchange to give it a more pointed niche. We’ll be continuing to find ways to improve some of Mercy’s lower picked options.

• General
  • Baseline Damage Boost reduced from 30% to 20%
• Threads of Fate – Power
  • Additional Chain effectiveness reduced from 35% to 30%
• Tethered Tourniquet – Power
  • No longer resets Buff duration when switching between Pistol and Staff
• Equivalent Exchange – Power
  • Added “Dealing 1000 [Caduceus Blaster] damage restores 1 charge of Resurrect.”
• Battle Medic – Power
  • Changed to “After swapping to [Caduceus Blaster], deal 20% increased damage and gain 20% Weapon Lifesteal for 1s for every 1s you spent tethered, up to 15s.” from “Every 1s your Staff is attached, [Caduceus Blaster] gains +3% Attack Speed (stacks 10 times) until reloading or swap to your Staff.”
  • No longer resets Buff duration when reloading or when switching between Pistol and Staff
• Celestial Clip – Epic Weapon Hero Item
  • Cost reduced to 9000 (Down from 10000)

Moira

Moira has remained at a middling Win Rate for most of Stadium’s lifespan, but is by far the most picked Support. We’re removing some power from her most popular build to reduce her consistency and adding some more power to her less popular options.

• General
  • Now earns 8.3% less currency from Damage and Healing
• Cross Orbal – Power
  • Reduced capacity of bonus orb to 60% reduced (Down from 50% reduced)
• Chain Grasp – Power
  • Multi-targeting duration increased from 3s to 4s
• Scientific Deathod – Power
  • Ultimate Charge per target passed through increased from 5% to 8%

Zenyatta

This update is intended to create more interesting decision points and payoff moments for Zenyatta’s Discord focused builds, especially during his ultimate. By better aligning power spikes with active Discord application, Zenyatta can convert strong orb management into meaningful impact during key fight windows, making Transcendence moments feel more dynamic and rewarding rather than purely reactive.

• Orb of Perception – Epic Weapon Item
  • Removed: +15% Ability Power
  • Added: Gain 15% Ability Power for each enemy discorded

Item Changes

• Electrolytes – Common Survival General Item
  • Added: Gain 30% Move Speed when you respawn.
• Running Shoes – Common Survival General Item

• Reflex Coating – Common Survival General Item
  • Reduced Overhealth gained from 75 to 50
  • Reduced Overhealth Duration from 3s to 2s
• Ballistic Buffer – Common Survival General Item
  • Rarity changed to Rare (Up from Common)
  • Cost increased to 3750 (Up from 1000)
  • Effect changed to “After taking damage from an Airborne enemy above 3m, gain 50 Overhealth for 3s (8s Cooldown)” from “After taking damage beyond 20m, gain 50 Overhealth for 3s (15s cooldown).”
• Repulsion Greaves – Rare Survival General Item
  • New
  • +25 Armor
  • +5% Move Speed
  • After taking damage from an enemy within 5m, knockback all enemies within 6m and gain 75 Overhealth for 3s (15s Cooldown)
  • 4000 Cost
• Iron Eyes – Rare Survival General Item
  • Removed 5% Move Speed
  • Removed 25 Shield
  • Added 25 Armor
• Bloodbound – Rare Survival General Item
  • Removed 25 Health
  • Added 25 Armor
  • Damage reduction and damage boost against last enemy who dealt a final blow to you increased from 10% to 15%
• MEKA-Z Series – Rare Survival General Item

• Sundering Vial – Epic Survival General Item
  • New
  • +25 Health
  • +5% Weapon Power
  • +5% Ability Power
  • Damage applies 30% Overhealth Reduction for 3s and reduces enemy’s existing Overhealth by 30% (5s Cooldown)
  • 9000 Cost
• Geneticist’s Vial – Epic Survival General Item

• Reinforced Titanium – Epic Survival General Item
  • Rarity changed to Epic (Up from Rare)
  • Cost increased to 9500 (Up from 3750)
  • Shields increased from 25 to 50
  • Added +10% Ability Damage Reduction
  • Removed “While you have Shields, take 15% reduced Ability Damage and gain 5% Ability Power”
  • Added “While you have Shields, gain 5% Ability Damage Reduction. Your Shields regenerate 33% faster.”
• Phantasmic Flux – Epic Survival General Item
  • Maximum Overhealth from Lifesteal reduced from 100 to 50
• Rüstung von Wilhelm – Epic Survival General Item
  • Added 50 Health
  • Max Health, Armor, and Shields % reduced from 15% to 10%
• Crusader Hydraulics – Epic Survival General Item
  • Rarity changed to Epic (Up from Rare)
  • Cost increased to 10500 (Up from 4500)
  • Armor increased from 25 to 50
  • Added +10% Weapon Damage Reduction
  • Removed “While you have Armor, take 10% less Weapon Damage and gain 5% Attack Speed”
  • Added “When an enemy deals Weapon Damage to your Armor, reduce their Attack Speed by 10% for 3s.”
• Necrotic Repellant – Epic Gadget
  • Hinder Range increased from 4m to 6m
• Colossus Core – Epic Gadget
  • Added 50 Armor
  • Removed 10% Bonus Max Health, Armor, and Shields

Our goal with these changes is to increase the usability of lesser used Survival items, and to ensure each one has a clear Counter niche. We’ve reworked some of the least picked items to fill the gaps of missing Counter niches, such as introducing Overhealth Reduction in our new Sundering Vial item.

Bug Fixes

• General
  • Fixed an issue that caused Supports to hear the Healing Ping sound effect when another support was pinging a different injured hero on their team that needed healing.
  • Fixed an issue preventing some Career Profile Customization options from being expanded or collapsed with a controller.
  • Fixed an issue where Junkerqueen would incorrectly receive ultimate charge when self-healing with wounds created by Rampage.
  • Fixed an issue with Wuyang where he would not receive assist credit for healing.
  • Fixed an issue with Anran where disabling her Inferno Rush ability in a Custom Game would also disable her Dancing Blaze ability.
  • Fixed an issue with Anran where her ammunition was not affected by the “Ammunition Clip Size Scalar” in a Custom Game.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Reinhardt’s Earthshatter to deal half damage against a Fortified Orisa when at melee range.
• Stadium
  • Highlights are once again working correctly in Stadium.
  • Fixed an issue where Freja’s Windwalker Boots was sometimes decreasing Ability Power.
  • Fixed an issue where Booster Jets duration wouldn’t reset if ability was used during buff duration.
  • Fixed an issue where Doomfist’s Power Matrix item didn’t charge energy for Overpowered 3rd lvl punch
  • Fixed an issue where Mercy’s Tethered Tourniquet didn’t properly work with Serenity when healing full health allies.