Overwatch 2’s Stadium mode already has a hefty balance patch in the books, but that hasn’t kept a new set of hotfixes from coming through for the mode and shifting the balance even more.
D.Va and Lucio both have substantial changes to their kit, with a mix of buffs and nerfs giving both heroes more strength in some areas while enabling counterplay in others. There’s also a pretty big Ashe buff in here, some minor changes for Junker Queen, Reinhardt, and Moira, and a few general item changes.
This isn’t nearly as big a patch as the May 1 set of notes, but it’ll have a big impact nonetheless and is sure to change up some build paths.
Here’s the full set of patch notes for the May 8 Overwatch 2 update:
Overwatch 2 May 8 patch notes
Tank Heroes
D.Va
Countermeasures – Power
- Decreased mitigation requirement to 100 (down from 150).
Mastermind’s Mitigator – Rare Ability Hero Item
- Decreased damage mitigation requirement to 200 (down from 300).
Stat Boost – Power
- Increased Defense Matrix recovery rate to 125% (up from 100%).
Ultrawide Matrix – Power
- Defense Matrix duration increased to 25% (up from 20%).
Multi-Task Mod – Epic Weapon Hero Item
- Increased Weapon Power to 20% (up from 10%).
Singijeon’s Pulse Plating – Epic Survival Hero Item
- Increased Ultimate Charge gain to 10% (up from 5%).
Plot Armor – Rare Survival Hero Item
- Damage reduced now gets counted as damage mitigated by Defense Matrix.
Junker Queen
Booming Voice – Epic Ability Item
- Reduced Ability Power to 15% (down from 25%).
Slicing Spree – Rare Hero Survival Item
- Reduced Move Speed stat to 5% (down from 10%).
- Reduced Move Speed while near an enemy with a Wound to 5% (down from 10%).
- Increased Attack Speed while near an enemy with a Wound to 10% (up from 5%).
Reinhardt
Impact Burst – Power
- Reduced bonus damage to 15% (down from 20%).
Smashing – Power
- Reduced Move Speed per stack to 2% (down from 3%).
Zarya
Lifelift – Power
- Reduced Particle Barrier health scaling to 25% of your bonus Max Life (down from 50%).
Pre-Workout – Power
- Reduced Lifesteal to 15% of your Energy (down from 20%).
Damage Heroes
Ashe
Head Honcho – Power
- Increased damage increase per unscoped shot landed to 5% (up from 3%).
B.O.B. Jr. – Power
- Reduced Attack Speed reduction to 20% (down from 50%).
Infrared Lenses – Epic Ability Hero Item
- Fixed an issue where the increased damage against Burning targets was only applying to The Viper and B.O.B. Now increases all damage dealt by Ashe to Burning targets.
- Reduced increased damage to Burning targets to 20% (down from 25%).
Support Heroes
Lucio
Crowd Pleaser – Power
- Healing reduced to 100% of Crossfade healing (down from 150%).
Let’s Bounce – Power
- Reduced Wall Slam damage to 25 (down from 40).
- Reduced Knockback Increase to 25% (down from 30%).
Sonic Boom – Power
- Increased Healing to 30% of damage dealt (up from 20%).
Fast Forward – Power
- Increased damage increase to 30% (up from 25%).
#1 Single – Rare Ability Hero Item
- Reduced Ability Power to 5% (down from 10%).
All Out Auditiva – Epic Ability Hero Item
- Reduced Ability Power to 15% (down from 20%)
- Reduced Amp It Up Duration to 25% (down from 33%).
Moira
Precarious Potency – Power
- Increased healing to 25% of Biotic Grasp’s healing (up from 20%).
Destruction’s Divide – Power
- Increased Coalescence effectiveness when toggled to 30% (up from 25%).
General Stadium Items
Booster Jets – Epic Weapon Item
- Reduced Move Speed when using an ability to 10% (down from 20%).
Nebula Conduit – Epic Survival Item
- Reduced Weapon Power to 5% (down from 10%).
