The mid-season patch for Overwatch 2 Season 15 is now live, bringing new content like the Le Sserafim collab, the new Overwatch Classic, and the Widowmaker mythic weapon.
However, the update also brings balance changes to many heroes' perks, effectively making alterations to the current meta. Now that the patch notes are out, we have all the details about the changes.
Release date
The mid-season patch for Overwatch 2 Season 15 is scheduled to come out on Tuesday, March 18th at 11:00 AM PT (6:00 PM UTC).
PC players can preload the update through the Battle.net launcher to enjoy the new content as soon as it comes out, without having to download any extra files.
Patch notes
Here are the full patch notes for the Overwatch 2 Season 15 mid-season update that were posted on the game's official website:
Overwatch 2 Classic - GOATS
- Overwatch 2 Classic: GOATS begins on March 25.
- Heroes added include Moira, Brigitte, and Wrecking Ball.
- Maps added include Blizzard World, Rialto, and Busan.
- Hero balance is adjusted to the September 2018 Hero Balance.
New Mythic Weapon
- Widowmaker's Dame Chance
Hero Updates
Tank
Junker Queen
- Deep Wounds
- Extended wound duration increased from 0.25 to 0.5 seconds.
Ramattra
- Prolonged Barrier
- Now additionally increases the size of the Void Barrier by 25%.
Reinhardt
- Crusader's Resolve
- Passive Regeneration trigger rate increased from 50% to 75%.
- Shield Slam
- Cooldown reduced from 8 to 6 seconds.
Roadhog
- Hog Toss
- Now also increases the damage of Pig Pen by 25%.
Winston
- Short Circuit
- Damage versus deployable objects increased from 30% to 50%
Wrecking Ball
- Transfer Efficiency
- Ally transfer cost reduction increased from 33% to 50%.
Damage
Bastion
- Self-Repair
- Now has a resource required to heal.
Cassidy
- Past Noon
- Ultimate charge refunded increased from 30% to 40%.
Genji
- Acrobatics
- Now also resets double jump on wall climb.
- Meditation
- Healing increased from 25 to 35 health per second.
- Blade Twisting
- Duration after an elimination to trigger bonus damage increased from 6 to 10 seconds.
- Bonus damage is now dealt over 1 second instead of 2 seconds.
Mei
- Permafrost
- No longer increases cooldown of Ice Wall.
Pharah
- Helix Shields
- Converted Shields increased from 75 to 125.
Reaper
- Dire Triggers
- Recovery time reduced from 0.9 to 0.7 seconds.
Soldier: 76
- Stim Pack
- Cast time reduced from 0.4 to 0.15 seconds.
- Stim Pack anti-heal is now cleansable.
Sombra
- Stack Overflow
- Range penalty reduced from 30% to 15%.
- White Hat
- Hack is now uninterruptible from damage when healing allies.
Torbjörn
- Deploy Turret
- Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
- Turret Damage reduced from 13 to 12.
- Craftsman
- Now additionally increases Deploy Turret base health by 25
Tracer
- Quantum Entanglement
- Overhealth duration increased from 3.5 to 6 seconds.
Support
Baptiste
- Automated Healing
- Healing per shot is increased from 25 to 30.
- Assault Burst
- Attack speed increased from 20% to 30%.
Brigitte
- Barrier Restoration
- After Shield Bashing, Brigitte gains 30% movement speed for 1.5 seconds.
Illari
- Solar Rifle
- Weapon recharging is no longer paused while using Quick Melee.
- Summer Solstice
- Additionally provides 30% increased attack speed while Captive Sun is active
Juno
- Re-boots
- Now also increases the duration of Glide Boost by 25%.
Lifeweaver
- Superbloom
- Damage increased from 30 to 40.
- Number of hits to trigger increased from 16 to 20.
- Window of time to land hits increased from 1.5 to 2.5 seconds.
- Lifeweaving
- Bonus to Healing Blossom heal increased from 20 to 30.
Mercy
- Flash Heal
- Cast time reduced from 0.875 to 0.4 seconds.
Bug Fixes
General
- Fixed an issue causing Maximilien’s Vault cards to not show a full 5 cards.
- Fixed an issue where the Overwatch League shop was missing from the shop menu.
- Fixed an issue causing disconnects with the replay system.
- Fixed an issue where the loot box thumbnails might not appear.
- Fixed an issue with the switch spawn button not working.
- Fixed a bug where some skins were incorrectly showing they were available for purchase in the hero gallery.
- Fixed a bug where Ana's Bastet skin was missing from the game.
Heroes
Orisa
- In a previous update, fixed an issue where Orisa's overhealth would not restore if fully depleted using the Bulwark perk.
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