The newest hero has been added to Overwatch with the discharge of replace 1.9.zero.2. Or, replace 1.9.zero.1 if you’re a PlayStation four or Xbox One person.
The replace to Overwatch comes with the sixth tank to affix the roaster, Orisa, which makes use of a rapid-fire Fusion Driver. According to Blizzard, the gun has good vary and accuracy even at a distance; nonetheless, Orisa’s motion slows whereas firing and she or he has a prolonged reload time.
Her alternate fireplace, Halt! releases a graviton charge across the map which slows close by enemies, and pulls them towards it earlier than detonating.
Her Fortify ability boosts her personal defense and can cut back injury whereas making her “unstoppable for a short time.” She can throw a tool that creates a curved, stationary Protective Barrier, which shields teammates from all sides. Her Ultimate is a high-powered Supercharger beaming a buff to allies inside vary, and will increase injury the crew inflict on the alternative crew.
Other than the brand new hero, different updates have been made to Overwatch. Ana has had injury dished out by her Biotic Rifle
decreased; Bastion now takes 20% much less injury whereas in Configuration: Sentry or Tank in comparison with the earlier 35%; Junkrat’s explosions now not harm himself and Sombra’s teammates can now see hacked healthpacks by way of partitions.
Many of those hero changes were reported previously once they went dwell on the PTR.
That’s simply among the hero adjustments famous, as there are more, however the entire info is posted under together with large fixes and common updates – and developer notes the place relevant.
Overwatch 1.9 Update Patch Notes
General Updates
Competitive Play
On Route 66, the attacking crew is now given 60 further seconds after pushing the payload to the primary checkpoint.
Developer Comments: This change will convey Route 66 according to the opposite Escort maps.
Custom Game and Game Browser: When establishing a Custom Game, gamers can now disable or modify skills activated with the secondary fireplace button
Hero Updates
Ana: Biotic Rifle: Damage decreased from 80 to 60
Developer Comments: Ana’s package has a number of robust parts, which makes her tough to exchange. Reducing her injury output will make her much less threatening on assault and cut back her dueling capabilities.
Bastion
Ironclad: [XB1, PS4] Bastion now takes 20% much less injury whereas in Configuration: Sentry or Tank (previously 35%)
Developer Comments: After the final replace, Bastion turned somewhat too tough to take care of, so we’re lowering his new passive to provide enemies extra alternatives to counter.
Junkrat
Total Mayhem: Junkrat’s explosions now not harm himself
Developer Comments: Previously, Junkrat’s projectile velocity made him tough to make use of at lengthy ranges, however the injury he took from his personal explosions made him tough to make use of at shut ranges. This change makes him more practical at shut ranges, permitting Junkrat gamers to discover new methods.
Mercy
Caduceus Staff: The quantity of elevated injury that’s performed when boosting one other participant is now tracked below the match statistics and on the Career Profile web page.
Sombra
- Hack: Sombra’s teammates can now see hacked healthpacks by way of partitions
- Stealth: Sound results and VO distance has been decreased to 15 meters when Sombra enters or exits Stealth
- Translocator: Cooldown decreased from 6 seconds to four seconds
Developer Comments: Sombra might be devastating in the best palms, however infiltrating and harassing enemies might typically really feel tough. These adjustments ought to improve her effectiveness and teamplay.
Winston
Barrier Projector: Ability cooldown now begins when the barrier is positioned, as an alternative of when it ends
Developer Comments: This change ought to assist Winston do what he does greatest: distract the enemy crew and block injury.
Zarya
- Particle Barrier: No longer protects Zarya from knockback
- Projected Barrier: No longer protects allies from knockback
Developer Comments: This is definitely reverting a change that we made a couple of patches in the past, which made gamers proof against knockbacks in the event that they have been hit by an impact from inside her barrier. This had some unfavorable uncomfortable side effects, comparable to making targets proof against knockbacks from results that pierce limitations, like Reinhardt’s cost and Winston’s Primal Rage punches. Now, these will trigger knockback once more. This doesn’t have an effect on knockbacks from results that originate from exterior her limitations, comparable to Pharah’s Concussive Blast. Those will nonetheless be blocked by the limitations, not inflicting any knockback.
Zenyatta
Orb of Destruction: Alternate fireplace cooldown has been decreased from 1 seconds to zero.6 seconds; Weapon unfold has been eliminated
Developer Comments: Zenyatta’s alternate fireplace typically felt too tough to make use of attributable to its lengthy restoration time. This discount ought to make it a extra viable possibility. Also, his weapon has all the time had a really small quantity of unfold. This wasn’t sufficient to alter the best way he was performed, however it might often trigger photographs to overlook that may usually hit their goal. Removing this small variance ought to assist him really feel extra constant.
Bug Fixes
General: When Teleporters, Shield Generators, and different player-owned objects are destroyed, the kill feed now correctly shows the proprietor’s title
A.I.: Fixed a bug stopping Bastion and Torbjörn bots from taking a defensive place when turret skills have been disabled in Custom Games
Competitive Play: Fixed a visible bug that prevented your present medals from being displayed within the setup part between rounds
Custom Game and Game Browser
- Fixed a bug inflicting gamers to respawn within the enemy spawn room after being pinned towards a automobile by an enemy Reinhardt on Oasis
- A scoring requirement clarification has been added to the Capture the Flag settings, stating that every crew’s flag will should be secured earlier than they will rating
- Fixed a bug that might trigger sure settings to be displayed on the Custom Game’s info display even once they weren’t getting used
- Fixed a problem stopping values from the “Ultimate Generation” setting from being accurately displayed
- Heroes and maps at the moment are sorted alphabetically below the “Find Game” filters within the Game Browser
- Fixed a bug stopping Bastion’s Self-Repair skill from being disabled within the Custom Game settings
Heroes
- Fixed a problem stopping Bastion’s strolling animation from being triggered whereas Self-Repair was in use
- McCree now not receives credit score towards his on-fire meter when his Flashbang is used towards Mei’s Ice Wall
- Fixed a bug that saved a profitable Roadhog hook from counting in the direction of the “Match Players Hooked” statistic when the enemy participant was killed on impression
- Fixed a problem inflicting Zenyatta’s toes to clip by way of his gown whereas his Sanzang pores and skin was geared up
- Fixed a bug inflicting Reaper’s shotguns and D.Va’s mech to look unusually giant on the principle menu
Maps
- Training bots which might be destroyed within the Practice Range at the moment are displayed within the kill feed
- Fixed a bug permitting multiple participant to enter the Practice Range
