Overwatch 2 Beta Patch Notes

Overwatch 2 Beta July 11 patch notes rework Mercy and Moira

Blizzard has updated the Overwatch ii Beta with major changes for Mercy and Moira.

Overwatch ii is currently in the middle of a beta, where fans effectually the world are getting their easily on the latest iteration of Blizzard'due south hero shooter. As feedback rolls in, the developers proceed to tweak and accommodate the game in hopes of making it the near balanced experience possible. With that, Blizzard has deployed a major update to the Overwatch 2 Beta, which reworks Mercy and Moira, and addresses a handful of smaller issues.

Overwatch 2 July 11 Beta patch notes

The Overwatch 2 Beta July 11 patch notes went live on July 11 on all platforms. Here is the full list of changes found in the patch.

General

Added support for HDR displays when supported hardware is detected
Screenshot Quality at present properly respects resolutions above 1x
Improved reflections on water surfaces for Xbox Series Ten|S and PS5 consoles
Realtime deject rendering enabled on Xbox Series X|S and PS5 consoles

Heroes

General

The final hit that would deplete a Hero's Armor Puddle is now dynamically reduced
- For instance: Previously if a hero had one armor remaining and took 100 incoming damage, that would instead be reduced to lxx damage due to armor. Now, in the same scenario, that hero will take 99 damage

Support

Mercy

Guardian Angel

The previous iteration of Guardian Angel led to less control for the actor overall, frequently launching Mercy into danger or out of Resurrect range. This version keeps player intent at the forefront while however assuasive for vertical mobility without sacrificing control input simplicity.

Mercy is no longer automatically launched upward when she reaches her destination
The ability now has a meter that charges up while Guardian Angel is agile
Canceling the power with Bound now launches Mercy in the direction she is facing
- The more than charge she has, the more launch speed she'll accept when canceling Guardian Angel with Jump
Belongings the backward directional input and canceling Guardian Angel launches Mercy in the reverse direction

Moira

Moira'due south strengths lie in her extreme survivability, high healing throughput, and consistent damage output, but other supports have at least one utility option or play-making ability. To remedy this, Biotic Orb has been carve up into two abilities on divide cooldowns: Biotic Orb and Necrotic Orb. Due to Necrotic Orb's potential to close down many Ultimates and heavily swing duels in her favor, Moira has as well received some compensation nerfs to her overall power.

Necrotic Orb

New ability, temporarily named "Enfeebling Orb" in-game
Replaces Harm Biotic Orb, with a divide cooldown of 16 seconds
Fires a straight moving projectile that explodes in a 3-meter radius on bear on of an enemy or environment
Deals twoscore touch damage and 10 explosion damage
Enemies affected by Necrotic Orb'southward explosion receive the "Weakened" effect, reducing all damage dealt past 75% for 4 seconds

Biotic Orb

Harm Orb has been replaced by a new power "Necrotic Orb"
- Each orb has its own dissever cooldown
Healing Orb chapters decreased from 300 to 250
Cooldown increased from 8 to 10 seconds

Biotic Grasp

Cocky-healing decreased from 24 to 20 per 2nd

Fade

Cooldown increased from 6 to 7 seconds

Bug Fixes

General

Fixed a bug where "Exit as Group" was not working as intended
Fixed a bug where using the "Autumn dorsum" selection in the communication cycle wasn't functional
Fixed a bug where slider values could not exist adapted chop-chop when holding down a direction
Fixed a bug where the "Joined Conversation Channel" sound would play whenever in that location was a change in the conversation box
Fixed TE-10413 error code at startup when the user has their PlayStation ready to a linguistic communication that OW2 doesn't support

Heroes

Junker Queen

Fixed a problems where Junker Queen's Jagged Blade was pulling enemies further than intended
Baptiste
Fixed a bug where Baptiste's secondary burn was traveling through Mei'southward Ice Wall

Those are the full patch notes for the Overwatch 2 Beta July 11 update, equally shared by Blizzard. As we get closer to the game's October release date, stay with Shacknews for everything yous need to know near Overwatch 2.

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