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Overwatch 2 Season 9 is here with massive changes to Damage Heroes

Abiad Hasib

Published: 07:34, 20 February 2024

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Season 9 is the latest update for the game, and it brought significant changes, including a new Champions Rank.
The changes aimed to balance the game by adjusting underperforming heroes.
Damage heroes, such as Ashe, Bastion, Cassidy, Genji, Hanzo, Junkrat, Mei, Reaper, Sojourn, Soldier: 76, Sombra, Symmetra, Torbjörn, Tracer, and Widowmaker, received health adjustments.
These changes increase their survivability and allow them to deal more damage in fights.

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The first-person-shooter Overwatch 2 just started its Season 9. This season came massive changes to the game, and more importantly to the Heroes. Blizzard made these changes to stabilize the meta and for a balanced experience for players.

Overwatch 2 is a sequel to the 2016 hero shooter Overwatch. Currently, Season 9 is the latest update for the game, and with it came massive changes. Starting from Heroes to maps to even a new coveted rank, the Champions Rank, Blizzard made sure to leave no stone unturned.

While most of the changes done to Heroes may seem small, the main aim was to balance the game by adjusting all the Heroes that are not performing as intended.

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All the changes made to Damage Heroes in Overwatch 2 Season 9

Here are all the changes that were made to Damage Heroes:

Ashe

Ashe's health is now 250 instead of 200
Her B.O.B's weapon's damage is now 17 from 14

Bastion

Bastion's health is now 250 instead of 200

Cassidy

Cassidy's health is now 275 instead of 225
His Deadeye's initial damage rate is now 150 instead of 130
Deadeye's damage rate also increased going from 260 to 300

Echo

Echo's health is now 250 from 200
Her Focusing Beam width is now 0.25 meters.
Her Duplicate ability's combined health is now 350 instead of 300

Genji

Genji's health is now 250 instead of 200
His Dragonblade's swing recovery time is now lowered from 0.9 seconds to 0.7 seconds

Hanzo

Hanzo's health is now 250 instead of 200
His Storm Arrows' damage increased to 75
His Storm Arrows' cooldown is now lowered to 8 seconds

Junkrat

Junkrat's health is now 250 instead of 200
His Frag Launcher's projectile size is now smaller, 0.2 meters

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Mei

Mei's health was increased from 250 to 300

Reaper

Reaper's health is now 300 instead of 250

Sojourn

Sojourn's health is now 250 instead of 200
Her Railgun's secondary fire's base projectile is now smaller, 0.07 meters

Soldier: 76

Soldier 76's health is now 250 instead of 200

Sombra

Sombra's health is now 250 instead of 200

Symmetra

Symmetra's shield is now 150 from 100.

TorbjÖrn

TorbjÖrn's health is now 250 instead of 200

Tracer

Tracer's health is now 175 instead of 150

Widowmaker

Widowmaker's health is now 200 instead of 175

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The main job of Damage Champions is to slowly whittle down and destroy the enemy team with their high damage output. As you can clearly see most of these changes focused on the heroes' health. This means they will be able to handle more punishment and last longer in fights while dealing massive damage from the back.

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