Overwatch 2 followers are counting right down to the discharge of a large new replace as a part of Season 6. Titled Invasion, the brand new season introduces a number of story missions, which happen on among the largest maps ever launched in Overwatch. Season 6 additionally launches alongside an enormous new replace, which matches dwell at 8pm BST UK time on the night of August 10. That's on prime of a brand new Battle Pass, in addition to the Invasion Bundle for entry to the brand new story content material.

Elsewhere, Blizzard will add a brand new Support hero to the sport. Illari will probably be out there immediately with the Premium Battle Pass, or by reaching degree 45 on the free tier.

Of course, the Season 6 replace can even make a boatload of steadiness adjustments to the Overwatch 2 heroes, together with Cassidy, Torbjorn and Soldier:76.

As you may see from the early patch notes beneath, Cassidy will obtain a well being increase, whereas the vary of the Magnetic Grenade will shorten.

Torbjorn, in the meantime, will obtain a lift to his fireplace fee, plus elevated weapon swap speeds.

Needless to say, Blizzard will proceed to experiment with Lifeweaver, tweaking Tree of Life and much extra.

You can check out the Overwatch 2 Season 6 patch notes beneath...

GAMEPLAY CHANGES

ARMOUR DAMAGE REDUCTION

• Armour harm discount is now additive with different sources of injury discount and respects the present cap of fifty%.

  - It was multiplicative with harm discount from skills, creating conditions the place sure heroes had been way more tough to wreck than meant since they had been bypassing the harm discount cap.

  - This shouldn’t be an enormous change and can principally have an effect on Ramattra and Orisa.

HERO BALANCE CHANGES

CASSIDY

• Magnetic Grenade

 - Maximum vary will shorten with a 1.5-second max journey time

• Health Increase

HERO BALANCE CHANGES CONTINUED...

TORBJORN

• Primary Fire

 - Faster fireplace fee

• Faster weapon swap

SOLDIER:76

• Helix Rocket

 - Reduced harm

• Ultimate price improve

ORISA

• Fortify means will now grant 125 bonus well being

LIFEWEAVER

• Part of Tree of Life's therapeutic will now be transformed into Overhealth - as much as a most of 100 well being per participant.

• Portion of well being transformed to shields

• Increased therapeutic for Rejuvenating Dash

KIRIKO

• Protection Suzu

 - Reduced therapeutic

 - Additional burst of therapeutic when when cleaning damaging impact

 - Removed knockback

MERCY

• Damage increase lowered from 30% to 25%

RAMATTRA

• Block will cut back caught harm

DOOMFIST

• Block will cut back caught harm