Blizzard has rolled out yet another Overwatch 2 Beta update with July 14 patch. It comes with a slew of new hero buffs and nerfs, alongside key bug fixes. With the second Overwatch 2 Beta now live, balance changes will be coming in.
Total 6 heroes have been put under the microscope with the new update, with Tanks leading the pack. The Junker Queen, reworked Doomfist, and Orisa, along with Symmetra have all been tweaked.
Here are July 14 Overwatch 2 Beta patch notes.
Tanks
Doomfist
Power Block
- Minimum damage mitigated required to empower Rocket Punch reduced from 100 to 90 damage
- Movement speed penalty while blocking reduced from 50 to 35%
Rocket Punch
- Now deals damage to all enemies knocked back instead of only the first target impacted
Junker Queen
Commanding Shout
- Radius reduced from 20 to 15 meters
- Allied bonus health now decays over its duration
- Maximum duration increased from 4 to 5 seconds
Rampage
Radius reduced from 6 to 5 meters
Orisa
Fortify
- Now disables critical damage
Javelin Spin
- Bonus movement speed increased from 40 to 50%
Damage
Sojourn
Railgun
- Fire rate reduced from 15 to 14 shots per second
Railgun Alt Fire
- Projectile radius now scales with energy level from 0 up to the previous 0.1 meters
- The higher the energy level, the bigger the projectile radius
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Symmetra
Photon Projector Alt Fire
- Charge time reduced from 1.2 seconds to 1 second
- Projectile radius increased from 0.4 to 0.5 meters
Teleporter
- Cooldown reduced from 16 to 12 seconds
Support
Zenyatta
- Shield health reduced from 175 to 150 (225 to 200 total max HP)
Bug fixes
General
- Fixed a crash affecting some Xbox consoles
- Fixed a crash affecting players launching the “Portuguese (Brazil)” language on PS5
Maps
Rio de Janeiro
- Fixed bug that affected spawn doors
Heroes
Soldier 76
- Fixed an issue that caused Sprint to give 40% movement speed instead of 50%
Genji
- Fixed an issue where Dragon Blade could sometimes get stuck as active after the duration ended
Junker Queen
- Fixed an issue that caused wounds to apply to invalid targets (Barriers/Ice Wall/Turrets/etc.)
- Fixed an issue that caused her ability icons to not appear in the kill feed
- Fixed an issue where Carnage also applied a Jagged Blade wound effect
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