Patch Notes
Overwatch 2 Wuyang Hero Trial – August 14, 2025
Introducing Wuyang
Support Hero Wuyang bends the rules of healing and now you can bend them too, before his official debut in Season 18. This prodigy from Wuxing University’s Water College is all about rhythm, disruption, and flow-based control. In this limited-time Hero trial, get hands on with Wuyang's hybrid Xuanwu staff, mobility-driven abilities, and gameplay-shifting perks to unlock the rhythm of Support done differently. Smart positioning and sharp aim pay off big here, so dive in and make an early splash with Wuyang from Aug 14–18
Wuyang
- Support Role
- Not available in Competitive Play during the Hero Trial
Xuanwu Staff – Primary Fire
- Fire a damaging water orb. Hold to control its trajectory and empower its explosion.
Restorative Stream – Secondary Fire
- Place a passive healing stream on an ally. Hold on the target to manually heal at an improved rate, consuming resource.
Rushing Torrent – Ability 1
- Ride water to move faster and jump higher.
Guardian Wave – Ability 2
- Send a water wave forward that increases the amount of healing received by allies and knocks back enemies.
Tidal Blast – Ultimate Ability
- Protect an ally or yourself with water that detonates after a short duration. The explosion knowns down enemies and massively heals the host target.
Overflow – Minor Perk
- Gain 10 ammo and 33% healing resource when Rushing Torrent is activated.
Balance – Minor Perk
- When you deal damage with water orbs, increase Restorative Stream’s passive healing by 40% for 2 seconds.
Ebb and Flow – Major Perk
- Guardian Wave rewinds to its starting location. Deals 50% decreased damage while rewinding.
Falling Rain – Major Perk
- Simultaneously control 3 water orbs that deal 60% decreased damage and have 25% decreased empowered explosion radius.
Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes - August 7, 2025
Hotfix Balance Update
This is a stadium balance hotfix. Replay codes from the August 5, 2025 patch are still available.
Stadium Updates
Tank
Sigma
Developer Comment: Sigma’s barrier wasn’t scaling well into the late game, often feeling too fragile compared to the pressure he’s expected to absorb. We’ve increased its health to give it more staying power as fights become more intense. Additionally, Accretion focused builds have been underperforming, largely due to the ability’s slower cadence in fast paced brawls. With a cooldown buff, Accretion should now be more responsive and impactful! Especially in late game teamfights where frequent crowd control can shift momentum.
- Increased Barrier Health Scalar to 150% (Up from 100%). Barriers now get a bigger health boost from the money you earn.
Hyperloop - Power
- Increased Cooldown Reduction to 0.8s (Up from 0.5s).
Singularity - Power
- Increased Splash Damage to 75% (Up from 25%).
Overwatch 2 Retail Patch Notes - August 5, 2025
Bug Fix Patch
This is a bug fix patch and contains no hero updates. In-Game Replay Codes and Highlights from the previous patch are removed.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed an issue where text chat was displaying unintended colors.
Orisa
- Fixed an issue where Orisa's Energy Javelin cooldown was not properly reduced when using cooldown-related mods.
Kiriko
- Fixed an issue where Kiriko's "Clone Conjuration" power failed to grant her clone increased health based on ability powers.
Live Patch Notes
These patch notes represent general changes made to the Live version of Overwatch and the balance changes listed affect Quick Play, Competitive Play, Arcade, and Custom Games.