Overwatch 2 Patch 3.42 is now available to download on PS4, PC, and Xbox One. According to the official Overwatch 3.42 patch notes, the latest season 2 update brings a new hero, new map, improvements and more. Apart from this, Overwatch 2 update 3.42 also includes hero balancing and fixes.
Previously, a big update added the Holloween event, hero changes, and much more. Unfortunately, since the last patch, players are facing several issues while playing the game online. Today’s Overwatch 2 version 3.42 will fix a few of these issues.
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Overwatch 2 3.42 Patch Notes – December 6, 2022
OVERWATCH 2, SEASON 2
Ramattra storms the Season 2 Battle Pass, unlocking for free at Level 45 or immediately for the premium Battle Pass. As
Overwatch’s first “tempo tank,” Ramattra can change between two forms moment to moment based on what his teammates need. With the tactical training of a lethal soldier and the discipline of a devout monk, Ramattra can be your greatest asset or your worst enemy.
Embark on a pilgrimage to our latest escort map, Shambali Monastery, where you can explore ancient temple grounds and traverse winding village streets. Follow in the footsteps of countless omnics–some who may be familiar to you–on the uphill trek to the Sanctum.
Advance through the Battle Pass and earn rewards inspired by Ancient Greece and get ready for three limited-time events: Winter Wonderland, Battle for Olympus, and Lunar New Year!
Fixed a bug regarding overtime on control maps, however, that fix led to other bugs we had to resolve. Ultimately, this led to some anticlimactic game play results that we weren’t happy with. After hearing player feedback, we’ve made the following change:
- We’ve added Challenges for unlocking Junker Queen, Sojourn, and Kiriko
- 70+ player icon rewards have been added to challenges with the release of Season 2
- Added a Hero purchase tab in the Shop
HERO UPDATES
Damage Role Passive
- No longer provides a movement speed bonus
- Reload speed bonus increased from 25 to 35%
TANK
RAMATTRA
- Ramattra has been added to the line-up
- Primary: Fire a stream of projectiles in a fixed pattern
- Secondary: Create a barrier at the targeted location
- Transform into Nemesis Form, changing your attacks and gaining bonus armor
- Primary: Punch forward, creating a wave of piercing energy with every swing
- Secondary: Significantly reduces damage taken from the front and reduces movement speed
- Fire a nano ball, which explodes when it hits the ground, spreading a damaging field. Affected enemies are slowed and pulled downward
- Enter Nemesis Form and create an energy swarm surrounding yourself. This swarm will lash out towards nearby enemies, dealing damage and pausing the duration when damage is dealt.
DOOMFIST
- Impact damage range (minimum-maximum) increased from 15-30 to 25-50 damage
- Wall slam damage range (minimum-maximum) reduced from 20-40 to 10-30 damage
- Empowered Rocket Punch wall slam stun duration range reduced from 0.5-1 to 0.25-0.75 seconds
- Non-Empowered Rocket Punch now stuns for the minimum 0.25 second duration on wall slam
- Empowered Rocket Punch knockback radius reduced from 4 to 3 meters
- Minimum time before cancel option becomes available reduced from 0.25 to 0.12 seconds
- Cooldown reduced from 4 to 3 seconds
- This has been in since his rework but was not mentioned
- Cooldown reduced from 8 to 7 seconds
- Duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
- Minimum damage mitigated required to empower Rocket Punch reduced from 90 to 80 damage
- Now empowers Rocket Punch on landing
- Enemy slow duration increased from 2 to 3 seconds
- Maximum temporary health increased from 150 to 200 health
- Temporary health gained per target hit with abilities increased from 30 to 40 health
JUNKER QUEEN
- Torso and head hit volume size increased 12%
- Wound duration reduced from 5 to 4.5 seconds
- Ultimate cost reduced by 10%
- Cooldown reduced from 15 to 14 seconds
- Adrenaline passive healing multiplier increased from 1 to 1.25x damage dealt by wounds
DAMAGE
BASTION
- Delay before projectile drops reduced from 1 to 0.6 seconds
- Explosion damage reduced from 300 to 250
- No longer deals explosion damage to self
- Minimum delay between placing shots reduced by 20%
- Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds
SOJOURN
- Energy delay before draining reduced from 8 to 5 seconds
- Secondary fire damage falloff starting range reduced from 70 to 40 meters
- Secondary fire critical damage multiplier reduced from 2 to 1.5
- Secondary fire damage now scales linearly with energy from 30 to 130 damage (1 energy converts to 1 damage added)
- Primary fire damage per projectile increased from 9 to 10
- Overclock energy charge rate increased by 20%
SYMMETRA
- Beam charge rate and decay rate increased by 20%
- Primary fire ammo consumption rate increased from 7 to 10 per second
- Primary fire gains ammo from damaging barriers again
TRACER
- Damage increased from 5 to 6
SUPPORT
ANA
- Cooldown reduced from 15 to 14 seconds
KIRIKO
- Arm hit volumes width reduced 15%
- Added an auto-wall climb hero option
- Ultimate cost increased by 10%
- Movement speed bonus reduced from 50 to 30%
- Cooldown rate reduced from 3 to 2 times faster
- Cast time reduced from 0.15 to 0.1 second
- Ammo increased from 12 to 15
- Ability input can now be held to activate
MERCY
- Weapon swap time reduced from 0.5 to 0.35 seconds
- Ammo increased from 20 to 25
BUG FIXES
- Fixed a bug that was causing Roadhog’s breaths to not be audible when viewing some animations in the Hero Gallery
- Fixed a bug that caused some players to lose competitive challenge progress
- Resolved an issue where several products couldn’t be unlocked from the Hero Gallery
- Addressed a bug with the Lifesaver Challenge not counting Mercy’s Resurrect as a ‘Save’
- Resolved an issue with purchases not immediately showing up after purchase
- Fixed a bug with Torbjörn and Symmetra’s turrets displaying hostile red overlays in Deathmatch for the player that placed them
Busan
- Fixed an area of the map where players could get stuck
Colosseo
- Fixed geometry that allowed some heroes to contest undetected
Esperança
- Fixed some areas that could be used to escape the playable space
- Fixed geometry that allowed some heroes to contest undetected
Gibraltar
- Fixed lighting issues across the map
- Fixed some areas where Torbjörn could place his turret in unreachable spots
Nepal
- Replaced some missing pillars on Sanctum
Rio
- Fixed a bug that allowed some heroes to get inside of the payload
Route 66
- Fixed lighting issues across the map
New Queen Street
- Fixed some issues with shadows across the map
- Fixed an area of the map where players could get stuck
Download free Overwatch 3 patch 3.42 for PS4 and Xbox One.
