Blizzard has released a new Overwatch 2 update 3.79 on PS4, PS5(1.000.043), PC, and Xbox One. According to the official OW2 3.79 patch notes, the latest OW2 season 11 update introduces new challenges, a new map, significant hero updates, and a Community Crafted mode. Apart from this, OW2 update 3.79 also includes special events and Pink Mercy’s return, with proceeds going to breast cancer research.
Previously, a major Overwatch 2 update 3.60 added a new game mode – Hero Mastery as well as various changes to heroes, including damage adjustments, cooldown tweaks, and improvements to abilities. Today’s Overwatch 2 version 3.79 will fix a few of these issues.
Read the full details below.
OW2 Update 3.79 patch notes (version 1.000.043)
SEASON 11 – SUPER MEGA ULTRAWATCH
Overview
- Celebrate Overwatch reaching 100 million players
- Battle against Mythic Calamity Empress Ashe and B.O.B
- Claim Mythic Ashe’s dark mage style
Special Events
- Pink Mercy Return: Purchase period from June 25 – July 8, 2024. All proceeds to Breast Cancer Research Foundation.
- Aztec Sombra Bundle: Unlockable through challenges.
- Community Crafted Mode: Creative changes by streamers Emongg, Custa, TQQ, and Eskay.
COMMUNITY CRAFTED MODE
- Balance Changes and Fun Tweaks:
- Baptiste shares kit with Ana
- Reaper’s Wraith Form with added effects
HERO MASTERY UPDATES
- New Hero Mastery Courses: For Soldier: 76 and Kiriko
- Event Duration: June 20 to July 9
- Rewards: New challenges and up to 22,500 Battle Pass XP
NEW MAP: RUNASAPI
- Location: Peruvian Andes
- Features: Marketplaces, Inti Warrior Historical Museum, and tight streets with cliffside battles
CHALLENGE UPDATES
- Weekly Challenge Catch Up:
- Complete past challenges anytime in the season
- Additional copies of incomplete challenges after Weekly Reset
- Weekly Milestones:
- Progress one at a time
- All past milestones must be completed to unlock new ones
COMPETITIVE PLAY UPDATES
- Rank Percentage Display: On Competitive Progress page
- Modifiers Renamed: “Win Streak” to “Win Trend” and “Loss Streak” to “Loss Trend”
- Matchmaker Improvements: Better queue times for wide groups
- Final Scoreboard View: Added to end-of-game flow
HERO UPDATES
General
- Knockdown Time Reduction: From 2 to 1.7 seconds for collisions
Tank
- D.Va:
- Fusion Cannons spread reduced
- Boosters impact damage increased
- Junker Queen:
- Jagged Blade pulls tanks further
- Rampage startup time reduced
- Orisa:
- Javelin Spin cooldown reduced
- Roadhog:
- Base health reduced
- Take a Breather damage reduction decreased
Damage
- Cassidy:
- Peacekeeper secondary fire damage reduced
- Combat Roll damage reduction decreased
- Flashbang returns with Hinder effect
- Deadeye movement and damage reduction scale over time
- Mei:
- Endothermic Blaster secondary fire size reduced
- Secondary fire damage increased
- Reaper:
- Hellfire Shotguns spread reduced
- Shadow Step cast time reduced
- Sojourn:
- Railgun secondary fire damage scaling reduced
- Primary fire shots per second increased
- Overclock energy charge rate increased
- Symmetra:
- Base health increased
- Photon Projector primary fire charge rate increased
Support
- Illari:
- Outburst damage increased
- Healing Pylon healing and health increased but less effective on self
- Kiriko:
- Swift Step cooldown increased
- Protection Suzu no longer cleanses hard knockdown stuns
MAP UPDATES
Colosseo
- Added stairs and new sections for additional pathing and combat opportunities
- Extended map with a new section and mega health pack
- Improved flow and defense points
Push Maps
- Reduced Quick Play match time from 10 to 8 minutes
- Increased push robot speed by 10%
BUG FIXES
Maps
- Numbani: Fixed ability pass-through issues
- New Junk City: Lighting fixes
- Hollywood: Fixed stuck player areas
Heroes
- Junker Queen: Fixed Commanding Shout audio bug
- Reinhardt: Charge now damages Ice Wall and Tree of Life
- Venture: Fixed various burrow and ability issues
The following changes were added previously.
HERO UPDATES
TANK
MAUGA
- Mauga is now available in Competitive Play for players who unlocked him.
- Base health decreased from 350 to 250.
- Base armor increased from 150 to 250.
Incendiary and Volatile Chainguns
- Number of shots with the Incendiary Chaingun to ignite enemies reverted from 15 to 10.
- Spread decreased from 1.1 to 1 when only one Chaingun is active.
- Overhealth conversion rate increased from 50% to 60%.
BUG FIXES
GENERAL
- Fixed a bug that had some heroes’ default weapon appearing locked behind competitive points.
- Hero Mastery – Fixed a bug with replays where only the bookmarks of the first run could be selected.
- Fixed a bug that prevented players from being able to thank each other.
- Fixed a bug that caused the multi-kill voice over to fail to play.
HEROES
Junkrat
- Fixed a bug with Concussion Mine that allowed Junkrat to launch off of it when placed behind a wall.
Download free Overwatch 2 update 3.79 for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC and Xbox One.
