Overwatch 2 Update 4.10 Patch Notes (OW2 version 1.000.074)

New Content & Events

Tracer Joins Stadium
Tracer arrives in Stadium midseason, bringing her high-speed, high-risk gameplay. Alongside her debut, we’re adding full support for Advanced Custom Games and AI Bot Integration, allowing for deeper customization and new ways to play.

Overwatch 2 x Phantom Thieves Crossover
The Phantom Thieves have arrived in Overwatch 2 from September 16 to 29. The event includes new skins, UI elements, map secrets, and in-game surprises inspired by Persona 5.
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Overwatch 2 Anniversary 2025
Relive the game’s most memorable moments from September 16 to October 13. Each week features a different throwback mode with unique rewards:

• Week 1 (Sept. 16): Mischief & Magic + Overwatch Classic Launch Meta

  • Rewards: Legendary Loot Box, Epic Loot Box, Legendary Lifeweaver Skin, souvenirs, icons.

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• Week 2 (Sept. 23): Mirrorwatch + Overwatch Classic Moth Meta

  • Rewards: Legendary Loot Box, Epic Loot Box, weapon charms.

• Week 3 (Sept. 30): Totally Normalwatch + Overwatch Classic Goats Meta

  • Rewards: Legendary Loot Box, player icons, sprays.

• Week 4 (Oct. 7): Junkenstein’s Laboratory + Overwatch Classic Golden Meta

  • Rewards: Mythic Prism bonuses, souvenirs, sprays, icons, weapon charms, XP, namecard, Epic Loot Box.

Competitive Play Updates

Leaver Compensation

• Players who have leavers on their team (outside of their group) will have reduced Rank Progress loss.

• This compensation is reduced at higher Skill Tiers.

• Players who leave matches, and their group members, will receive the full penalty.

• Leavers will still be suspended from all Competitive Play modes.

Developer Comment: After seeing successful results in Stadium, we’re applying the same Leaver Compensation rules to Core Competitive Play.

Hero Updates

TANK

Hazard

• Spike Guard (Secondary Ability): Damage reduction reduced from 65% to 60%.

• Violent Leap (Ability 1): Damage reduced from 80 to 70.

Ramattra

• Nemesis Form (Ability 1): Bonus armor increased from 250 to 275.

Roadhog

• Scrap Gun (Primary & Secondary Fire): Critical damage multiplier increased from 1.5x to 2x.

• Take a Breather (Ability 2): Resource regeneration rate increased from 10 to 12.5 per second.

Wrecking Ball

• Quad Cannons (Primary Fire): Maximum ammo reduced from 100 to 80.

• Minefield (Ultimate): Mine duration reduced from 20 to 16 seconds.

DAMAGE

Genji

• Deflect (Ability 2): Cooldown increased from 8 to 10 seconds.

Hanzo

• Storm Arrows (Ability 2): No longer have a larger projectile size compared to regular arrows.

Torbjörn

• Overload (Ability 1): Duration increased from 5 to 6 seconds.

• Molten Core (Ultimate): Damage per second increased from 160 to 190.

Tracer

• Perk: Cost increased by 25%.

Widowmaker

• Grappling Hook: Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds.

• Venom Mine: Total damage increased from 75 to 125.

SUPPORT

Brigitte

• Shield Bash (Primary Ability): Damage increased from 50 to 70.

• Combat Medic (Minor Perk): Fixed a bug where it triggered on damaging non-player entities.

Lúcio

• Sonic Amplifier (Primary Fire): Damage per projectile reduced from 22 to 20.

Wuyang

• Rushing Torrent: Cooldown increased from 7 to 8 seconds.

• Guardian Wave: Healing amplification duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds.

Stadium Updates

TANK

Orisa

• Scorched Earth (Power): Damage increased to 25% (up from 20%).

• Shield Divergence (Power): Barrier now gains extra health from passive health gain.

• Supercharger (Power): Base health increased to 400 (up from 200).

Developer Comment: These updates give Orisa more durability and impact.

Sigma

• Maestro (Power): Added: Gravitic Flux refunds 50% of Ultimate Charge if no enemies are affected.

• Volatile Gravel (Rare Ability Hero Item): Reworked. Now deals damage with Accretion and grants 5% Ability Power until the end of the round, stacking up to 4 times.

• Beam Splitter (Rare Survival Hero Item): Now also reduces Melee damage while active. Damage reduction increased to 75% (up from 50%).

• Synced Shielding (Rare Survival Hero Item): Weapon Power and Attack Speed granted while behind Experimental Barrier increased to 10% (up from 5%). Move Speed and Lifesteal granted while in front of Experimental Barrier increased to 10% (up from 5%).

Developer Comment: Several of Sigma’s items were too situational. We’re also making his Beam counter more effective against other Tanks.

DAMAGE

Mei

• Slowball (Power): Added: Critical hits apply a 30% slow instead of the standard amount.

Developer Comment: We wanted to reward precision with Slowball. Landing crits now applies a stronger slow.

Tracer

• Added to the Stadium Roster.

• Chronal Crux (Stadium Passive): Gains 25% less Health, Armor, and Shields from items and cash.

Tracer’s New Stadium Powers:

• Flash Fist: For 1s after Blink, your next Quick Melee is affected by Ability Power, deals +10 damage, and knocks back.

• Get Stuffed!: Quick Melee hits grant 5% Ultimate Charge.

• Blink of an Eye: Critical hits reduce Blink’s cooldown by 0.5s.

• Quantum Clip: Blinking while reloading grants 25% Max Ammo and 10% Weapon Lifesteal until you reload.

• T.Racer: Blink teleports 3m farther and grants 10% Move Speed for 1s.

• Alternate Ending: Recall heals allies within 6m for 75% of the damage they took in the last 3s.

• Auto Recall: Once per round, if you would die, use Recall for free. Spending Ultimate Charge reduces Recall’s cooldown by 50%.

• Bullet Time: Recall drops a field that slows projectiles by 95% for 6s and you take 25% less damage from Hitscan for 3s.

• Temporal: Recall leaves a portal. An ally can interact with it to travel back in time 3 seconds.

• Foresight: After Blink, your next 6 shots within 2s auto-aim to targets within 10m.

• Timelapse: Hitting 2 consecutive shots on the same target deals 1 extra damage over 2s.

• Pocket Bomb: Using Recall throws a Pulse Bomb that deals 60% less damage.

Tracer’s New Stadium Items:

• Pulse Detector (Rare Weapon): 10% Weapon Power, 10% Max Ammo. The last enemy hit by Pulse Pistols is revealed for 1s. Cost: 5,500.

• Underworld Quickloader (Epic Weapon): 10% Weapon Power, 10% Attack Speed. Pulse Pistol hits grant 1% Reload Speed (stacks to 30). Resets on reload. Cost: 12,000.

• Drag Reducers (Rare Ability): 10% Ability Power, 100% Pulse Bomb throw distance. Cost: 4,000.

• Chrono Bomb (Epic Ability): 15% Ability Power, 50% Pulse Bomb explosion radius. Enemies hit are slowed by 30% and lose 30% bonus Attack Speed for 2s. Cost: 10,000.

• Emily’s Affection (Rare Survival): +19 Health. After Recall, gain 50 Overhealth for 5s. Cost: 4,000.

• Iggy’s Ignition (Rare Survival): 5% Attack Speed, 5% Move Speed. Blinking while Airborne grants an air jump. Cost: 3,750.

• Custom Kicks (Epic Survival): +38 Health. Blinking grants you and allies within 6m 10% Move Speed for 1s. Cost: 10,000.

• Oxton Overdrive (Epic Survival): +19 Health. Recall restores 2 charges of Blink. Cost: 10,000.

• Slipstream Salve (Epic Survival): +19 Health. Recall always restores at least 70% of your life. Cost: 10,000.

SUPPORT

Juno

• PulStar Destroyers (Epic Ability Hero Item): Damage increased to 35 (up from 20).

Developer Comment: This boost should make this hero item feel more destructive.

Kiriko

• Donut Delivery (Epic Ability Hero Item): Cooldown Reduction decreased to 5% (down from 10%). Healing decreased to 80 (down from 120).

• Talisman of Life (Epic Survival Hero Item): Ability Power decreased to 15% (down from 20%). Overhealth decreased to 80 (down from 100).

Developer Comment: We’ve trimmed the numbers so talismans and donuts aren’t quite so powerful.

Stadium Armory Updates

General Items
Developer Comment: With Tracer’s introduction, we’re adjusting “On Ability” items to be more balanced on heroes with low cooldowns.

• Ironclad Exhaust Ports (Rare Survival): Overhealth now only stacks 1 time. Added +10 Health.

• Three-Tap Tommygun (Epic Ability):

  • Added damage falloff to its additional damage.

  • Added a 0.25s internal cooldown between damage procs.

  • Effect changed from “After using an ability, your next 3 instances of Weapon Damage deal additional damage equal to 3% of the target’s Life” to “After using an ability, for 3s Weapon Damage deals additional damage equal to 1% of the target’s Life. (Cooldown: 0.25s)”.

  • Cost reduced to 9,500 (down from 10,500).

• Mark of the Kitsune (Epic Ability): Added damage falloff to its additional damage.