All Hero changes in Overwatch 2 Season 12 mid-season update

Hero changes in Overwatch 2 Season 12
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The Overwatch 2 Season 12 mid-season patch is live. It has incorporated quite a few changes to changes to the Hero pool to improve the quality of life and the state of Hero balance in the game. The previous Season 12 patch had made certain Heroes extremely powerful, leading to a very stagnant Hero-meta in the game.

This article will provide a detailed brief on the Hero changes in the Overwatch 2 Season 12 mid-season update. To know more, read below.


All Hero buffs and nerfs in Overwatch 2 Season 12 mid-season patch

Tanks

Here's a list of all the changes implemented for Tanks in Overwatch 2 Season 12 mid-seasonal Patch Notes:

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HERO UPDATES

GENERAL

  • Armor flat damage reduction decreased from 10 to 7 per impact.

Tank Hero changes

Tank Role Passive

• Knockback resistance reduced from 40% to 25%.


D.Va

  • Mech armor health reduced from 375 to 325.
  • Mech base health increased from 200 to 225.

Orisa

  • Movement speed penalty reduced from 20% to 10% with Overwatch 2 Season 12 mid-season patch notes.

Sigma

Hyperspheres

  • Impact damage reduced from 25 to 15.
  • Explosion damage increased from 30 to 40.
  • No longer deals damage to self.

Damage Hero changes

Bastion

Configuration: Assault

  • Spread reduced from 2.2 to 2 degrees

Configuration: Artillery

  • Ultimate cost reduced 12%.

Cassidy

Flashbang

  • Hinder duration reduced from 1.2 to 0.9 seconds.
  • Explosion damage increased from 45 to 75.

Deadeye

  • Ultimate cost reduced by 10%

Hanzo

Storm Bow

  • Normal arrows are no longer affected by global projectile size increases.
  • Maximum damage increased from 120 to 125 with Overwatch 2 Season 12 mid-season patch notes.
  • Time to fully charge increased from 0.72 to 0.87 seconds.

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Venture

Explorer's Resolve

  • Shield health gained per ability reduced from 40 to 30 with Overwatch 2 Season 12 mid-season patch notes.

Support Hero changes

Moira

Coalescence

  • Damage per second increased from 70 to 85.

Lifeweaver

Thorn Volley

  • Maximum ammo increased from 80 to 100.

Zenyatta

Destruction Orb

  • Damage increased from 48 to 50.

Orb of Discord

  • Cooldown per target reduced from 7 to 6 seconds.

All in all, the majority of changes have been incorporated to reduce the power creep of Tanks in the game. Further improvements to the Support Heroes have ensured that these Heroes can hold their own in dive-centric gameplay.

That's all there is to know about Hero changes in OW2's mid-season update for Season 12. Stay tuned to Sportskeeda's Esports section for more related news and guides.

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