Overwatch 1.47 Patch Notes Introduces Echo On The PTR Server

Blizzard continues its support for Overwatch with the latest Patch 1.47. The patch is now live and adds tons of new things to the online shooter. A brand new hero called Echo has been introduced, she belongs to the Damage class and can fire three shots at once. She can also throw sticky grenades that explode after a few seconds. Her abilities are Focusing Beam and Duplicate, The focusing beam is like a laser that deals heavy damage to enemy players. The Duplicate ability lets her clone enemy heroes along with all their abilities.

A new feature called Training Partner is also added in the game. Now you can try out your abilities against an AI-controlled Hero while playing in the Practice Range. Tracer also went through some tweaks, her blink movement accuracy has been improved in hopes to make it more responsive.

Do keep in mind that all these changes are only available for the PTR. The update will come for the main build at a later date. You can read the complete patch notes below or on the official site.

Overwatch PTR Patch Notes – March 19, 2020

NEX HERO: ECHO (DAMAGE)

Echo is an evolutionary robot created by Dr. Mina Liao and programmed with a rapidly adapting artificial intelligence, versatile enough to fill multiple battlefield combat roles. Having joined up with the Overwatch team to defend Paris against the Null Sector incursion, Echo is seeing action as a full-fledged member of Overwatch for the first time. Echo fires three shots (Tri-Shot) at once, in a triangle pattern. Echo fires a volley of Sticky Bombs that detonates after a delay. Echo uses Flight to surge forward quickly, then can fly freely to avoid danger or maneuver to a more strategic location. Using Focusing Beam, Echo channels a beam for a few seconds, dealing very high damage to targets with less than half health, including barriers. With Duplicate, Echo targets an enemy hero and clones them, gaining all of their abilities and potentially changing a team fight in an instant.

GENERAL UPDATES

New Feature: Training Partner

Within the Practice Range, use the Training Partner Spawner to create a bot of any hero on which you can test your abilities.

General

Added a "Patch Notes" button on the main menu and within the options menu. Selecting this button will open a web browser with the latest available game updates

HERO UPDATES

Tracer

• Blink: Improved the accuracy of Tracer's blink movement such that Tracer will more likely end up where the crosshair is pointing

Developer Comments:

• Tracer will now blink around and over obstacles more easily to move towards the crosshair location. For example, if you aim alongside the corner of a wall, Tracer will blink past the corner
• Tracer cannot blink through a space where she otherwise cannot fit normally
• Tracer cannot blink over an obstacle which she otherwise cannot jump over normally, with the jump originating from Tracer's height at the start of the blink movement

We hope that these changes to Tracer's blink will feel more responsive than before.

BUG FIXES

General

• Fixed an issue preventing switching to the next hero when team spectating D.Va in Custom Games
• Fixed an issue preventing Team FFA settings and some Hero settings from being pasted back into Custom Game Settings via copy-paste
• Fixed a bug that could cause voice lines from opposing teams to be heard at Hero Select screens on certain maps
• Fixed a bug where knockbacks were not working correctly if the target was moving down a ramp
• Alt+Tab now will cancel saving a highlight, instead of causing problems with playback

Maps

Blizzard World

• Fixed a bug that allowed players to stand in an unintended location between the first and second point

Busan

• Fixed a bug that caused Sombra's translocator to float when thrown in certain spots

Dorado

• Fixed a bug that could cause players can get stuck between the scooter and wall

Havana

• Fixed a bug that could cause players to get stuck on some bushes

Hollywood

• The capture area for the first capture point no longer extends outside of the visual capture boundary

Ilios

• Fixed a bug that could cause players to get stuck between a wall, plant, and tree

Heroes

Mei

• Fixed a bug where an already frozen enemy getting hit by Blizzard would cause the frozen visual effect to end too early

Moira

• Fixed a bug that prevented Moira's Fade icon from appearing disabled when she is stunned

Workshop

• Fixed an issue preventing Big Message and Small Message from displaying messages in Practice Range