Overwatch 2 February 7 Patch Goes Heavy on Hero Balancing Changes

Overwatch 2 meta is definitely going to shake up thanks to a recent update. The February 7 patch, which added a new map, streamer protect mode, and more, has also brought a ton of balancing changes to every hero in the game. No one is spared from this update.

The amount of ultimate charge kept when exchanging heroes has been decreased from 30% to 25%. The health total of every tank hero is lowered when playing a non-role queue game mode. The health will remain the same in other modes, however. Read more about the hero changes below.

• Mech base health in Role Queue modes remains the same at 350
• Mech base health in non-Role Queue modes reduced from 350 to 200

• Base health in Role Queue modes remains the same at 450
• Base health in non-Role Queue modes reduced from 450 to 300

• Base health in Role Queue modes increased to 450
• Base health in non-Role Queue modes reduced from 425 to 300

• Base health in Role Queue modes remains the same at 275
• Base health in non-Role Queue modes reduced from 275 to 125
  • Augmented Fusion Driver
  • Damage falloff range reduced from 25 to 15 meters

• Base health in Role Queue modes remains the same at 350
• Base health in non-Role Queue modes reduced from 350 to 200
  • Gravitic Flux
  • Ultimate cost increased 7%

• Base health in Role Queue modes remains the same at 250
• Base health in non-Role Queue modes reduced from 250 to 100
  • Graviton Surge
  • Ultimate cost increased 8%

• Combat Roll
  • Movement is no longer blocked by enemy player collision
• Peacekeeper
  • Primary fire falloff range increased from 20 to 25 meters

• Concussion Mine
  • Maximum damage reduced from 120 to 100

• Blizzard
  • Ultimate cost reduced 5%

• Barrage
  • Ultimate cost reduced 5%

• Death Blossom
  • Ultimate cost reduced 8%

• Heavy Pulse Rifle
  • Number of shots to reach maximum recoil increased from 4 to 6
  • Recoil reduced 12%

• Machine Pistol
  • Damage per projectile increased from 7 to 7.5
• Hack
  • Health pack hacked duration increased from 30 to 45 seconds

• Photon Barrier
  • Ultimate cost increased 10%

• Deploy Turret
  • Turret base health reduced from 250 to 225

• Base health reduced from 200 to 175

• Biotic Grenade
  • Effect duration reduced from 4 to 3.5 seconds

• Repair Pack
  • Healing over time reduced from 55 to 50 per second
  • Applying a Repair Pack now instantly heals for 25 health on impact
• Rally
  • Ultimate cost reduced 10%

• Sound Barrier
  • Ultimate cost reduced 7%

• Coalescence
  • Ultimate cost reduced 5%

• Orb of Destruction
  • Ammo increased from 20 to 25

The complete patch notes of Overwatch 2 February 7 Patch is available on the official site.