'Overwatch' July 26 PC Patch Buffs Ana, McCree [PATCH NOTES]

Overwatch has a new patch out for July 26, for PC only. The July 26 Overwatch patch notes address Ana’s damage and healing output with a buff, while McCree has been nerfed… kind of… and buffed too… kind of. His damage falloff has decreased, but the falloff amount is unchanged, making him slightly less overpowered than he was before, but still stronger than at launch. (Did you follow that?) His alt fire and flashbang have also been tweaked.

These changes will hit Xbox One and Playstation 4 at a later, undisclosed date. The full Overwatch PC patch notes for the July 26 patch are below (via Blizzard):

HERO BALANCE UPDATES

Ana

• Biotic Rifle

  • Rate of fire increased by 20%

  • Magazine size increased from 8 to 10

Developer Comments: While Ana has been very well received, she was showing to be a little bit weaker overall. In addition to helping her feel better to play, these changes should also increase her healing and damage output.

McCree

• Peacemaker

  • Primary Fire

    • Damage falloff range decreased by 10 meters

      • Damage falloff amount is unchanged

      • As a result, even with this change, McCree’s effective range is still higher than it was at launch

  • Alternate Fire

    • Rate of fire increased by 15%

  • Flashbang

    • Recovery time (i.e. the amount of time before McCree can fire again) decreased from 0.5 seconds to 0.35 seconds

Developer Comments: McCree’s latest range increase helped him quite a bit, but it was a bit too much in the right hands. This change weakens his long range damage somewhat, but still keeps it stronger than it has been in the recent past. The other changes combine to allow him to land more alternate fire shots on targets that he has hit with Flashbang.

BUG FIXES

Heroes

• Targets of Ana’s Sleep Dart will no longer instantly recover when damaged (recovery time is now 0.5 seconds)

User Interface

• Fixed UI compatibility issues for ATI cards

• Fixed a bug that would sometimes cause Lúcio, Mei, and other models to only partially render (or disappear)