Overwatch Retail Patch Notes – July 14, 2026
Summer Games 2026 is LIVE, bringing your favorite beach brawls back to the arcade! Blast into Lucioball, crank things up with Lucioball Remix, or serve up some fun in Winston's Beach Volleyball while completing challenges to earn sizzling summertime loot. Soak up the sun and earn a shining victory in Summer Games 2026, July 14 – 30!
Summer Games 2026
- Summer Games 2026 is LIVE, bringing your favorite beach brawls back to the arcade! Blast into Lucioball, crank things up with Lucioball Remix, or serve up some fun in Winston's Beach Volleyball while completing challenges to earn sizzling summertime loot. Soak up the sun and earn a shining victory in Summer Games 2026, July 14 – 30!
Winston
Summer Games 2026 is LIVE, bringing your favorite beach brawls back to the arcade! Blast into Lucioball, crank things up with Lucioball Remix, or serve up some fun in Winston's Beach Volleyball while completing challenges to earn sizzling summertime loot. Soak up the sun and earn a shining victory in Summer Games 2026, July 14 – 30!
Junkrat's Loot Hunt
- Junkrat’s Loot Hunt returns from July 31 - August 3 for a reward-fueled weekend blast! Every match you play pushes you closer to Loot Boxes, with flexible challenges that let you go all-in or pace yourself. Plus, progress won't reset, there's no daily pressure, and no nonsense… just explosions, and piles of loot to unbox!
Junkrat
Junkrat’s Loot Hunt returns from July 31 - August 3 for a reward-fueled weekend blast! Every match you play pushes you closer to Loot Boxes, with flexible challenges that let you go all-in or pace yourself. Plus, progress won't reset, there's no daily pressure, and no nonsense… just explosions, and piles of loot to unbox!
Excavation Initiative
- The Excavation Initiative continues, rewarding you for doing what you'd already be doing: playing Overwatch. Throughout the rest of the season, you'll earn Loot Boxes simply by logging in, completing challenges, winning games, and staying active week after week. The more you play, the more opportunities you'll have to uncover Base, Epic, and Legendary Loot Boxes packed with rewards.
Excavation Initiative
The Excavation Initiative continues, rewarding you for doing what you'd already be doing: playing Overwatch. Throughout the rest of the season, you'll earn Loot Boxes simply by logging in, completing challenges, winning games, and staying active week after week. The more you play, the more opportunities you'll have to uncover Base, Epic, and Legendary Loot Boxes packed with rewards.
Tank
- Empowered Rocket Punch's increased follow-through size was hitting targets far away from the initial target. We're reducing the bonus size while retaining some additional range and radius to preserve its power fantasy.
- Empowered Punch collateral range gain reduced 75% to 40%.
- Empowered Punch collateral radius gain reduced from 50% to 40%.
Tank
Empowered Rocket Punch's increased follow-through size was hitting targets far away from the initial target. We're reducing the bonus size while retaining some additional range and radius to preserve its power fantasy.
Rocket Punch
Empowered Punch collateral range gain reduced 75% to 40%.
NerfEmpowered Punch collateral radius gain reduced from 50% to 40%.
Nerf
Junker Queen
Commanding Shout is Junker Queen's primary source of survivability and team protection. Its cooldown begins after the effect expires, resulting in a longer time between uses. We're reducing the cooldown to increase its availability during engagements.
Commanding Shout
Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds. (5v5)
NerfCooldown reduced from 15 to 13 seconds. (6v6)
Nerf
Mauga
Mauga could maintain high accuracy when firing a single Chaingun for extended periods. Adding dynamic spread to individual Chainguns encourages switching between weapons to manage spread. This change does not affect accuracy while firing both weapons simultaneously.
Chainguns
Maximum spread while firing individual Chainguns increased from 1 to 1.5.
BuffDamage
- Silver Bullet's additional projectile size improved the perk's effectiveness by making the empowered shot significantly easier to land. We're removing that bonus while retaining its potential damage.
- Projectile size reduced from 0.17 to 0.07.
- Reducing Take Aim's explosion delay lowers the time between impact and damage, creating more consistent follow-up opportunities while reducing the bolt's disruptive potential when hit by it. The other changes are aimed at improving the flow between Take Aim and Revdraw Crossbow’s primary fire.
Damage
Silver Bullet's additional projectile size improved the perk's effectiveness by making the empowered shot significantly easier to land. We're removing that bonus while retaining its potential damage.
Silver Bullet
Reducing Silver Bullet's explosion delay lowers the time between impact and damage, creating more consistent follow-up opportunities while reducing the bolt's disruptive potential when hit by it. The other changes are aimed at improving the flow between Silver Bullet and Revdraw Crossbow’s primary fire.
Projectile size reduced from 0.17 to 0.07.
Nerf
Revdraw Crossbow
Fire Rate increased from 5 to 5.5.
BuffRecovery reduced from 0.5 to 0.4.
NerfExplosion delay reduced from 1 to 0.8 seconds.
Nerf
Reaper
Reaper's reduced health pool has limited his ability to sustain through extended engagements. Increasing the effectiveness of his passive restores some of that durability while rewarding aggressive play.
Soul Reaving
Pickup radius of Soul Globes increased from 5 to 8 meters.
BuffSupport
- Ana's self-sustain has decreased following the removal of the Support passive's reduced health regeneration delay. Increasing Biotic Grenade's healing strengthens its defensive utility while also increasing its offensive impact.
- Explosion damage and healing increased from 75 to 90.
- Adding a burst of instant healing when Inspire is triggered allows Brigitte to provide more immediate healing while rewarding players for consistent Inspire triggers.
Ana
Ana's self-sustain has decreased following the removal of the Support passive's reduced health regeneration delay. Increasing Biotic Grenade's healing strengthens its defensive utility while also increasing its offensive impact.
Biotic Grenade
Explosion damage and healing increased from 75 to 90.
Buff
Brigitte
Adding a burst of instant healing when Inspire is triggered allows Brigitte to provide more immediate healing while rewarding players for consistent Inspire triggers.
Now grants 12 instant healing on trigger.
AdjustmentHealing over time reduced from 60 to 45.
Nerf
Kiriko
The reduced recovery time on Healing Ofuda improved the feel and consistency of Kiriko's healing. However, her overall healing output has become too high, so we're reducing the base healing while preserving the improved responsiveness.
Healing Ofuda
Lúcio's overall effectiveness has been reduced over time to account for his uniquely powerful speed utility. Increasing his weapon damage strengthens his offensive capabilities without increasing the strength of his utility.
Healing per projectile reduced from 13 to 12.
Nerf
Sonic Amplifier
Damage per projectile increased from 20 to 22.
BuffStadium Updates
- Clash capture speed now increased up to 300% as time elapses (Up from 200%).
- Rate at which Clash capture speed increases increased to 2% every 1s (Up from 1%).
- Clash rounds in Stadium can lead to outlier match lengths, especially in compositions with high amounts of sustain, so we're increasing the point capture speed to limit such outliers.
General Changes
Rate at which Clash capture speed increases increased to 2% every 1s (Up from 1%).
Clash capture speed now increased up to 300% as time elapses (Up from 200%).
BuffClash rounds in Stadium can lead to outlier match lengths, especially in compositions with high amounts of sustain, so we're increasing the point capture speed to limit such outliers.
AdjustmentTank
- Damage reduced to 20 (Down from 25).
- Duration reduced to 1.5s (Down from 2s).
Royal Bullets
Damage reduced to 20 (Down from 25).
NerfBow Down
Duration reduced to 1.5s (Down from 2s).
Nerf