May 1, 2025 Patch | |
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Platform(s) |
PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series |
Previous patch |
April 28, 2025 Patch |
Next patch |
May 6, 2025 Patch |
Official website |
https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/live/2025/05/ |
All Patch Notes |
May 1, 2025 Patch' is a Stadium balance hotfix patch.
Hotfix Balance Update[]
This is a game balance hotfix. Replay codes from the April 22, 2025 patch are still available.
Stadium Balance Updates[]
Tank[]

D.Va
Nano Cola™ Nitrous – Epic Survival Hero Item
- Health reduced to 25 (down from 50).
- Reduced Max Life increase to 5% (down from 25%).
- Reduced duration of Nano Boost to 4 seconds (down from 8 seconds).
Busan Blaster – Epic Ability Hero Item
- No longer generates Ultimate Charge.

Orisa
Restortify – Powers
- Reduced healing to 5% of your Max Life every 1 second (down from 10%).
Solar Regenergy – Rare Survival Hero Item
- Reduced Armor Restoration to 3% of Max Life (down from 5%).

Reinhardt
- Reduced the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 13.64%

Zarya
Lifelift – Power
- Particle Barrier health scaling reduced to 50% of your bonus Max Life (down from 100%).
Here to Spot You – Power
- Increased healing to 20% of your Max Life over 3s (up from 15%).
Damage[]

Mei
Coulder - Power
- Reduced the knockback frequency rate by 60%.
- Increased how far enemies are knocked back.
- Increased the damage dealt per knockback to 20 (up from 10).

Reaper
- Reduced the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 10%.

Soldier: 76
We love that players have been enjoying using Rocket Visor. It's been great to see some players pick up Soldier: 76 who may not have played him much in the past. That said we have always intended for the build centered around Rocket Visor to be a strong accessible build, but not necessarily the build with the highest practical performance ceiling. We've seen that it's overperforming and can feel frustrating to play against. We're hoping to reduce a bit of the power with this change, but we will continue to keep a tactical eye on this build as we move forward with more balance updates.
We felt the payoff for making Biotic Bullseye work was a bit too low to be worth it.- Reduced the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 12.5%.
Rocket Visor – Power
- Duration reduced to 0.5 seconds (down from 0.75 seconds).
Biotic Bullseye – Power
- Increased ammo restoration to 10% per critical hit (up from 5%).
Support[]

Kiriko
- Reduced the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 16.67%.

Juno
Pulsar Torpedo enthusiasts have been everywhere you look in Stadium and sometimes it feels like there's always a Pulsar Torpedo chasing you. We're reducing the cooldown of Cosmic Coolant per hit to reduce some of her ability pacing.
We felt that PulStar Destroyers had too much vertical power for damage focused Pulsar Torpedo builds. We've replaced the Ability Power with Ability Lifesteal to retain that aggressive playstyle.
Solar Shielding was providing too much Ability Power combined with its effect at its current cost.- Increased the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 33.33%.
Cosmic Coolant – Power
- Cooldown per target hit reduced to 0.5 second (down from 1 second).
PulStar Destroyers – Epic Ability Hero Power
- Removed 15% Ability Power.
- Added 10% Ability Lifesteal.
Solar Shielding – Epic Ability Hero Power
- Ability Power reduced to 15% (down from 25%).

Lúcio
In combination with Amp It Up, Crowd Pleaser was allowing for too much burst healing that was outside of acceptable output ranges.
Amp It Up healbot builds have been a little too consistent so we’re shaving a little off from Megaphone.
Weapon Power Lúcio builds have been overshadowed by Ability Power Healing and Soundwave builds. We’re adding more consistency to Signature Shift to make it a more reliable and accessible option.
B-Side Bop has a very low pick rate, so we’re adding more Health to make it a more attractive option and add more power to less popular Lúcio builds.- Increased the amount of Stadium Cash gained from damage and healing by 10%.
Crowd Pleaser – Power
- Healing reduced to 150% of Crossfade healing (down from 200%).
Megaphone – Power
- Amp It Up duration reduced to 15% (down from 20%).
Signature Shift – Power
- Increased Projectile Size increased to 80% (up from 20%).
B-Side Bop – Epic Weapon Hero Item
- Health increased to 50 (up from 25).