May 9, 2023 Patch

May 9, 2023 Patch

Platform(s)	PC, Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series
Previous patch	April 25, 2023 Patch
Next patch	June 13, 2023 Patch
https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/live/2023/05/
All Patch Notes

May 9, 2023 Patch is a patch in Overwatch 2 PvP.

EVENT UPDATES[ | ]

New Event - Starwatch: Galactic Rescue[ | ]

Battle for the fate of the galaxy in this new four-point Assault mode. Side with the Watcher rebels alongside the mighty Bonebreaker to rescue 3CH-0 from the Infinite Galactrius starship. Or serve the Infinite Empire and use the starship's security systems to defend against the intruders. Your choice will decide the fate of the galaxy, for whichever side wins more battles by the end of the event will reign supreme!

Complete event challenges to unlock limited-time cosmetics, like the Asteroid Wrecking Ball epic skin, as well as up to 50,000 Battle Pass XP.

Battle for Olympus Returns[ | ]

To celebrate Zeus Junker Queen's victory from Season 2's Battle for Olympus event, we are bringing back the game mode for a limited-time, including an all new Team Deathmatch version! To further commemorate the victors of Season 2, a statue of the god herself has been erected in Ilios.

GENERAL UPDATES[ | ]

Ping System[ | ]

"Group Up" can now be used while dead.
Added a new setting to Controls -> Communication -> Ping - Options -> Enable Contextual Comms Wheel. When Enabled, this setting changes "Group Up" and "Need Healing" to use alternate comms when aiming at allies. This setting is "Off" by default.
Junker Queen can now ping targets through surfaces that her knife is stuck in, in the same way that Zenyatta can ping targets his Discord is attached to.

Push Game Mode Update[ | ]

The respawn time for players is increased by 2 seconds from 10s to 12s while their team’s forward spawn location is activated.

Developer Comments: Forward spawn locations were proving to be too advantageous for the team with the lead, making it a bit too difficult for the disadvantaged team to mount a comeback.

Matchmaking[ | ]

MMR decay system has received multiple improvements aimed at more quickly and accurately re-calibrating players when they return from a long period of inactivity.

COMPETITIVE UPDATES[ | ]

The 2023 Competitive Deathmatch season begins on May 16th!

HERO UPDATES[ | ]

TANK[ | ]

Junker Queen

Developer Comments: These changes increase Junker Queen's front-line presence by increasing her self-healing and offensive sustainability. We've also increased Jagged Blade's projectile size so it's more consistent to land.

Scattergun

Maximum ammo increased from 6 to 8

Jagged Blade

Projectile size increased from 0.15 to 0.20 meters

Rampage

Now deals 40 impact damage
Wound damage decreased from 100 to 60

Adrenaline Rush

Adrenaline passive healing multiplier increased from 1.25 to 2x damage dealt by wounds

Orisa

Developer Comments: Orisa often gets a lot of value with her abilities, but she is underperforming compared to other tanks. Increasing her weapon damage will make her more of an immediate threat after closing the distance with the enemy team.

Augmented Fusion Driver

Damage increased from 12 to 13

Winston

Developer Comments: It's difficult to deal full damage with Winston's leap due to needing to land almost directly on the enemy hero. Increasing this range will improve its consistency.

Jump Pack

Damage radius before falloff begins increased from 1 to 1.3 meters

Wrecking Ball

Developer Comments: Adaptive Shields gives Wrecking Ball a lot of leeway in a fight due to its duration. This change to Adaptive Shields limits his survivability during prolonged engagements.

Adaptive Shield

Effect duration decreased from 9 to 7 seconds

DAMAGE[ | ]

Echo

Developer Comments: The following changes increase the flexibility of Echo’s Duplicate ultimate and shift some of its focus away from the allure of building multiple copied ultimates in a single use. This puts more of an emphasis on choosing a Duplicate target based on the hero's overall utility for a given situation, with the benefit of increased survivability due to transforming. Echo will get her ultimate more frequently but it will be more difficult to generate the copied hero’s ultimate.

Duplicate

Ultimate cost reduced 25%
Ultimate generation decreased from 5.5x to 4x while Duplicate is active

Junkrat

Developer Comments: The previous adjustment to Concussion Mine's maximum damage lowered the effectiveness of Junkrat's grenade and mine combos too much so we are increasing the damage amount slightly.

Concussion Mine

Maximum damage increased from 100 to 110

SUPPORT[ | ]

Ana

Developer Comments: Ana’s survivability has improved significantly ever since the addition of the support passive. We are reducing the amount of healing provided by the Biotic Grenade explosion as she doesn’t need to rely on it for self-healing as much as before.

Biotic Grenade

Explosion healing decreased from 100 to 60

Baptiste

Developer Comments: Immortality Field provides powerful utility, but its long cooldown means that Baptiste often has to wait for the perfect opportunity to use it. We're decreasing its cooldown slightly to promote more flexibility in usage, though it will still be uncommon to see it in more than once per engagement.

Immortality Field

Cooldown decreased from 25 to 23 seconds

Kiriko

Developer Comments: Kiriko sometimes accidentally interrupts her Kunai reload with Ofuda. Kunai now reloads slightly sooner during the animation to mitigate this. In addition, there is now a hero option, "Healing Ofuda Cancels Reload," which can be turned off to bypass this issue entirely.

Kunai

Kunai reloads after 65% percent of the animation has completed (formerly 75%)
New Hero option: "Healing Ofuda Cancels Reload"

Lifeweaver

Developer Comments: Earthshatter is an ultimate where positioning is critical to effectively use, so we are adjusting it so that Reinhardt doesn’t have their ultimate be effectively canceled when Lifeweaver uses Life Grip.

Life Grip

Reinhardt is no longer a valid target for Life Grip during Earthshatter, and using Earthshatter will cancel Life Grip.

HERO OPTION UPDATES[ | ]

In addition to the hero balance adjustments in this update, we are implementing multiple quality-of-life settings for several heroes to give you the ability to custom-tailor your experience of playing your favorite heroes.