Cover-Credits:
Overwatch 2 Season 3 is now live and there are tons of balance changes that seek to shake up the meta. In addition to a new battle pass, events, and other content, we are also getting a brand-new map and streamer protection features to protect streamer accounts. There will be no new hero this season which might come as a disappointment to some players but if you missed out on unlocking any of the recent heroes, you can focus on obtaining them in Season 3 through the retroactive challenges that can be completed to unlock Ramattra or Kiriko.
Monetization and in-game currency changes
Overwatch Credits, which were previously labeled "Legacy Credits" and were not earnable in Overwatch 2, can now once again be earned through progressing in the Season 3 Battle Pass. All players can earn up to 1500 credits as free rewards, and another 500 credits are available as premium rewards in the Season 3 Battle Pass
Credits can be spent in the Hero Gallery, which now contains nearly all seasonal Epic and Legendary-tier skins released prior to the launch of Overwatch 2. This includes many skins that were previously only available for purchase with Coins in the "Just for You" section of our Shop
Overwatch 2 Season 3 Balance Changes
All Heroes
Maximum ultimate charge retained when swapping heroes reduced from 30 to 25%
Tanks
The health totals for all tank heroes will be lower when playing any game mode that does not have a role queue. Health totals will remain the same for tanks when playing any Role Queue enabled game.
Orisa
Damage falloff range reduced from 25 to 15 meters
Ramattra
Damaging enemies with the ultimate now slows the duration timer down instead of pausing it entirely. Lasts up to 20 seconds
Ultimate cost increased 12%
Reinhardt
Rocket Hammer
Knockback impulse reduced from 10 to 6
Charge
Cooldown reduced from 8 to 7 seconds
Fire Strike
Damage increased from 90 to 100
Earthshatter
Direct hit damage reduced from 250 to 170
Knockdown duration increased from 2.5 to 2.75 seconds
Ultimate cost increased 7%
Roadhog
Maximum duration of Whole Hog increased from 6 to 8 seconds
Ultimate cost increased 8%
Sigma
Ultimate cost increased 7%
Winston
Barrior Projector
Health reduced from 700 to 650
Wrecking Ball
Minefield
Ultimate cost increased 9%
Arming time reduced from 1.5 to 1 second
Pile Driver
Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds
Zarya
Graviton Surge
Ultimate cost increased 8%
Cassidy
Combat Roll
Movement is no longer blocked by enemy player collision
Peacekeeper
Primary fire falloff range increased from 20 to 25 meters
Junkrat
Concussion Mine
Maximum damage reduced from 120 to 100
Mei
Blizzard
Ultimate cost reduced 5%
Pharah
Barrage
Ultimate cost reduced 5%
Reaper
Death Blossom
Ultimate cost reduced 8%
Soldier: 76
Heavy Pulse Rifle
Number of shots to reach maximum recoil increased from 4 to 6
Recoil reduced 12%
Sombra
Hack
Health pack hacked duration increased from 30 to 45 seconds
Machine Pistol
Damage per projectile increased from 7 to 7.5
Symmetra
Photon Barrier
Ultimate cost increased 10%
Torbjorn
Deploy Turret
Turret base health reduced from 250 to 225
Widowmaker
Base health reduced from 200 to 175
Ana
Biotic Grenade
Effect duration reduced from 4 to 3.5 seconds
Brigitte
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%
Lucio
Sound Barrier
Ultimate cost reduced 7%
Mercy
Guardian Angel
Cooldown increased from 1.5 to 2.5 seconds
Holding the backwards directional input and canceling the ability with Jump now moves 20% slower
Caduceus Staff
Healing-per-second reduced from 55 to 45
Healing is increased by 50% for allies under half health
Regeneration (Passive)
"Regeneration" Passive removed
Sympathetic Recovery (NEW Passive)
Mercy heals herself for 25% of healing done with the Caduceus Staff
Moira
Coalescence
Ultimate cost reduced 5%
Zenyatta
Orb of Destruction
Ammo increased from 20 to 25
Overwatch 2 Season 3 Maps
Push
New Queen Street - Morning
Colosseo - Morning (NEW)
Esperança – Morning
Hybrid
Blizzard World - Morning
King’s Row - Evening
Midtown - Morning
Numbani - Morning
Paraíso - Morning
Escort
Dorado - Night
Havana - Night (NEW)
Junkertown - Morning
Circuit royal – Morning (NEW)
Rialto - Morning
Shambali Monastery - Night
Control
Antarctic Peninsula - Night (NEW MAP)
Ilios - Morning
Lijiang Tower - Night
Nepal - Evening
Oasis - Evening
Overwatch Season 3 Bug Fixes
Ping System
Unified the range for most targeted ally pings to 35 meters
Fixed D.Va hearing the "Behind You" VO in unintended circumstances when enemies are pinged
Fixed a bug where pings could be fired by the Communication Wheel if the Ping Wheel had been canceled (by not moving the mouse or with a manual cancel)
Fixed free camera spectators hearing "Need Healing/Need Help" sound effects (not voice-over) if the hero requesting healing was injured and within 30 meters of the spectator's free cam
Fixed Mercy's Soul Pings not displaying her Resurrect cooldown time remaining in some circumstances
Made all pings available to be placed in the Communication Wheel
Fixed the issue where OW1 players with pings in the Communication Wheel couldn't change their options in the Communications menu
Fixed self-pings being able to fire Hero-specific pings (Example: Group Up could cause Mercy to say she'd like to Resurrect a teammate)
Other Fixes
Fixed an issue where some players were unable to receive or send invites
Fixed an issue with Junkerqueen's Mythic skin 'Zeus' not having glowing hair on console
Resolved a bug where all maps were toggled off by default when starting a new Custom Game
Fixed a bug where sometimes Health Packs were displaying the cooldown circle while the health pack was available
Fixed a bug where the Social Screen would not display friends correctly on some consoles
Improved the performance when viewing the friend's section of the Competitive leaderboard
Fixed an issue with Cyber Genji displaying broken animations when using emotes or souvenirs
Healing VFX on players being healed should no longer clip through the environment
Resolved an issue with the level of bloom on several maps
