The googly eyes have returned, so we’re counting all Overwatch April Fools modifications — and highlighting those that ought to keep.
Overwatch 2’s April Fools’ Day occasion is again, and it comes with a ton of (completely balanced) hero modifications. Together with a brand new sport mode, gamers can anticipate absurd twists to hero skills, extra googly eyes than ever earlier than and pure, unbridled chaos.
This is the whole record of all overwatch april fools modifications in 2024, our favorites and which of them deserve to remain within the sport.
All Overwatch April Fools Adjustments
D.Va
D.Va’s Boosters now transfer backwards.
Self-Destruct’s knockback elevated by 900%
Doomfist
Melee assault now will get empowered by Energy Block and Meteor Strike.
Strikes sooner throughout Energy Block.
Junker Queen
Remembers in the direction of Gracie throughout Jagged Blade’s secondary fireplace.
Decrease cooldown on Jagged Blade
Mauga
HP nerfed from 350 >>> 25.
Is 50% smaller.
Incendiary Chain Gun ignites enemies who’re ‘On Hearth’
Orisa
Vitality Javelin ricochets twice.
Vitality Javelin explodes on closing goal.
Ramattra
Armor elevated from 100 >>> 225
Final capacity “Annihilation” mapped to ‘Capacity 1′.
Period elevated 3 >>> 5 seconds.
Harm decreased 30 >>> 20 per second.
Radius decreased 12 >>> 9 meters.
Nemesis Type mapped to ‘Final’.
Prompts Annihilation on use.
Utterly heals Ramattra.
Pummel Harm elevated from 60 >>> 75.
Pummel Vary elevated from 10 >>> 15.
Reinhardt
Urgent Main Hearth when Barrier is up deflects enemy projectiles.
-20% HP after deflecting a projectile.
Barrier measurement turns into 50% smaller after deflecting a projectile.
Roadhog
Pig Pen pace elevated from 26 >>> 80.
Pig Pen harm elevated from 0 >>> 40.
Sigma
“Accretion” launches a floating rock that crashes down and stuns a number of enemies whenever you reactivate the power.
Accretion offers 50 harm in a 4-meter radius and stuns affected enemies.
Winston
Tesla Canon’s Secondary Hearth and Primal Rage assaults chain lightning between enemies.
Wrecking Ball
New crab replace offers Hammond 55% extra pace and elevated harm everytime you stroll sideways.
Zarya
Getting bubbled will increase your measurement by x1.75.
Ashe
Use Scroll Wheel to name in F.R.E.D.
Weapons swapped.
Bastion
Turret kind is now Bastion’s default kind.
Motion penalty eliminated.
Ammo decreased to 150.
Cassidy
New “Needed” passive offers Cassidy 50 HP after killing a marked enemy.
Echo
Elevated harm on Focusing Beam when goal is inside 8 meters.
Can solely duplicate allies.
Eliminated 300 HP cap.
Receives extra 100 Shields.
Elevated ult cost achieve fee.
Genji
Completely urgent Main Hearth throughout Deflect turns the deflected projectile right into a essential hit.
Hanzo
Storm Arrows now fires 5 projectiles per shot.
Every projectile ricochets into three new projectiles.
Junkrat
Frag Launcher projectiles can now be detonated by urgent Secondary Hearth.
Mei
Urgent Bounce mid-air creates a big ice pillar beneath Mei.
Pharah
Crouching mid-air propels you to the bottom.
Reaper
Secondary Hearth now fires the second Hellfire Shotgun.
Sojourn
Disruptor Shot pulls enemies in on deploy.
Disruptor Shot may be deployed earlier by urgent E once more.
Soldier: 76
Can now “run and gun” with the Heavy Pulse Rifle.
Sombra
Virus jumps to a different close by enemy in the event you kill the goal.
Symmetra
Can solely place down “Exit” teleporters.
Torbjorn
Turret can now be positioned on partitions, ceilings and allies!
Tracer
Utilizing Recall both takes you to the previous or the long run.
Previous: Pulse Rifles firerate is decreased.
Future: Pulse Rifles firerate is elevated.
Widowmaker
Grappling Hook now has three fees.
Getting headshots whereas zoomed in replenishes a cost.
Ana
Slept enemies slowly float upwards.
Enemies take fall harm after waking up.
Baptiste
Utilizing Exo-boots launches you ahead.
Projectiles shot by Amplification Matrix get thrice as quick.
Brigitte
Dimension and Armor elevated.
Defend Barrier is all the time in its bigger kind.
Well being elevated from 250 >>> 700.
Rally’s motion pace elevated.
Illari
After utilizing ult, Illari turns into “Photo voltaic Put in” when the solar is out.
1.2x sooner.
40% much less assault cost time.
1.2x bonus therapeutic.
Kiriko
Safety Suzu buffs harm, therapeutic, pace and provides 700% extra leap peak to affected allies.
New passive lets Kiriko leap longer mid-air.
Lifeweaver
Petal Platform peak elevated from 8 >>> 20 meters.
Lucio
Final Capacity knocks up enemies through the beat drop.
Sonic Amplifier shoots 5 bullets per volley throughout Therapeutic Increase.
Mercy
Caduceus Blaster eliminated.
Harm Increase capacity changed with “Harm Employees”.
Secondary Hearth now shoots projectiles out of Mercy’s workers.
Elevated projectile measurement throughout ult.
+2 to Harm.
Can shoot whereas therapeutic allies.
Moira
Biotic Grasp’s therapeutic and harm fingers are swapped.
Zenyatta
Now you can cost as much as 8 orbs with Secondary Hearth.
Charging Secondary Hearth fires projectiles 33% sooner.
Zenyatta levitates whereas charging Secondary Hearth.
Our Favourite Overwatch 2 April Fools Adjustments
Torbjorn’s Newly-Balanced Turret
This 12 months, Overwatch 2’s tallest hero acquired a enjoyable rework to his Turret which lets it stick with partitions, ceilings and even your individual teammates!
The Hero steadiness modifications you’ve all been ready for 👀
Bounce on this week for our most balanced replace EVER ✨ pic.twitter.com/HavuYDjYMj
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) April 1, 2024
The funniest steadiness change this season “balances” Torbjorn’s turret on high of shifting allies. This totally-not-broken addition is certain to damage somebody’s day, however who might keep mad at such an lovely turret? Not me, that is for certain.
Mini Mauga
Overwatch 2 builders reduce the sport’s newest tank hero all the way down to measurement for April Fools’.
“Smauga” has received to be among the finest Overwatch april fools modifications of the bunch. And it is definitely a singular approach of addressing the entire complaints in regards to the hero’s massive hitbox.
Sensible Virus
Sombra’s Virus now jumps to a different enemy in the event you handle to kill the final enemy affected by the power. This can be a surprisingly cool buff to Sombra’s equipment that we argue ought to have made it within the rework. However whereas it is right here, we’ll be placing it up as among the finest April Fools’ modifications that ought to keep within the sport.
The Overwatch 2 April Fools’ Occasion will run from April 1-9.
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