Sydney Olmstead 6 years ago

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Overwatch’s Summer Games kicked off at 1 p.m. CT on Aug. 9, bringing a mass of fun new cosmetics to the game. But that’s not all.

Blizzard also introduced a new Lucioball map set in Busan, South Korea to line up with the return of Lucioball and its competitive counterpart, Copa Lucioball. Players that complete their placement matches for the competitive game mode will earn special rewards. The mode also provides players with more chances to earn Summer Games loot boxes and unlock some pretty awesome skins.

The event also brings a ton of hero updates, including tweaks to all of Overwatch’s supports except Zenyatta. Here’s a breakdown of all the changes, plus a look at some of the new and returning Summer Games skins.

Ana

Nano Boost

• Instantly heals a target for 300 health
• Range increased from 30 to 40 meters

Blizzard added this change in an effort to give Ana more flexibility in how her ultimate ability is used. Blizzard said this should make the healer more “usable.”

Brigitte

Shield Bash

• Cool down increased from six to seven seconds

Repair Pack

• An option to control Brigitte’s Repair Pack targeting sensitivity has been added under Options > Controls > Brigitte

Since Shield Bash is one of the more powerful abilities in the game, Blizzard nerfed it a bit in order to give enemies more of a chance to play around it.

Doomfist

Rocket Punch

• No longer impacts Symmetra’s Teleporter
• Now destroys Symmetra’s Sentry Turrets without stopping his movement

Hanzo

Lunge

• Cool down increased from four to five seconds

Lucio

Crossfade

• Aura radius increased from 10 meters to 12 meters

Sound Barrier

• Temporary shields granted increased from 500 to 750

Lucio will now be a bit more reliable with his healing range and will be able to have more allies within his area-of-effect. The shield increase for Sound Barrier will also be more effective against burst damage, like Junkrat’s RIP-Tire.

Mercy

Caduceus Staff

• Healing beam reduced from 60 healing per second to 50 healing per second

Moira

Biotic Grasp

• Passive energy regeneration rate increased from two per second to 2.4 per second

This buff will allow Moira to be able to heal more in situations where there aren’t any enemies to draw energy from.

Reinhardt

Barrier Field

• Decorative insignia no longer protrudes from the shield’s surface

Sombra

General

• Reduced the size of Sombra’s head hit volume

Symmetra

Photon Projector

• Primary fire range increased from 10 to 12

Widowmaker

Grappling Hook

• Cool down increased from eight seconds to 10 seconds

Zarya

Energy

• Drain rate reduced from two per second to 1.6 per second

General

Channeled and transformation ultimate abilities now restore ammunition after completion for some heroes.

• Channeled abilities affected: Junkrat’s RIP-Tire, Pharah’s Barrage, Roadhog’s Whole Hog, and Zenyatta’s Transcendence
• Transformation Abilities affected: Genji’s Dragonblade and Winston’s Primal Rage