The latest Overwatch 2 hotfix was released on May 15, 2025, focusing primarily on balancing the Stadium mode. This update introduced several adjustments to hero performance, economy mechanics, and gameplay pacing. Here’s a detailed overview:XboxEra+1XboxEra+1
⚙️ Stadium Mode Adjustments
- Bounty Cap Increase: The maximum bounty cap has been raised from 2,000 to 3,000, enhancing comeback opportunities for teams. Game Rant+3Yardbarker+3Reddit+3
- Armory Timer Reduction:
- Rounds 1 & 3: Timer reduced from 100 seconds to 75 seconds.
- Round 2: Timer reduced from 75 seconds to 60 seconds.Overwatch+2Yardbarker+2XboxEra+2
🛡️ Tank Hero Updates
- Zarya:
- Cash Income Reduction: Decreased by 12.5% from damage and healing.
- Developer Insight: This adjustment addresses Zarya’s ability to rapidly scale weapon power, which was leading to high damage outputs. Shacknews+3XboxEra+3Yardbarker+3Shacknews+2Overwatch+2XboxEra+2
🔫 Damage Hero Updates
- Cassidy:
- Cash Income Reduction: Decreased by 12.5% from damage and healing.
- Developer Insight: Cassidy’s consistent dominance, especially at higher play levels, necessitated this change to balance his scaling with weapon power. XboxEra+1Overwatch+1
- Reaper:
- Revolving Ruin – Power:
- Attack speed per stack reduced to 4% (from 5%).
- Maximum stacks increased to 10 (from 8).
- Wraith Renewal – Power:
- Fixed a bug where healing was always doubled, regardless of current life.
- Spirited to Slay – Power:
- Fixed an issue causing cooldowns to reset without an elimination.
- Revolving Ruin – Power:
🩺 Support Hero Updates
- Ana:
- Home Remedy – Power:
- Overhealth gain increased to 200% (from 100%).
- Dreamy – Power:
- Heal decreased to 80% (from 100%).
- Duration reduced to 4 seconds (from 8 seconds).
- Venomous – Power:
- Damage increased to 50 (from 30).
- Quick Scope – Rare Hero Weapon Item:
- Weapon power increased to +10% (from 5%).
- I.V. Drip – Rare Hero Survival Item:
- Overhealth increased to 150 (from 100).
- Home Remedy – Power:
For a comprehensive list of changes and developer comments, you can refer to the official Overwatch 2 patch notes.