Here’s the full list of balance changes outlined in a post by Overwatch 2’s community manager: The post linked above explains that most of these changes are designed to make these heroes a little less powerful, either because they were re-balanced in Overwatch 2 in a way that made them more deadly than in the original game, or because the format change to 5v5 has given them a boost. Genji, for example, “is a Hero that has greatly benefited from the move to 5v5”, according to the post. “Changing to a single Tank and the reduction of crowd control has meant Genji has had less obstacles in his way, however he hasn’t received tuning updates since he wasn’t actively in the meta until launch.” The changes to Genji’s stats are designed to make him more in line with other “flanking damage heroes” like Tracer and Reaper. There are still other changes planned for Season 2, which Blizzard say they’ll outline at a later date, but they’re hoping to roll out the above changes in an update on November 15th. Overwatch 2 feels a lot like its predecessor, albeit free-to-play, but there are still plenty of tweaks and reworks to its original cast of heroes. Check out our list of Overwatch 2 changes to find out how your old main might have been altered by the sequel.
