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Overwatch Season 4 Patch Notes: D.Mon Arrives, Hero Balance Changes, and More
Overwatch Season 4 is live! The new season welcomes a brand‑new Tank hero, reworks for core maps, new Mythic skins, UI overhauls, and a host of other game updates. As usual, there are also several hero balance changes, with a number of heroes receiving both nerfs and buffs.
Here's a brief look at the Overwatch Season 4 patch notes and everything in store for players.
Highlights of Overwatch Season 4 Patch
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New Hero – D.Mon: The latest addition to Overwatch's Tank roster is MEKA Squad leader D.Mon. She becomes the second MEKA pilot to join the game, following D.Va. We've explored all of D.Mon's abilities and perks in detail in our dedicated article.
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Core Map Changes: Three core Overwatch maps — Busan, Eichenwalde, and Paraíso — have received layout changes with the Season 4 patch. All the changes are detailed in our map updates article.
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Battle Pass Revamp: Season 4 introduces a brand‑new look to the game's Battle Pass, moving away from the standard linear progression. A new "Tier Hack" mechanic also enters the game, offering players more personalization options.
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Shooting Star – My MEKA Mania Event: To welcome the new Tank hero, Season 4 kicks off with an event that lets players support their favorite MEKA Squad member, earn exclusive rewards, and unlock lore pieces. The event runs from August 11 to 31.
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World Cup Cheer Rally: From September 1 to 14, players can complete challenges to earn Cheers, allowing them to support their preferred Conference (Americas, Asia, EMEA) and unlock rewards, including a themed weapon charm.
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Two Mythic Skins: The Koi of Duality Genji Mythic hero skin and the Eternal Crystal Sojourn Mythic weapon skin are now available for purchase.
For a deeper dive into all the new additions in Overwatch Season 4, check out our dedicated article.
Core Game Updates
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Team Status Indicator: A new counter has been added above the Kill Feed, showing all alive teammates and enemies at a glance.
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New Stat – Protects: This stat tracks when a player mitigates significant damage near allies.
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Percentage Damage Dealt: A new indicator on the Activity Feed now shows the percentage of damage you contributed to an elimination.
Competitive Play Updates
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New Rank – Emerald: To improve rank distribution, a new skill tier has been added between Platinum and Diamond.
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Rank Distribution Indicator: New UI has been added to the Competitive Overview, displaying your rank compared to everyone else in the queue.
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Team Drives: This experimental feature rewards players with Competitive Points and Player Card Frames, similar to Drives. From September 4 to 7, you can team up with friends or random players to progress in Team Drives. Every time you win a match, you will be automatically grouped with other winning players, offering a unique matchmaking experience.
Hero Balance Changes
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Roster Updates: D.Mon will join the Tank roster with Stalwart as her Subrole.
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Subrole Updates: For the Flanker subrole's passive, the additional healing from health packs has been reduced from 75 to 50.
Tank
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Hero |
Ability/Perk |
Change |
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Domina |
Panopticon |
Barrier health increased from 450 to 500. |
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Doomfist |
Seismic Slam |
Damage increased from 50 to 60. |
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Hazard |
Ultimate |
Cost increased by 7%. |
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Explosive Impalements (Major Perk) |
Reduced the number of Bonespur hits required from 14 to 12. | |
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Mauga |
Combat Fuel (Major Perk) |
Overhealth gained per shot increased from 3 to 4. |
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Overrun |
Cooldown increased from 5 to 6 seconds. (5v5) | |
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Orisa |
Charged Javelin (Major Perk) |
Removed. |
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Heavy Javelin (Major Perk) |
New. Energy Javelin's knockback is increased by 25%, and its wall impact damage is increased by 15. | |
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Winston |
Ultimate |
Cost reduced by 6%. |
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Revitalizing Barrier (Major Perk) |
Healing increased from 30 to 35. |
Damage
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Hero |
Ability/Perk |
Change |
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Cassidy |
Even the Odds (Minor Perk) |
Removed. |
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Giddy Up (Minor Perk) |
New. After using Combat Roll, Cassidy gains a 60% movement speed boost that decays over 1.5 seconds. | |
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Echo |
Aerial Munitions (Minor Perk) |
New. Echo has infinite ammo during Flight. |
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High Beams (Major Perk) |
Removed. | |
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Focused Rush (Major Perk) |
Moved from Minor to Major Perk. Focusing Beam's range is increased by 8 meters, and movement speed is increased by 25% when active. Range increased from 6 to 8 meters. Movement speed increased from 15% to 25%. | |
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Emre |
Ultimate |
Cost reduced by 6%. |
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Suppressive Security (Minor Perk) |
Slow duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds. | |
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Genji |
Ultimate |
Cost reduced by 6%. |
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Pharah |
Concussive Blast |
Cooldown increased from 7 to 8 seconds. |
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Shion |
Joyride |
Ground launch detection radius reduced from 1.5 to 1 meter. |
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Tracer |
Chronal Dash (Minor Perk) |
Removed. |
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Temporal Regen (Minor Perk) |
New. Passive health regeneration triggers 50% faster. | |
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Recall |
Cooldown reduced from 13 to 12 seconds. | |
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Vendetta |
Soaring Slice |
Cooldown on spawn reduced from 7 to 3 seconds. |
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Venture |
Ultimate |
Cost reduced by 8%. |
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Deep Burrow (Minor Perk) |
Drill Dash distance is increased from 50% to 75%. | |
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Covered in Dirt (Major Perk) |
Total amount of shields gained increased from 30 to 40. |
Support
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Hero |
Ability/Perk |
Change |
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Jetpack Cat |
General |
Ultimate cost increased by 7%. Base movement speed increased from 5.5 to 6 meters per second. Air acceleration increased from 7.7 to 9.5. |
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Headbutt (Major Perk) |
Removed. | |
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Purrfect Form (Major Perk) |
New. Each pulse of Purr contains 3 waves. | |
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Lifeline |
Movement speed bonus reduced from 40% to 30%. | |
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Juno |
Pulsar Torpedoes |
Target lock on minimum time reduced from 0.5 to 0.35 seconds. |
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Lifeweaver |
Life Grip |
Can now be manually cancelled with the Jump input after 0.6 seconds. Base pull speed reduced from 30 to 25 meters per second. Targets pulled from farther than 15 meters move more slowly and accelerate over time. New general hero setting added for disabling Life Grip cancel controls. |
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Mizuki |
Quickstep (Major Perk) |
Movement speed gained reduced from 25% to 20%. |
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Binding Chain |
Projectile size reduced from 0.35 to 0.3. | |
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Katashiro Return |
Cooldown increased from 11 to 12 seconds. | |
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Wuyang |
Guardian Wave |
Maximum degrees increased from 10 to 15 degrees. |
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Zenyatta |
Discordant Repair (Minor Perk) |
Lifesteal increased from 10 to 15%. |
The Season 4 patch also includes various hero balance updates for the Stadium mode, along with several bug fixes. For more details, refer to Blizzard's official patch notes.
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