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Blizzard has made further changes to its Overwatch 2 hero roster in another beta mid-cycle patch.\n<\/p>\n

Six more heroes have had their abilities tweaked<\/a> in a bid to rebalance the game ahead of its formal release, including Doomfist, Junker Queen, Orisa, Sojourn, Symmetra, and Zenyatta.\n<\/p>\n

Doomfist’s changes include minimum damage required to empower Rocket Punch reduced from 100 to 90 damage, and the movement speed penalty while blocking reduced from 50 to 35 per cent. They will also now deal damage to all enemies knocked back “instead of only the first target impacted”.\n<\/p>\n

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Blizzard has made further changes to its Overwatch 2 hero roster in another beta mid-cycle patch. Six more heroes have had their abilities tweaked in a bid to rebalance the game ahead of its formal release, including Doomfist, Junker Queen, Orisa, Sojourn, Symmetra, and Zenyatta. Doomfist’s changes include minimum damage required to empower Rocket Punch reduced from 100 to 90 damage, and the movement speed penalty while blocking reduced from 50 to 35 per cent. They will also now deal damage to all enemies knocked back “instead of only the first target impacted”. 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