All hero buffs and nerfs in Overwatch 2 Season 19

There is a range of hero buffs and nerfs in Overwatch 2 Season 19. We are seeing quite an interesting wave of balance changes in the hero-shooter, and we speculate that a meta-shift is in order very soon. We've got numerous Tank, Damage, and Support hero adjustments, and as players figure out new strategies, we expect to see a unique range of hero comps to surface later in-game.

In this article, we will explore all the hero buffs and nerfs in Overwatch 2 Season 19. Read below to know more.

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Exploring the hero buffs and nerfs in Overwatch 2 Season 19

Here's a look at all the new hero buffs and nerfs in Overwatch 2 Season 19:

Tank

Doomfist:

• Power Block: Damage reduction reduced from 80% to 75%.
• Aftershock (Major Perk): Slow duration increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds. Slow amount increased from 30% to 40%.

Hazard:

• Anarchic Zeal (Minor Perk): Lifesteal increased from 25% to 30%.

Junker Queen:

• Rampant Charge (Minor Perk): No longer refreshes all cooldowns. Now reduces all cooldowns by 6 seconds.

Mauga:

• Ultimate cost reduced by 6%.

Reinhardt:

• Barrier Re-Charge (Minor Perk): Barrier Field regeneration rate increased from 150 to 200.

Wrecking Ball:

• Adaptive Barrier (Major Perk): No longer consumes overhealth.

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Damage

Cassidy:

• Even the Odds (Minor Perk): Healing per second increased from 20 to 30.

Mei:

• Glacial Propulsion (Minor Perk): No longer shares a cooldown with Ice Wall. Cooldown increased from 6 to 10 seconds.

Reaper:

• Wraith Form: Movement speed reduced from 50% to 40%.
• Shadow Blink: Moved from Minor to Major Perk.
• Lingering Wraith (New Minor Perk): Leaving Wraith Form grants 40% movement speed for 2 seconds.

Tracer:

• Flashback (Major Perk): No longer grants 2 Blink charges instantly. Now increases Blink cooldown recovery rate by 150% for 3 seconds after Recall.

Widowmaker:

• Seeker Mine (Major Perk): Damage increased from 25 to 50.

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Support

Ana:

• Headhunter (Major Perk): Critical damage multiplier increased from 1.5x to 2x.

Baptiste:

• Assault Burst (Major Perk): No longer removes healing from Regenerative Burst. Attack speed bonus reduced from 30% to 25%.

Illari:

• Solar Flare (Major Perk): Resource cost reduced from 100% to 50% of max energy. Explosion healing is now a flat 100 healing.

Juno:

• Ultimate cost reduced by 8%.

Wuyang:

• Base health reduced from 250 to 225.
• Xuanwu Staff (Primary Fire): Maximum explosion damage reduced from 70 to 60. Maximum impact damage increased from 30 to 40.

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That's everything that you need to know about the hero buffs and nerfs in Overwatch 2 Season 19.

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