All Hero changes in Overwatch 2 Season 10 mid-season update

The Hero changes in Overwatch 2 Season 10 mid-season update aim to make the game more balanced, notably to the tank role's passives, making them sturdier on the playing field. Maintaining balance in a chaotic game like Overwatch 2 can be a difficult task, and constant changes are needed in an ever-evolving meta. These changes, although seemingly small tweaks, can create a considerable impact on the gameplay.

In this article, we will explore all the Hero changes in the Overwatch 2 Season 10 mid-season update.

Hero changes in Overwatch 2 Season 10 mid-season update

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The mid-season patch notes bring a handful of changes to this Hero-shooter title. Along with the Tank role's passive updates, some other Heroes from the DPS section are also getting minor tweaks to their abilities. Here are all the Hero changes in Overwatch 2 Season 10 mid-season update:

Tanks

Role Passive

Tanks now have a 25% damage reduction against critical headshot damage.
Knockback resistance increased from 30% to 50%.

Junker Queen

Commanding Shout (Ability):

Can now be activated while using other abilities.
Cooldown reduced from 14 to 12 seconds.

Sigma

Gravitic Flux (Ultimate):

No longer requires line of sight to the center of the effect.

Wrecking Ball

Grappling Claw (Ability):

Impact damage increased from 50 to 60.

Piledriver (Ability):

Movement lockout duration for enemies increased from 0.5 to 0.75 seconds.

Minefield (Ultimate):

Damage increased from 130 to 165.
Explosion knockback increased from 5 to 10.

Zarya

Graviton Surge (Ultimate):

Radius increased from 6 to 7 meters.
Duration increased from 3.5 to 4 seconds

DPS

Junkrat

Frag Launcher (Weapon):

Impact damage increased from 40 to 45 (Total damage increased from 120 to 125).

Echo

Duplicate (Ultimate):

Ultimate gain multiplier while transformed increased from 4 to 4.5.

Hanzo

Dragonstrike (Ultimate):

Speed increased from 12 to 15 meters per second.

Support

Brigitte

Rally (Ultimate)

Now resets Shield Bash cooldown upon activation.

New Porsche skins introduced in the mid-season update

The mid-season update in Overwatch 2 Season 10 also launched the Overwatch 2 x Porsche collaboration, where new legendary skins were introduced for D.Va and Pharah. These skins were co-designed with Porsche, and are inspired by the all-electric 2025 Porsche Macan.

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About the author

A software developer by day and hardcore gamer at night, Anindit Sinha has always been fascinated by all things digital. As an Esports & Gaming writer for Sportskeeda, he covers Pokemon, competitive first-person shooters, Sea of Thieves, and Palworld. He has also interviewed of one of the developers of Pokemon Vortex, a popular web-based Pokemon game that is going strong till this date.

His passion for gaming was sparked when a teacher gifted him his first game, Project IGI, for doing well in computer class. However, Counter-Strike was the game that brought out his competitive side, after which he also indulged in LAN and online tournaments.

His most memorable stint came during a clutch moment against a very popular team during the AMD ESL India Qualifiers for Rainbow Six Siege in 2019. He ardently follows Shroud and the old NiP esports team. While the latter is his favorite team from CS 1.6 days, he considers the former to be a mechanically gifted player whose calmness and humbleness inspired Anindit’s approach.

Anindit believes in sourcing information from a variety of sources and cross-checking it via multiple avenues to ensure complete accuracy. When away from the screen, Anindit likes to keep his body fit by regularly going to the gym, doing adventure sports, and reading horror, fantasy and sci-fi books.

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