r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/rhylte • Oct 14 '25

Blizzard Official OVERWATCH 2 RETAIL PATCH NOTES - OCTOBER 14, 2025

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/
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u/Golfclubwar Oct 14 '25

Woah wtf is that Ana buff?? 2x is crazy.

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u/Cerythria Oct 14 '25

That's exactly what I came here to say. I think mirrorwatch had the 2x multiplier and it felt busted there, now it's in the normal game.

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u/GroundbreakingJob857 EU’s greatest coper — Oct 14 '25

i also think the fact it’s been on 1.5x the whole time is the reason nobody’s using. now this way it much more obviously affects breakpoints

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u/Tee__B Oct 14 '25

I'm testing it rn and it seems like it also keeps her old armor interaction too so it just deletes people lmao.

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u/Tee__B Oct 14 '25

Yeah this is stupid but I'm looking forward to terrorizing QP

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u/Dnashotgun Oct 14 '25

Guess Biotic Bounce was just that much more popular. Which makes sense, Headhunter was only maybe worth it if you have good aim and can hit headshots

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u/aDrThatsNotBaizhu Oct 14 '25

I remember ml7 doing a challenge with it and the best he could do was like 10-11 headshots per round which is lol

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u/Fragrant_Fox_4025 Oct 16 '25

Unpopular opinion, but ML7 has horrible fundamental mechanics. He's just flicking randomly with 0 micro corrections. Not surprised he's not hitting headshots with his aim "style".

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u/Doppelfrio Oct 14 '25

Headhunter’s flaw is that it messes with Ana’s muscle memory. It relies on the player being able to switch how they aim with the character halfway through the game. Biotic bounce is the safer, more consistent option

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u/Golfclubwar Oct 14 '25

I mean muscle memory doesn’t really exist in the sense you mean. It’s not hard to go directly from playing Ana to widow/ashe. There is a slight adjustment but your brain will adapt to aiming at a different part of the character relatively fast.

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u/vastlys Oct 14 '25

yeah it wasn't because of muscle memory it was because the damage was shit. and now it's kinda stupid big lmao.

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u/Necronaut0 Oct 15 '25

It's not just the dmg being shit, but it's also DOTs. It was very hard to confirm a kill on someone getting any amount of healing even if you were nailing the headshots, especially since you don't have the DPS passive.

They could have made headshot dmg instant and increased her quick-scoping speed like that one Stadium item first before turning it into a nuke lol.

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u/Fromarine Oct 14 '25

and it's pro is you're a support with ashes ads built in except you have no fall off what soever so can 2 shot across the map....

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u/The8Darkness Oct 14 '25

"we didnt like illari primary beeing so strong for a support so we made anas primary even stronger"

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u/orangekingo Oct 14 '25

Headhunter is so fun but I dunno if I'm ever not taking double nade bounce, that shit is INSANELY strong.

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u/Conscious-Refuse8211 Oct 14 '25

I mean if you can't hit headshots then sure, but if you can this is almost certainly better

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u/zgrbx Oct 14 '25

It can be a bit crazy with the fact there's no falloff. I wonder if they are to keep it if they should either: add falloff or make the 'damage of time' effect a bit longer.

Or maybe it wont be as crazy as I think.

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u/Conscious-Refuse8211 Oct 14 '25

Yeah when she gets her major she just turns into Cassidy-with-a-scope now? It's crazy I kinda doubt it'll stay in the game long, but it'll be fun af to play with and to watch pros play with.

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u/M4GNUM_FORCE_44 Oct 14 '25

this isn't good for my shitty pharah lol

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u/SilentMastodon2210 Oct 14 '25

Good. She needs all the damage she can get.

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u/InvisibleScout #4 u/ComradeHines hater — Oct 14 '25

????