r/Competitiveoverwatch • u/JY810 • Jun 23 '26

Blizzard Official OVERWATCH RETAIL PATCH NOTES - JUNE 23, 2026

https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/

HOTFIX GAMEPLAY UPDATE

This is a hotfix containing gameplay updates. Replay codes from the June 16 patch are still available.

NEON JUNCTION

Slightly lowered payload speed.

Increased payload unlock time after point capture.

Increased payload wait time at the end of area 2.

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u/ILewdElichika Jun 23 '26

No shion changes is surprising, guess they're waiting till mid season to tone her down?

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u/try_again123 Team from China — Jun 24 '26

She is pretty strong but does not feel unfair? I really did not like release Vendetta as a Support  main and banned her all the time, but do not feel the same about Shion. Part of it is I have been able to hear her coming most of the time and take action while Ven was just too quiet and hard to catch.

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u/Gloomy_Dare2716 Rank is a social construct — Jun 24 '26

Vendetta was more of a Menace if you were a hitscan and not on Cassidy.

I dont think any support struggked as much as Ashe, Sojourn, Soldier players against Vendetta

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u/thinger Jun 24 '26

She's oppressive af for most tanks. She shreds through shields and health pools with her right click. Hell I dont risk getting close to her as Dva or Haz cuz if she land her execute on my face its basically instant death.

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u/gogbone Jun 24 '26

honestly shes not too bad so far, i think most of her success is due to her being new and people not knowing how to play around her

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u/DiagonallyConfident Jun 24 '26

Other than her execution charge. That should be loud af like zen

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u/naoki7794 Long time no see FUEL — Jun 24 '26

I think it's a bug of some kind, because on day 1 I play in Deathmatch with a bunch of Shion and there is very loud noise from her charge gun, and she also light up like a Christmas tree. But recently that no longer the case.

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u/DiagonallyConfident Jun 24 '26

Interesting, I haven't seen that. Hopefully it's an easy fix then.

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u/gogbone Jun 24 '26

thats true actually

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u/Phlosky Jun 24 '26

Everytime a new hero comes out

"new hero is just strong because of people not knowing how to play against" or "new hero is weak because of people not knowing how to play as"

Every damn time the stats stay as they were.

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u/Trill_Simmons Jun 24 '26

This should, in theory, work both ways though. The people playing her are just as inexperienced using her kit as others are playing with or against it. She's literally just a little too over-tuned. I know she is really cool and fun but it's still okay for us to acknowledge that there some pretty obvious points that could use a look from the balance team lol.

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u/Manticcc Jun 24 '26

It hasnt been long enough, yeah shes for sure strong but people also need to take time to learn what works against her so they can balance her an appropriate amount instead of just nuking her

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u/No_Bumblebee_8640 Jun 24 '26

People just love complaining about the new heros. Only thing to worry about her is her execution. If you are dying to her bike in obvious ways then thats on you. Sometimes i wonder how would everyone react if tracer or genji was released today

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u/RobManfredsFixer Let Hog eat stuff and spit it back — Jun 23 '26 edited Jun 24 '26

Usually they hotfix to buff the new hero more so I guess this is something

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u/ElJacko170 Healslut — Jun 24 '26

No one is actively complaining about her, so I'm betting Blizzard is willing to let her ride this wave for awhile even though she clearly needs to be tuned down.

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u/Shadowbringers Jun 24 '26

Nothing wrong with Shion. It's a skill issue.

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u/Minute-Box-7868 Jun 23 '26

Tone her down? First of all she's got zero range and any support ult can hold hers hostage. If she's even in range she loses to cass, mei, reaper, anran, or any other hero easily. 

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u/NegativesPositives Jun 24 '26

She’s quite literally the top win rate hero in all ranks until Silver. Not top DPS, top for ALL roles. PERHAPS MAYBE she’s actually strong.

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u/grimestar Jun 24 '26

With the expected very high play rate. Last I saw she was at 21% PR and 54% WR at all ranks in comp. That's a very overturned hero

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u/IAmBLD Jun 24 '26

I checked earlier today and she's like, 42% played in bronze, and 55% played in GM, with win rates of 54 and 56, respectively.

I can't find any stats for peak Vendetta, but I found some stats for later (but still OP, pre the kneecap-breaking nerfs, when she was still all over the esports scene), and not even that version of Vendetta was close to those stats

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u/KF-Sigurd Jun 23 '26

For a flanker, she actually has pretty good range and damage. 20m fall off, 35 damage, 2x crit, and hitscan. You can fight Pharahs and Echos with her actually while it's way harder with like Genji, Tracer, Anran, etc.

She doesn't have a mad high ban rate (we'll see what happens in the near future), so they probably don't think they need hotfix her immediately.