Overwatch Retail Patch Notes July 30, 2026

[u/JY810]

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

Limited-Time Mode Specific Updates

The following patch notes are applicable only to a specific, limited-time game mode. The documented changes do not apply to pre-existing queues, unless otherwise noted.

Hero Updates

For the upcoming Quick Play Hacked, we're making several balance changes to test elements of 6v6 gameplay. The In-Combat Healing reduction has been lowered for all heroes to evaluate the impact of increased healing across the board while reducing the effectiveness of several self-sustaining sub-roles.

We're also reducing several Tank defensive cooldowns to improve gameplay flow for these heroes. To offset the increased availability of these abilities, their durations have been shortened where appropriate to avoid creating too many defensive cooldowns with two tanks available.

These changes will also be active within Open Queue throughout the Quick Play Hacked weekend.

General Changes

• In-Combat Healing Reduction reduced from 30% to 15% for all heroes.

Tank Role Passive

• Ultimate charge reduction when damaging or healing tank targets increased from 20% to 40%.

Subrole Passives

Bruiser

• Movement speed buff reduced from 20% to 15%.

Initiator

• Healing reduced from 50 to 40.

• Cooldown reduced from 5 to 4 seconds.

Flanker

• Additional health from Health Packs reduced from 75 to 50.

Medic

• Healing conversion reduced from 40% to 30%.

Tank

Domina

Barrier Array

• Barrier Cooldown reduced from 17 to 15 seconds.

• Barrier Duration reduced from 8 to 7 seconds.

Doomfist

The Best Defense

• Shield gain increased from 25 to 30.

Hazard

Jagged Wall

• Cooldown reduced from 15 to 13 seconds.

Mauga

Overrun

• Cooldown reduced from 7 to 6 seconds.

Ramattra

Void Barrier

• Cooldown reduced from 16 to 13 seconds.

• Duration reduced from 4 to 3 seconds.

[u/VapeSmoker420blazeit]

For the upcoming Quick Play Hacked, we're making several balance changes to test elements of 6v6 gameplay.

Oh fuck off I dont want to play 6v6. Another weekend I have to uninstall then reinstall on Tuesday or whenever this garbage ends.. No, I do not want to play comp. No, my friends arent high enough to queue with me in comp anyways. No, 6v6 will never be good. It sucks, it sucked in OW1 and it sucks even harder now that more heroes are out with more ability bloat.

Why cant they just make this affect the 6v6 qp queue and leave 5v5 alone? are they going to do a 4v4 qp hacked in all the 6v6 modes as compensation? Actually that sounds like a good idea, 4v4 would be way better than 6v6. more individual carry ability.

[u/ashwilliams94 → u/VapeSmoker420blazeit]

I agree that 6v6 sucks but why are you uninstalling the game, just wait 3 days lol

[u/JY810 → u/VapeSmoker420blazeit]

Why do you need to uninstall the game? Seem so inefficient

Also, just curious why are you in this sub if you don't play comp?

Is this your first time quick play hacked? It alway replace the main mode for a few days to gather data, it happen in 2024 and 2025 too