New Overwatch 2 Stadium update brings much-needed buffs for D.Va, nerfs for Lúcio

A new hotfix patch just went live for Overwatch 2 Stadium, aiming at balancing some heroes to bring them in line with the rest of the current roster.

The largest changes in this patch are for D.Va, who has been a notorious underperformer in the new mode, especially as Zarya has dominated in the early goings when it comes to tank play in the new five-vs-five competitive mode.

To help D.Va, Blizzard says it’s “adding some synergy with Defense Matrix Powers/Items when using it to mitigate Beam damage,” and supplying “some power to some of the builds that utilize her main defensive tool, Defense Matrix, in hopes to allow them to have a bit more flexibility and apply more pressure in team fights.”

Alongside D.Va’s buffs, there are nerfs for Lúcio, and changes for five other heroes already live in-game. Read on below for the full list of patch notes from Blizzard in the May 8 OW2 Stadium hotfix patch.

OW2 Stadium patch notes: May 8

D.Va

• Countermeasures (Power)
  • Decreased mitigation requirement to 100 (down from 150).
• Mastermind’s Mitigator (Rare Ability Hero Item)
  • Decreased damage mitigation requirement to 200 (down from 300).
• Stat Boost (Power)
  • Increased Defense Matrix recovery rate to 125 percent (up from 100 percent).
• Ultrawide Matrix (Power)
  • Defense Matrix duration increased to 25 percent (up from 20 percent).
• Multi-Task Mod (Epic Weapon Hero Item)
  • Increased Weapon Power to 20 percent (up from 10 percent).
• Singijeon’s Pulse Plating (Epic Survival Hero Item)
  • Increased Ultimate Charge gain to 10 percent (up from 5 percent).
• Plot Armor (Rare Survival Hero Item)
  • Damage reduced now gets counted as damage mitigated by Defense Matrix.

Junker Queen

• Booming Voice (Epic Ability Item)
  • Reduced Ability Power to 15 percent (down from 25 percent).
• Slicing Spree (Rare Hero Survival Item)
  • Reduced Move Speed stat to 5 percent (down from 10 percent).
  • Reduced Move Speed while near an enemy with a Wound to 5 percent (down from 10 percent).
  • Increased Attack Speed while near an enemy with a Wound to 10 percent (up from 5 percent).

Reinhardt

• Impact Burst (Power)
  • Reduced bonus damage to 15 percent (down from 20 percent).
• Smashing (Power)
  • Reduced Move Speed per stack to 2 percent (down from 3 percent).

Zarya

• Lifelift (Power)
  • Reduced Particle Barrier health scaling to 25 percent of your bonus Max Life (down from 50 percent).
• Pre-Workout (Power)
  • Reduced Lifesteal to 15 percent of your Energy (down from 20 percent).

Ashe

• Head Honcho (Power)
  • Increased damage increase per unscoped shot landed to 5 percent) (up from 3 percent).
• B.O.B. Jr. (Power)
  • Reduced Attack Speed reduction to 20 percent (down from 50 percent).
• Infrared Lenses (Epic Ability Hero Item)
  • Fixed an issue where the increased damage against Burning targets was only applying to The Viper and B.O.B. Now increases all damage dealt by Ashe to Burning targets.
  • Reduced increased damage to Burning targets to 20 percent (down from 25 percent).

Lúcio

• Crowd Pleaser (Power)
  • Healing reduced to 100 percent of Crossfade healing (down from 150 percent).
• Let’s Bounce (Power)
  • Reduced Wall Slam damage to 25 (down from 40).
  • Reduced Knockback Increase to 25% (down from 30 percent).
• Sonic Boom (Power)
  • Increased Healing to 30 percent of damage dealt (up from 20 percent).
• Fast Forward (Power)
  • Increased damage increase to 30 percent (up from 25 percent).
• #1 Single (Rare Ability Hero Item)
  • Reduced Ability Power to 5 percent (down from 10 percent).
• All Out Auditiva (Epic Ability Hero Item)
  • Reduced Ability Power to 15 percent (down from 20 percent)
  • Reduced Amp It Up Duration to 25 percent (down from 33 percent).

Moira

• Precarious Potency – Power
  • Increased healing to 25 percent of Biotic Grasp’s healing (up from 20 percent).
• Destruction’s Divide – Power
  • Increased Coalescence effectiveness when toggled to 30 percent (up from 25 percent).

General Items

• Booster Jets (Epic Weapon Item)
  • Reduced Move Speed when using an ability to 10 percent (down from 20 percent).
• Nebula Conduit (Epic Survival Item)
  • Reduced Weapon Power to 5 percent (down from 10 percent).