Overwatch 2 July 30 patch tunes tanks for the upcoming 6v6 test

The Quick Play Hacked changes also apply to Open Queue during the limited-time weekend mode.

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Blizzard’s July 30 retail patch notes for Overwatch 2 focus on the upcoming Quick Play Hacked mode, which will test several elements of 6v6 gameplay. The changes reduce the penalty applied to in-combat healing, adjust multiple tank cooldowns, and weaken several self-sustaining sub-roles.

The tank updates aim to give these heroes more frequent access to defensive tools, while shorter ability durations should keep two-tank teams from stacking too much protection. Blizzard also confirmed that the changes will apply to Open Queue during the Quick Play Hacked weekend.

The full notes are available through Blizzard’s July 30 Overwatch patch notes.

Patch Notes: Overwatch Retail Patch – July 30, 2026

This update is limited to a specific game mode unless otherwise noted. Its main effects are a lower In-Combat Healing reduction, stronger ultimate-charge reduction against tank targets, several sub-role adjustments, and shorter cooldowns for select tank abilities.

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.

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Overwatch is a free-to-play first-person hero shooter developed by Blizzard Entertainment. Players choose from a large roster of role-based heroes and compete in 5v5 team matches across various objective-based game modes, with both casual and ranked competitive play. Originally released as Overwatch 2 in 2023 as a successor to the 2016 original, the game was rebranded to simply Overwatch in 2026 with a renewed focus on seasonal narrative content and expanded hero rosters.

Genre: Shooter
Platforms: Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch 2, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch
Perspective: First person, Third person
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Release: 2023-08-10
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Age Rating:
IGDB Rating: 69.2/100