Overwatch’s November 5 Hotfix Raises Wrecking Ball’s Grappling Claw Speed Limit

Overwatch’s November 5 hotfix raises Wrecking Ball’s speed limit while retracting Grappling Claw, and replay codes from the November 3 patch remain available. Blizzard’s November 5 patch notes also cover fixes for Competitive Drive signatures and Stadium screens.

After the November 3 patch changed 20 heroes, this follow-up keeps its hero adjustment focused on Wrecking Ball. Grappling Claw’s retraction speed limit increases by 15%, and allied speed boosts now raise that limit too.

Overwatch Patch Notes for November 5, 2026

Hotfix Update

This is a hotfix update. Replay codes from the November 3 patch are still available.

Hero Updates

Wrecking Ball

Grappling Claw

• Base speed limit for Wrecking Ball while retracting Grappling Claw increased by 15%.
• Allied speed boosts now increase the speed limit for Wrecking Ball while retracting Grappling Claw.

Bug Fixes

General

• Players who did not reach Checkpoint 4 in a previous Competitive Drive should no longer have a signature equipped which they cannot unequip.

Heroes

• In a previous update, fixed an issue where pilot D.Mon would be resurrected without ultimate charge, thereby preventing D.Mon from immediately getting back into her mech.

Stadium

• Fixed an issue where the Scoreboard and related screens would not display properly.

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Overwatch

Developed by Blizzard Entertainment

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 August 10, 2023
• Publisher Blizzard Entertainment
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