Overwatch’s October 13 Hotfix Buffs Roadhog and Kiriko, Nerfs 3 Heroes

Overwatch’s October 13 hotfix buffs Roadhog and Kiriko while reducing Sombra and Doctrine’s output and lowering D.Mon’s armor. Kiriko gains 25 base health, while D.Mon loses 25 armor.

Blizzard’s October 13 patch notes reduce Sombra’s Machine Pistol damage from 7 to 6.5 and halve Cyberspace’s explosion damage, while increasing its cooldown from 12 to 13 seconds. Doctrine’s Eternal Scepter damage and healing each drop from 60 to 55, and Invigorating Drones last one second less.

Roadhog’s Scrap Gun center projectile now deals 40 damage, up from 34. Take a Breather’s cooldown falls from 2 seconds to 1.25, its damage reduction rises from 35% to 40%, and its maximum duration increases from 2 seconds to 2.5. The Roadhog and Sombra changes follow their October 6 reworks. Replay codes from that patch remain available.

Overwatch Patch Notes for October 13, 2026

Hotfix Update

This is a hotfix update. Replay codes from the October 6 patch are still available.

Hero Updates

Doctrine

• Damage and healing reduced from 60 to 55.
• Duration reduced from 6 to 5 seconds.

Sombra

• Damage reduced from 7 to 6.5.
• Explosion damage reduced from 40 to 20.
• Cooldown increased from 12 to 13 seconds.

Roadhog

• Center projectile damage increased from 34 to 40.
• Cooldown reduced from 2 to 1.25 seconds.
• Damage reduction increased from 35% to 40%.
• Max duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds.

Kiriko

• Base health increased from 225 to 250.

D.Mon

• Base armor reduced from 275 to 250.

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Overwatch

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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 August 10, 2023
• Publisher Blizzard Entertainment
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