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August 13, 2020 Patch

## HERO UPDATES

#### Brigitte

*After gaining multiple Repair Pack charges, Brigitte was enabled to play at safer distances while still having a powerful impact on her team. Combined with her personal barrier, she ended up not needing as much survivability in terms of raw health.*

*Inspire has also had a powerful team impact despite being hard to feel due to its passive nature, so we are lowering its team-wide healing output while making it more useful for Brigitte herself.*

* Base health lowered from 200 to 150

 Inspire

* Total healing decreased from 130 to 90 (Healing reduced from 21 to 15 health per second)
* Self-healing is no longer reduced by half

#### Orisa

*The large radius of Orisa's Halt! ability made it too effective in setting up combos against large groups of enemies on a relatively short cooldown. The changes to the projectile speed and radius are aimed at shifting its use to be more effective at catching single targets.*

* Base armor reduced from 250 to 200

 Halt!

* Radius reduced from 7 to 4 meters
* Projectile speed increased from 20 to 30

#### Pharah

*We’re making some adjustments to Hover Jets that should increase her flight speed and make her more agile. To compensate for this change, we’re also lowering her hover uptime.*

*Rocket Barrage has such immense damage output that the tail end of the duration was often more of a liability than a benefit, especially with fewer barriers around to blast through.*

 Hover Jets

* Movement speed increased 20%
* Regeneration rate reduced from 50 to 35 per second

 Barrage

* Duration reduced from 3 to 2.5 seconds

#### Roadhog

*These weapon changes are intended to make Roadhog's Chain Hook combo more consistent and bring back some of the heavyweight feeling it had in the past.*

 Scrap Gun

General

* Ammo reduced from 6 to 5
* Damage per projectile increased from 6 to 7
* Recovery increased from 0.7 to 0.85 seconds

#### Sigma

*Given Sigma’s offensive strength with Hyperspheres and Accretion, we have reduced some of his defensive tools to bring him more in line with other Tank heroes.*

 Experimental Barrier

* Health reduced from 900 to 700
* Regeneration rate reduced from 120 to 80 per second

 Kinetic Grasp

* Cooldown increased from 10 to 12 seconds

#### Symmetra

*We're reducing the cooldown of the Teleporter to help lower the friction between needing to use it as both a personal and team-focused mobility tool.*

 Teleporter

* Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds

#### Zenyatta

*Zenyatta has low healing and mobility outside of his ultimate but makes up for it with high potential damage output. With the recently lowered barrier uptime resulting in an overall faster pace of the game, we want to make sure Zenyatta still excels at his strengths. This change will make his charged attack flow a bit better in combat.*

 Orb of Destruction

Secondary Fire

* Charge rate increased 15% (0.6 down to 0.52 seconds per orb)
* Rate of fire increased from 8.5 to 9 shots per second
Bastion/Cosmetics

## Gallery description

Once a frontline combatant in the Omnic Crisis, this curious Bastion unit now explores the world, fascinated by nature but wary of a fearful humanity.

## Skins

### Skin descriptions

Omnic Crisis
During the Omnic Crisis, Bastion units fought against humans in battles around the world.
Null Sector
Bastion units were reengineered and upgraded by Null Sector and deployed during the King's Row uprising.
Overgrown
Damaged in one of the battles of the Omnic Crisis, this lone Bastion unit was reactivated in the Black Forest near Eichenwalde years later.
Gwisin
The Gwishin omnic colossus rose from the omnium in the East China Sea. The Mobile Exo-Force of the Korean Army, or MEKA, was formed in response to the Gwishin's constant attacks.

## Emotes

 **Chortle**
 **Dizzy**
 **Rest Mode**
 **Robot**

## Highlight Intros

 **Ganymede**
 **On Guard**
 **Reconfigure**

## Trivia

* Bastion's "Sprout" spray is a possible reference to the animated film *Wall-e*.
* Also, Bastion's "Giant" spray is a possible reference to the animated film *The Iron Giant*.
* Bastion's "Boxing" emote is a possible reference to the game *Rock Em' Sock Em' Robots.*
* Bastion's R.I.P victory pose is the only non-skin item to have a description. It reads: "Responsible for so many deaths during the Omnic Crisis, even today Bastion units are a symbol of fear."
* Ganymede changes species many times depending on the skin equipped. Among others, he becomes a blue jay, a northern cardinal, a European robin, an American crow, a red-legged partridge, a rooster, a pileated woodpecker, a pigeon, a white dove, an owl, and a roadrunner.
* Bastion's Stealth skin is a clear reference to the Transformers toy line and various cartoon series throughout the years. Bastion's design appears to be inspired by the character Shockwave, while Ganymede seems to be designed after Laserbeak. This is somewhat confusing since traditionally, Laserbeak has belonged to another character called Soundwave.
* The Brick skin is highly a reference to legos themselves and its also possible to build in real-life along with its movement and flexibility.
A-7000 Wargod

The **A-7000 Wargod** is a sniper-type omnic utilized by Null Sector.

## Background

The A-7000 was a failed attempt to replicate the conciousness of Ana Amari inside a robotic frame. Though the unit gained Amari's ruthlessness and skill, fragments of Amari's memories corrupted the frame's memory banks.

## Trivia

The Wargod is available as a skin for Ana. Her lines and voice effects are adjusted accordingly.

## References

1. ↑ Overwatch 2: Invasion, *PlayOverwatch*. Accessed on 2023-08-12
2. ↑ *Overwatch 2*, *Ana Cosmetics*
Antonio

**Antonio Bartalotti**, a.k.a. **Antonio Giordani**, was a corrupt businessman, arms smuggler, and high-level player in Talon, operating out of Venice, Italy.

## Story

Antonio was under surveillance by Blackwatch, wanted in connection with the operation of several smuggling operations focused on weapons proliferation throughout Europe. The extent of his connections to European government officials, law enforcement agents, and businessmen was unknown.

### Retribution

Eight years before the present day, Antonio organized an attack against Overwatch in Oslo, Norway. In response, Gérard Lacroix established a Blackwatch facility in Rome as part of an operation to bring him down. However, an undercover Talon agent planted a bomb in the facility in an attempt to assassinate Lacroix; though Lacroix would survive the attack, dozens of Blackwatch agents were killed. Shortly after, Gabriel Reyes sought retribution for the incident, deploying himself, Jesse McCree, Genji Shimada, and Moira O'Deorain on a mission to capture and interrogate Antonio.

Once the agents broke into his office, Antonio stated that even if they captured him, his "friends" in government would have him out in less than a week. Reyes responded that Antonio was right and shot him, killing Antonio and sending his body flying through a window. In response, Antonio's manor went on lockdown, and the four agents had to fight their way out.

In the aftermath of the assassination, power shifted within the Talon organization, allowing newcomers like Maximilien and Akande Ogundimu to rise through the ranks and fill the power vacuum. The incident also marked the start of Overwatch's decline, leading to its eventual disbandment.

## Trivia

* Antonio is an Italian name.
* His true surname is unknown. The Blackwatch Dossier indicates that "Antonio Bartalotti" and "Antonio Giordani" are two of his aliases.
* Antonio has obvious cybernetic augmentations visible on his face.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Blackwatch Dossier*
2. ↑ *Retribution*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Overwatch Retribution*
Mysterious Palace

**Mysterious Palace** is one of the Maps in Soul at Stake.

## Description

This palace has been deserted for hundreds of years now, full of spider webs and dusts, mouse and bats nesting in it. Nothing can be heard except the wind blowing the windows and white lanterns. The peacetime is nowhere to be seen. Who would even bother understanding a dead king or his vision?

During the midnight, the white candles in the mourning hall would light themselves, and the cold wind blowing the white paper money onto the floor, mixing them with fallen leaves and dusts.

The mystery shadows swaying on the walls. No one could tell whether they are sighing or speaking with hatred.
Avast

*This article or section is a stub. You can help Overwatch Wiki by expanding it.*

Connor "Avast" Prince is an retired American player previously playing for the Boston Uprising.

He currently streams on Twitch as a content creator, specializing in asking his guests and chat for their opinions on femboys and where professional video game players rank in terms of their femboy attributes.

## Media

### Interviews

* 2017-08-26 |Viewfinders EP 1 (with Avast) by Volamel of EsportsHeaven
* 2017-11-25 |Avast: “ ... Huk wanted a roster his coaching staff could mold.” by Volamel of EsportsHeaven

## Connect with Avast

Twitch

Twitter
Babs Tarr

**Barbara Tarr** (also known as **Babs Tarr**) is an American freelance comic book artist who has worked for DC Comics and Image Comics. She is best known for her work on *Batgirl* and for her Japanese-style illustrations.

Tarr is the interior artist for the *Tracer—London Calling* comic series.

## References

1. ↑ 2020-09-18, COMIC BOOK TRACER: CHEERS, LOVE! THE ARTIST’S HERE. *Blizzard Entertainment*, accessed on 2021-01-23
Blizzard Entertainment

*This article is about the company. For information on the in-universe Blizzard, see Blizzard Entertainment (lore).*

**Blizzard Entertainment** is a video games development company based in Irvine, California. It is behind the development of *Overwatch* and *Overwatch 2*.

## Notable Members

*Main article: Category:Staff*
* Aaron Keller (game director)
* Jeff Chamberlain (VFX supervisor)
* Jeremy Craig (senior game designer)
* Ryan Dennis (lead animator)
* Derek Duke (lead composer)
* Geoff Goodman (lead designer)
* Matthew Hawley (senior game producer)
* Scott Mercer (principal designer)
* Keith Miron (senior gameplay programmer)
* Jennifer O'Neal (studio head)
* Bill Petras (art director)
* Arnold Tsang (lead character concept artist)
* Andrew Wang (senior software engineer)
* Tim Ford (lead software engineer)

### Former

* Michael Chu (senior designer)
* Jeff Kaplan (game director)
* Chris Metzen (vice president of creative design)
* James Waugh (director of story and creative development)
* Alyssa Wong (writer)
Barrier

**Barriers** are semi-transparent, semi-permeable structures that block incoming damage and most projectiles. Barriers can also block line of sight for certain abilities. They do not prevent heroes from crossing, nor block any melee attacks. Some attacks can pierce barriers. Barriers only affect the opposing team.

Barriers have shields for their HP. Unlike the shields on heroes, barrier shields only regenerate while the barrier is inactive, and with a 2 second delay instead of 3. Since most barriers are always active once deployed, the only barriers that can regenerate are the ones that can be recalled back. Like all shields, they are destroyed by EMP.

## Projectiles that bounce off barriers

These abilities will not stick to, or activate on a barrier. Instead, they will continuously move or fall until they reach the floor or a wall.

 **Widowmaker** | Venom Mine | * Will not stick to barriers, instead will tumble off them and stick to the nearest surface

## Abilities that travel through barriers

 Symmetra | Sentry Turret | * The turrets can travel through barriers, but barriers block the beams they emit.

## Trivia

* Unlike most barriers, Zarya's barriers are pink and smooth on the surface.
	+ Originally, they were blue with hexagonal patterns like all the other barriers.
* Bastion used to generate a curved barrier in front of him while in Sentry mode.
* Symmetra could previously generate a moving barrier, similar to Sigma's. This ability was also named Photon Barrier.
* Barriers are often informally called "shields."
	+ This confusion comes as many voice-lines in the game do not distinguish between HP Shields, and Barriers.
		- One such example is the command for needing assistance when activated on Zarya, will request a Shield.
		- Reinhardt also refers to his Barrier as a Shield, in several voicelines.

## References

1. ↑ Overwatch Beta Patch Notes – March 1, 2016 — The health on Winston's barrier is specifically called "Shield health"
2. ↑ OVERWATCH PTR PATCH NOTES – SEPTEMBER 21, 2018 — The health on Brigitte's barrier is specifically called "Shield health"
3. ↑ Zarya Ability Overview | Overwatch
Architech Academy

The prestigeous **Architech Academy** is an institute maintained by the Vishkar Corporation. Here, students are trained in hard-light manipulation, becoming architechs. Most students take a procedural, mechanical approach in this regard, and the Academy instructors state that uniformity is strength, and that there is a formula for success that every student must follow.

The Academy grounds include gardens, and students share dorms. Non-Indian citizens can study at the Academy.

## Known Students

* Niran Pruksamanee
* Satya Vaswani

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lifeweaver, *PlayOverwatch*. Accessed on 2023-04-12
2. ↑ Symmetra, *Blizzard Entertainment*. Accessed on 2015-03-09
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Lifeweaver Origin Story*
BlizzConline

**BlizzConline** (a.k.a. **BlizzCon 2021**) is a BlizzCon event that took place on February 19-20, 2021. It was an online show and free to view. It was a replacement for the 2020 BlizzCon, which was cancelled due to Covid-19.

## Overwatch Elements

* Information on *Overwatch 2* was provided during the event.

### Merchandize

While the event was free to watch, one could pay for various in-game bonuses through select "packs." *Overwatch* elements included:

* 30th Anniversary Player Icon and Spray – Essentials Pack, Heroic Pack, Epic Pack
* 5 Loot Boxes – Essentials Pack, Heroic Pack, Epic Pack
* Jim Raynor-themed Reinhardt skin – Heroic Pack, Epic Pack
* 3 Golden Loot Boxes – Epic Pack

## References

1. ↑ 2020-09-21, SAVE THE DATE FOR BLIZZCONLINE™ FEBRUARY 19–20. *Blizzard Entertainment*, accessed on 2021-01-27
2. ↑ 2020-05-26, AN UPDATE ON BLIZZCON. *Blizzard Entertainment*, accessed on 2021-01-27
3. ↑ 2020-12-17, Developer Update | Kanezaka | Overwatch. *YouTube*, accessed on 2021-01-27
4. ↑ 2021-02-02, COMMEMORATE 30 YEARS OF BLIZZARD® GAMING WITH THE CELEBRATION COLLECTION. *Blizzard Entertainment*, accessed on 2021-02-05
404

**404** is a fashion store in Midtown, New York It can be found opposite the attacker's first Spawn Room.

## Features

### Exterior

* There is a overhanging canopy above a display window.
* There is a display in a window which cannot be seen inside the store.
* There are a total of four entrances to the store.

### Interior

* At the main entrance, there are folded jeans on a semi-circle table next to the cash register.
* May other fashion related items can be found opposite the cash register.
Banco de Dorado

The **Banco de Dorado** (Spanish for "Dorado's Bank") is a bank located in Dorado that was robbed by Junkrat and Roadhog, where they gained entry by digging a tunnel.. *A Moment in Crime* reported on the heist.

## Trivia

* The bank, as well as evidence of the heist, can be found to the left of the entrance of the LumériCo power plant, located at the back end of the Dorado map.
* The pose that Junkrat and Roadhog are in on the security camera screens appears to be the same pose in this promotional splashcreen minus the name placards.

## Images

* A map of the bank heist
* Security cam feed

## References

1. ↑ *Overwatch*, *Dorado*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2015-09-17, Overwatch Map Teaser: Banco de Dorado Robbery. *Blizzplanet*, accessed on 2015-09-21
3. ↑ *Overwatch*, *Junkrat Quotes*
Alderworth Hotel

The **Alderworth Hotel** is a hotel located in King's Row, London. It can be found around the Capture point and outside of the attacker's second Spawn Room.

## Features

### Exterior

* A yellow sign saying "Alderwoth Hotel" can be seen.
* A canopy overhanging the entrance is also present.

### Interior

* There is a cash register with a potted plant as well as an elevator.
* In the other parts, you can see pictures and some brown leather seating.
* A 75 Health pack can be found in the main building
* A 250 Health pack can be found in the secondary building.

## Trivia

* The hotel is larger then the main building, it circles the entirety of the capture point.
Baptiste/Quotes/Overwatch 1

Baptiste's voice actor is Benz Antoine, speaking English and Haitian Creole.

## Trivia

* His resurrection line "Pick yourself up, dust yourself off." is probably a reference to Aaliyah's 2000 hit "Try Again", which features the lines "Pick yourself up and try again/Dust yourself off and try again."
* The line "Come with me if you want to live.” is a reference to the first and second "Terminator” films.
August 28, 2018 Patch

## Patch Highlights

D.Va's Nano Cola Challenge
We’re celebrating the release of D.Va’s action-packed animated “Shooting Star” short by making some special content available to unlock in-game. For a limited time, your wins in Quick Play, Competitive Play, or Arcade will all earn you additional D.Va sprays, a player icon, and a new epic skin: NANO COLA D.VA!

When you’re not playing to win, you can watch sponsored Twitch broadcasters to unlock even more D.Va-themed sprays!

To learn more about D.Va's Nano Cola Challenge, click here.

## Bug Fixes

Hero Gallery
* Fixed a bug that prevented flavor descriptions from displaying when a skin was selected
* Fixed a bug that prevented hero descriptions from displaying in the Hero Gallery
* Fixed a bug that prevented cosmetics’ unlock requirements from displaying in the Hero Gallery

Heroes
* Fixed a bug that prevented some of Roadhog’s voice lines from playing with his Lacrosse skin equipped
* Fixed a bug that caused Symmetra’s Sentry Turrets to fall through the environment when thrown into a Teleporter
* Fixed a bug that allowed Symmetra to teleport players into certain vehicles on King’s Row and Numbani
* Fixed a bug that caused Winston’s Jump Pack damage to not falloff properly

Sound
* Fixed an issue that prevented sound from playing after a memory-intensive team fight
BackwardsSalamander

**BackwardsSalamander** is the HollaGram username of a customer who had purchased a Junie, whom he named Penelope.

## Hero of Numbani

Mentioned only in HollaGram posts, BackwardsSalamander asks Efi Oladele for help about his malfunctioning Junie Penelope. She does not respond as she is preoccupied with Orisa, and he ends up being taken hostage by Penelope.
Are You With Us?

***Are You With Us?*** is an animated cinematic teaser for *Overwatch*. It is played before the opening titles when players start the game for the first time on PC and every time the game is opened on console. It features Winston recording a rallying speech directed towards former Overwatch agents, following the events of *Recall*. It was later revealed in *Rise and Shine* that he broadcasted it on Overwatch's emergency frequency. And later in *Calling* in which CSIS agents investigates Sojourn about it.

## Featured Characters

* Winston
* Overwatch members
	+ Reinhardt Wilhelm (pictured)
	+ Gabriel Reyes (pictured)
	+ Torbjörn Lindholm (pictured)
	+ Ana Amari (pictured)
	+ Jack Morrison (pictured)
	+ Lena Oxton (pictured)
	+ Jesse McCree (pictured)
	+ Angela Ziegler (pictured)
Bankolé

**This page contains spoilers for The Hero of Numbani. If you are worried about spoilers, this is your last chance to go back.**

*This article or section is a stub. You can help Overwatch Wiki by expanding it.*
**Mr. Bankolé** is a the owner of Bankolé's Grocery, a grocery store found in Numbani.

## The Hero of Numbani

Bankolé agreed to hire Orisa to help out around the shop so that she could gain some experience helping. However, she ended up causing more problems than she solved, costing him more time and money. He had no choice but to let her go.
Baptiste's Reunion Challenge

**Baptiste's Reunion Challenge** was the third mini-event in Overwatch. It started June 18th, 2019 and ended July 1st, 2019. In-game rewards include a player icon, 8 sprays and the Epic Combat Medic Baptiste skin. Twitch rewards include 6 sprays.

The event coincided with the release of the What You Left Behind short story.

## Content unlockable in-game

Following items can be unlocked through winning Competitive, Quick Play, and Arcade games.

**Win 3 Games:**

* Baptiste Player Icon "Combat Medic"

**Win 6 Games:**

* Baptiste Spray "Mauga"
* Baptiste Spray "Combat Medic"

**Win 9 Games:**

* Baptiste Epic Skin "Combat Medic"

## Content unlockable through Twitch

Following items can be unlocked through watching designated Twitch streamers.

**Watch 2 Hours:**

* Baptiste Spray "Getaway"

**Watch 4 Hours:**

* Baptiste Spray "Analyst Nguyen"
* Baptiste Spray "Old Buddies"

**Watch 6 Hours:**

* Baptiste Spray "So Done"
* Baptiste Spray "Working Vacation"
* Baptiste Spray "So Fresh"
Axiom

Standing | Active

**Axiom** is an electronics and cybernetics company that has has locations in Numbani and Sydney.

When Talon attacked Numbani, it hacked many of its omnics. This caused Axiom's omnic workers at its loading bays to stop responding.

## Trivia

A group of the same name exists in the *StarCraft* universe.

## References

1. ↑ 2017-02-27, Overwatch Tweet, *@PlayOverwatch*, Accessed on 2018-07-03
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *The Hero of Numbani*
3. ↑ *Overwatch*, *Numbani*
4. ↑ *Going Legit*
Blizzard Collectibles

The **Blizzard Collectibles** are usually well-crafted statues of iconic characters from *Diablo*, *StarCraft*, *Warcraft*, and *Overwatch* which are available for consumers. Some collectibles are swords such as Frostmourne or Genji's sword.

## List

* Snowball
* Genji's sword
* Doomfist
* Hanzo
* Widowmaker
* Tracer
* Mercy
* Genji
* D.Va
* Reaper
* Lúcio
* Ramattra bust
* Reinhardt
* Junker Queen
* Tracer

## See also

* Blizzard Collectibles on *Wowpedia*
* Blizzard Collectibles on the *Diablo Wiki*
* Blizzard Collectibles on the *StarCraft Wiki*
Adhabu Ngumi

**Adhabu Ngumi** is the earliest known bearer of the Doomfist moniker, dubbed the Savior. He was a hero of the Omnic Crisis, where he fought against the omnics across Africa.

He was succeeded by Akinjide Adeyemi, known as the Scourge of Numbani, and Akande Ogundimu, known as the Successor.

## Trivia

* *Adhabu Ngumi* is Swahili for "Doom Fist."

## References

1. ↑ 2017-12-22, Every Overwatch Hero Explained by Blizzard’s Michael Chu | WIRED (0:50). *Youtube*, accessed on 2017-12-23
2. ↑ 2020-06-18, The new Overwatch novel puts Efi, Orisa, and Numbani on center stage. *Blizzard Watch*, accessed on 2020-07-19
A. Marie

**A. Marie** is an American Formula Lux racer, and member of Team Montaudouin.

They were present at the Circuit Royal.

## Trivia

* Marie's garage can be found in the Circuit Royal map. However, their name isn't listed among the competitors on the times board. This may be explained by their racer still being present in their garage, while every other racer's is absent or on the track.
* In early videos, A. Marie was apparently called "Annunziata." In the final version, the name was changed to A. Marie.
* "Turbotron" appears on Marie's racer.
April 22, 2020 Patch

The next experiment begins! This time we're hoping to get your feedback on some balance updates. We're using the 2-2-2 Role Queue ruleset so that you can get a feel for how these balance changes might affect the live game.

#### Ana

 Sleep Dart

* Sleep duration lowered from 6 to 5 seconds

#### Brigitte

 Shield Bash

* Stun duration lowered from 0.75 to 0.65 seconds

#### Mei

 Endothermic Blaster (Primary Fire)

* Freeze stun duration lowered from 1.5 to 1.3 seconds

 Blizzard

* Duration lowered from 5 to 4.25 seconds

#### McCree

 Flashbang

* Stun duration lowered from 0.85 to 0.7 seconds

#### Reinhardt

 Earthshatter

* Knockdown duration lowered from 3 to 2.5 seconds

#### Roadhog

 Whole Hog

* Knockback increased 20%

#### Sigma

 Accretion

* Knockdown duration is now a fixed 0.8 second instead of scaling with distance
* Cast time reduced from 0.75 to 0.65 seconds
Biolight

**Biolight** is a variant of hard-light, developed by Niran Pruksamanee.

## Background

Biolight is a living and growing variation of hard-light fused with plantlife. Biolight, while unstable, creates organic material that can heal terrible wounds in the blink of an eye. Pruksamanee is known for using biolight flowers to heal allies.

Biolight has great potential in the fields of medicine and agriculture, but given its self-propagating nature, it could be deadly in the wrong hands.

### History

Biolight stems from the original hard-light design, before the Vishkar Corporation clamped down on the technology. Combining this design with his fascination with botany, biolight was created by Niran Pruksamanee while at the Architech Academy. However, it was unstable in its early form.

While Pruksamanee dreamed of sharing biolight with the world, Vishkar claimed ownership of the technology, and demanded that Pruksamanee hand it over. Refusing, Pruksanamee fled the Architech Academy with the nascent technology and arrived at the Atlantic Arcology. There, free from the laws of any nation, Pruksanamee continued to stabilize and perfect biolight, and intended to use it to renew the world's connection with nature and help those in need. Aware of the risks associated with biolight, Pruksamanee refused to sell the technology.

## Trivia

* Most, if not all of Lifeweaver's abilities stem from biolight.

* The idea for biolight stems from the development of Lifeweaver. Artists came up with the idea of hard-light flowers that he would use to heal allies. Lorewise, this was further developed into biolight. The artists wanted Lifeweaver's constructs to feel unique; to not just be hard-light plants.

## References

1. ↑ 2023-04-12, *Overwatch 2 Season 4 is Out of This World* (promotional email). Accessed on 2023-04-12
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lifeweaver, *PlayOverwatch*. Accessed on 2023-04-12
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 2023-04-15, Overwatch 2: Lifeweaver Comes Into Bloom | Dev Update. *YouTube*, accessed on 2023-05-20
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *Overwatch 2*, *Lifeweaver Quotes*
Coleman

Coleman (an encampment type of location) is the home of a group of cops lead by Dick, an old colleague of Vic. Vic will at some point suggest you head up there and talk to them about joining forces. He also mentions that you should bring him along, which you should.

## Location

Coleman is found where the 84 and 283 intersects, north of the shelter

## Events

Bringing Vic along will start a conversation between him and Dick as you aproach the main building. Basicly, the cops aren't interested in helping anyone but themselves, meaning they will let cops in - and don't care about anyone else. Vic gets furious and you will have the choice of leaving (as the cops will not-so-politely ask you to do), or fighting the man. There are discussions on the outcomes of this on steam forums. One claim is that as long as you initiate the fight *after* the cops tell you to get lost, then all is good - and no penalties will be given. The exact quote from the forum is:

*"you have to have them tell you to get lost first and then vic admits he was wrong. then raid the police station. Save that for a later thing to do"*

Possibly meaning you have to get rejected, head back to the shelter, talk to Vic and THEN go fight the man. Update this page if you find out before I do.

If you decide to hit the cop-base, be sure to bring gas masks, as they pepper you with teargas. There are people on the roof covering the door below (which you need to slam in) and more cops inside. Did I mention the teargas? Seems like they all got teargas.

\*Update\* - Returning and attacking the cop base on the same day Vic comes with you to Coleman and realizes they aren't going to help you still leads to a negative reaction cut scene the next morning where he blames the player, even if Vic isn't present for the attack itself. This may result in a minor mood penalty. Davis also mentions that the survivors are looking for the player and to expect trouble in the future when leaving the shelter.

\*Update\* (22-06-2023) - You can bypass the loss of respect and mood of Vic when you attack Coleman, the same day where you get to recruit Effrem. Let's say you had the Random Encounter of Effrem Montague on Day 29, you attack Coleman and loot the place. On Day 30, Vic would be mad at you but will have a succeeding conversation where Vic wants to kick Effrem out. With enough Negotiation Skill, you can say that "you want Vic to back you up 100%" but he won't do so but you'll have no problems with him on your future decisions.

## Resources

Even without fighting and subsequently looting the renegade cops this place offers a lot of fuel on the cars that are used to create roadblocks. In all 11 Gallons. Next to that the picnic locations offer a variety of luxuries and food.

* Hunting rifle
* Rechargable Batteries
* Mp3 player

## Enemies

* If it turns sour: Cops. Teargas (bring gas masks), good guns and good armor.
* There are 3 dogs.
Ashe/Quotes/Overwatch 1

Ashe's voice actor is Jennifer Hale, speaking English only.

## Trivia

* The lines "B.O.B! Do somethin'!" and "Smoke 'em outta there!" both originated from the short *Reunion*, and were used as placeholders during development. The Overwatch team fell in love with the lines, and they were re-recorded to be put in her final release.[*citation needed*]
* "You have to watch out for the one percent" is a possible double reference to her background of wealth and to Deadlock Gang's status as a one percenter motorcycle club, or a criminal motorcycle club. The term as applied to motorcycle clubs comes from an apocryphal statement attributed to the American Motorcycle Association following the Hollister riot describing ninety-nine percent of motorcyclists as good, decent, law-abiding citizens and leaving the remaining one percent criminals.
* The 2019 Lunar New Year exclusive line "No one likes a squealer" was added in the Year of the Pig. A squealer is one who works as an informant for the law, so it rephrases a principle she asks the coalition of gangs to follow: don't work with the law.
* The line "See ya, space cowboy" is a possible reference to the end title card of the 1998 anime *Cowboy Bebop*.
All Brawls!

**All Brawls!** is a former game mode in the Arcade in *Overwatch*.

All Brawls! would allow players to play matches using a random brawl's ruleset. It took the place of the Weekly Brawl.

## List of Brawls

At the beginning of each match, the game randomly selects one of the following brawls.

* **Charge!**

Heroes: Lúcio (one per team), Reinhardt
* **High Noon**

Heroes: McCree
* **Highly Offensive**

*Straight and to the point.*
Heroes: Offense heroes
Only 2 of the same hero per team
* **Justice Rains From Above!**

*Achieve aerial superiority.*
Heroes: Mercy, Pharah
50% ultimate gain rate
75% cooldown timers
* **MOBAwatch**

*Choose wisely. It's a hero brawl.*
Only 1 of each hero per team
No hero switching
* **One Shot, One Kill**

Heroes: Ana, Hanzo, Widowmaker
* **Overly Defensive**

*The best offense...*
Heroes: Defense heroes
Only 2 of the same hero per team
* **Show Your Support**

*The rest of the team's just been holding them back.*
Heroes: Support heroes
Only 2 of the same hero per team
* **Super Shimada Bros.**

*Who is the strongest Shimada? (Power-ups not included.)*
Heroes: Genji, Hanzo
50% ultimate gain rate
75% cooldown timers
* **Tanks A Lot**

*Fragile heroes need not apply.*
Heroes: Tank heroes
Only 2 of the same hero per team
* **This Is Ilios**

Heroes: Lúcio, Roadhog
* **Total Mayhem**

*Embrace the mayhem.*
Only 1 of each hero per team
200% health
150% ultimate gain rate
75% cooldown timers
* **We're All Soldiers Now**

*An army of one.*
Heroes: Soldier: 76
50% health
200% cooldown timers
50% ultimate gain rate
## Trivia

* This Is Ilios is a reference to the movie 300 in the quote "This is Sparta."

* Super Shimada Bros. may be a reference to either of the two video games Super Mario Bros. or Super Smash Bros.
Australia

Terrain | Various

**Australia** is a country in the Earth's southern hemisphere.

## History

Australia was nearly destroyed during the Omnic Crisis. Following the war, government officials gifted the country's omnium and the surrounding area to the omnics, hoping to establish a long-term peace accord. This arrangement displaced a large number of people from the country's vast and remote Outback—a scattered collection of survivalists, solar farmers, and people who just wanted to be left alone. Furious over the loss of their homes, some of the displaced turned to violent rebellion. They formed the Australian Liberation Front and struck against the omnium and its robot population to take back their lands. Events continued to escalate until the rebels sabotaged the omnium's fusion core, resulting in an explosion that destroyed the facility, irradiated the region, and littered the Outback with twisted metal and wreckage for kilometers around.

The Outback became unlivable to most, but there were some who survived. Calling themselves the Junkers, they scavenged the husk of the omnium and formed a lawless, cutthroat society in its shadow.

Currently, Australia is one of the countries affected by the Second Omnic Crisis.

## Known Locations

### Cities

* Junkertown
* New Junk City
* Sydney
	+ Sydney Harbour Arena

### Regions

* Wasteland
	+ Burning Lands

## Notable Nationals

*Main article: List of Australian nationals*
* Jamison Fawkes
* Mason Howl
* Victoria Naughton
* Mako Rutledge
* Odessa Stone

## Trivia

* Australia's flag was revealed to be the same as the real-world Commonwealth of Australia as a player icon during the 2016 Summer Games.
* Australia's flag and dialogue from Junkrat in-game imply that it still retains the same constitutional monarch as the United Kingdom.
* In an interaction between Roadhog and Mauga, Roadhog responds that the rates for mercenaries "down there" are modest. It is unclear if this refers to Junkertown, or Australia as a whole.

## References

1. ↑ Roadhog, *Blizzard Entertainment*. Accessed on 2015-23-09
2. ↑ Junkrat, *Blizzard Entertainment*. Accessed on 2015-23-09
3. ↑ *Recall*
4. ↑ *Overwatch*, *Junkrat Quotes*
Alienware Monthly Melee/June

+ 8 teams are split into two 4 team groups, Group A and Group B. Each Group will play against itself in a Round Robin format (3 matches played for each team on Day 1). Every match played will be a Best of 3. The top two teams from each group will be seeded into the Winners Bracket on Day 2, and the bottom two teams from each group will be seeded into the Losers Bracket.
* Elimination Stage - Thursday, June 23rd - 2 PM PDT
	+ Elimination Stage will be played as 8 team Double Elimination, with the top two teams from each group in Day 1 being seeded into the Winners Bracket, and the bottom two teams from Day 1 being seeded into the Losers bracket.
	+ Series length on Day 2 will be as follows: All WB games will be Best of 5. LB will be Best of 3 for LB Rounds One and Two. LB Round 3 and on will be Best of 5. Additionally, LB Rounds One and Two will be played concurrently to the Winners Bracket, and LB Round Three we be played after the Winners Final.
	+ In the Grand Final, the team coming from Winners Bracket shall have a 1 game advantage in the Best of 5 series.

### Prize Pool

$3,000 (USD) are spread among the teams as seen below:

### Date & Times

* Wednesday, 22nd @ 2 PM PDT (Group Stage)
* Thursday, 23rd @ 2 PM PDT (Elimination Stage)

### Stream

* TheLab.gg
* Twitch

### Casters

* ZP
* Hexagrams

## Participants

**Cloud9**

**Gale Force**

**Luminosity**

**1SHOT**

**Team Liquid**

**Northern Gaming Red**

**Team EnVyUs**

**No Fast Guns**

## Results

To see the results of this tournament, please **click here!**
Arinya

Affiliation | Anubis (forced, formerly)Carnegie Mellon University

**Arinya, BA Candidate, BS Candidate, BS, MS** is an omnic and contributor to the Zurich Archive.

## Story

Arinya was created inside the Detroit omnium during or prior to the Omnic Crisis, where she worked as a nuclear reactor specialist. She was fighting on a battlefield near Houston when the Awakening occurred, giving her free will.

After omnics were given legal personhood, Arinya enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University. She initially studied computer science before she pivoted to history and library science, arguing that it was important for omnics to take an active role in preserving their own history.

After Overwatch was disbanded, she was among the researchers chosen to form the Zurich Archive.
Adlersbrunn

**Adlersbrunn** is a fictional German town and the main setting of Reinhardt Wilhelm's Halloween story told in *Junkenstein*.

In Junkenstein's Revenge it is represented by a modified version of Eichenwalde's bridge and castle gate.

When selected in maps at Custom games. It is also named as Eichenwalde (Halloween)

## Known Inhabitants

* Jamison Junkenstein
* Lord of Adlersbrunn

## Trivia

* The "Adler" part of the town's name may be a reference to Balderich von Adler, Reinhardt's late mentor.
April 15, 2021 Patch

* Healing projectile explosion reduced from 60 to 50 health
* Healing projectile direct impact now restores an additional 20 health

 Immortality Field

* Now protects teammates to a minimum health threshold of 10% maximum health, down from 20%

#### D.Va

 Call Mech

* Damage increased from 50 to 250

#### Echo

 Duplicate

* When Duplicate ends, Echo will return to the health value she had prior to activating the ability, or to 100 health, whichever is higher

#### Moira

 Biotic Orb

* Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds

#### Orisa

 Halt!

* Cooldown reduced from 8 to 6 seconds

#### Reinhardt

* Armor reduced from 250 to 200 (Health/armor total reduced from 550 to 500)

#### Roadhog

 Scrap Gun (Primary and Secondary Fire)

* Damage per projectile increased from 6 to 6.6

#### Sombra

 Stealth

* Fade time when entering or exiting Stealth reduced from 0.75 to 0.45 seconds
* Movement speed bonus increased from 50 to 60%
Bastion's Brick Challenge

**Bastion's Brick Challenge** was the fourth mini-event in Overwatch. It started September 17th, 2019 and ended September 30th, 2019. In-game rewards include 6 Player Icons, 5 Sprays and the Legendary Brick Bastion skin. Twitch rewards include 3 sprays and 4 player icons.

Multiple Lego products featuring Overwatch characters were commercialized as a collaboration between *Blizzard Entertainment* and *Lego*. See LEGO Overwatch.

## Content unlockable in-game

*This is content available in-game.*

Following cosmetics can be unlocked through winning Competitive, Quick Play, and Arcade games.

**Win 3 Games:**

* Bastion Player Icon "Brickstion"
* Bastion Player Icon "Brick Ganymede"

**Win 6 Games:**

* Pharah Spray "Bricks Rain From Above"
* Mercy Spray "Reconstruction"

**Win 9 Games:**

* Bastion Skin "Brick Bastion"

## Content unlockable through twitch

This content can be unlocked through watching designated Twitch streamers.

**Watch 2 hours:**

* D.Va Spray "Piece"

**Watch 4 hours:**

* Widowmaker Player Icon "Widowmaker Minifig"
* Tracer Player Icon "Tracer Minifig"

**Watch 6 hours:**

* Hanzo Player Icon "Hanzo Minifig"
* Genji Player Icon "Genji Minifig"
* Hanzo Spray "Brick Strike"
* Genji Spray "Brick Blade"
April 17, 2018 Patch

# GAMEPLAY UPDATE

#### Retribution

* The evacuation drop ship will now leave incapacitated players behind to complete the mission

## Heroes

* Fixed a bug that caused Hanzo’s Scatter Shot to have an 8 second cooldown (down from 10)

#### Retribution

* Fixed a bug that prevented Talon units from attacking players who boarded drop ships
* Fixed a bug with the placement of the hero panel when viewing a highlight recorded during the Retribution mission
* Fixed a bug that caused Junkrat to count as two heroes when boarding the evacuation ship if he was using RIP-Tire inside it
* Fixed a bug that prevented the evacuation phase from counting players who had become incapacitated inside the ship
* Fixed a bug that prevented the evacuation phase from counting players if they were in the corners of the dropship.

#### Uprising

* Fixed a bug that allowed Sombra’s EMP to instantly eliminate Detonators
Arrhenius

**Arrhenius** was a climatologist working for Overwatch.

## Story

Arrhenius was one of the scientists stationed at Ecopoint: Antarctica, alongside Opara, Adams, MacReady, Mei,and Torres. Disaster struck the station when it was hit by a polar storm, damaging the station's solar array. Cut off from the outside world, the scientists were left stranded in the damaged facility. As their supplies dwindled, they entered cryostasis in a last-ditch effort to survive until a rescue attempt could be made. However, the pods malfunctioned, leaving Mei as the sole survivor of the incident.

## Trivia

* Arrhenius is a Swedish family name that means "river bank."
* She may have been named after Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish scientist who is renowned for his climate change research.

## References

1. ↑ 2018-01-08, Michael Chu on Twitter *Twitter*. Accessed on 2018-01-08.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Blizzcon 2016, Overwatch - What's New
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mei, *Blizzard Entertainment*. Accessed on 2015-11-07
4. ↑ 2016-11-23, Ecopoint: Antarctica Lore. *Blizzplanet*, accessed on 2016-25-11
Berlin

**Berlin** is the capital of Germany. As fighting raged at Eichenwalde during the Omnic Crisis, Berlin was put on its highest ever alert level.

## Notes

Berlin was pitched as a map for *Overwatch* during pre-development.

## References

1. ↑ 2016-08-23, Eichenwalde Easter Eggs. *Blizzplanet*, accessed on 2017-11-05
2. ↑ 2017-11-05, OVERWATCH ARCHIVES PANEL. *Blizzpro*, accessed on 2017-11-19
Benicio Correia dos Santos

Relations | Lúcio Correia dos Santos (son)

Benicio is the father of Lúcio and the original inventor of the Sonic Technology that was used to suppress the people of Rio de Janerio by Vishkar and later stolen back by Lúcio.

## Story

### Background

Not much is known about Benicio other than that he is responsible for the invention of the Sonic Technology and at one point worked for Vishkar who took ownership of his invention. According to Lúcio his father invented Sonic Technology to help the citizens of Rio and make the world a better place. But Vishkar had other intentions. They imposed controls on the residents of Rio in the name of building a more orderly society: enforcing curfews, cracking down on what the company perceived as lawless behavior, and exploiting the populace as a cheap labor force using Sonic Tech as a way to suppress the population. According to Symmetra in a pre-game interaction with Lúcio, Benicio understood Vishkar's vision. This is however never backed up by anyone else besides her.

### The Uprising

Lúcio wouldn't stand for it and stole back his father's Sonic Technology, so he could convert it into a tool to rally the people of Rio in action. In a popular uprising, Lúcio and his allies drove Vishkar out of their neighborhoods. With that, He'd fulfilled the promise his father had made to them about making the world a better place. In the end, Lúcio doubted that his father would have regretted creating the technology.

### Overwatch 2

Rio de Janerio was one of the cities hit by Null Sector's worldwide attacks. With help from Lúcio, the newly formed Overwatch drove the troops out of Rio after they destroyed the command ship. Soon after these events, Lúcio joins Overwatch in an effort to help save the world. Somewhere between the Rio mission and the Toronto mission, Winston receives an email titled "Thank you (From Lúcios dad)". In this email, Benicio expresses his gratitude towards Overwatch for saving Rio and fulfilling his son's dreams of fighting alongside Overwatch. He also states Lúcio knows more than anyone what it's like to be labeled a criminal when trying to fight for what is right. During this time, Lúcio also wrote in his journal about the success in Rio. He details how Benicio used to tell him how he'd become a dancer or fighter when he would grow up, expressing how he showed his dad because he became both after joining Overwatch. In a later journal entry written by Lúcio after the failed mission in Toronto, he states how he should call his dad, but decides not to because he does not want to worry him.

## Triva

* In a pre-game interaction between Lúcio and Torbjörn, Lúcio says Torbjörn and Benicio would get along great.
* In a pre-game interaction between Lúcio and Mercy, Lúcio mentions how the Sonic Technology was Benicio's life work.
Baptiste Origin Story

***Baptiste Origin Story*** is the thirteenth Origin Story released for *Overwatch*.

## Description

Mobilize alongside the combat medic who made the shrewd decision to make the world a better place, one bandage... or bullet at a time: Baptiste.

## References

1. ↑ 2019-02-25, Baptiste Origin Story *YouTube*. Accessed on 2019-03-04.
BCRF Charity Event

The **BCRF Charity Event** was a limited-time event in which players could obtain themed unlocks centered around donating for charity. The players could purchase cosmetics and other merchandise, with all the proceeds going to the BCRF charity. The event ran from March 8 to May 21, 2018.

## BCRF

The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) is an independent, not-for-profit organization which has raised $569.4 million to support clinical and translational research on breast cancer at medical institutions in the United States and abroad. BCRF funds over 200 researchers in 6 continents and 13 countries.

## Content

In-game loot included the Pink Mercy Skin, Ribbon and Pink player icons, and Ribbon, Cure, Together, and Pink Sprays. Real World included Men's and Woman's Limited-Time shirts based on the Pink Mercy Skin.

### Content unlockable in-game

Log-in reward

This content was unlockable in-game.

* Mercy Player Icon "Ribbon"

Store content

This content was purchasable in-game.

* Mercy Skin "Pink"

Available for purchase in-game and online through May 21, all sales of this limited-time legendary skin will benefit BCRF and their mission to end breast cancer.

With a purchase of $14.99 (not including tax) you could obtain the Pink Mercy skin, which was the focal point of the event. Blizzard Entertainment donated 100% of the proceeds that it receives from all Pink Mercy skin sales to BCRF, with a guaranteed minimum donation of $250,000 (USD). The total donation amount was disclosed after the campaign concludes on May 21.

### Content unlockable through twitch

This content was available through watching designated Twitch streamers.

Watch 2 hours

* Mercy Spray "Ribbon"

Watch 4 hours

* Mercy Player Icon "Pink"
* Mercy Spray "Cure"

Watch 6 hours

* Mercy Spray "Together"
* Mercy Spray "Pink"

### Twitch Emotes

There are three Pink Mercy-themed global emotes available for anyone to use on Twitch chats.

### Purchasable T-shirts

Along with In-Game loot, there were also T-shirts purchasable on the Blizzard Gear Store. The shirts were designed by community artist VICKISIGH, and were available in men's and women's models.

100% of the proceeds from these T-shirt sales were donated to BCRF.

## Trivia

* According to a community manager on Blizzard forums, the Pink Mercy skin or other BCRF cosmetics are not returning, but the team is thinking on new charity events for Overwatch 2.