Summary
Blizzard Entertainment has released the limited-time “Totally Normalwatch” mode forOverwatch 2, available until April 14. This newOverwatch 2mode marks April Fools’ Day and introduces some chaotic twists to heroes, delivering a fun and frenetic gameplay experience.
Every year, different video game developers celebrate April Fools by releasing limited-time activities featuring exclusive modes and events, usually adding fun or unexpected twists to their games. Recently,PUBG’s developer released a new dating sim experience, offering a completely different way for players to interact with the game’s firearms.Overwatch 2, on the other hand, tends to celebrate April Fools by implementing exaggerated balance changes that create a chaotic and hilarious experience for players—and this year is no exception.
Starting April 1 and running until April 14,Overwatch 2continues its April Fools’ tradition, this time introducing a limited-time mode called Totally Normalwatch, available in the Arcade menu. This new mode brings some ridiculous twists to heroes, like removing Doomfist’s Hand Cannon and allowing him to lunge toward nearby enemies when he melees, with melee speed and damage increased by 50%. Hazard’s Jagged Wall Knockback is increased by 400%, while his cooldown is reduced from 12 to 8 seconds, and Magua can push himself backward if he fires both Chainguns at the same time while airborne.
Other hilarious changes toOverwatch 2’s heroesinclude Hanzo being able to ride Orisa into battle, granting her extra movement speed, Reinhardt’s speed increasing by 150%, Roadhog being able to throw three Hooks at once, and Ashe’s robot bodyguard B.O.B. losing his guns entirely—now only capable of chasing enemies to knock them down. These kinds of changes have been applied to all heroes in Totally Normalwatch, and players can already dive into this chaotic limited-time mode.
In addition to the mode, Blizzard is rolling out fixes for some of the game’s bugs. These include a solution for an issue that prevented players from using Perks in the 6v6 Maximum 2 Tanks Open Queue Quick Play and a fix for an issue with Zarya’s kit in Hero Mastery.
In order to give players a fun experience,Blizzard continues updatingOverwatch 2, adding new content and balancing the game. The recent March patch introduced necessary tweaks to 11 heroes in 5v5 and 6v6 modes across damage, tank, and support roles. As April Fools’ celebrations continue, players can jump into Totally Normalwatch to play with their favorite heroes—but with a fun twist.
Tanks
D.Va
Developer Comments: The Meka Squad are having a rough time against the Gwishin Omnics. So, they are experimenting with new designs to save on materials and rations.
Press Interact during Self-Destruct to freeze mech in place.
Doomfist
Developer Comment: Doomfist decided the best way to win is by punching the opponents… a lot.
Cooldown decreased by 1 second.
Hazard
Developer Comments: Hazard got tired of rooting people in place, so he thought he’d try knocking them around instead.
Jagged Wall Cooldown decreased from 12 to 8 seconds.
Junker Queen
Developer Comments: Everyone got tired of Junker Queen shouting at them and started to ignore her. So, she has gotten selfish and is hoarding her Commanding Shout buffs for herself. She always wants to directly confront anyone who gets hit by Gracie .
Bonus Move Speed increased from 30% to 60%.
Mauga
Developer Comments: Gunny and Cha-Cha will now lift up their Papa, and whoever is tethered to him.
While airborne and firing both Chainguns at the same time, Mauga is pushed backwards in the direction he is aiming.
Tether is now centered on Mauga and follows him.
Grants Mauga infinite ammo for the duration.
Orisa
Developer Comments: “I see you glancing at me. You wish to ride me into battle?”
Hanzo can press Interact while near Orisa to ride her into battle, giving Orisa extra movement speed.
Javelin Spin now pulls enemies towards Orisa.
Ramattra
Developer Comments: Ramattra has elevated the discourse of battle, along with his opponents.
Now reverses the gravity of all enemies inside.
Reinhardt
Developer Comments: Reinhardt recently saw some street racing anime and has become so obsessed with it that he has learned to drift.
Charge lasts until you collide with a wall.
Roadhog
Developer Comments: We’ve been seen everyone’s feedback about Chain Hook being so inconsistent over the years, so we hope that throwing three of them at once makes it more reliably lethal.
Now throws 3 Hooks at once.
Sigma
Developer Comments: Sigma’s realized he was not abiding by Newton’s third law of motion, so he figures by deflecting the projectiles he blocks with Kinetic Grasp would make him a more psychics law abiding citizen.
Developer Comment: “Winston Slam!”
Jump Pack
Press Crouch to do a body slam and deal more damage while coming down during Jump Pack.
Wrecking Ball
Developer Comment: Hammond has decided to try imitating tumbleweeds and snowballs.
Area of effect increases based on Wrecking Ball’s size.
Zarya
Developer Comment: Zarya’s enemies have always feared her skills in battle, but now they will run in fear of her reflection too.
Particle Cannon
Primary Fire now ricochets off of enemy heroes and the environment.
Damage
Ashe
Developer Comments: Bob’s arm cannons are in the shop, but he’s much more eager to jump into the fray.
Coach Gun
Increased knockback on enemy heroes and briefly reduces their air control.
B.O.B.
B.O.B. no longer shoots.
B.O.B. now repeatedly dashes towards the nearest enemy hero and attempts to knock them into the air.
Ultimate Cost reduced by 70%.
Bastion
Developer Comments: Bastion made a new friend that happens to be grenade-sized.
Impacts spawns explosive training bots.
Cassidy
Developer Comments: Cassidy recently borrowed Hanzo’s scatter arrow and figured out how to make new ammunition out of the tech.
Peacekeeper
Primary and Secondary Fire both ricochet three times. Ricocheted bullets deal increased damage.
Echo
Developer Comments: Echo is testing new updates in flight technology, but it seems her other abilities were affected.
Now does extra damage to enemies above half health.
Genji
Developer Comments: Genji can once again spam that annoying emote to heal himself, though there might be negative consequences this time.
Don’t abuse this. You’ve been warned.
Hanzo
Developer Comments: It’s not a preposterous thought. Hanzo is making a longtime dream come true.
Each arrow ricochets up to 5 times.
Wall Climb
While wall climbing, press Reload to attach yourself to the wall.
While riding, feel 20% cooler.
Junkrat
Developer Comments: Junkrat loves explosions so much he decided to become one.
Junkrat becomes invisible and untargetable while using Riptire.
Junkrat dies if the Riptire is destroyed.
Mei
Developer Comments: The cold doesn’t bother Mei anymore, but it may bother Mei’s enemies.
Mei can now move during Cryo-Freeze.
Moira
Developer Comments: Fixed a bug where Moira was classified as a Support Hero and removed any unintended healing. Thank you for your patience as we resolved this seven-year-old issue that has prevented Moira mains from reaching their ultimate damage potential.
Primary fire no longer heals and instead deals damage.
Now only deals damage.
Pharah
Developer Comment: Pharah now takes her enemies on a magic rocket ride.
Pulls nearby enemies along with Pharah.
Reaper
Developer Comment: Talon got tired of all of the shotguns Reaper was wasting and cut him off their weapon budget until he learns to be more resourceful.
Hellfire Shotguns
Reaper can no longer reload and drops his shotguns on the ground when empty.
Note: It’s hard to melee enemies without your shotguns.
Sojourn
Developer Comment: Railgun can now be overcharged to deal more damage. WARNING: Okoton Kelvin-87 Railgun’s recoil dampeners not certified for high energy payloads.
Max charge is now 300%.
Railgun Secondary Fire deals increased damage at above 100% charge.
Railgun Secondary Fire knocks back Sojourn if fired at above 100% charge.
Soldier: 76
Developer Comment: Soldier: 76 being the stubborn old soldier that he is says he doesn’t need any help and can still outrun anyone on the battlefield.
Soldier 76 can no longer see allied or enemy health bars. Including his own.
Passive healing starts faster and heals much faster.
Running speed increased by 100%.
Sombra
Developer Comment: Sombra is exploiting a memory leak, and the only way to shut her down is to press Alt+F4.
Hack
Hacking enemies grants a stacking buff (with a maximum of 10) of movement speed and magazine size.
Stacks are lost on death.
Symmetra
Developer Comments: Symmetra is trying out the latest Vishkar fashions on her allies: turrets! She also traded in her gun for a new tankbuster gun that is overcharged.
Can now stick to allies.
Torbjörn
Developer Comments: Torbjörn’s turret just needs some hammering to reach maximum potential.
When Overhealed, Turret gains increased size, damage, and health.
Tracer
Developer Comments: Reinhardt taught Tracer how to charge very short distances, if she stays low enough.
Colliding with enemies deals damage and knocks them back.
Venture
Developer Comments: Venture got tired of working underground. We hope you dig these changes.
If Venture is directly impacted by the projectile from Accretion or a similar ability, Venture is not knocked down and instead consumes the rock and heals themselves.
Emerge can be charged longer for a stronger effect.
Widowmaker
Developer Comments: Widowmaker has learned how to catch her prey in her webbing.
Grappling Hook
Can now hit enemy heroes, dealing damage and granting Widowmaker Overhealth.
Quick Melee
First successful melee attack after hitting a hero with Grappling Hook deals extra damage.
Support
Ana
Developer Comment: We’ve heard feedback from Ana players that their teammates ignore them when they call out that they are reloading and go and feed into the enemies anyways. We’re hoping this change makes for good practice for them to start paying more attention to their Support teammates.
Biotic Rifle
• Magazine size reduced from 15 to 1. • Reload speed increased by 25%. • Damage and healing increased from 75 to 150.
Baptiste
Developer Comment: Baptiste discovered some of those old retro platformer video games and now it’s all he ever wants to do.
Press Crouch while airborne to stomp on enemies.
Brigitte
Developer Comments: Mace to the face was working so well, so Brigitte thought she’d try her shield too.
Shield Throw
New Ability.
Shield Throw will toss Brigitte’s Shield which stuns and bounces between enemies.
During Rally, Shield Throw can hit more enemies.
Illari
Developer Comment: Illari got tired of allies being out of healing range, she altered her rifle accordingly.
Primary Fire now heals allies and does not deal damage.
Secondary Fire now damages enemies and does not heal allies.
Secondary Fire range increased by 50%.
Juno
Developer Comment: We fixed a bug where allies and enemies were not getting welcomed into orbit as indicated by her Ultimate voice line.
Reverses gravity on all allies and enemies inside.
Kiriko
Developer Comment: Kiriko took some swiftness out of her step and put it into attack speed. What could go wrong?
Swift Step
Swift Step now grants Kiriko overhealth and increased attack speed, but she can no longer choose her target.
Lifeweaver
Developer Comment: Be careful, as you don’t not want Lifeweaver to be a thorn in your side.
Rate of fire reduced by 35%.
Projectile speed reduced by 70%.
When enough projectiles hit an enemy, they explode for 160 damage.
Developer Comments: “Can’t stop, won’t stop.”
Wall Ride
Lúcio gains increasing Move, Reload, and Attack Speed while wall-riding.
Buffs from Wall Ride persists for several seconds after touching the ground.
Mercy
Developer Comment: Mercy’s new pistol is just like a loot box… you’ll never know what you’ll get.
Now fire random projectiles.
Zenyatta
Developer Comment: “We are all one within the many, googly irises.”
Bug Fixes
General
Fixed an issue preventing users from using Perks in the 6v6 Maximum 2 Tanks Open Queue Quick Play and will now be played for the remainder of Season 16.
Fixed an issue preventing Perks to be selected while Overtime is in progress.
Fixed an issue with Zarya’s kit in hero mastery and have reenabled Zarya’s Hero Mastery Courses.
