Winter Wonderland is back for another year in Overwatch 2 alongside season 20, and that's just the start of the seasonal festivities.
The newest DPS hero, Vendetta, makes her mark immediately when the season goes live, but there's a whole load of new cosmetic items to unlock along with changes to the base game to keep players warm over the holidays.
Read on below for OW2's season 20 patch notes to see what's new and different in the FPS with the new season that begins Dec. 9.
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Overwatch 2 season 20 patch notes
New Damage hero: Vendetta
Vendetta is OW2's 45th hero and its first-ever fully melee-based DPS character. Her Palatine Fang sword will wreak havoc on the backline as she flies through the air and deals big damage, so be prepared to help your healers.
Hero buffs and nerfs
Here's the list of season 20 changes for heroes, including big buffs for Vendetta, who Blizzard said "performed well during her hero trial though her effectiveness fell off some at the higher ranks." There's also some improvements for Freja, and Juno getting the ability to deal critical damage.
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Tank
- Junker Queen
- Carnage
- Cooldown increased from 8 to 9 seconds.
- Carnage
- Hazard
- Jagged Wall
- Knockback damage increased from 40 to 50.
- Health increased from 350 to 400.
- Jagged Wall
- Reinhardt
- Earthshatter
- Ultimate cost increased by 9 percent.
- Earthshatter
- Sigma
- Hyperspheres
- Impact direct damage increased from 15 to 25.
- Hyperspheres
- Junker Queen
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Damage
- Bastion
- Configuration: Recon
- Fire rate increased from 5 to 6 shots per second
- Configuration: Recon
- Freja
- ● Revdraw Crossbow
- Damage increased from 25 to 30.
- ● Take Aim
- Direct Hit damage reduced from 40 to 30.
- Explosion damage reduced from 90 to 80.
- ● Quick Dash
- Distance traveled increased by 15 percent.
- ● Bola Shot
- Hinder duration on hit target increased from 1.2 to 1.4
- Area slow increased from 25 percent to 45 percent.
- ● Revdraw Crossbow
- Junkrat
- ● Frag Launcher
- Projectile speed increased from 25 to 30.
- ● Frag Cannon (Perk)
- Projectile speed increase reduced from 40 percent to 25 percent.
- No longer reduces ammo capacity.
- ● Frag Launcher
- Reaper
- ● The Reaping
- Lifesteal reduced from 30 percent to 25 percent.
- ● The Reaping
- Vendetta
- ● General
- Reduced recovery times of Palatine Fang overhead, Whirlwind Dash, and Projected Edge by about 15 percent.
- ● Onslaught
- Stack duration increased from 5.5 to 6.5 seconds
- ● Projected Edge
- Projectile speed increased from 33 to 37 meters per second
- ● Soaring Slice
- Max throw distance reduced from 16 to 14 meters
- ● Sundering Blade
- Cast time increased from 0.4 to 0.5 seconds
- Base damage increased from 100 to 120
- ● Perks
- Siphoning Strike lifesteal increased from 30 percent to 40 percent.
- Swift Vengeance overhealth increased from 125 to 150
- Venture
- Explorer’s Resolve
- Shield health gained per ability reduced from 30 to 25.
- Explorer’s Resolve
- ● General
- Bastion
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Support
- Baptiste
- Immortality Field
- Cooldown reduced from 25 to 22 seconds.
- Immortality Field
- Illari
- Captive Sun
- Projectile Size reduced from 0.75 to 0.45.
- Captive Sun
- Juno
- ● Mediblaster
- Mediblaster can now deal critical damage against enemies.
- ● Mediblaster
- Kiriko
- ● Kunai
- Base Projectile size reduced from 0.15 to 0.12.
- ● Kunai
- Wuyang
- Rushing Torrent
- Movement speed buff reduced from 50 percent to 40 percent.
- Rushing Torrent
- Baptiste
For the full list of notes, make sure to visit the OW2 website.
Stadium updates
Wuyang and Doomfist join the round-based mode along with a re-work for Cassidy and a new Top 500 rank tier to grind for on the new China Control map. Check out the full list of Stadium changes on the OW2 website.
Competitive updates
The newly-introduced Challenger Score will add more heat in the battle for Top 500 players, but some big changes coming to cheater bans will help players regain any rank progress lost in "unfair losses" along the way.
Console aim assist changes
Aim assist is getting a buff on consoles, "anywhere from 6 percent to 8 percent depending on the target’s distance," alongside the season 20 update.
Winter Wonderland returns
The return of everyone's favorite cheery event adds a three-path reward system where players can complete challenges to earn Winter Cookies to unlock skins like Jingle Tracer, Krampus Junkrat, and Santa Claus Torbjorn.
Running from Dec. 9 to Jan. 7, the event also includes a winterized Mischief & Magic prop hunt mode variant, along with other unlockable skins in Frozen Demon Junkrat and Frozen Mountaineer Cassidy.
New Mythics
This season's new mythic skin is Divine Desperado Cassidy, offering a number of customization options. Season 2's Mythic weapon is Orisa's Capsule Cannon, which is like a big gacha machine on her arm.
It's adorable.
New battle pass
Five legendary skins and three Epic skins highlight this season's battle pas. Yukizaru Genji, Colder: 76 Soldier: 76, Frost Lich Reaper, Skadi Freja, Cold Front Tracer, Ice Crystal Symmetra, and Winter Guardian Illari round it out along with dozens of other rewards. The Ultimate Battle Pass bundle adds High Society Vendetta and Reindeer Tracer, along with 20 tier skips and 2,000 OW Coins.
Avatar: The Last Airbender collab returns
OW2's A:TLA collab returns to the store with skins such as Katara Mei, Aang Zenyatta, Appa Orisa, Toph Venture, Zuko Genji, and Suki Kiriko.
This article will be updated with more information when it becomes available.
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