Overwatch 2 April Fools Update: Everything is Totally Normal, We Promise

April 1st, 2025 – Blizzard World, Earth

Welcome to the Most Normal Patch Notes You’ve Ever Seen

There’s absolutely nothing weird going on in Overwatch 2 today. Everything is perfectly normal! 😊

Sure, your favorite heroes might have googly eyes, be shouting questionable voice lines, and the gameplay might feel just a tiny bit… off. But that’s totally unrelated to the minor ant situation the dev team has been dealing with in their break room. 🐜 They’re on it! (We think.)

Oh, and if you happen to wander into a mysterious Arcade mode that definitely wasn’t supposed to be there—just look the other way. 🙈 They are trying to take it down… but, um, they can’t do that until April 14. Sooo…

✨To keep us happily distracted, they’ve added some special little challenges with adorable (and very serious) rewards—including the Rainy Ducky Orisa Legendary Skin. Because let’s be honest—ducks are powerful, and Orisa in a raincoat is unstoppable. 🦆💛

If you’re looking for a normal game of Overwatch 2, you’ve come to the wrong place 👀

Have a totally normal (or chaotic) time when you hop into Normalwatch now through Apr 14 🎉 pic.twitter.com/BAR8xXAB4A
— Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) April 1, 2025

🛡️ Tank Hero “Adjustments”

🎮 OVERWATCH 2 APRIL FOOLS PATCH 2025: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS WRONG EDITION - News - Overwatch 2 - OverwatchCentral.gg

Tanks are now mobility tools, mounts, ceiling launchers, physics experiments, and drift racers. They tank in spirit. In gameplay? Not so much.

🧍‍♀️ D.Va – Smol Edition

Now Fun-sized! 50% smaller.
Health: basically a sneeze.
Gun goes brrrr twice as fast but hits like a Nerf dart.
Press Interact to freeze your ult midair. 🎇✨ Aesthetic.

🥊 Doomfist – One-Punch Man

Deletes gun. Only punch!
You punch now. And you LUNGE at people while punching.
Rocket Punch charges from punching. This man is FIST ONLY.
“DOOM SLAM!” intensifies.

🐴 Orisa – Noble Steed

Hanzo can ride her. No, we’re not joking!
Speeds up when he’s on her back.
Javelin Spin is now a tractor beam of pain.

🐖 Roadhog – Now With MORE HOOKS

Triple hook. One for each bad decision you’ve made.
Maybe one of the hooks will hit!

🪙 Sigma – Gravity: Cancelled

Kinetic Grasp no longer eats bullets. Now it REFLECTS them.
Also, he just… flies during Kinetic Grasp.

🚗 Reinhardt – Tokyo Drift Reinhardt

Reinhardt has become obsessed with a street racing anime, and is now speed itself.
Charge cooldown cut in half.
Turns 150% faster.
Charge lasts until you hit something. Wall? Teammate? Destiny?

🎢 Wrecking Ball – Rollercoaster Tycoon

Size = smol.
Roll over enemies → get BIG.
Eventually becomes the Death Star.
Piledriver scales with size.

🔥 Mauga – Now with Wings!

Using both guns while airborne pushes him backwards flying, like a bird with very big guns.
Cage Fight = infinite ammo & Mauga becomes center of chaos.

🎯 Zarya – Disco Ball

Laser ricochets off enemies AND walls.
You’re the beam. Map is the disco.

🧱 Hazard – Pinball

Wall now yeets enemies 400% harder.
Everyone’s playing pinball now.

👑 Junker Queen – Spiderman style

Gracie = grappling hook now.
Commanding Shout? Only buffs herself.
Actual Queen behavior.

⛓ Ramattra – Master of Gravity

Gravity is now optional.
Vortex turns battlefield into Zero G gym class.

💥 Winston – Slamdunk!

Body slam with Jump Pack.
Press crouch mid-air for WWE moment.

🔫 Damage Role Madness

Damage heroes got buffed, scrambled, bounced, and unhinged.
Everything explodes. Nothing makes sense.
And somehow, it’s all working beautifully.

🔥 Ashe – Yeehaw Airforce One

Coach Gun:

Blasts enemies so hard they lose control mid-air.
Basically turns enemies into paper planes.

B.O.B.:

No longer shoots.
He now dashes repeatedly at the nearest enemy.🏃
Launches enemies like a bouncer at a country bar.
Ult cost reduced by 70%, so he’s basically on-call now

🤖 Bastion – Now with small exploding friends!

A-36 Tactical Grenade: Now spawns an explosive training bot. It’s cute. It’s deadly. It probably doesn’t have insurance.
Configuration: Artillery: Each shot also spawns more training bots.
It’s not an ult anymore—it’s a group project.

🤠 Cassidy – Ricochet Rambo

Bullets now bounce 3x. More bounce = more pain.
Your bullets now obey pool-table physics.

🧬 Echo – Chaos.exe

Tri-Shot now fires Sticky Bombs 💣
Sticky Bombs now fire Tri-Shot
Flight is always on + comes with a dash
Focusing Beam now hurts healthy enemies more?

🐉 Genji – “I Need Healing”… Now With Benefits

Genji mains will finally be rewarded for their favorite activity:
Can occasionally heal himself by spamming “I need healing” 🙏
But… there might be consequences if you overdo it 👀
(What consequences? Blizzard won’t say. Fear them.)

💣 Junkrat – RIPrat

Drops FIVE mines now.
Turns INVISIBLE during RIP-Tire.
TELEPORTS TO THE TIRE WHEN IT EXPLODES.
Dies if it’s destroyed. No pressure.

🧪 Moira – Damage Dealer Confirmed

Officially moved to DAMAGE ROLE.
Lost all healing. It’s pure DPS now.
Blizzard: “Fixing a 7-year-old bug.” Moira mains: “Excuse me???”

❄️ Mei – Cold, Cute, and Completely Unhinged

Cryo-Freeze now spawns a mini Blizzard 🌪️
- Yes, while she’s healing inside her ice cube.
Mei can move during Cryo-Freeze now 🚶‍♀️
- She is the snowstorm.

🛫 Pharah – Rocket Uber, But Make It Hostile

Phara can now kidnap the enemy! Jump Jet and Jet Dash now pull enemies along with her.
Direct hits deal extra damage to airborne enemies. The higher they are, the harder they fall… after exploding.

🏹 Hanzo – The Samurai Cowboy

Arrows bounce like Superballs.
Can wall cling forever.
Rides Orisa like a samurai cowboy.
Feels “20% cooler.” Science checks out.

🧍‍♀️ Sojourn – Recoil Rocket Queen

Railgun charge goes up to 300%.
Shoots harder. Kicks her backwards.
Basically turns herself into a rail-powered jetpack.

💀 Reaper – Call of Duty: Lost & Found Edition.

No more reloading. Drops his shotguns.
Must pick them up off the ground to reload like a Looney Tunes skit.
Runs faster when unarmed. Melee with no guns? Good luck.

👴 Soldier: 76 – Grandpa’s Gone Rogue

His eyesight isn’t what it used to be – can’t see health bars anymore. Not yours. Not allies’. Not enemies’. ❌❤️
Passive healing kicks in faster and heals a lot more
Sprint speed doubled (100% increase) 🚀 This man is speed walking into his 401(k).

💻 Sombra – Hacking Gremlin

Hacking enemies gives stacking buffs: Movement speed & Magazine size
Lose all stacks on death ☠️
Devs casually note the only counter to Sombra is pressing Alt+F4 🧠

♟Symmetra – Now Featuring Wearable Turrets

Primary Fire deals damage based on enemy max health
Spam your energy balls like a microwave on max. Secondary Fire charges faster
Turrets now stick to ALLIES 🛡️
- Congratulations, your Reinhardt is now a mobile death tower.
- Turrets also faster, tankier, and way too comfortable being on your shoulders.

🔨 Torbjörn – Growing Turret!

Forge Hammer can now overheal your turret 💪
Hammer your turret long enough and it grows in:
- 🧱 Size
- 🔫 Damage
- 💖 Health
Congratulations, your turret is now a tank with a license to kill.

🕒 Tracer – “Cheers, love! The BONK is here!”

Blink while crouching = mini Charge 🏃‍♀️💥 Collides with enemies, deals damage, and knocks them back. Reinhardt taught her, but like… the baby version.
It’s basically “Blink and Bonk.”

🪨 Venture – Flying Mole

You are now a flying mole. Burrow can now make you fly.
Emerge can be charged longer for a stronger launch. The longer you wait = bigger you YEET.

🕷 Widowmaker – Grapple + Slap Combo

Grappling Hook now HITS ENEMIES.
First melee after grapple = big bonk.
Widow now has web-based jump scares.

💉 Healing? NEVER HEARD OF HER

Half the supports stopped healing.
The other half got gravity powers, random weapons, or anime buffs.
Your life is in their hands… but mostly as a suggestion.

🔫 Ana – Single Shot Sniper Grandma

1 bullet. 150 heal/damage.
Reloads faster.
If you miss, your teammates die. 💀

🛡️ Brigitte – Frisbee Time

Shield Bash deleted.
New Ability: SHIELD THROW. It bounces between enemies.
Rally makes it ricochet like pinball. Ding ding ding.

🦊 Kiriko – Fast But Confused

Swift Step gives overhealth + attack speed.
Can’t choose who she teleports to anymore. Chaos reigns.

🌸 Lifeweaver – Thorn-Seeking Missiles

Thorns now home in.
Shoots slower, flies slower, but explode.
Basically throwing love and spite at the same time.

👼 Mercy – Lootbox Gun

Fires completely random projectiles. Could be a rocket. Could be a balloon.
Could be your hopes and dreams.

🧘 Zenyatta – Lord of the Googly Eyes

Shoots sticky googly eyes now.
Damage reduced, but he shoots like a gumball machine.

🎧 Lúcio – Speed Is a Lifestyle

While Wall Riding, Lúcio now gains: 🏃 Move Speed, 🔫 Attack Speed and 🔁 Reload Speed
(Yes, all at once. He’s cooking.)

Buffs linger even after he touches the ground for a few seconds

Baptiste – “It’s-a Me, Baptiste!”

While airborne, hold Crouch to perform a ground stomp 👢
– Yes, like a Mario Goomba smash. No, enemies don’t enjoy it.
He still heals, but now he can also come down from the sky with violence.

🪐 Juno – Defying Physics!

Quick Melee now has mega knockback 👊
- She doesn’t slap, she launches.
Ultimate (Orbital Ray) now reverses gravity on ALL allies and enemies in its radius 🚀
- That’s right: EVERYONE GOES UP.
- It’s not an ult—it’s a group space program.