Big Bastion and Sombra reworks are coming to Overwatch 2

Bastion is also going to go through a massive rework in Overwatch 2: Self-repair ability will be removed. New Tactical Grenade alternate fire: A projectile ability that bounces off walls and sticks to targets that will explode after a short time Reduced fire rate of Recon form gun with no spread Reworked ultimate ability to Artillery Mode Lets Bastion call down three artillery strikes to any point on the map Artillery strikes are considered projectiles. They can be blocked by shields, deflected by Genji, or negated using the Defense Matrix ability by D.Va Each artillery strike can do as much as 600 damages (300 on impact and 300 on explosion) Turret form now has a cooldown. Bastion can still move around. When is Overwatch 2 going to release? A more offense-focused Sombra awaits players in Overwatch 2.

Overwatch League professionals have had a chance to test out early builds of Overwatch 2. Gladiators flex tank Indy Halpern, otherwise known as SPACE, praised how the game felt and commented how the Sombra rework will make Sombra mains even more dangerous.

Sombra and Bastion are just some of the heroes that Blizzard will rework for Overwatch 2. Other heroes include Winston and Mei. It's not just heroes that are going to go through changes either. Overwatch 2 will also switch up how roles work. For example, tanks will now have anti-crowd control passive abilities. Meanwhile, Overwatch 2 will give supports passive healing. Blizzard explains that this is all to help compensate for the move from 6v6 to 5v5 in Overwatch 2.

Overwatch 2 does not have a release date at the moment.