Developer Comment: 6v6 is more fun and creates more interesting team synergy. Antarctic peninsula is a map no one likes. Toxicity is an essential part of FPS games, so we automated it! Keeping ult charge between rounds helps increase the amount of ults per game - I personally struggled to get 2 ults per round in shorter rounds, and 5 were a struggle in longer rounds.

Player Count

Game reverted to 6v6

Toxicity

Automatically emotes after an ultimate gets 1 or more kills

Ultimate Charge

Now carries between rounds

Hero Changes

Ultimate costs are increased to make them feel more valuable - this discourages 1k and 2k ults and counterswapping.

All Ultimates

Build up 25% slower

All Tanks

Role passive no longer gives knockback resistance

Ana is more fun when she does more damage, therefore she has been less fun since the release of season 9 as she lost the ability to 3 tap people, this ability was returned against 225 heroes and she lost 25 hp as a compensating nerf. Also as there are now 2 tanks getting slept for 5 seconds is less impactful to their team, allowing the duration to be reverted.

Biotic Rifle

Damage and healing increased from 70 to 80

Sleep Dart

Tank sleep duration increased from 3.5 seconds to 5 seconds

Biotic Grenade

Damage and healing increased from 90 to 100

Developer Comment: Ashe's main downside is her long reload, however, by regaining ammo on every kill this allows people who hit consistent headshots to reload significantly less often. Bob, being a significant part of Ashe's kit, is exempt from the 25% ultimate charge cost increase.

The Viper

Gains 1 ammo on kill

B.O.B.

Ultimate charge rate increased by 25%

This is just a goofy change.

Biotic Launcher

No longer has Gravity
Primary fire removed
Alt fire now deals 50 splash damage to the enemy team

Regenerative Burst

Deals 60 burst damage and 10 damage per second for 4 seconds to the enemy team

Developer Comment: Bastion recieved a significant rework in this custom game, this attempts to make him into a better form switcher by allowing him to switch forms at will.

Health decreased from 250 to 200
Armour decreased from 100 to 75

Reconfigure

Cooldown decreased from 12 seconds to 0 seconds

Configuration: Recon

Movespeed increased from 5.5m/s to 6.875m/s
Jump height increased by 25%
Damage per shot decreased from 25 to 22.5

Configuration: Assault

Can no longer jump
No longer takes knockback
Can no longer move
Damage per shot decreased from 12 to 8.5

A-36 Tactical Grenade

Cooldown decreased from 8 seconds to 6 seconds
Self damage removed
Knockback increased by 50%

Configuration: Artillery

Removed

Configuration: Tank

New ultimate
Puts you into Configuration: Assault for 12 seconds
-15% movespeed
-35% damage recieved
Cannot use abilities
Fires a devastating cannon dealing 205 damage with a 5m AOE, damage has 10% falloff per meter dealing small knockback
Can bomb jump using the cannon sending Bastion flying at a speed of 20m/s

Ironclad

Removed

Developer Comments: Ultimates gaining value in this mode makes it extra important that CC cannot cancel ultimates, and I tried to ensure we didn't end up with another Brigitte stunbash so this is a good middleground.

Shield Bash

Now cancels all non-ultimate abilities
Cooldown increased from 5 seconds to 7 seconds

Cassidy is just a numbers character, it's hard to give him an interesting, meaningful rework

Peacekeeper

Regains all ammo on kill
Maxmimum ammo decreased from 6 to 5

D.VA is hard to give an interesting, meaningful rework

Health decreased from 200 to 150
Armour decreased from 375 to 300

Boosters

Cancelled with melees
Cooldown increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds

Defense Matrix

Maximum duration decreased from 3.5 seconds to 2.25 seconds

Micro Missiles

Cooldown increased from 7 seconds to 10.5 seconds

Developer Comment: Many people miss DPS doomfist, this rework intends to reach a middle ground between DPSfist and Tankfist.

Health decreased from 375 to 325

Hand Cannon

Damage per pellet increased from 5 to 6

Seismic Slam

Damage increased from 50 to 60

Rocket Punch

Damage increased from 75 to 90
Wall impact damage increased from 40 to 48

Power Block

Damage absorbed to power up block decreased from 100 to 50
Empowered punch damage increased from 112.5 to 135
Empowered punch wall impact damage increased from 60 to 72

New Ability - Uppecut

Activated with reload
6 second cooldown
Sends Doomfist and all players within 5m of him up at a speed of 15m/s
Deals 65 damage to all players within 5m of him
Removes all gravity for Doomfist and all players within 5m of him for 0.6 seconds
All victims can no longer control their movement for 0.6 seconds

Meteor Strike

Inner ring damage increased from 300 to 360 damage
Outer ring minimum damage increased from 50 to 60
Outer ring maximum damage increased from 100 to 120

The Best Offense...

Overhealth per victim decreased from 40 to 30

Echo is really well made and I don't want to ruin that

Maximum health decreased from 250 to 225

I didn't nerf Genji yet but I am extremely ready to

Maximum health decreased from 250 to 225
Movement speed increased from 6m/s to 7.2m/s for 3 seconds after a kill

Shuriken

Damage increased from 27 to 29
Ammo decreased from 30 to 21
Ammo refreshed after kill

Swift Strike

Damage increased from 50 to 65

Deflect

Cooldown refreshed on kill

Dragonblade

Damage increased from 110 to 200
Now has 15% lifesteal
Decreases Swift Strike cooldown from 8 seconds to 2 seconds
Duration increased from 6 seconds to 7.5 seconds

New Passive - Shimada

Makes Genji go invisble after 1 second if he is not shooting, moving, using abilities and is crouching

Developer Comment: Hanzo has been significantly less enjoyable and powerful since the 1 shot headshot was removed, to nerf to playstyle of spamming, his bodyshot damage and storm arrow count has been nerfed, however headshot damage got a significant buff.

Storm Bow

Damage decreased from 120 to 100
Critical damage multiplier increased from 2x to 2.5x

New Ability - Grappling Arrow

Activated with secondary fire
Shoots a grappling arrow and then grapples Hanzo a distance towards it
12 second cooldown

Storm Arrows

Count decreased from 5 to 3
Damage decreased from 75 to 60
Critical damage multiplier increased from 2x to 2.5x

Sonic Arrow

Fully charged damage decreased from 120 to 100
Critical damage multiplier increased from 2x to 2.5x

Dragonstrike

Decreases movespeed of all players hit by it by 35% for 0.25 seconds, timer resets each hit

New Passive - Shimada

Makes Hanzo go invisble after 1 second if he is not shooting, moving, using abilities and is crouching

Developer Comment: Illari deals extremely high damage, however, she only has a 1.5x headshot multiplier, making headshots deal less than if they had the full 2x, the damage over time amounts to a 2x headshot multiplier.

Solar Rifle

• Critical hits now start a burn effect dealing 5.5% of the damage dealt per second for 6 seconds, however, if another headshot is hit it will detonate the DOT causing all the not yet dealt damage to happen in one instance

Developer Comment: Junker Queen is an extremely well balanced hero so it doesn't feel bad to make her even better as a dps and worse self sustain.

Maximum health decreased from 375 to 275
Maximum armour increased from 0 to 125

Scattergun

Ammo increased from 8 to 10
Damage per pellet increased from 8 to 10

Commanding Shout

Cooldown decreased from 12 seconds to 9 seconds
Overhealth decreased from 175 to 125

Jagged blade

Cooldown decreased from 5 to 4
Impact damage increased from 65 to 80
Damage over time on impact increased from 10 for 3 seconds to 12.5 for 3 seconds
Damage over time on return hit or melee increased from 5 for 3 seconds to 6.25 for 3 seconds

Carnage

Cooldown decreased from 8 seconds to 6 seconds
Impact damage increased from 105 to 130
Damage over time increased from 13.33 for 3 seconds to 16.66 for 3 seconds

Rampage

Impact damage increased from 40 to 50
Bleed damage increased from 20 for 4.5 seconds to 25 for 4.5 seconds

Adrenaline Rush

Healing decreased from 2.5x bleed damage to 1.5x bleed damage

Developer Comment: Junkrat is an 'explosive-obsessed junker' but doesn't carry a landmine? And he doesn't have explosives on his fist? A likely story.

Steel Trap

Now explodes for 100 damage in a 5m radius around the trap
Sends all people in the aoe up at a speed of 10m/s

Total Mayhem

Makes melees explode doing an extra 40 damage in a 3m radius and booping Junkrat and all victims away from eachother
Junkrat meleeing a wall also has the effect on himself

Developer Comment: Kiriko has, since release, been a jack of all trades, master of none all, she has the best mobility in the game, on a short cooldown, lots of healing, a small hitbox, lots of damage and a cooldown with: Burst healing, intangibility AND cleanse. In this mode, Kiriko is closer to a jack of all trades, master of none.

Maximum health decreased from 250 to 225
Hitbox size increased by 10%

Kunai

Damage decreased from 45 to 32.5
Critical damage therefore decreased from 112.5 to 81.25

Swift Step

Cooldown increased from 8 seconds to 12 seconds
Can now travel 25% further
Makes Kiriko move 25% faster for 3 seconds after using it

Protection Suzu

No longer heals other players unless you cleanse an effect

New Passive - Backstab

Melees deal 3x damage from behind

Developer Comment: Lifeweaver has, since release, had a terrible damage output. And he has only dealt burst healing so after his Healing Blossoms healing a healing over time affect is added, this increases his hps to an average of 105 per second.

Healing Blossom

Maximum burst heal decreased from 80 to 70
Charge time decreased from 1.15 seconds to 1 second
Starts a healing over time effect which heals for 10% of the healing dealt in the burst per second for 5 seconds
Automatically fires after reaching maximum burst and starts charging a new blossom

Thorn Volley

Damage increased from 6 to 7

Developer Comment: 'She dies last patch' is no longer a valid excuse

Maximum health decreased from 250 to 225

Sonic Amplifier

Damage increased from 18 to 20

Soundwave

Knockback increased by 11%

New Passive - Rocket Punch

Melee damage increased from 40 to 80
Melee instantly kills Widowmakers
Melee boops victims
Melee sends Lúcio forwards at a speed of 15m/s

Developer Comment: Mauga has, since release, been a stupidly powerful tank buster and has little more than that, this rework attempts to make him no longer do that

Maximum health decreased from 525 to 325
Maximum armour increased from 200 to 225
Only one gun can be fired at a time

Incendiary Chaingun

Damage per bullet increased from 4 to 5
Hits to ignite targets decreased from 10 to 5 hits

Volatile Chaingun

Damage per bullet increased from 4 to 5

Overrun

Targets hit critically hit by it on fire

Cardiac Overdrive

Lifesteal percentage decreased from 100% to 0%
Ignites Mauga for its duration
Increases damage dealt per bullet from 5 to 6
Damage reduction decreased from 50% to 25%

Cage Fight

Ignites targets in its radius for its duration upon activation

Berserker

Lifesteal percentage decreased from 50% to 33% of critical damage
Maximum overhealth created decreased from 150 to 100

New Passive - Pyromaniac

All fire started by Mauga does 1.5x as much damage

Developer Comment: Mei not freezing players doesn't feel right, so I readded it in a less oppressive way.

Endothermic Blaster Alt Fire

Hitting 3 headshots on one target freezes them for 0.75 seconds.

Developer Comment: Damage boost makes characters like Pharah hit breakpoints such as killing people in just 2 shots, and just pocketing 1 person doesn't feel angelic, which Mercy is meant to be.

Gravity decreased by 10%

Caduceus Staff

Secondary fire removed
Primary fire healing increased from 50hps to 75 hps
Primary fire healing increased from 75 to 125 when the person being healed is below half health

Guardian Angel

Cooldown decreased from 1.5 seconds to 1.1 seconds

Sympathetic Recovery

Removed

Developer Comment: She's a horse, she WILL get ridden into battle and WILL get more horse-like attributes. Being serious, these changes force more intelligent usage of your abilities as it forces her to slow down whenever she uses one and it makes it easier for her to be left without any cooldowns up.

Augmented Fusion Reactor

Time taken to overheat increased from 5 seconds to 6 seconds

Energy Javelin

Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 8 seconds

Fortify

No longer prevents forced critical hits e.g Mauga's Incendiary Chaingun

Javelin Spin

Cooldown increased from 8 seconds to 9 seconds

New Passive - Gallop

If Orisa moves for 3 seconds without stopping, she breaks into a gallop making her move at a speed of 11m/s, this is instantly stopped when she uses an ability and when she stops moving
While galloping her jump height is doubled
Her teammates can ride her by looking at her and pressing interact (This is a workshop setting that is by default disabled as it is extremely buggy)

New Passive - Buck

• Orisa's melee no longer only hits in front of her, she now kicks with her back legs behind her dealing 85 damage and 25m/s knockback to anyone behind her

Developer Comment: Ramattra, alike Bastion, was reworked allowing him to be a better form switcher

Maximum health increased from 250 to 300
Maximum armour increased from 75 to 200
Base speed increased from 5.5m/s to 6.6m/s

Void Accelerator

Maximum ammo increased from 100 to infinite

Void Barrier

Unfortunately, to patch a bug, Void Barrier is now placed immediately when the button is pressed

Nemesis Form

Cooldown decreased from 8 seconds to 0 seconds
Armor granted on activation removed
Movespeed buff decreased from 20% to 0%
Gives a passive 15% damage reduction

Pummel

Damage increased from 75 to 80

Block

Maximum duration added
Maximum duration is 3 seconds
Can only be used once per activation of Nemesis Form

Developer Comment: Reaper does a bad job at flanking the enemy team, and has recently lost his niche as a tankbusting-flanker hybrid, I personally found him to be most fun and powerful during pickable passives where upon a kill he gained 30% movespeed, I added that to him in this mode.

Base speed decreased from 5.5m/s to 4.95m/s

The Reaping

Lifesteal decreased by 90%
Burst heals for 75 health after getting a kill
Gives a healing over time effect, doing 25 healing per second for 7 seconds
Movespeed increased from 4.95m/s to 7.15m/s for 3 seconds after getting a kill

Developer Comment: Reinhardt has been relatively strong in the past few seasons, however I think he is far too one dimensional, so this mode aims to make him more engaging to play, and causes him to be significantly more powerful when doing so.

Movement speed increased from 5.5m/s to 6.875m/s

Charge

Movement speed increased from 11m/s to 13.2m/s

Fire Strike

Damage increased from 120 to 125
Can be used to rocket jump

New ability - Armour Recovery

Activated by holding reload
Uses a resource meter
Has a maximum duration of 5 seconds
Fully recharges after 6 seconds
Grants 25% lifesteal

Developer Comment: Roadhog is far too tanky as the game currently stands as he can sit there using Tab and go unpunished unless the enemy team CCs or antis him, causing Ana to be nearly essential when going against him. Also he's a fatass, why isn't he slower and more effected by gravity than other heroes?

Maximum health decreased from 600 to 450
Maximum armour increased from 0 to 100
Movement speed decreased from 5.5m/s to 4.95m/s
Gravity increased by 10%
Melee damage increased from 40 to 50

Scrap Gun

Damage per pellet increased from 6.25 to 7
Damage per shrapnel increased from 15 to 16.8
Damage per shot increased from 160 to 180

Chain Hook

Damage increased from 5 to 50
Cooldown increased from 6 seconds to 18 seconds
Cooldown halved after a kill
Cooldown decreased by 75% after a kill

Pig Pen

Players hit by it become visible through walls for your entire team
Cooldown decreased from 12 seconds to 10 seconds

Take A Breather

If you take 75 damage during it, it instantly gets cancelled.
Slows Roadhog down from 4.95m/s to 3.85m/s
Cooldown increased from 1.5 seconds to 3 seconds
Healing per second increased from 160 to 200

Developer Comment: I wanted to make Sigma a pokey brawl tank.

Hyperspheres

Pulls people hit by it towards you
Damage increased from 55 to 75
Has lifesteal equal to 6.25% of damage giving overhealth

Accretion

Has lifesteal equal to 12.5% of damage giving overhealth

Experimental Barrier

Can only travel for 0.5 seconds
Recharges 50% faster

Sombra has been infuriating to play against as a dive hero for as long as I can remember, because her hack is a lock on CC. She has had her hack removed and been given several compensating buffs.

Health decreased from 250 to 100
Shield increased from 0 to 125

Machine Pistol

Damage increased from 8 to 9
Maximum ammo decreased from 60 to 30

Virus

Impact damage increased from 25 to 28
Damage over time increased from 90 to 100

Hack

Removed

EMP

Damage increased from 25% of maximum health to 28.125% of maxumum health

Developer Comment: Symmetra has been made even more into a support-dps hybrid, sacrificing damage for survivability for her full team

Photon Projector

Minimum beam damage decreased from 60 to 48
Level 2 beam damage decreased from 120 to 96
Maximum beam damage decreased from 180 to 144
Ammo increased from 100 to infinite

Photon Projector Alt Fire

Direct hit damage decreased from 50 to 40
Splash damage decreased from 50 to 40
Total damage decreased from 100 to 80
Ammo increased from 100 to infinite

Sentry Turret

Grants her entire team 25 temporary shield on use
Cooldown decreased from 10 seconds to 7.5 seconds
Shield lasts for 5 seconds
Shield has a ⅔ uptime
Damage decreased from 30 to 25 dps

Teleporter

Grants her entire team 50 temporary shield on use
Shield lasts for 8 seconds
Shield has a ⅔ uptime

Photon Barrier

Grants her entire team 100 temporary shield on use
Shield lasts for 12 seconds

Developer Comment: Tracer has been an extremely powerful character since release however she takes skill to be powerful, I have lowered her health pool and have reduced her cooldowns to increase the skill ceiling. She has been given vertical mobility to help her nuke Widowmakers.

Maximum health decreased from 175 to 125

Blink

Cooldown decreased from 3 seconds to 2.5 seconds
Can be used to teleport upwards by double jumping
Warning - The above feature is very buggy

Recall

Cooldown decreased from 12 seconds to 10 seconds

Developer Comment: Ever since their release, it has infuriated me that Venture had a drill and yet they couldn't go through walls with it. So we fixed that.

Drill Dash

Can now go through walls

I hate Widowmaker >:D

Maximum health decreased from 200 to 199
All incoming healing decreased by 90%
Gravity increased by 4x
Jump height decreased by 75%
All heroes 1 shot her in some way - Try to find them all! (This is toggleable in workshop settings)
If you get a kill you instantly die

Widow's Kiss

Maximum Damage decreased from 120 to 48
Hipfire removed

Venom Mine

Damage decreased by 60%
Cooldown increased from 15 to 75 seconds

Grappling Hook

Cooldown increased from 12 seconds to 60 seconds

Infra-Sight

Removed

Developer Comment: Winston is the default meta pick when no one else is busted. I'll keep it that way.

Maximum health increased from 225 to 250
Maximum armour decreased from 250 to 200

Developer Comment: His new ability allows him to get away from engagement significantly easier. His grapple also comes off cooldown upon getting kills for the same reason.

Grappling Claw

Comes off cooldown after a kill

New Ability - Charge

Activated with reload
Can only be used in ball form
Sends Hammond flying in the direction he is facing
6 second cooldown
Instantly fireballs in grapple

Minefield

Mines last forever

Developer Comment: Zarya needed to be balanced for 6v6, but I prefer the versitility of her 2 abilties sharing charges over them having individual cooldowns. The cooldown reduction is to compensate for the lost charge from having less bubble health. Zarya now gains 19.4 bubble health per second on average, but in the regular game, Zarya gains 20.45 bubble health per second on average.