Overwatch season 1 mid-season patch notes balance Vendetta again

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Published Mar 10, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT

Vendetta tweak arrives with changes for Mizuki, Ramattra, and Illari

Overwatch season 1's mid-season patch makes yet more changes to Vendetta, the melee damage hero who's been a thorn in the side for many, including Blizzard Entertainment. This time, it's another slight adjustment to her lifesteal perk. Nothing major, though. Blizzard said the hotfix at the start of season 1 balanced most things quite well, and the team is just looking to "fine-tune" until next season.

Blizzard's changed Vendetta half a dozen times since she debuted in December 2025 during Overwatch 2's last season. Minor damage reductions to some of her strongest abilities, like overhead attack and Whirlwind Dash didn't do the trick. Soaring Slice, an offensive mobility skill, was put on cooldown when Vendetta respawns to help keep her from rushing back into battle. Blizzard bumped the lifesteal effect of Siphoning Strike, one of Vendetta's minor perks, from 30% to 40% after her hero trial. Then down again to 30% after it overperformed. Now, it's back to 40%, but Blizzard is making it a major perk, one you unlock later in a match.

"Siphoning Strike has provided significant self-sustain relative to being a minor perk. Moving it to major better reflects its impact while additionally avoiding the overall passive power when combined with relentless [another perk that boosts Vendetta's attack speed]," Blizzard said in the patch notes.

She's not the only one getting some minor adjustments, though. One of the other more notable changes is for Mizuki, whose healing range is getting increased to make it easier for folks to stay out of danger while still healing allies engaged in a fight. The patch drops Hazard in the Initiator sub-role passive group, instead of the Stalwart group, and changes Stalwart so its movement speed boost activates when the tank drops below 50% health. Emre's special regeneration passive will activate sooner, and the lengthy cooldown for Ramattra's void barrier shield is a little less lengthy. Blizzard says Illari's also been overperforming, as anyone facing an Illari player blessed with good aim can attest to, so the patch nerfs her healing uptime and attack speed a little, and Jetpack Cat gets a new minor perk that complements more mobile play styles.

Overwatch season 1 mid-season patch notes

Here's the full set of hero change patch notes.

D.Va

Boosters: Cooldown increased from 3.5 to 4 seconds.

Hazard

Moved from Stalward to Initiator

Ramattra

Void Barrier: (5v5 only) Cooldown decreased from 13 to 12 seconds.
Annihilation: Damage per second increased from 30 to 35.

Roadhog

Scrap Gun: Damage per pellet increased from 6.5 to 7

Anran

Inferno Rush: Jump height increased by 20%. Will now automatically climb over small ledges.

Emre

Altered Vitals: Time before trigger reduced from 4.5 to 4 seconds.

Vendetta

Raging Storm (minor perk): Damage per spin reduced from 35 to 30. No longer a major perk
Siphoning Strike (major perk): Overhead lifesteal increased from 30% to 40%. No longer a minor perk

Illari

Solar Rifle: Secondary Fire Maximum resource reduced from 3.5 to 3 seconds.
Summer Solstice (minor perk): Attack speed gained reduced from 30% to 20%.
Sunburn (major perk): Damage reduced from 70 to 50.

Jetpack Cat

Territorial (major perk): Removed
Claws Out (major perk): Moved from minor to major. Cooldown reduced from 8 to 6 seconds.
Ulterior Motive (new minor perk): 15% of Biotic Pawjectiles healing is converted into fuel.

Mizuki