Overwatch April Fools 2025 Patch Notes

As of April 1, 2025, Overwatch has not released official patch notes specifically for April Fools’ Day. However, the community has engaged in playful speculation and shared humorous ideas for potential April Fools’ updates.

General Updates:

• Maximum Ultimate Charge Preservation: The amount of ultimate charge retained after switching heroes increased from 15% to 49%.

Hero-Specific Changes:

• D.Va:

  • Boosters: Can now move backward and can be canceled with the crouch button.​

  • Self-Destruct: Knockback increased by 900%.

• Doomfist:

  • Power Block: Movement speed modifier increased from 0.65x to 1.25x.​

  • Meteor Strike: Empowers the next quick melee attack.

• Junker Queen:

  • Jagged Blade: Pressing secondary fire while active now magnetizes Junker Queen to Gracie.​

  • Cooldown: Reduced from 6 to 4 seconds.

• Mauga:

  • Health: Reduced from 350 to 25.

  • Scale: Reduced by 50%.​

  • Incendiary Chain Gun: Hitting enemies who are ‘On Fire’ will ignite them.

• Orisa:

  • Energy Javelin: Ricochets once and explodes upon sticking.

• Ramattra:

  • Base Armor: Increased from 100 to 225.​

  • Annihilation: Moved to Ability 1, with various adjustments including increased movement speed and duration, and decreased damage per second.​

  • Nemesis Form: Moved to Ultimate, always active during use, fully heals Ramattra on activation, with increased damage and range.

• Reinhardt:

  • Barrier Field: Reflects projectiles when primary fire is pressed, with health decreasing by 20% per second while reflecting.​

  • Barrier Size: Reduced to 50% while reflecting.​

  • Camera Lock: Bound to quick melee.

• Roadhog:

  • Pig Pen: Projectile speed increased from 26 to 80, and damage from 0 to 40.

• Sigma:

  • Accretion: Enemies hit are knocked back and experience low gravity for 4 seconds. Pressing the ability button while active causes the rock to crash, dealing 50 damage and stunning in a 4-meter radius.

• Winston:

  • Tesla Cannon: Secondary fire now chains between enemies.​

  • Primal Rage: Punches also cause lightning to chain between enemies.

• Wrecking Ball:

  • Sideways Movement Speed: Increased by 55%.​

  • Quad Cannons: Damage increases as you continue to walk sideways.

• Zarya:

  • Particle Barrier and Projected Barrier: Increases the size of the bubbled target by 1.75x.

Damage Role Highlights:

• Ashe:

  • Dynamite: Fire spreads to nearby enemies up to 4 times.

• Bastion:

  • Configuration: Assault: Tactical Grenade has a 0.5-second cooldown while active.​

  • Total Mayhem: Drops grenades when launching with Concussion Mine.

• Mei:

  • Ice Wall: Spawns more pillars with varied configurations.

• Pharah:

  • Rocket Launcher: Rockets deal no self-damage and have increased knockback.​

  • Barrage: Pharah can be knocked back while active; rockets now cause self-knockback.

• Reaper:

  • Shadow Step: Movement is no longer locked after confirming a teleport location.

• Sojourn:

  • Power Slide: Impacts enemies, dealing 75 damage, launching them upward, and knocking them down for 1.5 seconds.

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Where to Find Information:

If you are looking for information about the Overwatch April Fools’ 2025 patch, the best places to check would be:

• Official Overwatch Website and Forums: Blizzard usually posts patch notes on their official channels.
• Overwatch Social Media: Keep an eye on the official Overwatch Twitter and other social media accounts.
• Community News and Content Creators: Many Overwatch news sites and content creators will cover the patch and showcase the hero changes.

In the past, Blizzard has embraced April Fools’ Day by introducing whimsical changes to the game. For example, in 2024, they altered the Damage role passive healing reduction from 15% to 20%.