Overwatch 2 Season 13: Season of Spellbinders is just a few hours away from releasing officially on all available platforms. The teaser trailer showcases the promising Halloween theme for the new Season offering a brand-new game mode called Junkenstein’s Laboratory, My Hero Academia collaboration skins, Mythic Widowmaker Skin, a new Battlepass, and more. A new Tank Hero was also teased in the teaser for Season 13.
In this article, we will be going over the new content coming in Season 13 of Overwatch 2 along with the Hero Changes revealed by the leaked Patch Notes recently.
Overwatch 2 Season 13: Season of Spellbinders – Release Date & Time
Overwatch 2 Season 13 is launching today (October 15, 2024), at 1 PM (EST) and 6 PM (BST) on all available platforms.
What is New in Overwatch 2 Season 13
As showcased in Overwatch 2 Season 13, there is a new Halloween Terror PVP mode called Junkenstein’s Laboratory. It is a fast-paced Team Deathmatch where players can enhance heroes’ abilities with Talent Cards. Moreover, the Halloween Terror event also includes two more modes called Junkenstein’s Revenge and Wrath of the Bride. It is time to gather wins and earn exclusive rewards with these modes.
In Junkenstein’s Revenge, players will battle against zombie Omnics and bosses, and the Wrath of the Bride is the classic PVE mode filled with puzzles, haunted castles, and jump scares.
Alongside this new content, there are numerous new Skins coming to the store including a new Mythic for Widowmaker called Spellbinder Widowmaker. Moreover, there are new skins for heroes inspired by My Hero Academia including iconic characters, Tracer as Deku, Reinhardt as All Might, Juno as Uravity, Reaper as Tomura Shigaraki, and Kiriko as Himiko Toga. However, My Hero Academia collaboration skins are for a limited time and will be available from October 17 to October 30.
Furthermore, the following maps received reworks and changes in the new Season.
- Circuit Royal
- Dorado
- Havana
- Numbani
Hero Changes Mentioned in Early Patch Notes of Overwatch 2 Season13
Last but not least, numerous heroes received changes as well which were revealed by the early patch notes leaked earlier today.
Here are all the Hero Changes mentioned for Tank, Damage, and Support in the Patch Notes of Overwatch 2 Season 13.
Tank
Mauga
Incendiary Chaingun
- Ignite damage over time duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
Ramattra
Pummel
- No longer pierces barriers.
- Now deals 2.5x more damage to barriers.
Reinhardt
Barrier Field
- Health reduced from 1600 to 1500.
Hanzo
- Base health increased from 225 to 250.
Sojourn
Railgun
- Energy no longer stops degenerating at 25 energy.
- Time before energy degeneration begins increased from 7 to 12 seconds.
Disruptor Shot
- Damage per second increased from 60 to 80
- Now generates 25% of damage done to enemy players as Railgun energy.
Hack
- No longer ends Stealth but does reveal Sombra.
- Hacked ability lockout effect duration reduced from 1.5 to 1.0 seconds (EMP duration unchanged).
- BOB hacked stun duration reduced from 10 to 3 seconds.
Stealth
- No longer passive and now activates by using Translocator.
- Now has a 5 second duration.
- Added stealth timer around the reticle and removed ability icon.
- Taking damage now reveals Sombra for 1 second instead of ending stealth.
Translocator
- Cooldown increased from 5 to 7 seconds.
EMP
- Ultimate cost increased 12%.
Opportunist
- The Opportunist passive has been added back in.
- Increases Sombra’s weapon damage versus hacked targets by 20%.
- See critically injured enemies through walls.
Baptiste
Biotic Launcher
- Primary fire recoil reduced by 30%.
Brigitte
Repair Pack
- Cooldown increased from 5 to 5.5 seconds.
Mediblaster
- Falloff range reduced from 30-50 meters to 20-35 meters.
- Healing per projectile reduced from 6.5 to 6.
If you want to read all the early leaked patch notes of Overwatch 2 Season 13, click on this link. However, at the time of the launch, Blizzard will officially release the Patch Notes on their website mentioning all the additions, changes, and fixes in Season 13 of Overwatch 2.