What's new in Overwatch Season 6?

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What's new in Overwatch Season 6?

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Overwatch's sixth season will start on the 31st August, and a few major changes are on the way:

  • NEW PAYLOAD MAP! JUNKERTOWN!
  • Season length will be reduced from three months to two months;
  • SR decay severity has been reduced: it will trigger if a player hasn't played 5 matches in 5 days, and will only lose 25SR per day;
  • Control maps in competitive mode are now BO3 instead of BO5;
  • High SR players will now only be matched with high SR players, though longer wait periods might have to be expected;
  • Demotions are possible in low tier leagues;
  • Rework for D.Va:
    • New ability: Fires 18 micro-missiles in 1.64 seconds - 216 damage on a direct hit, as well as small area-of-effect damage on an 8-second cooldown;
    • Defense Matrix duration has been reduced by half;
    • Can fire cannons whilst boosting;
  • Rework for Mercy:
    • Resurrect is no longer an ultimate ability, but a normal ability that can resurrect one player, with a 30 second cooldown;
    • Valkyrie is her new ultimate ability, giving her healing and damage boost, as well as area-of-effect, increased movement speed, increased range, decreased cooldowns, increased regeneration abilities, and can fly, for 20 seconds.
  • Reinhardt will be able to move the camera without moving his shield.