You forgot that doom’s quick Melee is charged up if you get empowered punch causing more damage and knockback Lucio’s boop is a lot stronger now and can also boop himself
Ramattra: You will suffer as I Ramattra have suffered. Your torment will outlast the stars, when the universe dwindles into dust. There you will be still suffering as I have... Suffered
The torb turret on allies will be crazy lmao. Imagine Doomfist zooming around with a turret on his head shooting at everyone in line of sight like a fucking war drone
i just wish it was a bit less tedious to do so, instead of standing in place for 4 seconds. cant really expect too much though, its a silly little change
Sometimes modes like these are sneaky ways to test more “out there” changes like these. Actually idk if it happens often but it happened in apex with mirages ult so idk
like Lucio, who deserves all the parkour and movement buffs he can get, plus all the funny ones. The boop should boop himself, and his ult should send enemies into the air and kill anyone he lands on. Fuck it, he should get a double jump too. Do these buffs actually do anything for the viability of Lucio? No, but will they make Lucio very very fun? yes.
@silverwolf340 I mean a solid 20% of the changes from last April fools was literally JUST ow2 changes- off the top of my head, Dva remech killing people, Zarya having two bubbles on a shared CD.
@@SilverWolf340it happened to dva, calling in her mech in an enemy's head used to barely deal any damage, it was increased after the April fools where it dealt 1000+ damage
Wait but there's some actually cool ideas and changes in there, I wouldn't be surprised to see some of the more reasonable ones make it out of the April fools mode in some form
The Cass's one sounds great for a "duel" ability to replace Fan the Hammer or Nade. Just use a range or LOS for picking the random target, add timer/LOS break condition to win/lose duel and consider the possibility to alert the target they're being challenged or the entire lobby there's a new target.
god a whole lobby alert for who has a bounty on their head would be super sick. mini protect missions on a semi long cooldown would be a fun way to make cass interesting again. I'd give up nade any day.
I played a game yesterday being new to the game mode not expecting anything, and we were pushing the payload and a tiny malga came around the corner and i couldn’t breathe for a solid minute
Ok but in all seriousness some of these are actually a cool concept. Sigma's rock can do a slam. Cassidy having a mark and wanted passive and gives bonus for winning 1v1s. Some of these sound cool
Cassidy mark is just a semi worse lex passive from paladins. Lex’s gives bonus damage and you can see the target behind walls at a certain range (if I remember correctly) and with some cards lifesteal and healing against said target. Would be cool but would make him a bit annoying to 1v1 as is
In practice, playing cassidy with this change just creates the most toxic entitled DPS player mindset imaginable. *doesn't focus fire, plays away from team as a low mobility hero,* "guys I killed my target, why did you all lose the rest of the fight?" (I've played a bunch of Cass so far and I am super guilty of this lol).
You will suffer as I, Ramattra have suffered! Your torment will outlast the stars! When the universe dwindles into dust, there you will be, still suffering as I have… suffered.
like mccree's bounty thing is really unique, shame to let that idea of permently adding hp through kills go to waste. And Reapers dual shotguns actually being dual shotguns
I'm so sad seeing this. It is so obvious that these abilities are what the devs had prepared for the story missions. This is what PvE could've been like. PvE would've been an opportunity to have so many cool new abilities and to rework the ones we've had into something way different. This is the overwatch 2 I so desperately need. Please blizzard, at least make the April fools balance changes into arcade modes
I'd honestly be curious and interested to see Ash have more play style with Bob being called in to do quick assists While the ult summons him to stick around as he already does.
The Moira change is funny to me. Mostly because I decided to play one match as her after swapping her controls to swap the attack/heal. Then it basically felt like I was playing the normal character with only the swapped piss/suck. It was fun.
Have you checked the range of her grape spray and healing grasp? In normal version, it is 15 meters and 20 meters respectively. So I wonder if they appropriated the ranges to her heal and damage even after the swap.
1:25 ok thats what I was really confused about, I didn't know they meant "on fire" on the scoreboard, it just sounded like "Burns people who are already burning"
The Junker Queen changes are genuinely amazing holy cow. Cassidy marking foes is kinda sick and would make a really cool mechanic when fine-tuned, Sigma pulling his rock down would be really fun, Virus spreading to others is sick, and so is Winston chain lightning, just ahhhhh I love these but please don't let them go to waste
I bet a lot of these abilities are ones that were going to be part of the PvE campaign skill tree upgrades and since that mode got axed they are using them for the April fools event. That way development wasn't a total waste and they at least get some use out of things that would otherwise never be used.
this and the season 7 game mode where we got upgrades I feel would be great PvE upgrades. I don’t think we need a whole ass tree, just need what they showed originally
I thought of that change before. Making Reaper have individual control of his guns and enabling us to fire them both at once for a big burst of damage. Glad to see them actually do it. Though, his rework needs more than that to make him more viable.
the voicelines are insanely hilarious. I'm hoping Ashe summons her other butlers (like Jim or Stan). On a more serious hope, perhaps Sombra Illari and Venture could have spanish conversations with some noticeable confusion on slang.
Ah so that's how you crit deflect with genji I was under the impression that it was for just pressing primary fire normally, then was confused when nothing would happen other than throwing shurikens
@@ieatsand9259 I thought the same, they should probably reduce its overall power and speed a tad to compensate for that. Or even needing direct sunlight for a few seconds to activate it
Its sad how fun and creative changes like this appear once for April Fools and then disappear forever. If they didn't scrap the PVE and skill trees, some of these could have been added as customizable talents.
April Fools changes are tied to maps. If you go to Modes, you'll see copies of each of the competitive game modes. Those copies contain them. Just disable the default ones, and enable the copies, and choose the maps from there.
people already said it but no joke a lot of those aprils fool are interesting some even increase the skill ceiling of the hero making it more interesting (like junkrat can detonate his shot)
For the Baptiste change, if You move backwards he still jumps up so he has both vertical and horizontal movement, I've played some games with Diving Super Queen and it's the most fun I've had in the game
Reaper's shotguns should've been individual fire the whole time. Also flying zen should've been in the game from the start too. And a wearable sentry? Hell yeah
I main ball and I've noticed they changed the speed of the ball and how it interacts with walls cuz I've been hitting some crazy techs that I couldn't pull off consistently before the patch.
Favourite april fools ult voice line? Mine's Genji 6:17
You forgot that doom’s quick Melee is charged up if you get empowered punch causing more damage and knockback
Lucio’s boop is a lot stronger now and can also boop himself
Ramattra: You will suffer as I Ramattra have suffered. Your torment will outlast the stars, when the universe dwindles into dust. There you will be still suffering as I have... Suffered
Winston
LAAAAAVAAAAAA would always be a classic for me
Too bad these changes aren't permanent.
Next year they should make Cassidy record voice lines for every possible hour and every possible minute and have his ult tell you the actual time.
"It's 7:23 PM."
If it’s 4:20 he just says “It’s the highest noon” jeebus lmao
Would be very funny, too bad time zones exist 🥴
@@Sofeprop_ voice lines play client-side anyway. people can play in different languages within the same match so I think it would still work fine
@@Sofeprop_ it could work localized im sure. They have ult voice lines different per team so they have the tech..
The torb turret on allies will be crazy lmao. Imagine Doomfist zooming around with a turret on his head shooting at everyone in line of sight like a fucking war drone
i've seen it. torb got coom in
Put it on a Rein and have a mobile turret behind a strong barrier at all times, it also gives Rein some ranged pressure and pressure while blocking.
@@tmac_2717bro can last so long. I wish I lasted that long…
@@Kaltsit- real😔
Can it go on Sombra? Echo??
Allowing Torbjörn to put his turret on his head is the best change ever
everyone deserves a pet turret!
it can go on anyone's head
i just wish it was a bit less tedious to do so, instead of standing in place for 4 seconds. cant really expect too much though, its a silly little change
@@hihigocat just throw it at your feet.... don't tell me you've been throwing it vertically lmao
I want it to stay
Lucio has an undocumented change
his boop "boops" himself you can do some crazy parkour
Thank you for talking about this everyone was ignoring it and i tought a was going insane
that sounds really, really fun
I'll miss the instant kill beat drop tho
It can also get you killed when going for boops on maps like first point rialto which is fun lol
Remember when you could boop launch yourself by wallriding and booping a tire swing on Horizon Lunar Colony in OW1?
Wanted this change unironically for years Boop is too simple in its function, needed higher stats or an extra effect like this
Didn't read the patch and hoped into a game, I was horrified when I saw the ramatra "ult" right off spawn
My favourite change is Winston saying his name constantly
Winton
Been only playing him because of it. Winston
Winston!
Winton
i keep forgetting his name
Fun fact: bastions april fools changes brings back his reload animation
The og times 😄
I missed it so much, it was so satisfying
It’s so cursed seeing it
I mean, as we saw with the cupid hanzo mode, all of the old animations/ablilites are still stored somewhere in the game
Honestly, some of these "joke" changes really should just be implemented to buff underperforming heros
Sometimes modes like these are sneaky ways to test more “out there” changes like these. Actually idk if it happens often but it happened in apex with mirages ult so idk
feels like they're soft testing some things with these
like Lucio, who deserves all the parkour and movement buffs he can get, plus all the funny ones. The boop should boop himself, and his ult should send enemies into the air and kill anyone he lands on. Fuck it, he should get a double jump too.
Do these buffs actually do anything for the viability of Lucio? No, but will they make Lucio very very fun? yes.
@silverwolf340 I mean a solid 20% of the changes from last April fools was literally JUST ow2 changes- off the top of my head, Dva remech killing people, Zarya having two bubbles on a shared CD.
@@SilverWolf340it happened to dva, calling in her mech in an enemy's head used to barely deal any damage, it was increased after the April fools where it dealt 1000+ damage
That ramattra line lasting longer than his Q is just comedy gold
It lasts as long as the absolute maximum duration for the Ult, it’s perfect
Okay the sigma one should be base kit, that's awesome
IDK how balanced it is, considering you can knock down multiple people and it goes over barriers easily
@@TheRealBatabiithats kinda the point
@@shieldgenerator7 The point is to be unfair???
@@TheRealBatabiino the point is to go over barriers and stun whoevers below it
@@shieldgenerator7 yes but that seems like it could be overpowered
Wait but there's some actually cool ideas and changes in there, I wouldn't be surprised to see some of the more reasonable ones make it out of the April fools mode in some form
They've done that in the past, too. I believe in an OW1 silly creators patch, Dva's remech got the damage, and then later on that got added to her kit
This mode definitely tries to trick the DPS only Tiktok moiras into healing.
and healbots into doing damage
@@plasmakitten4261you mean mercy ?
Lets be real, some of these changes are also testing some character rework options. And I love them
The Cass's one sounds great for a "duel" ability to replace Fan the Hammer or Nade. Just use a range or LOS for picking the random target, add timer/LOS break condition to win/lose duel and consider the possibility to alert the target they're being challenged or the entire lobby there's a new target.
god a whole lobby alert for who has a bounty on their head would be super sick. mini protect missions on a semi long cooldown would be a fun way to make cass interesting again. I'd give up nade any day.
Very reminiscent of Tyra from Paladins, and I'm all for it. Our cowboy needs something new.
@@nonbread7911 or Lex's target ability.
ECHO’S ULT LINE IS ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS LMAO
I'm better than you at: !
so is doom's
"you cant catch me!"
I love lifeweavers "IF I SEE EVEN ONE AXE, SO HELP ME..."
zenyatta's "deal with it" voiceline when he uses ult is savage
Ramattra having a whole dialogue with himself about suffering while using his ult is so funny
I played a game yesterday being new to the game mode not expecting anything, and we were pushing the payload and a tiny malga came around the corner and i couldn’t breathe for a solid minute
Half of these should b real changes
They were probably talents for the PVE we never got
No
They probably will be.
They often use those as soft tests.
especially genjis
@@Keithkiller1 That sounds ridiculously believable
The fact that they gave Sojourn old Orisa "Halt!" is terrifying.
It hurts to think that these were probably talents for the PVE mode that we should of gotten. Really sad.
blizzard mocking us
Totally from a scrapped talent tree
Just don't think about it ☠️
You guys are so delusional 🤦🏻♂️just forget already about that..
womp womp
Weaver's tree got an eye in it's center and the most terrifying thing the OW team ever made.
...after brig 1.0 oc.
Dont trust the one evil eye!
Also lw new ult voiceline,
"if i see even ONE AXE, SO HELP ME..."
Good news, for the april fool’s patch Brig 1.0 might as well be back.
Ok but in all seriousness some of these are actually a cool concept. Sigma's rock can do a slam. Cassidy having a mark and wanted passive and gives bonus for winning 1v1s. Some of these sound cool
Cassidy mark is just a semi worse lex passive from paladins. Lex’s gives bonus damage and you can see the target behind walls at a certain range (if I remember correctly) and with some cards lifesteal and healing against said target. Would be cool but would make him a bit annoying to 1v1 as is
In practice, playing cassidy with this change just creates the most toxic entitled DPS player mindset imaginable. *doesn't focus fire, plays away from team as a low mobility hero,* "guys I killed my target, why did you all lose the rest of the fight?" (I've played a bunch of Cass so far and I am super guilty of this lol).
Putting a turret on a Pharah is actually a game winning strat
Torb put his turret on my head while being brig and with the buffed shield i was like a literal tank 😂 absolutely hilarious!
Content creators need to organize a tournament on this patch ASAP
“It’s 2 in the mornin’”
-Cassidy
It's past your bedtime...
It’s a country minute shy of the devil’s lunch break…
that moira change should be permenant that way you have to heal more to deal damage
It seems to have less healing output. I was struggling to keep people alive. But I was also throwing dmg orbs into my team soo...
@@SilverHawk214 i mean they can reverse the keybinds like it was before but keep the concept of healing to be able to do damage
@@SilverHawk214 thats mainly because the healing is now single target and doesnt have a heal over time. Healing grouped allies is now much harder.
the torb ability to stick turrets on the walls and ceiling is a one to be kept
Honestly I don't think that's too overpowered, since they still need line of sight, and the targeting laser is blatantly obvious.
@@TheRealBatabii and it would add some verticality to the character (no pun intended).
Agreed. It looks perfectly natural and makes sense. Sticking to players, probably not, though.
You will suffer as I, Ramattra have suffered! Your torment will outlast the stars! When the universe dwindles into dust, there you will be, still suffering as I have… suffered.
Why do I feel like some of these changes might end up becoming new abilities for new heros in the future lmao
like mccree's bounty thing is really unique, shame to let that idea of permently adding hp through kills go to waste. And Reapers dual shotguns actually being dual shotguns
They have implemented april fools changes before. Dva remech damage and Zen kick are two notable examples.
@@aguyontheinternet8436Mechanics like that only work in mobas with a power curve through the game
It would never work in Overwatch
@@aguyontheinternet8436it’s not that unique. Paladins did this years ago
@@JaekizationI agree but Tyra's / Lex's version is clearly different.
I'm so sad seeing this. It is so obvious that these abilities are what the devs had prepared for the story missions. This is what PvE could've been like. PvE would've been an opportunity to have so many cool new abilities and to rework the ones we've had into something way different. This is the overwatch 2 I so desperately need. Please blizzard, at least make the April fools balance changes into arcade modes
move on bro u are torturing urself. there are a lot of games more respectful of his consumer. overwatch simply changed.
just move on already
I remember being sad about that last year's april fools too.
So many of these changes are absolutely amazing...
Please don't get too invested into this, please... need I remind you it's blizzard we're talking about
Moiras change is so fun
Burny piss hands does so much emotional damage
I like how ram’s segment is clearly the longest in the video because his voiceline just keeps going
Also they gave the petal platform eyes lol
Seeing the Bastion turret reload again is so awesome
dont forget that winton overwatch says winston everytime you use a skill
I'd honestly be curious and interested to see Ash have more play style with Bob being called in to do quick assists While the ult summons him to stick around as he already does.
With Baptiste, you can still jump vertically with the Exo Boots by walking backwards before jumping.
Dude that reaper change would actually be kinda dope in the actual game
There's one more change to Lucio, using his sound wave now knocks Lucio away from the direction he's facing. (Like Ashe's coach gun)
I actually wouldn’t mind some of these changes in the real game mode
The Moira change is funny to me. Mostly because I decided to play one match as her after swapping her controls to swap the attack/heal. Then it basically felt like I was playing the normal character with only the swapped piss/suck. It was fun.
Have you checked the range of her grape spray and healing grasp? In normal version, it is 15 meters and 20 meters respectively. So I wonder if they appropriated the ranges to her heal and damage even after the swap.
A lot of these changes should actually be put into the game permanently
5:38 the fact that I actually saw this at exactly 2AM is insane
Wait Rammatra and Aatrox have the same VA? How long!?
When playing as rein, typing in chat makes you type like rein. Truly the most important change other than weaver’s petal and tree having eyes
omgg they put the winston telsa chain in YESSSSSS i've been asking for that for awhile! even if its temporary lol!
1:25 ok thats what I was really confused about, I didn't know they meant "on fire" on the scoreboard, it just sounded like "Burns people who are already burning"
This makes me so sad because you just KNOW these are cut skilltree options from the PvE mode.
The real April fools joke was them announcing PvE lol
The Junker Queen changes are genuinely amazing holy cow. Cassidy marking foes is kinda sick and would make a really cool mechanic when fine-tuned, Sigma pulling his rock down would be really fun, Virus spreading to others is sick, and so is Winston chain lightning, just ahhhhh I love these but please don't let them go to waste
That's so funny they turned that Illari misconception into an actual ability
"fixed a bug" they said xD
Next year the April fools patch should be every hero is as strong as their lore accurate self
I actually love how Moira works for this mode
flying with junker queen is EASILY the most fun ive had in overwatch in a very long time
I feel like half of the changes are tryouts for actual gameplay
Find it crazy how April fools patches always have genuinely good changes + 200x more effort than when they actually have to balance.
I bet a lot of these abilities are ones that were going to be part of the PvE campaign skill tree upgrades and since that mode got axed they are using them for the April fools event. That way development wasn't a total waste and they at least get some use out of things that would otherwise never be used.
Literally what i was thinking about, some of this skills look like something that would've fit on the PvE mode
Or maybe they end up using some of these as concepts for future hero's abilities. I don't rly think everything would be put to waste like that
traditionally they also use april fools to test some abilities they actually want to add. I think that's how D.Vas mech crush got added
i would prefer see it wasted than implemented on this shit instead on a pve story mission
this and the season 7 game mode where we got upgrades I feel would be great PvE upgrades. I don’t think we need a whole ass tree, just need what they showed originally
your torment willl outlast the star when the universe dwindles into dust
junker queens seems like it would be an interesting unironic power
They basically gave her a Widow grapple! I’ve been having so much fun with it
Imagine being so broken back in the day that your April Fool ability is just getting your Scatter Arrow back.
And why do I ESPECIALLY think that Reaper change is a hint at his rework?
I thought of that change before. Making Reaper have individual control of his guns and enabling us to fire them both at once for a big burst of damage. Glad to see them actually do it. Though, his rework needs more than that to make him more viable.
@@GriseWeissharkfiring both guns at the same time is insane damage, can basically one shot so no thanks
the voicelines are insanely hilarious. I'm hoping Ashe summons her other butlers (like Jim or Stan). On a more serious hope, perhaps Sombra Illari and Venture could have spanish conversations with some noticeable confusion on slang.
That hanzo one gave me ow1 ptsd
Man, these game modes should have an arcade mode version for the year. So much fun but so little time to play them.
We sure Blizzard devs aren't just testing things? Cause some of these are actually cool.
Well, as I remember from April Fool's day experimental cards, only Zarya's 2 bubble charge mechanic was added to OW2
Ah so that's how you crit deflect with genji
I was under the impression that it was for just pressing primary fire normally, then was confused when nothing would happen other than throwing shurikens
You know what's sad? some of these changes might have been created for the now discarded pve mode.
Cool to see them thou.
I would be totally down to see reaper be able to fire both of his shotguns individually, that’s just cool.
i genuinely want some of these changes
That Genji crit deflect and Sigma rock actually sounds like a good idea.
Ima say in my opinion, Cassidy, pharah, and Illaris daytime passive are perfect changes and I unironically hope they keep the additions
I think the daytime thing runs the risk of making Illari way too map-dependent unfortunately.
@@ieatsand9259 I thought the same, they should probably reduce its overall power and speed a tad to compensate for that. Or even needing direct sunlight for a few seconds to activate it
Its sad how fun and creative changes like this appear once for April Fools and then disappear forever. If they didn't scrap the PVE and skill trees, some of these could have been added as customizable talents.
They gave sojurn orisa's halt
This update should just be a permanent game mode that can just be played at any time
Best patch notes ever
0:31 Lmaooo that´s u called a knockback!
Justice rains from the ground
Zenny: you're inviceble, now shoot them
That hanzo ult: ignoring zeny's ultimate and killing everybody
Imagine dropping a patch as a joke and finding out people like it more than every other serious patch you put out. 😅
Dive JQ has to be the most fun thing in OW2.
the ultimate voice lines are hilarious!
"you cant catch me!"
"sit down!"
"im better than you at... winston!"
"play with the little balls, win prizes"
This should be a permanant mode with maybe monthly changes to test things. This is a really cool and fun way to test changes for characters
Junkerqueen is the greatest and the funniest rn
Lucio's sound barrier does WHAT to the enemies 😰
How can u use it in custom games? Please how
April Fools changes are tied to maps. If you go to Modes, you'll see copies of each of the competitive game modes. Those copies contain them. Just disable the default ones, and enable the copies, and choose the maps from there.
Mf is DESPERATE 😭🙏
you will notice that there is two of each gamemode. if you swap to the other one you'll get the april fools patch
The ultimate April fools buff would be to have bastion whistle Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up when he ultra.
some of these definitely sounds like scrapped concepts for PvE
people already said it but no joke a lot of those aprils fool are interesting some even increase the skill ceiling of the hero making it more interesting (like junkrat can detonate his shot)
This is the type of stuff that should've been added to PVE
Winston’s was literally in the teased Pve stuff when they actually were doing it
I hope some of this changes gonna be at live. This looks awesome
For the Baptiste change, if You move backwards he still jumps up so he has both vertical and horizontal movement, I've played some games with Diving Super Queen and it's the most fun I've had in the game
It sucks that they took out the Moria’s kamehameha ultimate voice line would’ve been a good tribute for akira toriyama
Feel like some changes were abilities you could originally swap in the cancelled PVE Mode.
Reaper's shotguns should've been individual fire the whole time. Also flying zen should've been in the game from the start too. And a wearable sentry? Hell yeah
this is another proof that game balance is joke to them.
A few of these would genuinely be good to add
It’s always fun seeing a soulless company like Activision Blizzard have a little fun and joke around
I'm glad that the Bastion turret reload animation is back
I main ball and I've noticed they changed the speed of the ball and how it interacts with walls cuz I've been hitting some crazy techs that I couldn't pull off consistently before the patch.
Every April Fools, I'm wishing these changes were permanent.
Hate waiting a year to have fun in this game.