January 9, 2018 Patch

January 9, 2018 Patch
Platform(s)	PC
Previous patch	December 14, 2017 Patch
Next patch	January 23, 2018 Patch
Version number	1.19.1.3.42563
https://playoverwatch.com/en-us/news/patch-notes/pc
All Patch Notes

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PATCH HIGHLIGHTS

Overwatch League Skins Now Available

• Time to suit up, heroes! Starting now, you can directly support your favorite Overwatch League team (or teams!) by purchasing brand-new team skins to rep via the League Token system. Home-team skins are now available for all 12 teams and all 26 Heroes.

• To learn more about Overwatch League team skins and the League Tokens, click here.

General

• Players can now watch the Overwatch League stream via the Overwatch League menu option when games are live
• Weapon accuracy is no longer increased or decreased when shooting at Genji’s Deflect or abilities that block projectiles (e.g. Winston’s Barrier Projector or Mei’s Ice Wall)
• USER INTERFACE UPDATES

Heroes

Zenyatta's Orb of Discord and Orb of Harmony will now display its target’s health bar

General

• Fixed an issue that prevented earned items from being displayed when a Loot Box was opened
• Fixed a bug that caused a duplicate “Current Competitive Season” selection to appear in the Career Profile dropdown menu
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from being able to navigate in-game menus with the tab key
• Fixed a bug that prevented UI elements for Tracer’s Blink from displaying when switching between first- and third-person view in spectator mode
• Fixed a bug that prevented the ammo count for Doomfist’s Hand Cannon from displaying when switching between first- and third-person view in spectator mode

A.I.

• Fixed a bug that prevented the Bastion and Torbjörn bots from pathing to some areas on the first point of Eichenwalde
• Fixed a bug that caused the Lúcio bot to fall off the map while navigating King’s Row

Competitive Play

• Fixed a bug that caused the meters remaining to display twice when players approached the final five meters on Escort and Escort/Assault maps
• Game Browser and Custom Games

• Fixed a bug that prevented the Ultimate Duration Custom Game modification from properly adjusting Soldier: 76’s Ultimate length

Deathmatch

• Fixed a bug that caused the Play of the Game highlight and the end-of-match screen to not display for the last player to die in the match

Heroes

• Fixed a bug that prevented Doomfist’s Rocket Punch from destroying breakable objects
• Fixed a bug that could cause Doomfist’s Rocket Punch knock back to be inconsistent if he collided with an enemy using a movement ability (e.g. Winston’s Leap)
• Fixed a latency issue that caused Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to travel through an enemy instead of dealing damage
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused Doomfist’s Rocket Punch’s directional movement to be unpredictable
• Fixed an issue that allowed enemies to jump over Doomfist’s Rocket Punch instead of taking damage
• Fixed a bug that caused enemy players hit by Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to sometimes move along the wall impacted instead of taking damage
• Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist to move along the terrain if he impacted it with Rocket Punch
• Fixed an issue that caused enemies hit by Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to impact inclines instead of traveling up them
• Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to deal wall impact damage to Mercy if she used Valkyrie
• Fixed a bug that caused Doomfist’s Rocket Punch to activate before intended if he was near Mei’s Ice Wall
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Doomfist to fall through the ground if he used Seismic Slam on inclines
• Fixed an issue that canceled Doomfist’s Seismic Slam when it was unable to reach the targeted location
• Fixed a bug that caused Junkrat’s RIP-Tire camera perspective to linger on the target after detonating
• Fixed a bug that caused Junkrat’s RIP-Tire to be silent to enemies while traveling on rooftops or when airborne
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Snowball’s antenna to stretch out of proportion when Mei’s Beekeeper skin was equipped
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Mercy’s Resurrect “Reviving” message to remain on the targeted player’s screen after the cast was finished
• Fixed a bug that caused players targeted by Mercy’s Resurrect to no longer see their Respawn timer if her cast was interrupted by an enemy
• Fixed a bug that prevented players from using Moira’s Biotic Orb if she used Fade or died while using Biotic Orb
• Fixed an issue that caused Moira’s “Ultimate almost ready” voiceline to sometimes play when her Coalescence was fully charged
• Fixed a bug that caused Reinhardt’s Charge to knock back enemies instead of pinning them
• Fixed a bug that caused the visual effects of Sombra’s EMP to display when the ability was interrupted by an enemy player
• Fixed a bug that caused Sombra to face the incorrect direction after she teleported with Translocator
• Fixed a bug that sometimes caused Torbjörn’s turrets to not fully heal when he used Molton Core
• Fixed a bug that prevented Carbon Zenyatta’s in-game portrait from displaying the correct color

Maps

• Fixed a bug on Eichenwalde that caused the “Checkpoint Reached” voiceline to play when the payload reached its final destination
• Fixed a bug that allowed Reaper to Shadow Step to unintended locations on Horizon Lunar Colony