Overwatch 2’s Hanzo was removed from the game, but now he’s back
Blizzard was forced to remove the popular hero Hanzo from the game Overwatch 2, for a short period of time, thanks to a particularly destructive bug.
Hanzo was only a few days away thanks to an insect that turned his primary fire, the bow and arrow, into a machine gun. You can fire repeating arrows by simply holding down the primary fire button, almost guaranteeing a fluke.
Hanzo already has the ability to fire arrows rapidly. However, this is on cooldown and only fires three arrows. This ability is terrible enough as Hanzo can simply dart around the corner and just wait for a headshot; Half the time the player doesn’t even see you, let alone aim at you.
The issue stemmed from a new alternate control option intended to give players more accessibility features. This meant you could turn the action on and off, which resulted in Hanzo’s primary fire completely changing. Typically you have to hold down the primary fire to aim the arrow and then release it to fire. However, thanks to the new features, players realized that they could bypass this process and bundle everything into one action.
This update meant that Hanzo could deal 120 damage at twice the speed, making him the most lethal damage type hero. Like Mei, Bastion, and Torbjorn, Hanzo was removed from open play so Blizzard could apply some magic and fix the mistakes. However, unlike Bastion, who was sidelined for almost two weeks, Hanzo’s solution was much quicker.
Less than 24 hours after the Hanzo was removed, Blizzard had found a solution. Jared Neuss, the executive producer of Overwatch 2, tweeted about the return and said: “Sorry, Hanzo Haters. I hope you enjoyed some blissful Hanzo free games today.” So players can now enjoy bug-free matches with their favorite Shimada again.
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