8/26/2025
Developer Comments: Recent Harmony Orb buffs have allowed Zenyatta to charge Transcendence much faster. Increasing its cost helps balance the improved healing of the ultimate.
Transcendence - Ultimate Ability
- Ultimate Cost increased by 9%
Zenith Kick - Minor Perk
- Removed.
Transcendent Condemnation - Minor Perk
- New Minor Perk.
- While using Transcendence, apply Discord Orb to all enemies within range.
Duality - Major Perk
- Removed.
Dual Harmony - Major Perk
- Gain a 2nd Harmony Orb but they both heal for 70% effectiveness.
7/22/2025
Harmony Orb
- Healing increased from 30 to 35 health per second.
Transcendence
- Healing per second increased from 300 to 400.
7/3/2025
Developer Comments: While Zenyatta has often leaned toward offensive playstyles, we're making adjustments to encourage his healing focused builds as well. These changes aim to better support players who want to take on a more traditional support role and provide stronger team-wide healing presence.
Dual Harmony - Power
- Decreased healing reduction to 40% (Down from 45%).
Gotta Have Faith - Power
- Increased orb duration to 10s (Up from 5s).
Soul Control - Power
- Increased ultimate meter cap to 75% (Up from 65%).
6/24/2025
- Added to the Stadium Hero Roster
Flying Kick - Power
- While airborne, Quick Melee becomes a dash kick that stuns if it knocks an enemy back into a wall. (5s Cooldown)
It's Orbin' Time - Power
- Orb of Destruction's secondary fire can charge up to 3 additional orbs.
Seeking Salvation - Power
- Orb of Destruction's secondary fire projectiles home when aimed at a target below 35% Life.
Enlightenment - Power
- Allies affected by Harmony Orb are healed for 35% of the damage you deal.
Dual Harmony - Power
- Gain a 2nd Harmony Orb but they both heal 45% less.
Gotta Have Faith - Power
- Harmony Orb targets can be out of your line of sight for 5s longer before Harmony Orb returns to you.
Inner Peace - Power
- Gain a Harmony Orb that is always attached to you. It heals for 75% less.
Discord Inferno - Power
- When you critically hit a target affected by your Discord Orb, the Orb of Destruction explodes, dealing (AP)50 damage.
Discord Fever - Power
- When Discord Orb is applied to a target, they take (AP)50 damage over 5s to the enemy.
Instant Karma - Power
- When a target of your Discord Orb damages you, restore 30% of that damage over 2s.
Circle of Strife - Power
- While using Transcendence, apply Discord Orb to all enemies within range.
Soul Control - Power
- Transcendence can be canceled early, saving up to 65% of your Ultimate Charge.
Breezeborne Blessing - Rare Ability Hero Item
- +10% Ability Power
- Harmony Orb heals airborne allies for 15% more.
- Cost: 4000
Satya's Solution - Rare Ability Hero Item
- +10% Ability Power
- +10% Movement Speed
- While Transcendence is active, its radius increases by 1m every 1s.
- Cost: 4000
Hiking Hoverboots - Rare Hero Survival Hero Item
- +10% Movement Speed
- While airborne, Jump to hover for up to 3s.
- Cost: 4000
Transference Protocol - Rare Survival Hero Item
- +25 Shield
- When you charge an orb with Orb of Destruction's secondary fire, restore for 3% of your Life.
- Cost: 4000
Keepsake of Chaos - Rare Survival Hero Item
- +25 Armor
- Eliminating an enemy affected by Discord Orb grants 5 Armor for the rest of the round, up to 50 Armor.
- Cost: 4500
Haste Subroutine - Epic Weapon Hero Item
- +15% Attack Speed
- After using Harmony Orb or Discord Orb, gain 100% Projectile Speed for 3s.
- Cost: 11000
Genji's Galvanic Gloves - Epic Weapon Hero Item
- +10% Weapon Power
- +10% Attack Speed
- Orb of Destruction's secondary fire charges 20% faster.
- Cost: 12000
Orb of Perception - Epic Weapon Hero Item
- +15% Weapon Power
- +15% Ability Power
- Targets affected by Discord Orb are Revealed.
- Cost: 11000
Friendship Bracelet - Epic Ability Hero Item
- +10% Ability Power
- Increase your healing by up to 20%, based on how close you are to your target.
- Cost: 11000
Mind Shaper - Epic Ability Hero Item
- +15% Ability Power
- +15% Starting Ultimate Charge
- Allies affected by Transcendence have their cooldowns refresh 15% faster.
- Cost: 12000
Mondatta's Mantra - Epic Ability Hero Item
- +30% Transcendence duration
- After using Transcendence, gain Overhealth equal to 100% of the healing it did.
- Cost: 11000
Ramattra's Reasoning - Epic Survival Hero Item
- +50 Armor
- For every 50 Armor you have, gain 5% Quick Melee Damage.
- Cost: 10000
Meditation Mat - Epic Survival Hero Item
- +50 Armor
- When your shields are depleted, knock back nearby enemies, dealing 80 damage. Can only trigger every 6s after Shields are fully restored.
- Cost: 10000
Teacher's Totem - Epic Survival Hero Item
- +50 Shield
- Allies affected by Harmony Orb take 10% reduced Ability Damage.
- Cost: 10000
4/22/2025
Orb of Discord
- In 6v6 game modes, Duration before expiring when target is out of sight reduced from 3 to 1.5 seconds.
Ascendance
- Jump can now be held down to hover.
Duality
- Increased converted damage from 20% to 30%.
4/1/2025
Developer Comment: "We are all one within the many, googly irises."
Orb of Destruction
- Now fires sticky googly eyes instead of orbs.
- Damage reduced by 25%.
- Attack Speed increased by 50%.
2/18/2025
Zenith Kick
- Snap Kick's knockback distance is increased by 30%.
Ascendance
- Activate and hold Double Jump to hover for up to 3 seconds.
Focused Destruction
- Secondary Fire charges 20% faster and can store 1 extra Orb of Destruction.
Duality
- Zenyatta heals Orb of Harmony targets for 20% of his damage dealt to Orb of Discord targets.
12/17/2024
Orb of Destruction
Ammo reduced from 25 to 20.
Harmony Orb
Time to wear off when not in line of sight reduced from 5 to 3 seconds.
Orb of Discord
- No longer has a cooldown per target.
- Time to fall off target when not in line of sight increased from 1.5 to 3 seconds.
Snap Kick (Passive)
- Knockback reduced 20%.
- No longer increases quick melee damage.
10/28/2024
Hallowed Speed
- Harmony orb now buffs target with 20% movement speed, previously 25%.
Master and Disciple
- Zenyatta now gains a 40% effective Harmony Orb on himself, previously 50%. The ally Harmony Orb effectiveness remains the same at 20%.
9/17/2024
Developer Comment: With the current addition of more speed boosts in the game, Zenyatta (and generally more poke-oriented team compositions by extension) has fallen off a bit due to how immobile and vulnerable he can be. We've tried increasing his health in the past but it's proven problematic, so instead we're leaning into his glass-cannon nature. We’re improving his damage this time, which should enable new break points in how many shots are required to eliminate an enemy.
Destruction Orb
- Damage increased from 48 to 50.
Orb of Discord
- Cooldown per target reduced from 7 to 6 seconds.
7/5/2024
Developer Comments: We're reducing the cost of Transcendence as Zenyatta was impacted more than most by some of the changes in this patch.
Transcendence
- Ultimate cost decreased 10%.
4/1/2024
Developer Comments: “Let Zen walk?” Not sure about that one.
Orb of Destruction
- Ammo increased from 25 to 32.
- Secondary Fire charge time per projectile decreased from .52 to .47.
- Secondary Fire projectiles fire 33% faster.
- Secondary Fire damage decreased by 30%.
- You can now charge up to 8 Orbs with Secondary Fire.
- Zenyatta’s accelerates upward while charging Secondary Fire.
2/20/2024
- Base health decreased from 100 to 75.
Snap Kick
- Knockback decreased 25%.
2/13/2024
- Health increased from 75 to 100.
- Shields increased from 150 to 175.
10/31/2023
Developer comments: The goal of these changes is to add more counterplay against Discord Orb and encourage Zenyatta players to think more about who to place it on. Now, if the effect ends for any reason, the target is temporarily unable to be targeted again by Discord Orb. A new soft-targeting reticle appears when aiming toward an enemy player that cannot be affected by Discord Orb to display the remaining duration before it can be reapplied. This is a significant change both to how the ability feels to use and how clear it is to understand, so we will be keeping a close eye on player feedback.
Base health increased from 50 to 75 (total 225 HP).
Harmony Orb
- Time to wear off when not in line-of-sight increased from 3 to 5 seconds.
Orb of Discord
- Can no longer be reapplied to the same target for 7 seconds after the effect has been removed.
- Range increased from 30 to 40 meters.
10/10/2023
Added the hero-specific option:
- Toggle Secondary Fire - Off by default.
7/11/2023
Developer Comments: The combination of these changes will make it riskier for Zenyatta to apply Discord and increase counterplay for the affected target.
Orb of Discord
- Maximum range reduced from 40 to 30 meters.
- Time to wear off the target when not in line-of-sight reduced from 2 to 1.5 seconds.
5/9/2023
Added the Hero-Specific Options:
- Harmony and Discord Orb Cancel Reload - On by default
- Hide Transcendence Timer - Off by default
2/7/2023
Developer Comment: We've been discussing options to potentially increase Zenyatta's survivability. We've seen previously in the beta that Zenyatta is on somewhat of a knife's edge for balance. Even just 25 more shield health pushed him into overpowered-must-pick territory at the pro level. To balance his powerful damage output, the lack of mobility is an intentional disadvantage by design, so we'd prefer not to change that too much. Instead, we're adding more ammo to lengthen the times between when Zenyatta is most vulnerable, which is when he is reloading.
Orb of Destruction
- Ammo increased from 20 to 25