3/18/2025
Developer Comments: We are increasing the amount of converted shields to enhance Pharah’s self-sufficiency when Helix Shields is selected.
Helix Shields
- Converted Shields increased from 75 to 125.
2/18/2025
Drift Thrusters
- Pharah can move while Barrage is active.
Helix Shields
- Convert 75 health to shields.
Concussive Implosion
- Concussive Blast's knockback is inverted to a pull in.
Fuel Stores
- Jet Dash grants 50% fuel. Maximum overfuel is increased by 100%.
12/10/2024
Developer Comment: Pharah is a difficult hero to deal with for many due to her high flying mobility and burst damage. We're reducing how often her horizontal movement cooldown is available to make it slightly more of a positioning commitment when used.
Jet Dash
- Cooldown increased from 8 to 9 seconds.
10/28/2024
Scare-ial Superiority
- After using Jump Jets and Jet Dash, Pharah deals 20% more damage now for only 3 seconds, previously 5 seconds.
7/12/2024
- Base health reduced from 250 to 225
7/5/2024
Developer Comments: This is a reversion back to Pharah's Concussive Blast from before her recent rework. Dealing even a small amount of damage with this ability increases her lethality significantly and made it too reliable in finishing off low health targets, due to its wide area and fast projectile speed, without waiting the full recovery to fire another rocket.
Concussive Blast
- Explosion damage reduced from 30 to 0.
- Explosion knockback radius increased from 6 to 8 meters.
- Knockback increased by 11%.
4/1/2024
Developer Comments: You’ve used Hover Jets. You’ve used Jump Jets. You’ve used Jet Dash. But have you tried Jet Land?
Jet Land
- New Ability.
- Press Crouch in the Air to activate.
- Dash downwards towards the ground.
2/13/2024
Developer Comments: Pharah has a significant update that empowers more individual plays and shifting her movement capabilities from high up in the air to more horizontal movement that can cover distance quickly.
- Health increased from 200 to 250.
Rocket Launcher
- Recovery reduced from 0.85 to 0.80 seconds.
- Projectile speed increased from 35 to 40 meters per second.
- Explosion self-damage reduced from 50% to 25%.
Jet Dash
- New Secondary Fire Ability.
- Provides a quick horizontal boost in the direction Pharah is moving.
- 8-second cooldown.
- Added a setting to activate Jet Dash on Double Jump instead.
Jump Jet
- Now restores 50% of Hover Jets fuel and can briefly overfill the maximum fuel amount.
- Vertical boost height reduced by 20%.
- Cooldown increased from 10 to 14 seconds.
- Cooldown decreased from 9 to 7 seconds.
- Explosion now deals 30 damage to enemy targets.
- Explosion radius reduced from 8 to 6 meters.
- Knockback reduced by 10%.
Barrage
- Now instantly refills Hover Jets fuel.
Hover Jets
- Speed boost increased from 20% to 40%.
- Now requires landing to recharge fuel.
- Can now be activated without fuel to slow your descent.
10/10/2023
Added the hero-specific options:
- Relative Aim Sensitivity During Rocket Barrage - 100% by default.
- Relative Gyro Aim Sensitivity During Rocket Barrage - 100% by default (only available on gyro-supported platforms).
8/10/2023
- Hover Jets and Jump Jet now increases movement speed by 30%.
Concussive Blast
- Explosion damage increased from 0 to 30.
Barrage
- Explosion damage increased from 30 to 35.
Hover Jets (Passive)
- Maximum fuel increased 20%.
5/9/2023
Added the Hero-Specific Option:
- Toggle Hover Jets - Off by default
3/7/2023
Dev Comment: In addition to rapidly launching her upwards, Jump Jet used to always move Pharah forward a small amount which made the ability feel less responsive when trying to move to the side or backwards. This change now enables a small amount of horizontal momentum in any direction.
Jump Jet
- Jump Jet movement is now influenced by directional inputs
2/7/2023
Barrage
- Ultimate cost reduced 5%