could you not have heard about at least some of the colourful, larger-than-life characters in theOverwatch 2roster.
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D.Va
D.Va spends most of her time piloting a powerful and highly durable mech.
Because of this, D.Va is an excellent frontline tank character.
But if the mech is destroyed, D.Va herself is very vulnerable.
D.Va Abilities:
Doomfist
Doomfist likes to get up close and personal with enemies.
Despite his stature, Doomfist is a very mobile character.
Junker Queen
Junker Queen was added specifically for Overwatch 2.
Her whole toolkit revolves around wounding enemies with her axe and throwing knife.
Junker Queen’s primary weapon, her pump-action shotgun, is low-to-mid range but packs a real punch.
Reinhardt
Reinhardt is the quintessential tank of Overwatch.
Pushing as a Reinhardt can be dangerous, as he and his Barrier are such massive targets.
He’s big, slow, and requires a fair bit of skill to make use of his grapple.
But in the right hands, he’s a terror.
They’re slow and limited in range, but they hit hard.
Wrecking Ball
Wrecking Ball is the most mobile Tank in Overwatch 2.
Wrecking Ball fulfils a similar chaos-sowing role to Winston.
Thanks to her Passive, any damage blocked by either barrier boosts Zarya’s primary beam weapon damage.
Zarya’s primary weapon has two modes: a short-range beam, and a grenade launcher for longer-ranged attacks.
The latter is great for ensuring the kill against low-health retreating enemies.
Ashe
Ashe is a very effective mid-range sniper.
The dual purpose nature of her primary weapon allows her to cover a decent range as the situation requires.
Bastion
Bastionmay look like a tank, but it actually sacrifices survivability for some amazing damage potential.
It can switch at will between two configurations: a mobile bipedal mech, and a slow-moving tank.
The trick with Bastion is how to stay alive.
Really it needs the reliable protection of a strong Tank to hide behind.
Cassidy
Cassidy is the quintessential glass cannon of Overwatch 2.
Without this ability, she’s a fairly ordinary, albeit surprisingly mobile, damage-dealing character.
Her Tri-Shot deals decent damage, particularly when combined with her volley of Sticky Bombs.
Genji
Genji is a popular and powerful character with very high DPS potential.
The most dangerous aspect of Genji’s skillset is, of course, his Dragonblade Ultimate.
He’s a fairly well-rounded sniper character with a lot of DPS potential.
He’s a strong anti-Tank pick, and provides decent overall DPS in almost any team comp.
Mei
Mei is a rather unusual character in Overwatch.
Mei also has a lot of defensive utility in her three abilities.
She’s very much meant to be used in the midst of other players.
Pharah
Pharah is like an airborne version of Junkrat.
For this reason, she’s mainly used as a counter to slow-moving Tanks.
Pharah should spend most of her time in the air.
Her Ultimate is high-risk, high-reward.
Reaper
Reaper is the obvious pick when you need someone to deal with a strong enemy Tank.
In general Reaper’s skillset makes him a fantastic character for repositioning at a moment’s notice.
Sojourn
Sojourn is a versatile and powerful soldier character newly added to Overwatch 2.
She doesn’t have much health, but she can deal huge damage if left unchecked.
One big part of Soldier: 76’s success is his unique ability to sprint at will.
She can also hack health packs in the world to prevent their use by enemies.
She’s an extremely strong flanker who excels at cleaning up vulnerable backline characters.
Symmetra
Symmetra is a bit of a jack-of-all-trades.
Symmetra’s primary weapon has two modes.
There’s a charge-up orb that can be used for mid-range engagements, but it’s not very powerful.
Torbjorn isn’t the most survivable damage character out there, as he lacks any real mobility.
Widowmaker
Widowmaker is the ultimate dedicated sniper character of Overwatch 2.
Widowmaker doesn’t have much utility: she’s very focused on sniping.
Ana
Ana comes equipped with a powerful Sniper Rifle with a dual function.
If she shoots an enemy, she damages them.
If she shoots an ally, she heals them.
A player with good aim can make fantastic use of Ana, healing up allies while also neutralising enemies.
Overall a fantastic character with great utility, but one which relies on very good aim.
His Biotic Launcher, like many Support weapons, has both a damage-dealing and healing mode.
Brigitte
Brigitte is what you’d get if Reinhardt were a Support character.
Which makes sense, since she’s his squire.
Because of this, Brigitte has to be played more aggressively than most other Support characters.
If she isn’t on the frontline dealing damage, then she isn’t reaching her full potential.
Kiriko
Kiriko is equal parts healer and assassin.
But Kiriko also has surprising damage potential with her Kunai, throwing knives which deal massive headshot damage.
The only downside, of course, is that she’s very easy to kill.
Lucio
Lucio’s power is subtle, but very significant.
But he’s a top-tier character if you’re free to master him.
Moira
Moira, epitomises the Support role struggle of balancing healing with dealing damage.
Zenyatta
Zenyatta, like Kiriko, is a combination of healer and sniper.
He also has the benefit of being very easy to get to grips with.
Very straightforward, but also very powerful when used proactively.
