Overwatch 2 all hero changes and hero reworks

Overwatch 2 will launch in less than a week, so it's a good time to take a look at how the heroes will change in Overwatch 2.

Overwatch 2 heroes — Here are all the hero changes for Overwatch 2 | © Blizzard

Overwatch 2 is waiting in the wings. Not only will we get three entirely new characters, but also some major reworks for existing heroes. Characters like Bastion, Orisa or Doomfist will get huge changes, whch will make the gameplay feel very different from what we are used to. Scroll down, and have a look at every hero change for Overwatch 2.

All Hero Changes In Overwatch 2

Ana

Ability	Change
Sleep Dart	cooldown increased from 12 to 15 seconds

Ashe

Ability	Change
B.O.B. (Ultimate Ability)	health reduced from 1,200 to 1,000 HP

Baptiste

Ability	Change
Biotic Launcher	minimum falloff range reduced from 25 to 20 meters
Regenerative Burst	ally healing increased from 75 to 100 HP

Bastion

General:

Cute new hat :)
Removed: Tank-Mode, Self-Repair
New ability: A-36 Tactical Grenade, Artillery Strike (New Ultimate): fire up to 3 long range artillery shells

Ability	Change
Sentry Form	35% reduced movement speed 6-second duration and 12-second cooldown infinite ammo damage reduced from 15 to 12
Recon Form	weapon damage increased from 20 to 25 fire rate reduced from 8 to 5 shots per second weapon spread removed ammo reduced from 35 to 25
A-36 Tactical Grenade (NEW)	can bounce off walls but sticks to players or the ground dealing up to 130 damage

Brigitte

Ability	Change
Shield Bash	cooldown reduced to 5s no longer stuns enemies deals 50 damage instead of 5 double knockback distance increades to 12m

Cassidy

General:

Removed: Flashbang
New Ability: Magnetic Grenade

Ability	Change
Peacekeeper	fire rate increased by around 7.5%
Magnetic Grenade (NEW)	deals 131 damage
Deadeye	40% damage reduction while channeling the ultimate 130 damage-per-second for the first 2 seconds and then 260 damage-per-second duration increased from 6 to 7 seconds

D.Va

General:

Base Health increased from 300 to 450
Base Armor reduced from 300 to 200

Ability	Change
Fusion Cannons	primary fire movement penalty reduced from 50% to 40% weapon spread reduced from 4 to 3.5

Doomfist

General:

Health increases to 450
New ability: Power block
Moved from Damage to Tank role

Ability	Change
Hand canon	ammo recovery increased to 0.4s damage reduced from 6 to 5 per pellet
Rocket punch	max. charge time reduced to 1s impact damage reduced to 15-30 wall slam damage reduced to 20-40 impacting a target now causes a secondary larger cone area check to grab extra targets to potentially knock them back as well
Seismic Slam (NEW)	is now ability 1 launches Doomfist into the air in the direction the player is aiming dealing 50 damage and slowing enemy movement speed by 30% no longer pulls in enemies can be canceled
Meteor strike	reduces movement speed by 50% for all enemies hit outer ring damage reduced to 100-15 activation time reduced to 5s

Echo

Ability	Change
Focusing Beam	damage-per-second reduced from 200 to 175
Duplicate	copies the target’s combined health value including health, armor, and shields

Genji

Hanzo

Ability	Change
Storm Arrows	damage reduced from 70 to 65

Junkrat

Ability	Change
Steel Trap	damage increased from 80 to 100 projectile speed increased from 10 to 15 slows its target by 65%

Mei

Ability	Change
Endothermic Blaster	no longer freezes enemies (only slows down) damage per second increased from 55 to 100 Ammo increased from 120 to 150
Ice Wall pillar	health reduced from 400 to 250

Mercy

Ability	Change
Regeneration	increased support passive healing by 50%

Orisa

General:

Base armor increased from 200 to 250
Base health increased from 200 to 250
Removed: Protective Barrier, Supercharger, "Halt!"
New Abilities: Energy Javelin, Javelin Spin, Terra Surge (new ultimate)

Ability	Change
Augmented Fusion Driver (NEW primary)	rapidly fires 10 plasma projectiles per second damage starts at 10.5 and scales down to 4 damage over 35 meters uses a heat mechanic instead of ammo
Energy Javelin (NEW)	deals 80 damage stuns enemies for 0.2 seconds and knocks them back 6 meters if enemy collides with wall while knocked back, they take 40 more damage
Fortify	gains 125 temporary health slowing down 20% reduces heat from fireing by 50%
Javelin Spin (NEW)	increases movement speed by 60% dealing up to 90 damage and knockback

Pharah

Ability	Change
Rocket Launcher	reload starts 0.25s faster
Concussive Blast	now deals 30 damage

Reaper

Ability	Change
Hellfire Shotguns	damage reduced from 6 to 5.4 spread increased from 6 to 8

Reinhardt

General:

Base armor increased from 200 to 300
Base health increased from 300 to 350

Ability	Change
Barrier Field	health increased from 1200 to 1600
Charge	can be controlled better can get canceled Cooldown reduced from 10 to 8 seconds
Fire Strike	now has two charges damage reduced from 100 to 90

Roadhog

General:

Base health increased from 600 to 700

Ability	Change
Take a Breather	healing increased from 300 to 350

Sigma

General:

shield increased from 100 to 200

Ability	Change
Accretion	damage increased from 70 to 100
Experimental Barrier	barrier regeneration rate reduced from 120 to 100

Soldier: 76

Ability	Change
Heavy Pulse Rifle	damage reduced from 20 to 18

Sombra

Ability	Change
Hacking	cooldown reduced to 3s duration increased to 8s disabling enemies reduced to 1s NEW: hacked enemies are visible through walls can now hack while in stealth mode health pack hack reduces to 30s
Machine Pistol	damage dealt to hacked targets increased by 50%.
EMP (Ultimate)	no longer destoys shields deals damage to enemies, reduces up to 40% of their health

Symmetra

Ability	Change
Photon Projector	ammo increased from 70 to 100
Teleporter	build time reduced from 2s to 1s duration 10s cooldown increased from 10 to 16s health reduced from 300 to 200

Torbjörn

Ability	Change
Rivet Gun	primary fire recovery reduced from 0.6s to 0.55s secondary fire reduced from 0.8s to 0.7s

Tracer

Ability	Change
Pulse Pistols	damage reduced from 6 to 5.

Widowmaker

General:

Health increased from 175 to 200

Winston

General:

Armour increased from 150 to 200

Ability	Change
Barrier Projectile	health increased from 650 to 700 duration reduced from 9s to 8s cooldown reduced from 13s to 12s
Tesla Cannon	deals up to 50 damage new secondary

Wrecking Ball

General:

Armour increased from 100 to 150
Health increased from 500 to 550
Roll knock back increased by 36%

Ability	Change
Adaptive Shield	radius increased from 8 to 10 meters health gained per target increased from 75 to 100 health

Zarya

General:

Health increased from 200 to 250
Shields increased from 200 to 225

Ability	Change
Particle Barrier	now has a 10 second cooldown duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
Projected Barrier	now has a 10 second cooldown duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds