The Overwatch 2 beta is live, giving players the chance to try the PVP aspect of the upcoming sequel. In case you’re one of the lucky people that got an invite for the closed beta, or if you’re just curious about the changes made to your main, this guide lists the details. In particular, we’re looking into the current state of the Overwatch 2 tanks, explaining the tweaks and reworks involved ahead of the official release.
Keep in mind that Overwatch 2 is still in beta. As such, the changes listed below can and most likely be different for the official release.
Overwatch 2 Tank Hero Changes
Last updated on June 28, 2022
Doomfist
- Moved from Damage to Tank role
- Base health increased from 250 to 450
- Uppercut: Ability removed
- Hand Cannon: Damage reduced from 6 to 5 per pellet Ammo regeneration rate increased from once every 0.65 seconds to 0.4 seconds
- Rocket Punch:
- Impact damage range reduced from 50 – 100 to 15 – 30 damage
- Wall slam damage range reduced from 50 – 150 to 20 – 40 damage
- Maximum charge up time reduced from 1.4 to 1.0 seconds
- Impacting a target now causes a secondary larger cone area check to grab extra targets and potentially knock them back
- Power Block:
- New Ability 2
- Enter a blocking stance, reducing damage taken from the front by 90%
- Maximum charge up time reduced from 1.4 to 1.0 seconds
- Blocking at least 100 damage causes Doomfist’s gauntlet to become supercharged, empowering the next Rocket Punch in the following ways:
- Damage reduction reduced from 90% to 80%
- Travels 50% faster and further
- Area-of-effect blast that knocks back additional targets is twice as large
- Targets impacting a wall will be stunned for an additional 0.5 to 1.0 seconds, depending on charge amount
- Seismic Slam:
- Moved from Ability 2 to Ability 1
- Now launches Doomfist into the air in the direction the player is aiming
- Creates a wide arc shockwave upon landing, dealing 50 damage and slowing enemy movement speed by 30%
- No longer has different behavior between being activated in the air or on the ground
- No longer pulls in enemies
- No longer slows enemies
- Can be canceled by pressing the ability key again
- Meteor Strike (Ultimate):
- Damage range reduced from 15 – 200 to 15 – 100.
- Impact damage at the center 1-meter radius unchanged from 300 damage
- Knockback removed, now additionally slows movement speed of all enemies hit by 50% for 2 seconds
- Cast time reduced from 1.0 to 0.5 seconds
Orisa
- Base armor increased from 200 to 250
- Base health increased from 200 to 250
- Augmented Fusion Driver:
- Damage increased from 10 to 12
- Projectile size no longer scales with distance
- Projectile initial size reduced from 0.3 to 0.1
- Critical damage bonus increased from 50% to 100%
- Damage falloff at maximum range reduced from 70% to 50%
- Maximum falloff range reduced from 15-35 meters to 15-25 meters
- Energy Javelin:
- Impact damage reduced from 80 to 60
- Cooldown increased from 6.5 to 8 seconds
- Fortify:
- 20% movement speed penalty removed
- Headshot immunity removed
- Javelin Spin:
- Cooldown decreased from 10 to 7 seconds
- Speed boost reduced from 65% to 40%
- Knockback increased
- Terra Surge (Ultimate):
- New Ultimate Ability
- Orisa pulls in nearby enemies and becomes fortified, charging up an area-of-effect attack over 4 seconds
- Releasing the charge deals up to 225 damage based on how long it was channeled
- While charging, deals minor damage over time and slows nearby enemy movement speed by 30%
- Max damage increased from 275 to 500
- Damage begins to ramp after the old 200 damage timing
D.Va
- Mech Health decreased from 450 to 350
- Mech Armor increased from 200 to 300
- Fusion Cannons: Primary Fire movement penalty reduced from 50% to 40%
- Weapon spread reduced from 4 to 3.5
Sigma
- Base shields increased from 100 to 200
- Accretion: Damage increased from 70 to 100
- Experimental Barrier: Barrier regeneration rate reduced from 120 to 100
Winston
- New charged ranged attack — fully charged consumes 20 ammo and does 50 damage
- You can charge the attack as you start going up the air after leaping as well
- Bubble: you can see a timer in the bubble crosshair
Wrecking Ball
- Base armor increased from 100 to 150
- Base health increased from 500 to 550
- Adaptive Shield: Radius increased from 8 to 10 meters Health gained per target increased from 75 to 100 health
- Knockback increased by 36%
Reinhardt
- Armor reduced from 350 to 300
- Health increased from 300 to 325
- Steadfast (Passive): Replaced by Tank role passive
- Barrier Field: Health reduced from 1,600 to 1,200 Regeneration rate reduced from 200 to 144 health per second
- Charge:
- Steering turn rate increased by 50%.
- Can now be manually canceled
- Charge Pin wall impact damage reduced from 300 to 225
- Cooldown from 10 to 8 seconds
- Fire Strike: Now has 2 ability charges; damage reduced from 100 to 90
Zarya
- Base health increased from 200 to 250; base shields increased from 200 to 225
- Particle Barrier:
- Particle Barrier now has a 10-second cooldown on a shared 2-charge system with Projected Barrier
- Cooldown now begins immediately on ability use instead of when the barrier has expired
- Barrier’s duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds
- Projected Barrier:
- Projected Barrier now has a 10-second cooldown on a shared 2 charge system with Particle Barrier
- Cooldown now begins immediately on ability use instead of when the barrier has expired
- Barrier’s duration increased from 2 to 2.5 seconds Barrier targets cannot be targeted again by the ability for 2 seconds
- Energy (Passive): Energy degeneration increased from 1.8 to 2.2 per second
- Graviton Surge: Duration reduced from 4 to 3.5 seconds
Roadhog
- Base health increased from 600 to 700
- Take a Breather: Total healing increased from 300 to 350 health
- Whole Hog:
- This ability has changed from a ‘Channeled’ ultimate (e.g. Pharah, Reaper, Cassidy), into a ‘Transform’ ultimate (e.g. Soldier: 76, Genji, Winston)
- The weapon no longer automatically fires, and you must press Primary Fire to use the ultimate
- You can use normal abilities during Whole Hog without canceling the ultimate
- Stuns will no longer cancel the ultimate
Winston
- Base armor increased from 150 to 200
- Tesla Cannon Secondary Fire:
- New Secondary Fire
- Hold Secondary Fire to charge, release to fire a 30-meter range jolt of electricity
- Deals up to 50 damage
- Costs up to 20 ammo
- Secondary fire ammo cost reduced from 20 to 12
- Barrier Projector:
- Projector health reduced from 800 to 700
- Barrier Projector duration reduced from 9 to 8 seconds
- Cooldown reduced from 13 to 12 seconds
- Primal Rage (Ultimate): Ultimate cost increased by 10%
Those are all the Overwatch 2 Tanks changes for the time being!
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