Here are all of the tank, damage, and support heroes in Overwatch 2 plus all of their perks, abilities, passives, and ultimates.
Before jumping into a match in Overwatch 2, every player must select a hero from one of three role categories. From left to right, these roles are tank, damage, and support. Understanding what each Overwatch 2 role does can lead to victory. Read on for our quick Overwatch 2 role guide to get the basics down.
Overwatch 2 roles explained
- Tank: These heroes can make space for their teammates, soak quite a bit of damage, and push their team forward. Tanks in Overwatch 2 have reduced critical damage and knockbacks.
- Damage: These heroes can engage enemies directly or even flank them. Ultimately, damage heroes want to secure eliminations.
- Support: As for support heroes, they're not simply "healers." Rather, they can empower their teammates thanks to different utilities. Support heroes help their teammates survive and give them that extra boost or assist with a setup to succeed.
Overwatch 2 tanks
However, just who are the tanks in Overwatch 2? After you queue into a match and before you enter a spawn room, you're met with a character selection screen. The tank heroes are to the left. At the time of writing this article, the newest tank hero is Hazard and there are 13 tanks from which to choose.
- D.Va
- Doomfist
- Hazard
- Junker Queen
- Mauga
- Orisa
- Ramattra
- Reinhardt
- Roadhog
- Sigma
- Winston
- Wrecking Ball
- Zarya
Above are screenshots of every tank hero's kit in Overwatch 2.
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Overwatch 2 DPS heroes
Next, in the middle of the character selection screen, are the damage heroes. Players typically call them the "DPS." There are currently 18 of them in Overwatch 2, and an upcoming addition slated for Season 16 is Freja.
- Ashe
- Bastion
- Cassidy
- Echo
- Genji
- Hanzo
- Junkrat
- Mei
- Pharah
- Reaper
- Sojourn
- Soldier: 76
- Sombra
- Symmetra
- Torbjorn
- Tracer
- Venture
- Widowmaker
- Freja (arriving in Season 16)
Like we've done with the tank heroes, above are screenshots of every damage hero's kit.
Overwatch 2 supports
Finally, we have the support heroes. There are 11 of them in the game, and Kiriko, Lifeweaver, Illari, and Juno made their debut in Overwatch 2 as opposed to the first iteration of the game.
- Ana
- Baptiste
- Brigitte
- Illari
- Juno
- Kiriko
- Lifeweaver
- Lucio
- Mercy
- Moira
- Zenyatta
Above are screenshots of every support hero's kit in Overwatch 2 as well.
That's all for now. Stick around on esports.gg for more news and updates on all things Overwatch 2.
