A few years ago, after years since the announcement, Overwatch 2 launched. The sequel promised updated visuals, a 5v5 experience, and an ongoing player vs everyone (PVE) experience. Years later, they have dropped the PVE entirely. Now they are making another big change, they are removing the 2. That’s right, Overwatch 2 is now just going to be Overwatch again. With this change, comes 5 new characters and 5 more set to launch in the next 5 seasons. The 5 characters announced so far are Domina, Emre, Anran, Mizuki, and Jetpack Cat. That last one is exactly how it sounds, it’s literally a cat that flies around on a jetpack. I haven’t played Overwatch in a while, but personally I’d never want to kill that cute feline.
Along with these new characters comes new sub-roles and passives. Each character, both new and existing, will have a main class, tank, damage, or healer, then a secondary sub-class. Tanks will have bruiser, initiator, and stalwart. Damage will have sharpshooter, flanker, specialist, and recon. Healers will have tactician, medic, and survivor.
Tank
Bruiser: Reduces critical damage received. While at critical health, gain movement speed
- Roadhog, Zarya, Orisa, Mauga
Initiator: Staying airborne lightly heals you
- D.Va, Winston, Doomfist, Wrecking Ball
Stalwart: Reduces knockbacks and slows received
- Reinhardt, Sigma, Ramattra, Junker Queen, Hazard, Domina
Damage
Sharpshooter: Critical hits reduce ability cooldowns
- Hanzo, Widowmaker, Cassidy, Ashe, Sojourn
Flanker: Health packs restore more health
- Tracer, Reaper, Genji, Vendetta, Venture, Anran
Specialist: Eliminating an enemy briefly increases reload speed
- Bastion, Junkrat, Mei, Soldier 76, Symmetra, Torbjorn, Emre
Recon: Detect enemies below half health through walls after damaging them
- Pharah, Sombra, Echo, Freja
Support
Tactician: Gain excess ultimate charge that carries over after using your ultimate
- Lucio, Zenyatta, Ana, Baptiste, Jetpack Cat
Medic: Healing allies with your weapon also heals you
- Mercy, Moira, Kiriko, Lifeweaver
Survivor: Using a movement ability activates passive health regeneration
- Brigitte, Illari, Juno, Wuyang, Mizuki
