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Overwatch 2
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All passive abilities in Overwatch 2

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Overwatch’s characters are all different, coming from various parts of the world with unique backgrounds. Gameplay-wise, each hero utilizes their kit of abilities to make your character choice very important. While active abilities are always the main thing you think of, the hidden ones underneath are equally vital. Here are all of the passive abilities in Overwatch 2.

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Class passive abilities

  • DPS – Reload speed is increased shortly after earning an elimination.
  • Support – all Support characters have passive healing when they don’t take damage for a little bit
  • Tank – all Tank characters do not get knocked back as much as others. They also generate less Ultimate charge from healing and damage received.

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Hero passive abilities

  • Baptiste – hold crouch to charge up your boots to make you jump higher.
  • Brigitte – dealing damage to enemies slowly heals you and your teammates.
  • D.Va – ejects out of her mech when it is destroyed.
  • Doomfist – gains temporary health when dealing damage with abilities.
  • Echo – can glide while falling when holding jump.
  • Genji – can climb up walls and double jump.
  • Hanzo – can climb walls.
  • Junker Queen – slightly restores health by wounding enemies, wounds deal damage over time and are dealt with her knife, Gracie, Carnage ability, or Ultimate.
  • Junkrat – deals no self-damage with explosives, and drops a cluster of bombs on death.
  • Kikaro – Can climb walls.
  • Lucio – can ride along walls with a small speed boost.
  • Mercy – regains health quicker than other Supports, gently falls through the air when holding jump.
  • Pharah – hold jump to hover.
  • Reaper – dealing damage to enemies heals you.
  • Sombra – can see enemies in critical health behind walls, deals 40% more damage to hacked enemies.
  • Zarya – damage blocked with her barriers increases her weapon’s damage.
  • Zenyatta – melee damage increased and has significant knockback.

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John Hansen is a Full-time Staff Writer for Gamepur as well as a host for the YouTube channel Pixel Street Videos where he co-hosts a weekly gaming podcast and more. His favorite games include Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Breath of the Wild, Left 4 Dead 2, and Overwatch. He covers Overwatch 2 and other FPS titles, Minecraft, Sonic the Hedgehog, Legend of Zelda, and whatever zombie games are placed in front of him.