Overwatch has now been fully rebranded, and Overwatch 2 is no more, and Blizzard is essentially resetting the clock on the game's life cycle.
Now, Season 1 of Overwatch is here and we're going to run over all of the new roles and passives that have been adjusted this season.
Here's what we know.
Overwatch Season 1: All Roles and Passives Explained
Blizzard is fully revamping Overwatch in more ways than one, and the new additions to the roles and passives are going to change how certain heroes play.
The new roles are so that they can categorize heroes into smaller sections, allowing them to add more passives as we've seen with the newly added ones.
Season 1 updates the core roles of the game. Tanks, Damage, and Support heroes are now divided into sub‑roles:
TANK
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BRUISER: Reduces critical damage received. While at critical health, gain movement speed.
- Mauga / Orisa / Roadhog / Zarya
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INITIATOR: Staying airborne lightly heals you.
- D.Va / Doomfist / Winston / Wrecking Ball
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STALWART: Reduces knockbacks and slows received.
- Domina / Hazard / Junker Queen / Ramattra / Reinhardt / Sigma
DAMAGE
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SHARPSHOOTER: Critical hits reduce your movement ability cooldowns.
- Ashe / Cassidy / Hanzo / Sojourn / Widowmaker
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FLANKER: Health packs restore more health.
- Anran / Genji / Reaper / Tracer / Vendetta / Venture
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SPECIALIST: Eliminating an enemy briefly increases your reload speed.
- Bastion / Emre / Junkrat / Mei / Soldier: 76 / Symmetra / Torbjorn
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RECON: You detect enemies below half health through walls after damaging them.
- Echo / Freja / Pharah / Sombra
SUPPORT
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TACTICIAN: You can gain excess ultimate charge, which carries over after using your ultimate ability.
- Ana / Baptiste / Jetpack Cat / Lucio / Zenyatta
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MEDIC: Healing allies with your weapon also heals you.
- Kiriko / Lifeweaver / Mercy / Moira
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SURVIVOR: Using a movement ability activates passive health regeneration.
- Brigitte / Illari / Juno / Mizuki / Wuyang
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