Overwatch 2 Characters: Hero Roles and Coming Heroes

Knowing the various roles of the characters in Overwatch 2 will help you become a skilled player.

The essence of the Overwatch 2 game is about utilizing existing heroes or characters.

Where each character has different unique abilities and is designed to help your team achieve victory.

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So, here is the distribution of heroes in Overwatch 2 based on the roles they have.

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Overwatch 2 Character Overview

To date, there are a total of 39 Overwatch 2 characters available for you to choose from.

With the large number of characters available, you can choose a hero that suits your playing style.

Starting from those of you who like tanking, DPS roles, or roles that will provide essential healing to teammates.

However, each existing hero will take a different amount of time to master and also depends on your skills.

The different difficulties that heroes in Overwatch 2 have are because each hero has various advanced techniques that must be studied well.

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Overwatch 2 Character Roles

Overwatch 2 Heroes — Role Hero Overwatch 2. Source: VCGamers

As previously discussed, the heroes in Overwatch 2 are divided into three, namely Tank, DPS, and Support.

The following is a grouping of heroes based on their role:

Role Tanks

D. Va
Doomfist
Orisa
Reinhardt
Roadhogs
Sigma
Winston
Wrecking Ball
Zarya

DPS roles

Ash
Bastion
Cassidy
echo
Genji
Hanzo
Junkrat
May
Pharah
Reapers
Soldiers 76
Sombra
Symmetra
Torbjorn
Tracer
Widowmaker

Role Support

Ana
Baptiste
Brigitte
Lucio
Mercy
Moira
Zenyatta

Those are all the Overwatch 2 heroes based on the roles they have.

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New and Upcoming Overwatch 2 Heroes

Do you want it — Mauga Overwatch 2. Source: Blizzard Entertainment

The last hero added to Overwatch 2 is Mauga on December 5, 2023 with the release of Season 8.

Regarding upcoming Overwatch 2 characters, the developers teased three Heroes coming in 2024 at Blizzcon 2023, with the third Hero accidentally leaked by the developers themselves.

In Season 10, Venture, a new DPS Hero will appear. In Season 12, a Support hero with the code name "Space Ranger" will appear. And it seems that later in 2024 in Season 14, a new Tank will also be released.

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