They are usually excellent duelists with high mobility and good burst or sustained damage. Prior to their combination into this single category, damage heroes were previously one of two types: Abilities help to differentiate roles from one another, as well as heroes from one another within roles.
Normal abilities are accessed via keybinds which can be swapped based on player preference in Game Options.
For ultimate abilities, see Ultimate Ability.Ī Reinhardt is erecting his Barrier Field, when an ally Zenyatta uses his ultimate ability, Transcendence to counter the enemy Hanzo's Dragonstrike.Ībilities are the offensive and defensive capabilities of the heroes in Overwatch.
