Blizzard posted a prolonged new overview of Overwatch 2’s Stadium heroes and the way equipping new expertise will work forward of the mode’s April 22 launch date. Each playable hero has a choice of tweaks that make their kits work otherwise, although Stadium’s preliminary roster is way more restricted than the bottom recreation’s.
Overwatch 2 Stadium launches with 17 heroes: a mixture of traditional Overwatch characters and people who debuted with Overwatch 2. All of them shall be playable in third-person for Stadium matches.
Tanks
- Junker Queen
- Reinhardt
- Zarya
- Orisa
Injury
- Cassidy
- Ashe
- Mei
- Genji
- Reaper
- Soldier 76
Help
- Juno
- Kiriko
- Moira
- Mercy
- Ana
- Lucio
Groups of five–one tank, two help, and two harm units–face off throughout seven rounds, and on the finish of every match, you may increase your hero with a choice of expertise, weapons, and equippable objects. Blizzard gave a couple of examples within the blog post and accompanying Overwatch 2 Stadium trailer, together with Reinhardt sending lava throughout the battlefield together with his hammer strike, Kiriko cloning herself, and Moira launching three Biotic Orbs as an alternative of only one. The ability system lets gamers select what augments they suppose will work greatest, although Blizzard will embrace some construct ideas as nicely.
These upgrades price Stadium Money, which Blizzard says you may earn primarily based on how nicely you rating in every match. There are a few balancing options Stadium contains to assist those that is likely to be struggling, although. Expertise bought within the first, third, and fifth rounds are free, and there is a bounty in every match–a participant on the opposing group who’s performing notably well–that rewards bonus Stadium Money when you defeat them.
Overwatch 2 Stadium’s launch coincides with Season 16 and the debut of recent harm character Freja. Freja will not be playable in Stadium initially, however Blizzard mentioned future updates will add extra heroes to the Stadium roster.
In the event you’re eager to see extra of Stadium in motion, take a look at our hands-on preview, the place we mentioned it is the mode the place Overwatch 2 lastly earns its sequel standing, after nearly two years.