All Overwatch 2 Heros

Click on any of the 40 Overwatch 2 heroes to learn more about them. Below, you can also find information on every Hero (real name, age, birthday, nationality, release date), an Overwatch 2 Heroes Tier List, and our Hero Difficulty List.

Overwatch Hero Info

In the table below, you can find the role, real name, age, birthday, nationality, and release date of all 40 Overwatch 2 heroes:

Hero	Role	Real Name	Age	Birthday	From	Release Date
Ana	Support	Ana Amari (أنا عماري)	60	January 1st	Egypt	July 19th 2016
Ashe	Damage	Elizabeth Caledonia "Calamity" Ashe	41	October 1st	United States	November 13th 2018
Baptiste	Support	Jean-Baptiste Augustin	38	March 12th	Haiti	March 19th 2019
Bastion	Damage	SST Laboratories Siege Automaton E54	32			May 24th 2016
Brigitte	Support	Brigitte Lindholm	25	September 22nd	Sweden	March 20th 2018
Cassidy	Damage	Cole Cassidy (formerly Jesse McCree)	39	July 31st	United States	May 24th 2016
D.Va	Tank	Hana Song (송하나)	21	June 22nd	Korea	May 24th 2016
Doomfist	Tank	Akande Ogundimu	47	May 25th	Nigeria	July 27th 2017
Echo	Damage	Echo	14	February 5th	Singapore	April 14th 2020
Genji	Damage	Genji Shimada (島田 源氏)	37	October 28th	Japan	May 24th 2016
Hanzo	Damage	Hanzo Shimada (島田 半蔵)	40	November 3rd	Japan	May 24th 2016
Illari	Support	Illari Quispe Ruiz	18	December 21st	Peru	August 10th 2023
Junker Queen	Tank	Odessa "Dez" Stone	31	June 14th	Australia	June 28th 2022
Junkrat	Damage	Jamison Fawkes	27	February 29th	Australia	May 24th 2016
Kiriko	Support	Kiriko Kamori (家守 霧子)	21	July 7th	Japan	October 4th 2022
Lifeweaver	Support	Niran "Bua" Pruksamanee (นิรันดร์ "บัว" พฤกษามณี)	31	April 28th	Thailand	April 11th 2023
Lúcio	Support	Lúcio Correia dos Santos	28	March 20th	Brazil	May 24th 2016
Mauga	Tank	Maugaloa Malosi	37	August 19th	Samoa	December 5th 2023
Mei	Damage	Mei-Ling Zhou (周美灵)	33	September 5th	China	May 24th 2016
Mercy	Support	Angela Ziegler	39	May 13th	Switzerland	May 24th 2016
Moira	Support	Moira O'Deorain	50	April 4th	Ireland	November 16th 2017
Orisa	Tank	OR-15	1	May 9th	Numbani	March 21st 2017
Pharah	Damage	Fareeha Amari (فريحة عماري)	34	April 15th	Egypt	May 24th 2016
Ramattra	Tank	R-7000 Ravager	28	March 29th	Nepal	December 6th 2022
Reaper	Damage	Gabriel Reyes	60	December 14th	United States	May 24th 2016
Reinhardt	Tank	Reinhardt Wilhelm	63	June 26th	Germany	May 24th 2016
Roadhog	Tank	Mako Rutledge	50	September 12th	Australia	May 24th 2016
Sigma	Tank	Siebren de Kuiper	64	March 15th	Netherlands	August 13th 2019
Sojourn	Damage	Vivian Chase	51	January 12th	Canada	April 26th 2022
Soldier: 76	Damage	John Francis "Jack" Morrison	58	January 27th	United States	May 24th 2016
Sombra	Damage	Olivia Colomar	32	December 31st	Mexico	November 15th 2016
Symmetra	Damage	Satya Vaswani (सत्य वासवानी)	30	October 2nd	India	May 24th 2016
Torbjörn	Damage	Torbjörn Lindholm	59	September 21st	Sweden	May 24th 2016
Tracer	Damage	Lena Oxton	28	February 17th	United Kingdom
Venture	Damage	Sloane Cameron	26	August 6th	Canada	April 16th 2024
Widowmaker	Damage	Amélie Lacroix (née Guillard)	35	November 19th	France	May 24th 2016
Winston	Tank	Winston	31	June 6th	The Moon	May 24th 2016
Wrecking Ball	Tank	Hammond	16	October 15th	The Moon	July 24th 2018
Zarya	Tank	Aleksandra Zaryanova (Александра Зарянова)	30	December 4th	Russia	May 24th 2016
Zenyatta	Support	Tekhartha Zenyatta	33	July 14th	Nepal	May 24th 2016

Overwatch 2 Hero Tier List

Our Overwatch 2 tier list places every Hero into a tier, from "S" (best) to "F" (worst). We assigned each Hero a tier based on their usage and win rates in high-ranked Competitive matches and Professional Overwatch 2 play.

In general, the lower you rank, the better Heroes that require less mechanical skill become. Cassidy could be a high tier on our list, while Junkrat is a low tier. However, Junkrat could be a much more effective Hero at lower ranks where players have worse aim.

We explain the rating of each Hero here.

S

A

B

C

D

Overwatch 2 Hero Difficulty List

The main goal of our Overwatch 2 Difficulty List is to describe how easy it is to play each Hero to a reasonably effective level. We made this with low to mid-rank Overwatch 2 players in mind.

Generally, Heroes that require less mechanical skill are ranked as easier to play. It's easier to heal as Lúcio (be near a teammate with Healing Boost) than as Ana (requires precise aim with her Biotic Rifle). However, this does not mean that Lúcio doesn't have a high-skill ceiling. There's a huge difference between being able to help teammates in your Gold-ranked games to a reasonable level and being one of the best Lúcio players in the world.

We also factor in each Hero's abilities and how easy they are to use to some level of effectiveness. Doomfist requires excellent management of his abilities and coordination with your team to be effective, but you can help your team to some degree as Reinhardt by simply standing in front of them and holding your shield.

Again, we want to reiterate that our difficulty rating does not equate to a Hero's skill ceiling. You can be quite effective as Kiriko at lower ranks by staying alive and pumping out heals with your Ofuda. However, the best Kiriko players are lethal with Kunai and almost always use Suzu at the right time.

EASY

MEDIUM

HARD

Overwatch 2 Heroes Explained

Characters in Overwatch 2 are called Heroes. Heroes are split into three roles: Tank, Damage, and Support.

• Tanks are the highest health Heroes. A Tank's duties typically include leading the charge into fights with the enemy, controlling space, and protecting teammates. While Damage characters are often considered the primary damage dealers, tanks can also damage enemies tremendously.
• Damage Heroes' (often called DPS) primary purpose is to damage enemies and get eliminations.
• Supports can deal damage to enemies but are also tasked with healing their allies. Their main objective is to keep their team alive. However, they can also help take out enemies when their teammates don't need their focus.

In Overwatch 2 Competitive and Unranked matchmaking, teams consist of 1 Tank, 2 Damage, and 2 Support Heroes. This differs from the original Overwatch game, where each team had a second tank.

Every Overwatch Hero has their own set of abilities, including at least two abilities with a relatively short cooldown and an Ultimate Ability that you can build up to. You get your Ultimate ability over time, by damaging enemies, and healing allies. Ultimates are far more impactful than a Hero's normal abilities. You can learn about every character's abilities by clicking them on this page.

Each Hero also has their own unique weapon. You can unlock Jade and Gold weapon variants for each of them. These are purely cosmetic upgrades that don't affect the weapon's performance.

Check out our Random Overwatch 2 Hero Picker