All hero Perks in Overwatch: All Major and Minor Perks, listed

Perks have arrived in Overwatch, and they have the potential to be completely game-changing.

Unlockable upgrades for heroes within each OW match, some Perks are callbacks to previous abilities in the game, such as Bastion’s Self-Repair or Orisa’s Barrier, while others are brand new. All of them are unique to each hero, though, and there’s some good fun to be had in combining Minor and Major perks into different builds for different situations.

Either way, Perks are crucial to know about, whether it’s yourself, your own allies, or the enemy team, so you can have an idea of what’s to come in any given match of OW.

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This article was last updated on April 21 to reflect the Overwatch Season 2 changes.

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List of all hero Perks in Overwatch

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Below, you will find a list of all Major and Minor perks available in OW for each hero in the game. New heroes will have Perks of their own when they are added to the game, so check back here for more information every other season.

Perks in Overwatch, explained

Starting in season 15, all OW heroes have Perks, which are selectable upgrades within each match. Heroes will “level up” twice in each match, with the first level-up offering a choice between two Minor Perks and the second giving a choice between two Major Perks.

By the end of a match, all heroes will have one Minor Perk and one Major Perk active. If you switch heroes during a game, you will start at level one on that hero but the Perks will unlock a bit faster, and if you switch back to a hero already at level one or two, the Perks will still be active.

All Tank hero perks in OW

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Hero	Minor Perks	Major Perks
D.Va	Bunny Power: Call Mech’s damage radius is increased by 50 percent, and eject grants 75 temporary overhealth. Extended Boosters: Hitting an enemy with Boosters deals 40 percent increased damage and increases its duration by 0.5 seconds.	Shield System: Convert 150 health to shields. Defense Matrix restores shields based on 25 percent of its damage absorbed. Precision Fusion: Press a button to reduce Fusion Cannons’ spread by 75 percent for three seconds.
Domina	Efficient Design: After using Barrier Array, restore 50 shields and activate passive health regeneration. Extended Power: Increase the range of Photon Magnum by 20 percent.	Disruptive Detonation: Enemies hit by Crystal Charge’s explosion are slowed by 30 percent for two seconds. Power Move: Barrier Array can be used as a wall to stun enemies with Sonic Repulsors with a 100 percent damage increase.
Doomfist	One-Two: Hitting an enemy with Rocket Punch reloads all Hand Cannon ammo and overfills by two. Survival of the Fittest: The Best Defense grants 25 overhealth from eliminations and its max overhealth is increased by 50.	Aftershock: Enemies hit by Seismic Slam are slowed by 40 percent for two seconds. Power Matrix: Power Block absorbs projectiles for the first second of its duration.
Hazard	Deep Leap: Violent Leap’s range is increased by 15 percent. Anarchic Zeal: Spike Guard’s spikes gain 30 percent lifesteal.	Reconstitution: Jagged Wall hits charge Spike Guard with 25 energy, up to 50 extra. Explosive Impalements: Bonespur hits mark targets with spikes. Quick Melee and Violent Leap’s slash detonate them for 40 explosive damage.
Junker Queen	Rampant Charge: Gain Unstoppable and reduce all cooldowns by six seconds when using Rampage. Battle Shout: Commanding Shout fully reloads Scatter Gun and increases allied reload speed by 50 percent.	Willy-Willy: When recalling Jagged Blade its radius is increased by 100 percent and it deals 30 additional impact damage. Savage Satiation: Carnage’s impact damage gains 100 percent lifesteal.
Mauga	Kinetic Bandolier: Overrun reloads up to 150 ammo during the first second of charging. Pyromaniac: Igniting enemies with Incendiary Chaingun grants 50 overhealth.	FIrewalker: Overrun ignites enemies hit. Combat Fuel: Critical hits grant Mauga three temporary overhealth on Cardiac Overdrive’s next use, up to 150 overhealth.
Orisa	Defense Protocol: Regenerate 100 health per second while charging Terra Surge. Mobile Fortification: While Fortify is active, Orisa has no movement speed reduction and no heat generation.	Charged Javelin: Hold (Secondary Fire) to charge Energy Javelin, increasing its knockback up to 25 percent and its projectile speed up to 100 percent. Pierces enemies at full power. Protective Barrier: Convert Javelin Spin to instead launch a barrier.
Ramattra	Relentless Form: While Nemesis Form is active, eliminations extend the duration by one second. Prolonged Barrier: Void Barrier’s duration is increased by 50 percent.	Nanite Repair: Ramattra is healed for 75 health per second while within Ravenous Vortex. Void Surge: Void Accelerator periodically releases a burst of six additional projectiles during continuous fire.
Reinhardt	Crusader’s Resolve: While using Barrier Field, your passive health regeneration triggers 75 percent sooner. Crusader’s Fire: Refund a charge of Fire Strike whenever you stun an enemy, overfilling up to three.	Shield Slam: While Barrier Field is active, use (Secondary Fire) to damage and knockback enemies. Ignited Fury: For each enemy you hit with Fire Strike, gain two seconds of 25 percent increased attack speed.
Roadhog	Scrap Hook: Chain hook hits reload two ammo. Shrapnel Launcher: Extend the range of Scrap Gun’s secondary fire by 50 percent and tighten its burst spread by 25 percent.	Pulled Pork: Gain overhealth based on how far you pull enemies with Chain Hook, up to 300. Hogdrogen Exposure: Take A Breather also heals allies within 10 meters for 50 percent of healing.
Sigma	Kinetic Cycle: Absorbing projectiles with Kinetic Grasp also reduces Accretion’s cooldown. Hyper Regeneration: 40 percent of Hyperspheres’ damage restores Experimental Barrier’s health.	Hyper Strike: Every five direct hits with Hyperspheres, your next successful Quick Melee levitates and knocks away enemies. Levitation: Activate and hold Double Jump briefly to levitate upwards and hover.
Winston	Electric Charge: Winston gains 10 percent movement speed for each enemy he is damaging with Tesla Cannon’s primary fire, up to 30 percent. Heavy Landing: During Primal Rage, Jump Pack’s damage and area increase by up to 75 percent while airborne.	Chain Lightning: Fully charged Secondary Fire hits bounce up to two additional targets. Revitalizing Barrier: Barrier Projector heals allies within it for 30 health per second.
Wrecking Ball	Steamroller: Roll impacts deal 100 percent more damage to Tanks. Multi-Ball: Press a button within five seconds after using Minefield to deploy seven additional mines.	Hang Time: Piledriver winds up longer, gaining air control and dealing up to 50 percent more damage. Adaptive Barrier: Adaptive Shield generates a 1.5 second barrier on activation.
Zarya	Jump-ups: Secondary Fire’s self-knockback is increased by 75 percent. Spotter: Projected Barrier activates ally health regeneration and increases their movement speed by 20 percent.	Extra Oomph: While a Barrier is active, dealing damage with Particle Cannon’s beam generates energy. Energy Lance: Particle Cannon’s energy beam pierces enemies.

All Damage hero Perks in OW

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Hero	Minor Perks	Major Perks
Anran	Smoulder: Ignited enemies burn 1.5 seconds longer. Heat Shield: Gain 50 overhealth when you use your Ultimate and for each enemy ignited by it.	Short Fuse: Impacting an enemy with Inferno Rush reduces its cooldown by 1.5 seconds. Hungering Blaze: Increase the healing of Dancing Blaze’s subsequent strikes by 25.
Ashe	Remote Detonator: After using Dynamite, pressing the button again causes it to detonate after a 0.5 second delay. Double-Barreled: Knocking an enemy back with Coach Gun briefly allows you to use it one more time with 25 percent less knockback.	Viper’s Sting: Hitting two consecutive scoped shots on a target deals 25 extra damage and reloads one ammo. Airburst: Dynamite has a 40 percent increased detonation radius while airborne and refunds three ammo when thrown.
Bastion	Configuration Reload: Reduce the cooldown of A-36 Tactical Grenade by four seconds when changing configurations. Armored Artillery: Configuration: Artillery grants 300 temporary overhealth.	Lindholm Explosives: Configuration: Assault’s Weapon slowly fires explosive shells instead of a rotary cannon. Self-Repair: Press E to rapidly heal yourself.
Cassidy	Bang Bang: Cassidy throws a second Flashbang that travels farther, but both Flashbangs deal 40 percent reduced damage. Even the Odds: Regenerate 30 health per second for each enemy targeted by Deadeye.	Rollin’ Round-Up: Combat Roll also heals 15 health for each bullet reloaded. Silver Bullet: Peacekeeper’s secondary fire is replaced with a piercing shot that inflicts bleeding. Combat Roll and Deadeye reset its cooldown.
Echo	Focushed Rush: Focusing Beam’s range is increased by six meters and movement speed is increased by 20 percent when active. Partial Scan: Duplicate starts with 50 percent of its ultimate charge.	Full Salvo: Sticky Bombs fires 50 percent more projectiles. High Beams: Focusing Beam eliminations reset Flight’s cooldown.
Emre	Suppressive Security: Override Protocol’s light rounds slow enemies by 30 percent for one second. Enhanced Agility: Siphon Blaster’s movement speed bonus is increased by 20 percent while not firing.	Heat Sink: Direct hits with Siphon Blaster refunds 60 percent heat and increase its duration by 0.1 seconds. Cyber Adhesion: Cyber Frag now sticks on contact, dealing 40 extra damage to stuck enemies.
Freja	Relentless Barrage: Direct hits with Take Aim refund eight automatic bolt ammo. Momentum Boost: Quick Dash distance is increased by 20 percent.	Aerial Recover: After using Updraft, heal for 30 health per second until Freja touches the ground. Rising Winds: Updraft gains an additional charge but has 20 percent decreased height.
Genji	Swift Cuts: Quick Melee reduces the cooldown of Swift Strike by three seconds. Dragon’s Thirst: Dragonblade swings gain 30 percent lifesteal.	Blade Twisting: Swift Strike deals 25 additional damage over time when used shortly after an elimination. Meditation: Regenerate 35 health per second while Deflect is active.
Hanzo	Sonic Disruption: Sonic Arrow hacks nearby Health Packs for 30 seconds. Dragon Fury: After hitting an enemy with primary fire, gain 20 percent attack speed for 1.5 second.	Frost Arrow: Press R to ready an explosive frost arrow, slowing enemies hit by 35 percent for two seconds. Scatter Arrows: On first ricochet, Storm Arrows split into 5 shots dealing 33 percent damage and bounce 1 extra time.
Junkrat	Bomb Voyage: After launching with Concussion Mine, Junkrat gains 25 percent increased attack speed for three seconds. Nitro Boost: During RIP-Tire, use (LSHIFT) to gain a quick boost of speed. Doing so reduces RIP-Tire’s damage by 50 percent.	Mine Recycling: Eliminations with Concussion Mine restore one charge. Frag Cannon: Frag Launcher’s projectile speed is increased by 25 percent.
Mei	Skating Rink: Allies within Blizzard gain 25 percent increased movement speed and heal for 50 health per second. Glacial Propulsion: Double jumping creates a small ice pillar that launches Mei into the air.	Deep Freeze: Continuously hitting enemies with primary fire freezes them for a short time. Cryo-Storm: Cryo-Freeze slows and deals 70 damage per second to nearby enemies.
Pharah	Concussive Force: Concussive Blast deals up to 50 explosion damage. Helix Shields: Convert 125 health to shields. Direct hits with the Rocket Launcher triggers passive shield regeneration.	Fuel Stores: Jet Dash grants 50 percent fuel. Maximum overfuel is increased by 100 percent. Rocket Salvo: After using a movement ability, your next primary fire also shoots two spiraling mini-rockets, each exploding for 40 damage.
Reaper	Soul Reaving: Collect Soul Globes from dead enemies to restore 50 health. Lingering Wraith: Leaving Wraith Form grants 40 percent movement speed for two seconds.	Shadow Blink: Shadow Step’s cast time and cooldown are 25 percent faster, but the range is reduced by 25 percent. Trigger Finger: Refresh Dire Triggers’ cooldown whenever using an ability or reloading.
Sierra	Full Flight: Increase Anchor Drone flight and grapple ranges by 25 percent. Tight Grip: Helix Rifle’s bullet spread tightens 100 percent faster and widens 30 percent slower.	Medi-Drone: Anchor Drones hold a medkit that can heal Sierra. Locked In: Firing Tracking Shot increases your attack speed by 20 percent for two seconds.
Sojourn	Overcharged: Railgun’s maximum energy is increased by 50 while Overclock is active. Deceleration Field: Enemies hit by Disruptor Shot are slowed by 25 percent.	Dual Thrusters: Power Slide gains an additional charge and its jump height shifts to lateral movement. Friction Generators: While sliding, Power Slide generates up to 50 energy.
Soldier: 76	Helix Propulsion: Helix Rockets’ projectile speed is increased by 50 percent. Tactical Salvo: During Tactical Visor, Helix Rockets’ cooldown is reduced by 80 percent and no longer interrupts firing Heavy Pulse Rifle.	Full Stride: Sprint’s movement speed bonus gradually increases by an additional 25 percent over two seconds. Stim Pack: Biotic Field can be used as a Stim Pack, increasing attack speed and reload speed by 20 percent while being unhealable for five seconds.
Sombra	Encrypted Upload: Hack can now be used while invisible, and successful hacks increase the duration of stealth by three seconds. CTRL ALT ESC: Teleporting with Translocator while below half health initiates passive health regeneration.	High-Speed Bandwidth: Hacked health packs provide allies with 25 percent increased movement speed and 50 overhealth for four seconds. Viral Replication: Hitting a hacked enemy with Virus spreads the Virus to other enemies within eight meters.
Symmetra	Sentry Capacity: Sentry Turret gains an additional charge. Perfect Alignment: Primary fire’s range increases by 20 percent.	Hovering Barrier: Teleporter gains the option to create a forward moving barrier instead. Pressing E again slows down the barrier’s movement. Shield Battery: Symmetra regenerates 20 shields per second while within 10 meters of her teleporter.
Torbjörn	Hammer Time: Move 20 percent faster while Forge Hammer is equipped. Pre-Heated: Molten Core activates Overload.	Anchor Bolts: Deploy Turret’s throw range is increased by 50 percent and it can now attach to walls and ceilings. Overloaded Turret: Overload upgrades your Turret for five seconds, increasing its health and damage.
Tracer	Chronal Dash: Blink distance is increased by 20 percent. Kinetic Reload: Melee hits grant 20 ammo.	Blink Packs: Health Packs restore one Blink charge. Quantum Entanglement: Recall grant 50 overhealth and 20 temporary ammo that decays over time.
Vendetta	Extra Edge: Projected Edge costs 25 percent less energy. Raging Storm: Whirlwind Dash continues to spin, hitting three more times for 30 damage in a wide area.	Siphoning Strike: Overhead strikes gain 40 percent Lifesteal. Relentless: Onslaught can stack three more times, increasing attack speed by five percent and movement speed by two percent per stack.
Venture	Deep Burrow: Drill Dash distance is 50 percent longer while burrowed. Excavation Exhilaration: While Tectonic Shock is active, cooldowns refresh 300 percent faster.	Smart Extender: Empower SMART Excavator with E to increase its maximum projectile range by 100 percent for four seconds. Covered in Dirt: Dealing damage with Clobber grants up to 30 Explorer’s Resolve shields.
Widowmaker	Scoped Efficiency: Scoped shots cost three ammo instead of five. Sniper’s Instinct: Scoped shots charge 100 percent faster for two seconds after using Grappling Hook.	Seeker Mine: Venom Mine now fires poison darts at enemies within 10 meters and remains active after triggered. Widow’s Bite: Scoped shots can charge up to 125 percent, piercing enemies when fully charged.

All Support hero Perks in OW

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Hero	Minor Perk	Major Perk
Ana	Groggy: Enemies waking up from Sleep Dart are slowed by 50 percent for two seconds. Speed Serum: Nano Boost grants a 40 percent movement speed boost to both Ana and her target.	Headhunter: Biotic Rifle can crit enemies. Biotic Bounce: After exploding, Biotic Grenade bounces and explodes again for 60 damage and healing.
Baptiste	Expanded Field: Immortality Field’s radius is 30 percent bigger. Assault Burst: Regenerative Burst grants Baptiste 30 percent attack speed for four seconds, but cannot critically heal low health targets.	Automated Healing: After placing Amplification Matrix, your Shoulder Turret periodically fires up to threeshots at allies, each restoring 40 health. Rocket Boots: While airborne from Exo Boots, use (SPACE) to dash horizontally.
Brigitte	Combat Medic: Melee attacks against enemies reduce the cooldown of Repair Pack by 0.75 seconds. Morale Boost: Inspire lasts three seconds longer when activated by Whip Shot.	Inspiring Strike: Shield Bash grants 30 perecnt increased movement speed for two seconds. Inspire’s healing is instant when activated by Shield Bash. Whiplash: Whip Shot’s knockback can slam enemies into walls, dealing 50 extra damage.
Illari	Rapid Construction: Healing Pylon builds 300 percent faster and its cooldown is reduced by 1.5 seconds. Summer Solstice: Captive Sun grants Illari 20 percent increased flight and attack speed, and extends her flight duration by three seconds.	Solar Flare: Press (Secondary Fire) while using Solar Rifle’s healing beam to heal all allies in front of Illari for 100 healing. Sunburn: Outburst ignites enemies, dealing an additional 50 damage over three seconds.
Jetpack Cat	Ulterior Motive: 15 percent of Biotic Pawjectiles healing recovers fuel. Transport Shielding: Gain up to 75 extra shield health while carrying another hero.	Headbutt: Frenetic Flight can knockback an enemy on impact when flying fast enough. Generate 25 percent fuel on knockback. Claws Out: Quick melee becomes empowered every six seconds, wounding enemies for 40 damage and slowing them by 30 percent for one second.
Juno	Familiar Vitals: Pulsar Torpedoes lock onto allies 35 percent faster. Locked On: Reduce the cooldown of Pulsar Torpedoes by one second for every enemy hit.	Lift Off: Martian Overboots can now triple jump. Faster Blaster: While Glide Boost is active, Mediblaster fires continuously.
Kiriko	Urgent Care: Healing Ofuda projectile speed is increased by 50 percent when seeking critical health allies. Fortune Teller: Kunai hits launch two Healing Ofuda to an ally in front of you.	Ready Step: Swift Step grants Kiriko 40 percent increased attack and reload speed for three seconds. Foxtrot: Protection Suzu grants 30 percent movement speed to allies for four seconds.
Lifeweaver	Petal Protection: Allies heal 20 health per second while standing on Petal Platform. Dashing Escape: Rejuvenating Dash’s distance is increased by 30 percent.	Sow the Seed: Quick Melee with Healing Blossom to throw a seed. Another ally can pick it up for overhealth and movement speed. Superbloom: Thorns detonate for 40 extra damage when enough stick within 2.5 seconds.
Lúcio	Soundwave Rider: Wall Riding empowers your next Soundwave, increasing its knockback by 25 percent and damage by 50 percent. Beat Drop: Amp it Up is active during Sound Barrier.	Noise Violation: Crossfade’s range is increased by 150 percent while Amp It Up is active. Accelerando: Gain 15 percent attack speed while Lucio’s Speed Song is active, tripled during Amp It Up.
Mercy	Angelic Resurrection: Mercy gains 100 overhealth after casting Resurrect. Divine Momentum: Increases Mercy’s travel speed by 15 percent after cancelling Guardian Angel.	Chain Boost: Secondary fire links to a second nearby ally. Double Dose: Flash Heal gains an additional charge but its base healing is reduced by 10.
Mizuki	Wellspring: Remedy Aura generation is increased by 25 percent. Exposed Soul: Hitting an enemy with Binding Chain increases your damage dealt to them by 30 percent for two seconds.	Resonant Return: Healing Kasa bounces one additional time. Each bounce increases its healing by 10. Quickstep: While Katashiro Return is active, allies within Remedy Aura gain 25 percent increased movement speed.
Moira	Destrcution’s Divide: Coalescence can be toggled between pure healing or pure damage, with 30% greater effect. Ethical Nourishment: Biotic Orb’s first 30 healing is instant on each ally it encounters.	Revrsal: Reactivating Biotic Orb reverses its direction. Phantom Step: Fade lasts 0.5 seconds longer and boosts jump height by 50 percent.
Wuyang	Overflow: Gain 10 ammo and 50 percent healing resource when Rushing Torrent is activated. Balance: When you deal damage with water orbs, increase Restorative Stream’s passive healing by 30 percent for two seconds.	Ebb and Flow: Guardian Wave rewinds to its starting location. Has 50 percent less effectiveness while rewinding. Falling Rain: Simultaneously control three water orbs that deal 60 percent decreased damage and have 25 percent decreased empowered explosion radius.
Zenyatta	Discordant Repair: Zenyatta gains 10 percent lifesteal against enemies with Discord Orb. Ascendance: Activate and hold Double Jump to hover for up to three seconds.	Focused Destruction: Secondary fire charges 20 percent faster and can store one extra Orb of Destruction. Dual Harmony: Gain a 2nd Harmony Orb but they both heal for 70 percent effectiveness.

How to use Perks in Overwatch

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Perks are earned passively throughout each match in Overwatch, with XP earned by playing the objective, getting kills and assists, and saving or healing allies. You can find the XP bar for Perks underneath your health bar.

Once the bar is filled, you can select a Minor Perk. When it’s filled again, you can select a Major Perk. Once a Perk is earned, you can press ALT/Up on the d-pad to select one.

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This article will be updated in the future whenever new heroes are added or Perks are changed.

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