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Tyler Colp

Blizzard reveals a new era of Overwatch 2: Bigger health bars, self-healing, and a reworked Competitive mode

The list of changes coming to Overwatch 2 next week are bigger than anything Blizzard has done since the introduction of 5v5. In some ways, it's a new era for the hero shooter that has struggled to find its footing in the year since its release.

To start, Blizzard is increasing health pools across the entire 39-hero roster. Squishy heroes, like Tracer, will go up 25 HP, while tanks will go up as much as 100 HP. But don't panic about beefier DPS heroes chasing you down, Blizzard is also making it easier to hit them by increasing the size and speed of almost everyone's attacks, be it literal bullets or projectiles, like Genji's shuriken.

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