In a seismic update, Overwatch 2 pulls back from "team strategy and mechanics" by giving every hero in the game built-in healing
From "I need healing" to "I need more healing"
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In one of the wildest updates I’ve ever seen from a competitive shooter, Overwatch 2 is giving every hero in the game their own built-in healing as part of an effort to reduce the dominance of “team strategy and mechanics.”
Director Aaron Keller outlined the upcoming change, which will arrive in Season 9, in a new blogpost. This seismic update is actually just one part of “a massive set of gameplay and balance changes coming to that season,” but it sounds like a huge meta shift in its own right.
“In Season 9, both Tank and Damage heroes will get a modified, tuned-down version of the Support self-healing passive,” Keller explains. “This should give non-Support players more options in terms of sustaining themselves. It should also take some of the pressure off Support players to keep everyone alive …
