There are many systems and abilities to follow in Overseer 2. From the layout of the levels and the strategies they encourage, to the many individual abilities of the game's characters, understanding the depths of Overseer 2 can be a little daunting if you don't. is not broken down into smaller pieces.
One mechanic to keep in mind when choosing a character at the start of a match is their passive ability, if any. Although the most important thing about a character is their tactical abilities and how they work to create the character's specific role in battle, proper passive use can mean the difference between victory and defeat in some cases. .
Use the information below to determine which passive abilities work best for you and your specific playstyle.
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What are passive abilities?
Passive abilities are character-specific abilities. Unlike normal abilities, passives don't necessarily need to be activated to function. They also don't have any cold temps associated with them, though given their vastly different natures, most can't be used consecutively. They are listed on a character's "Hero Details" page on the far right along with their passive role (more on that below.)
All Passive Abilities
Below is the complete list of individual passive abilities for the current roster of characters in Overseer 2. If a character is not listed, they have no passive abilities.
- Baptiste – Exo Boots: Crouch to jump higher.
- Bastion – Iron Clad: Reduced incoming damage while transforming.
- Brigitte – Inspire: Dealing damage to enemies heals nearby allies.
- D.Va – Eject! : Eject from your robot when it is destroyed.
- Doomfist – The Best Defense…: Dealing damage with abilities creates temporary personal health.
- Echo - Glide: Hold jump to glide while falling.
- Genji – Cyber-Agility: Wall climbing and double jump.
- Hanzo – Wall Climb: Jump on the walls to climb them.
- Junker Queen - Adrenaline Rush: Heal all damage over time from wounds.
- Junkrat – Total Mayhem: Inflicts no damage on itself with explosives. Drop bombs on death.
- Kiriko – Wall Climb: Jump on the walls to climb them.
- Lucio – Wall Ride: Jump on a wall to ride along it.
- Mercy - Regeneration: Role: Support passive is greatly increased (heals automatically over time.)
- Pharah – Hover Jets: Hold to hover.
- Reaper – The Reaping: Dealing damage heals you.
- Sombra – Opportunist: You detect badly injured enemies through walls and deal 40% more damage to hacked enemies.
- Zarya – Energy: Damage blocked by Barriers increases Particle Cannon damage.
- Zenyatta – Snap Kick: Fast melee damage increased by 50% and its knockback is greatly increased.
It should be noted that while not listed as a passive ability, both Genji and Tracer have increased movement speed compared to the rest of the cast.
Role Passive Abilities
While not all characters have unique passives, they all have at least one associated with their class. This means that the characters listed above have two passives, the one listed and their passive role. For a full breakdown of role passive abilities, check out our guide here.
