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Contents hide Overwatch 2 Battle for Olympus Hero Abilities Poseidon Ramattra Zeus Junker Queen Minotaur Reinhardt Cyclops Roadhog Hades Pharah Medusa Widowmaker Hermes Lucio

Overwatch 2’s Battle for Olympus Event is here, with a special limited time mode that sees a selection of heroes given literal god-like powers.

The event runs for the next two weeks, with a special Free For All Deathmatch mode. In this mode, these characters get new, special versions of their abilities once they activate their respective Ultimates.

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Here’s a list of all the characters who are a part of the Overwatch 2 Battle for Olympus event, along with their abilities, directly from Blizzard themselves.

Overwatch 2 Battle for Olympus Hero Abilities

Poseidon Ramattra

Divine Annihilation

  • Ravenous Vortex is a large whirlpool that pulls in enemies then launches them upward
  • Pummel throws large water blasts that deal more damage and travel further

Zeus Junker Queen

Divine Rampage

  • Lasts 20 seconds
  • Damage done with Scattergun has the chance to apply additional lightning damage to her abilities

Minotaur Reinhardt

Divine Earthshatter

  • Lasts 20 seconds
  • Heals when he charges and slams an enemy into a wall
  • Charge can pin up to 3 targets at once
  • Charge cooldown is reduced to 3 seconds
  • Wall slams deal lethal damage, extend the divine power, and set the next Charge cooldown to 0.5 seconds

Cyclops Roadhog

Divine Whole Hog

  • Lasts 15 seconds
  • Greatly increase your size, gaining 600 health
  • Hurl boulders that deal massive damage instead of his normal ultimate fire
  • Melee deals 5x damage and push enemies away

Hades Pharah

Divine Rocket Barrage

  • Lasts 20 seconds
  • Can move during the ultimate ability
  • Rocket Launcher fires 3-headed rockets
  • Jump Jet fuel consumption is greatly reduced
  • Kills heal Pharah and extend the duration of this effect

Medusa Widowmaker

Divine Infra-Sight

  • While scoped in, enemies looking at you turn into stone

Hermes Lucio

Divine Sound Barrier

  • Lasts 20 seconds
  • Always able to jump again after jumping off a wall
  • Boop can always knock enemies into walls for extra damage and a short stun
  • Attack and move speed greatly increased
  • Infinite ammo

Hopefully, armed with this information, you’ll be able to take part in the event and rack up those kills. As a reminder, the hero with the most kills will be immortalised with a statue of their Greek God likeness in Ilios, after all the kills across the Overwatch 2 community have been totalled up.

If that wasn’t enough – there’s also some cool cosmetics for you to earn during the event too. The Battle for Olympus runs in Overwatch 2 until January 19, so get to it.

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Overwatch 2

  • Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, Xbox Series X
  • Genre(s): Action, Shooter

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