Wuyang will be joining the roster of playable heroes in Overwatch 2. The new character was originally announced at the Spotlight event back in February, and now we are close to his release.
Before that, players will get a chance to test him out during a trial weekend, similar to what happened with recent heroes. Here is everything we know about the new character so you can prepare accordingly.
When is Wuyang coming out in Overwatch 2?
Wuyang is scheduled to come out on Tuesday, August 26th at 11:00 AM PT (7:00 PM BST), once Season 18 kicks off. As always, the hero will be unlocked to all players, meaning you won't need to do anything to get access to him.
We expect the hero to be available in both casual playlists and Competitive playlists. However, he probably won't be added to Stadium at the start of the season.
When is the trial weekend for Wuyang?
With the mid-season patch for Season 17, Blizzard confirmed that the weekend trial for Wuyang will take place from August 14-18. During this time, players will be able to try the hero only on the casual Quick Play playlists.
What is Wuyang's role and nationality?
Wuyang, previously known by its codename Aqua, will be part of the Support hero lineup. This means that the role will now have 12 heroes after his arrival.
In terms of nationality, Wuyang comes from China. He is not the first hero from said Asian country, as Mei also comes from there.
What are Wuyang's abilities in Overwatch 2?
A Blizzard survey has leaked Wuyang's abilities, and you can read them below to get an idea of how the new character will work:
- Weapon
- Xuanwu Staff: Fire a damaging water orb. Hold to control its trajectory and empower its explosion.
- Restorative Stream: Place a passive healing stream on an ally.
- Abilities
- Guardian Wave: Send a water wave forward that increases the amount of healing received by allies and knocks back enemies.
- Rushing Torrent: Ride water to move faster and jump higher.
- Passive
- Role - Support: Begin regenerating health more quickly.
- Ultimate
- Tidal Blast: Protect an ally or yourself with water that detonates after a short duration. The explosion knocks down enemies and massively heals the host target.
- Minor Perks
- Overflow: Gain 10 ammo and 33% healing resource when Rushing Torrent is activated.
- Balance: When you deal damage with water orbs, increase Restorative Stream's passive healing by 40% for 2 seconds.
- Major Perks
- EBB and Flow: Guardian Wave rewinds to its starting location. Deals 50% decreased damage while rewinding.
- Falling Rain: Simultaneously control 3 water orbs that deal 60% decreased damage and have 25% decreased empowered explosion radius.
Once we have more information about hero number 44, we will update this article to add all the new details to keep it up to date.
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