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Venture is a Flanker Damage hero in Overwatch. They were released in Season 10 on 16 April 2024, making them the 40th hero to be added to the game.[9]

Overview

Venture is an elusive, combo-oriented close-range damage dealer.

Abilities

Passive Abilities

Sub-Role: Flanker
Hero-ability-circle
Sub-Role Damage Flanker Circle
Type
Passive Ability
Health packs restore more health
Healing:
+75 from health packs

Additional details:

Clobber
V
Hero-ability-circle
Clobber
Type
Passive Ability
Effect Type
Melee Melee
Blocked by barriers.
Ignores barriers.
Ignores barriers.
Blocked by Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
Ignores Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
Ignores Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
!
Partially blocked by Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Ignores Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Ignores Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Affected by damage boosts.
Ignores damage boosts.
Ignores damage boosts.
Affected by Amplification Matrix.
Ignores Amplification Matrix.
Ignores Amplification Matrix.
Quick melee deals more damage.
Damage:
30 (impact)
40 (over time)
Headshot:
✕
Cast time:
0 + 0.4 seconds
Duration:
0.7 seconds
Max. range:
3 meters
melee
A short range physical attack that can hit multiple enemies. Pierces Barriers and Negate Projectile. Blocked by Ignore Melee abilities.
Venture's melee deals more damage.

Additional details:
  • The initial hit actually does less damage than standard melee (from 40 to 30). An additional 40 damage is dealt over time (for 70 damage total).
  • From activation, there is a ~0.2 second active window to deal the initial damage, after which smaller periodic damage is dealt over the remaining duration of the attack.
  • Damage is not reflected when blocked by Ability-genji2 Deflect.
  • Clobber can be cancelled at any time into Drill Dash, Burrow or Tectonic Shock.
  • Armor damage reduction only applies to the initial damage instance.

Keywords:
melee
A short range physical attack that can hit multiple enemies. Pierces Barriers and Negate Projectile. Blocked by Ignore Melee abilities.

Explorer's Resolve
Hero-ability-circle
Explorer's Resolve
Type
Passive Ability
Using abilities grants temporary shields.
Shields:
25 (normal abilities)
75 (Tectonic Shock)
Duration:
3 seconds
shield
Health that regenerates 30 per second after not taking damage for 3 seconds.
Venture gains shields upon using an ability.

Additional details:
  • Total amount of shield health gained is capped at 75.
    • Using multiple will stack shield health, but not exceed the limit.
  • Shields are granted when the ability successfully starts. E.g. in case of Burrow, upon entering underground.
  • Clobber does not trigger Explorer's Resolve. (Covered in Dirt Major perk only)
  • If Venture takes damage, the shields start regenerating after 1.1 seconds at a rate of 19 shields per second.
  • Shields start decaying at the end of the duration at a rate of 30 shield health per second.
    • Using an ability resets the decay timer.
    • Shield decay timer is paused while using Burrow or Tectonic Shock.
  • Shield gain is not prevented by anti-heal effects.
  • Shields are recoverable hit points, which means damage taken by them can be healed until they decay.

Keywords:
shield
Health that regenerates 30 per second after not taking damage for 3 seconds.

Weapons

Smart Excavator
Key mouse 1
Hero-ability-circle
Smart Excavator icon
Type
Weapon
Effect Type
Projectile Projectile
Area of effect Area of effect
Blocked by barriers.
Ignores barriers.
Ignores barriers.
!
Partially blocked by Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
Ignores Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
Ignores Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
!
Partially blocked by Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Ignores Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Ignores Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Affected by damage boosts.
Ignores damage boosts.
Ignores damage boosts.
!
Partially affected by Amplification Matrix.
Ignores Amplification Matrix.
Ignores Amplification Matrix.
Launch a seismic charge that bursts after a short distance.
Damage:
35 (direct hit bonus)
40 - 12 (explosion)
Headshot:
✕
Rate of fire:
1.67 shots/s
Ammo:
8
Reload time:
1.75 seconds
Max. range:
16 meters
Radius:
2 meters
Knockback speed:
1.5 m/s (direct hit)
1.1 m/s (min)
Projectile speed:
50 m/s
Projectile radius:
0.32 meters
Spread:
None
area of effect✱
Affects targets in a spherical area.
travel time
Projectile attacks and healing with travel time. Can be Negated.

Additional details:
  • Damage per second: 125 while firing (95.24 overall w/reload)
  • Projectile explodes upon hitting an enemy, terrain or upon reaching its maximum range.
  • Enemies hit by the shot are knocked back.
  • Explosions do not deal self-damage, but will cause a knockback.
  • The projectile can be destroyed while in air by Ability-dva3 Defense Matrix, Abilities-sigma3 Kinetic Grasp, Ability JavelinSpin Javelin Spin, Perk PowerMatrix Power Matrix and ULT Kekkai Sancturary Kekkai Sanctuary and reflected by Ability-genji2 Deflect, but the explosion is unaffected.
  • Baptiste-ability4 Amplification Matrix affects all damage dealt, if the projectile passes through it. Splash damage alone going through is not amplified.

Keywords:
area of effect✱
Affects targets in a spherical area.
travel time
Projectile attacks and healing with travel time. Can be Negated.

Special Abilities

Drill Dash
Key mouse 2
Hero-ability-circle
Drill Dash icon
Cooldown Icon
8 seconds
Type
Ability
Effect Type
Melee Melee
Movement Movement
Blocked by barriers.
Ignores barriers.
Ignores barriers.
Blocked by Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
Ignores Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
Ignores Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
!
Partially blocked by Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Ignores Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Ignores Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Affected by damage boosts.
Ignores damage boosts.
Ignores damage boosts.
Affected by Amplification Matrix.
Ignores Amplification Matrix.
Ignores Amplification Matrix.
Dash forward while above or underground, pushing enemies back. The cooldown is accelerated while underground.
Damage:
30 (first hit)
60 over 0.4 seconds (subsequent hits)
5 (during Burrow)
Headshot:
✕
Cast time:
0 + 0.3 seconds (unburrowed)
None (burrowed)
Duration:
0.45 seconds (unburrowed)
0.9 seconds (burrowed)
Max. range:
10 meters (regular)
15 meters (burrowed)
Radius:
2.0 meters
Movement speed:
20 m/s (self, max)
12 m/s (self, upwards max)
16 m/s (self, during Burrow)
Knockback speed:
14.5 m/s (regular)
13.45 m/s (during Burrow)
area of effect✱
Affects targets in a cylindrical area.
immobilize
Removes control of hero movement.
melee
A short range physical attack that can hit multiple enemies. Pierces Barriers and Negate Projectile. Blocked by Ignore Melee abilities.
movement
Silenced by Hinder. An ability that grants the hero enhanced movement that ends prematurely when interrupted by Displace, Hacked, Hinder, Sleep, and Stun.

Additional details:
  • Cooldown starts when the ability is activated.
  • While Burrow is active, the cooldown of Drill Dash is accelerated by 90%.
  • Upon hitting an enemy for the first time, they take a small amount of damage. If the enemy stays in contact, they will take additional damage over the remaining duration.
  • If dashing along ground, inputting jump right at the end of the dash allows Venture to retain momentum and travel slightly farther.
  • Damage is not reflected when blocked by Ability-genji2 Deflect. Genji still gets knocked back, however.
  • Drill Dash can be interrupted at any point by activating or emerging from Burrow or activating Tectonic Shock.
  • Armor damage reduction only applies to the initial damage instance.

Keywords:
area of effect✱
Affects targets in a cylindrical area.
immobilize
Removes control of hero movement.
melee
A short range physical attack that can hit multiple enemies. Pierces Barriers and Negate Projectile. Blocked by Ignore Melee abilities.
movement
Silenced by Hinder. An ability that grants the hero enhanced movement that ends prematurely when interrupted by Displace, Hacked, Hinder, Sleep, and Stun.

Burrow
LSHIFT
Hero-ability-circle
Burrow icon
Cooldown Icon
8 seconds
Type
Ability
Effect Type
Movement Movement
Area of effect Area of effect
Blocked by barriers.
Ignores barriers.
Ignores barriers.
Blocked by Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
Ignores Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
Ignores Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
Blocked by Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Ignores Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Ignores Deflect/Javelin Spin.
Affected by damage boosts.
Ignores damage boosts.
Ignores damage boosts.
Affected by Amplification Matrix.
Ignores Amplification Matrix.
Ignores Amplification Matrix.
Move underground and become invulnerable. Emerge to deal damage.
Damage:
110 - 75 (max charge)
55 - 37.5 (min charge)
Headshot:
✕
Cast time:
0.7 + 0 seconds (burrowing)
0 + 0.6 seconds (emerging)
Duration:
4 seconds (burrowed)
0.2 seconds (emerging, min charge)
0.65 seconds (emerging, max charge)
1.3 seconds (emerging, max delay))
Radius:
2 - 7 meters (max charge, falloff start - max)
1 - 3.5 meters (min charge, falloff start - max)
Movement speed:
14 m/s (emerging, max charge)
7 m/s (emerging, min charge)
Mov. speed buff:
+40% (burrowed)
Mov. speed penalty:
-25% (casting)
Knockback speed:
7.1 m/s (falloff start)
5.6 m/s (falloff end)
area of effect✱
Affects targets in a spherical area.
health reveal
Reveals enemy hero health without dealing damage to them.
invulnerable
Cannot be damaged. Contests objectives, but does not capture them.
lesser cleanse✱
Removes Cleansable status effects. Impossible to use against Stun, Knockdown, Displace and Hacked.
movement
Silenced by Hinder. An ability that grants the hero enhanced movement that ends prematurely when interrupted by Displace, Hacked, Hinder, Sleep, and Stun.
phased
An Evasive ability that causes all attacks pass through the hero. Removes Sticky Abilities.
reloads
Fully reloads the hero's weapon.

Additional details:
  • Reveals enemy health bars without having dealt damage to them.
  • Cooldown starts when the ability finishes casting.
  • Venture receives a movement speed penalty while casting, replaced by a movement speed buff once underground.
  • Pressing primary fire, jump or the ability button again causes Venture to emerge from underground, dealing damage and knocking back enemies in the area.
    • Holding the button allows Venture to charge the ability, increasing the emerging area, damage dealt and leap speed.
    • There is a 0.2 second grace period when the ability's duration ends where emerging can still be charged.
  • Burrow will replenish Smart Excavator's ammo once underground.
  • Removes most negative status effects and unsticks projectiles when successfully going underground.
  • While burrowed, Venture can drop down ledges, but only travel up through ramps.
  • Burrowed Venture cannot pass through Ability-mei3 Ice Wall, Tree of Life Icon Tree of Life or Ability-mei2 Cryo-Freeze.
  • While underground, Venture cannot be targeted or hit by heroes or objects, both allied and enemy.
    • When dropping down a ledge, Venture briefly loses the invulnerability and can be targeted and hit by allied and enemy effects.
  • When an Ability-zenyatta2 Orb of Harmony has been applied to Venture earlier, they keep it while underground until they break line of sight. However, Ability-zenyatta3 Orb of Discord is instantly removed, and Ability-mercy1 Caduceus Staff is removed after a short period.
  • When emerging, the damage is dealt before Venture launches up and can destroy mines and traps without harming Venture.
  • Venture cannot activate traps, elevators or Petal Platform Icon Petal Platform while underground.
  • If venture starts emerge-charging on Petal Platform Icon Petal Platform , and Lifeweaver cancels the platform, Venture's burrow will be force-cancelled.[10][11]
    • Lifeweaver can use this technique to quickly place and cancel petal above a burrowed emerge-charging Venture, force-cancelling burrow.
  • Cage Fight icon Cage Fight, Ability-zarya4 Graviton Surge and Abilities-sigma5 Gravitic Flux do not affect Venture if they are underground. However, these abilities will prevent activating Burrow if Venture is caught in one of them, and can interrupt Burrow if Venture exposes themself by dropping down a ledge in their area.
  • Venture can't capture or push objectives while they're underground. They can however contest objectives while underground, such as to prevent enemy progress or stall overtime.
  • Venture can pick up health packs while underground.
  • Burrow's movement speed buff does not count towards global movement speed buff cap.
  • Destroys fences and other breakables in the way when traveling underground.

Keywords:
area of effect✱
Affects targets in a spherical area.
health reveal
Reveals enemy hero health without dealing damage to them.
invulnerable
Cannot be damaged. Contests objectives, but does not capture them.
lesser cleanse✱
Removes Cleansable status effects. Impossible to use against Stun, Knockdown, Displace and Hacked.
movement
Silenced by Hinder. An ability that grants the hero enhanced movement that ends prematurely when interrupted by Displace, Hacked, Hinder, Sleep, and Stun.
phased
An Evasive ability that causes all attacks pass through the hero. Removes Sticky Abilities.
reloads
Fully reloads the hero's weapon.

Ultimate Ability

Tectonic Shock
Q
Hero-ability-circle
Tectonic Shock icon
Ultimate Ready
2125
Type
Ultimate Ability
Effect Type
Shockwave Shockwave
Send out damaging shockwaves.
Damage:
130
Headshot:
✕
Rate of fire:
1.11 shots/s
Ammo:
4
Cast time:
0.8 + 0.3 seconds
Duration:
7 seconds
Radius:
25 meters
View angle:
23 degrees
Height:
2.5 meters (shockwave height)
1.8 meters (climb/drop)
Knockback speed:
5 m/s (vertical only)
Projectile speed:
35 m/s (shockwave)
reloads
Fully reloads the hero's weapon.
shockwave
Travels along the ground and can climb or drop in height. Blocked by barriers.
transformation
An alternate state with unique functionality that is not ended prematurely by Displace, Hacked, Sleep, or Stun.

Additional details:
  • Tectonic Shock transforms Venture's weapon:
    • The ability cannot be interrupted by crowd control or Ability Sombra Hack Hack.
    • Venture can freely use primary fire to attack.
    • Venture can still use Drill Dash and Burrow during the ultimate.
  • Tectonic Shock cannot be activated or fired while burrowed.
  • Quick melee/Clobber cannot be used during Tectonic Shock.
  • Tectonic Shock fires shockwaves that travel along ground.
    • If Venture is mid-air while firing a charge, the activation of the shockwave will be delayed until they hit the ground.
      • Venture's falling acceleration is tripled if a charge is fired mid-air.
    • Shockwaves cannot cross gaps, but can travel along ramps and stairs and will climb up and down ledges within its 2.5m height.
    • Enemies hit by the shockwaves take damage and are knocked in the air.
  • Tectonic Shock instantly replenishes Smart Excavator's ammo.
    • Venture cannot fire Smart Excavator's normal primary fire during Tectonic Shock, so the replenished ammo can only be used once the ultimate ends.

Keywords:
reloads
Fully reloads the hero's weapon.
shockwave
Travels along the ground and can climb or drop in height. Blocked by barriers.
transformation
An alternate state with unique functionality that is not ended prematurely by Displace, Hacked, Sleep, or Stun.

Perks

Minor Perks

A Minor Perk can be chosen at level 2.

Deep Burrow
Hero-ability-circle
Perk Deep Burrow
Type
Minor Perk
Effect Type
Movement Movement
Drill Dash distance is 50% longer while while burrowing.
Duration:
0.9 → 1.35 seconds (burrowed)
Max. range:
15 → 22.5 meters (burrowed)

    Excavation Exhilaration
    Hero-ability-circle
    Perk ExcavationExhilaration
    Type
    Minor Perk
    While Tectonic Shock is active, cooldowns refresh 300% faster.

    Additional details:
    • Grants additional +300% cooldown refresh rate, meaning that cooldowns tick at 4x speed.

    Major perks

    A Major Perk can be chosen at level 3.

    Smart Extender
    E
    Hero-ability-circle
    Perk SMART Extender
    Cooldown Icon
    12 seconds
    Type
    Major Perk
    Effect Type
    Projectile Projectile
    Blocked by barriers.
    Ignores barriers.
    Ignores barriers.
    !
    Partially blocked by Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
    Ignores Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
    Ignores Defense Matrix/Kinetic Grasp.
    !
    Partially blocked by Deflect/Javelin Spin.
    Ignores Deflect/Javelin Spin.
    Ignores Deflect/Javelin Spin.
    !
    Partially affected by damage boosts.
    Ignores damage boosts.
    Ignores damage boosts.
    Affected by Amplification Matrix.
    Ignores Amplification Matrix.
    Ignores Amplification Matrix.
    Empower SMART Excavator with E to increase its maximum projectile range by 100% for 4 seconds.
    Duration:
    4 seconds
    Max. range:
    16 → 32 meters (SMART Excavator)

    Additional details:
    • Cooldown starts when duration ends.
    • Counts as an ability and triggers Explorer's Resolve Explorer's Resolve.
    • Reloads weapon upon activation.
    • Is affected by Excavation Exhilaration's 300% Cooldown Reduction.

    Covered in Dirt
    Hero-ability-circle
    Perk Covered-in-Dirt
    Type
    Major Perk
    Dealing damage with Clobber grants up to 30 Explorer's Resolve shields.
    Shields:
    5 (per hit)
    30 (max per use)

    Additional details:

    Hero-specific options

    Setting name Options Description
    Jump charges Burrow Off Only Ability 1 and Primary fire can charge Burrow.
    On (default) Ability 1, Primary fire and Jump can charge Burrow.
    Toggle Burrow emerge Off (default) Burrow shoots Venture into the air when player releases Ability 1, Jump or Primary fire.
    On Burrow shoots Venture into the air when player presses the same button again.

    Match-Ups and Team Synergy

    When fighting Tanks, Venture has "Matchup" ratings, ranging on a scale of 5 levels. This is because Venture's primary focus, like any other DPS, is to pressure and eliminate the enemy team's Supports and other Damage heroes:

    When fighting DPS & Supports, Venture has "Priority Targeting" & measures of "Risk" ranging on a scale of 5 levels. These heroes often pose the greatest threat to Venture or are key targets to eliminate:

    Synergies are also graded on a scale of 5 levels:

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    Achievements

    Name Icon Description Reward
    Excavation Annihiliation
    		 Tectonic Shock icon Eliminate 3 enemies with a single use of Tectonic Shock.
    Spray Venture Cute
    Cute
    Pitfall
    		 Drill Dash icon Knock back an enemy to their death with Drill Dash.
    Spray Venture Pixel
    Pixel

    Trivia

    Misc. Character Information

    Disputed Information

    “ Begin the excavation log. Sloan Cameron here, on-site in Petra. Me and the Wayfinders just found the coolest artifact I think I've ever—Again? Come on! Whoa, whoa, whoa. If you wanna mess with these artifacts, you gotta go through me. „
    ~ Venture
    Cameron observes the firefight

    Cameron observes the firefight

    Cameron worked on-site at Petra. Their work was interrupted by a firefight between Overwatch and Talon (and, apparently, not for the first time). Taking the side of the former, Cameron helped drive Talon off before returning to their excavation. Burrowing through the ground, Cameron emerged in a chamber which held a construct that looked like Anubis.[12]

    Development

    Venture concept art

    Venture concept art

    Venture's developer nickname was "Miner".[13] The inital concept was a hero who could dig underground, as such early concept art was highly experimental with their design. Senior Concept Artist Kejun Wang tried various themes and configurations for Venture's drill, such as sound-based weaponry and exosuits. These concepts were later experimented with and combined to help make more defined early concepts.[13]

    Early drill concept art by Kejun Wang'"`UNIQ--ref-00000030-QINU`"'

    Early drill concept art by Kejun Wang[13]

    Narrative designer Miranda Moyer directed Venture's identity towards a swashbuckling archaeologist, which had concept artists lean into the adventurer aesthetic, specifically to design them as a daring explorer with a big drill. Whilst developing Venture's look and trying to solidify the hero's silhouette, other than the iconic big drill, concept artists ended up giving Venture a big backpack and long coat to help make them look unique to other heroes, while suiting their adventurer identity.[13] Venture was heavily inspired by miners and mining gear, which is reflected in the design of their drill weapon.[9]

    Early prototype sketch and movement studies'"`UNIQ--ref-00000033-QINU`"'

    Early prototype sketch and movement studies[13]

    Whilst visualizing early concept art of Venture's drill into 3D, the design got streamlined and changed to a more conical shape to make it more recognizable and better from a first-person perspective. From the conical 3D drill, developers started to plot the moving parts and different states it would have, which led to the now moving Drill mode and idle Cannon. Venture's design was also slightly inspired by motorcyclists, such as the way they hold their Drill, as well as the drill's look and loud noises. This inspiration also led to the flame decals on their weapon, as well as flame tattoos on Venture's neck. Venture's off-hand grip was inspired by vacuum cleaners.[13]

    3D drill variations and movement studies'"`UNIQ--ref-00000035-QINU`"'

    3D drill variations and movement studies[13]

    For Venture's character personality and backstory, Moyer stated they worked around the concepts the hero has so far, which at the time was a character with a big drill. From this, they explored different archetypes and ultimately landed on archaeology. They explored what archaeology would be look like in the world of Overwatch, leading to the idea that the well-charted future still had mystery and adventure if you look for it. As such, they developed Venture's daring, passionate and brazen personality.[13]

    Venture is Overwatch 2's first trans non-binary hero, using they/them pronouns. The team gathered feedback and worked closely with the LGBT network at Blizzard, as well as gender non-conforming developers working on Venture, to try best represent Venture's gender identity as authentically as possible.[13]

    Venture was revealed at BlizzCon 2023. Reception was mostly positive, with fan art quickly appearing on the Internet.[14] Venture was available as a trial from March 28 to 31 before Season 10 began,[15] where they were released as a regular hero.

    Removed abilities

    Removed Perks

    Seismic Sense
    Hero-ability-circle
    Perk SeismicSense
    Type
    Minor Perk
    While underground, Venture can sense enemies within 25 meters.
    Radius:
    25 meter vision redius

    Additional details:
    • Removed in Season 18.

    SMART-R Excavator
    Hero-ability-circle
    Perk SmartrExcavator
    Type
    Major Perk
    SMART Excavator's range is increased by 25%.

    Additional details:
    • Removed in Season 18.

    Media

    Concept Art

    Videos

    Balance Change Logs

    For more information, see Patch Notes.

    Overwatch PvP
    Patch
    Description
    Venture’s shield generation on ability use provides strong and consistent survivability. Reducing the shield amount slightly maintains their gameplay loop while offering more opportunities for opponents to apply pressure.

    Explorer's Resolve Explorer's Resolve

    • Shield health gained per ability reduced from 30 to 25.

    Perk SeismicSense Seismic Sense - Minor Perk

    • Removed.

    Perk Deep Burrow Deep Burrow - Minor Perk

    • New Minor Perk
    • Drill Dash distance is 50% longer while burrowed.

    Perk SmartrExcavator SMART-R Excavator - Major Perk

    • Removed.

    Perk SMART Extender Smart Extender - Major Perk

    • New Major Perk.
    • Empower SMART Excavator with E to increase its maximum projectile range by 100% for 4 seconds.
    Developer Comments: This change improves Venture’s damage output by increasing fire rate, enhancing weapon consistency without increasing the lethality of their combo.

    Smart Excavator icon Smart Excavator - Primary Fire

    • Recovery time reduced from 0.7 to 0.6 seconds.
    Hero Perks

    Perk SeismicSense Seismic Sense

    • While underground, Venture can sense enemies within 25 meters.

    Perk ExcavationExhilaration Excavation Exhilaration

    • While Tectonic Shock is active, cooldowns refresh 300% faster

    Perk SmartrExcavator SMART-R Excavator

    • SMART Excavator's range is increased by 25%.

    Perk Covered-in-Dirt Covered in Dirt

    • Dealing damage with Clobber grants up to 30 Explorer's Resolve shields.
    Global Projectile Size Bonus
    • Projectile radius large reduced from 0.15 to 0.12 meters.
    Hero Updates
    Developer Comment: This is mostly a quality-of-life change that makes Venture's cooldown cycle more consistent, as they tend to activate Burrow while soaring through the air quite often.

    Drill Dash icon Drill Dash

    • Cooldown rate is now faster anytime Burrow is active, rather than requiring the player to be underground.
    Developer Comment: As a highly mobile damage hero, Venture doesn't need quite as much shield health from their passive as they currently get to be successful. Even though they are a close-range hero, their abilities enable them to close the gap quickly and effectively without taking much damage.

    Explorer's Resolve Explorer's Resolve

    • Shield health gained per ability reduced from 40 to 30.
    Developer Comments: As we continue to monitor Venture's gameplay throughout their release Season, we are making a change today that adds more flexibility to using Drill Dashes. Players will now be less punished for using their Drill Dash above ground and immediately burrowing due to the new accelerated cooldown while underground.

    Drill Dash icon Drill Dash

    • Cooldown now begins when the ability is used.
    • Cooldown is no longer decreased by half when used underground.
    • Cooldown is accelerated by 90% when underground.

    Burrow icon Burrow

    • Added a 0.2-second grace period after the Burrow timer runs out where emerging can still be charged.

    Smart Excavator icon Smart Excavator

    • Maximum explosion damage decreased from 45 to 40.

    Drill Dash icon Drill Dash

    • Initial impact damage decreased from 40 to 30.

    Tectonic Shock icon Tectonic Shock

    • Ultimate charge cost increased by 10%.

    New Hero: Venture

    • Venture has been added to the line-up.
    • Venture is immediately available to play in Competitive Play.
    Developer Comments: This is a pretty major change from past heroes, but we’ve always wanted to allow new heroes into Competitive when a new season for Overwatch 2 launches. In the past, we wanted to make sure new heroes were free of any bugs or outstanding balance issues, as well as giving players enough time to unlock a hero from the Battle Pass. Because of the recent hero trial, we’re confident Venture is ready to jump into the action right away…


    Changes from preview

    Developer Comments: We are redistributing the damage on some of their abilities so that positioning relative to the enemy and tracking a target are more important for dealing maximum damage.

    Drill Dash icon Drill Dash

    • Impact damage decreased from 60 to 40.
    • Damage over time increased from 40 to 60.

    Clobber Clobber

    • Impact damage decreased from 40 to 30.
    • Damage over time increased from 30 to 40.

    Tectonic Shock icon Tectonic Shock

    • Vertical knockback decreased by 30%.

    References

    1. ↑ 2024-03-28, Venture. Overwatch 2, accessed on 2024-04-17
    2. ↑ 2023-11-09, What’s Next | Overwatch 2 | BlizzCon 2023. Youtube @PlayOverwatch, accessed on 2024-04-14
    3. ↑ 2024-28-03, Ana Martinez Twitter post. Twitter @LiquidSprocket, accessed on 2025-13-01
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named DevUpdateMythic
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Overwatch 2, Venture Quotes
    6. ↑ 2024-03-28, Valeria Rodriguez Twitter post. Twitter @ElvisBadger, accessed on 2024-04-04
    7. ↑ 2024-07-24, Annalisa Platania official LinkedIn statement. LinkedIn, accessed on 2025-03-02
    8. ↑ 2024-04-03, Nanako Mori official Twitter statement. Twitter @mory7585, accessed on 2024-04-04
    9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 2023-11-05, Every Overwatch 2 BlizzCon 2023 announcement: Mauga, new heroes, Clash mode, and more. Windows Central, accessed on 2023-11-05
    10. ↑ https://youtu.be/c8wQ7O0OG_0?t=82
    11. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/LifeweaverMains/comments/1oucubr/comment/nodzvx9/
    12. ↑ 2024-03-28, Venture | New Hero Gameplay Trailer | Overwatch 2. YouTube, accessed on 2024-03-28
    13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 2024-04-17, READY TO MAKE HISTORY - A LOOK INTO VENTURE'S DEVELOPMENT. Blizzard Entertainment, accessed on 2024-04-18
    14. ↑ 2023-12-10, Overwatch 2’s Mauga is part of an evolving way of adding new heroes to the game. Polygon, accessed on 2023-12-19
    15. ↑ 2024-03-27, Overwatch 2 Reveals Venture Abilities, Limited-Time Trial. GameRant, accessed on 2024-03-28
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    Recon
    Sub-Role Damage Sharpshooter Circle
    Sharpshooter
    Sub-Role Damage Specialist Circle
    Specialist
    SupportIcon
    Support     		Sub-Role Support Medic Circle
    Medic
    Sub-Role Support Survivor Circle
    Survivor
    Sub-Role Support Tactician Circle
    Tactician