Overwatch 2’s latest hero is a water-wielding support character

The next hero in Overwatch 2 is on the way, with Blizzard Entertainment sharing a look at what’s next for the ongoing free-to-play multiplayer game on Wednesday.

Wuyang (previously codenamed Aqua) is a Chinese support character with water-based abilities. His reservoir of abilities allows him to heal his allies in battle, while also dealing damage to dampen enemies’ moods (and health bars).

You can check out Wuyang’s gameplay trailer below, which shows off all his different splashy abilities in action:

Overwatch 2: Wuyang’s Skills

As a support, Wuyang is capable of providing healing for his allies, while simultaneously using parts of his kit to keep enemies on their toes… or knock them off a ledge.

Wuyang is equipped with a Xuanwu staff, which allows him to shoot damaging water orbs at foes, as well as providing healing streams to restore the health of his allies. Wuyang’s abilities can all be found below:

• 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.
• Tidal Blast (Ultimate): Protect yourself or an ally with water that detonates after a short duration. The explosion knocks enemies down and massively heals the host target.
• Overflow (Minor Perk): Gain 10 Ammo and 33% healing resource when Rushing Torrent is activated.
• Balance (Minor Perk): When you deal damage with water orbs, increase healing stream’s passive healing by 40% for 2 seconds.
• Ebb and Flow (Major Perk): Guardian Wave rewinds to its starting location. Deals 50% decreased damage while rewinding.
• Falling Rain (Major Perk): Simultaneously control 3 water orbs that deal 60% decreased damage and have 25% decreased empowered explosion radius.