Overwatch 2 tends to introduce new heroes to the playable roster every few seasons. In Season 18, Wuyang is the next hero to join the roster, taking the twelfth spot on the Support Role.
Are you looking to pick the water-wielding Support hero up but don’t know where to get started? This helpful Wuyang guide will give you all of the information, tips, and tricks that you’ll need to get started in Overwatch 2.
Overwatch 2 Wuyang Hero Kit & Abilities, Explained
Wuyang has a unique Support kit that enables him to bring a lot of utility to the field. In order to gain the most out of him as a hero, players will need to know how each one of Wuyang’s individual abilities functions, so they can learn how to best utilize them in their playstyle.
Here is a complete breakdown of all of Wuyang’s abilities in Overwatch 2:
| Primary Fire: Xuanwu Staff | Secondary Fire: Restorative Stream | Ability 1: Guardian Wave | Ability 2: Rushing Torrent | Ultimate Ability: Tidal Blast | Passive (Support) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fire a damaging water orb. Hold to control its trajectory and empower the explosion. | Place a passive healing stream on an ally. Hold on the target to manually heal at an improved rate, consuming resource. | Send a water wave forward that increases the amount of healing received by allies and knocks back enemies. | Ride water to move faster and jump higher. | Protect an ally or yourself with water that detonates after a short duration. The explosion knocks down enemies and massively heals the host target. | Begin regenerating health more quickly. |
Overwatch 2 Wuyang Perks, Explained
Players can further improve and customize their Wuyang gameplay to their preferred playstyle via Perks. At Season 18 launch, Wuyang has four very viable Perks that make for excellent Minor + Major Perk selections no matter which combination you choose.
A complete breakdown of Wuyang’s Perks have been included below:
| Minor Perks | Major Perks |
|---|---|
| Overflow: Gain 10 ammo and 33% healing resource when Rushing Torrent is activated. | Ebb and Flow: Guardian Wave rewinds to its starting position. Deals 50% less damage when rewinding. |
| Balance: When you deal damage with Water Orbs, increase Restorative Stream’s passive healing by 40% for 2 seconds. | Falling Rain: Simultaneously control 3 water orbs that deal 60% decreased damage and and have 25% decreased empowered explosion radius. |
Overwatch 2 Wuyang Gameplay Tips & Tricks
Mastering Wuyang can certainly take some time, as he has quite a technical kit. However, following hands-on experience with the hero, there are a few key pointers, tips, and tricks we’ve found that players should keep in mind.
- Wuyang can control the trajectory of his primary fire. This means that once you get used to distances and the speed of his projectile, you can curve them behind corners, walls, and buildings – both to hit targets behind cover, or to shoot from behind your own cover.
- His Rushing Torrent gives him the ability to quickly skate in and out of different ranges. For example, this lets him skate in, hit the Tank with his water wave for boosted heals, throw a couple primary fire shots at the enemy, then skate back out as soon as he is pressured.
- Additionally, because his horizontal mobility is fairly strong with Rushing Torrent, Wuyang pairs with high-mobility team comps very nicely. If you have characters such as Winston, Doomfist, Hammond, Lucio, Juno, Genji, Tracer, then Wuyang can thrive from playing alongside them in key moments of the fight. These are also some great general targets to consider pairing your Ultimate with, due to their potential to quickly move into range for maximum Ult efficiency.
- His Tidal Blast ultimate pairs surprisingly well with a number of other Ultimates. For example, Reaper can wraith in while it charges up, hit them with the water detonation to knock them down, and then pop his Death Blossom. This way, Reaper gets his lifesteal, burst healing from the water, and pretty much gets a free kill on anyone that has been knocked down, provided no miracle heals come into play for the enemy.
- Wuyang can only heal one person at a time, as his secondary fire works much like a Zen orb with the option to tap with further Mercy-like heals. Because of this, Wuyang can be more difficult to play in comps that require high burst heals. He can struggle more when playing alongside a Zenyatta, Illari, or Lifeweaver, depending on the situation. However, he can also have standout performances with the likes of a strong Mercy, Juno, Ana, Baptiste, and Kiriko – depending on the situation, of course.
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