Overwatch 2 - Baptiste Hero Guide
Baptiste is back in Overwatch 2, and some welcome changes make him a much more interesting support character in this new iteration of Blizzard’s FPS game. Baptiste is the healer version of Soldier 76, capable of doing a bit of everything, including keeping himself alive, but what makes him the most useful is his biotic rifle. Aside from its damage-dealing potential, it also chucks healing grenades over long distances.
Baptiste is a hybrid attacker and support healer who wields a biotic rifle that also happens to launch healing grenades. Blizzard significantly buffed his damage output compared to the original Overwatch, to the point where you can feasibly play Baptiste as a DPS character while you wait for his healing abilities to recharge. The launcher suffers from strong recoil, but benefits from fast reload times.
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His basic healing ability creates a small regenerative field that heals a decent amount of health initially and then smaller amounts over the next few seconds. An ally only needs to touch the field once to get the long-lasting effect, and since it boosts Baptiste’s speed briefly as well, you can quickly touch your entire team to help heal everyone. Equally valuable is his immortality field ability, which spawns a field that prevents anyone inside from dying. Enemies can target and destroy the field, but it can help your allies pull through a difficult encounter or at least provide a distraction while they escape.
Tempting as it may be to launch the
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