Overwatch 2: Reaper Hero Guide
The variety of heroes in Overwatch 2 is astounding, especially since the game has over 30 of them already. It offers characters across different roles and playstyles, but none of them has too much similarity with each other. When you play the game, you'll easily find a character that suits you.
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Reaper is one of the characters in the game who's on the dark side. Multiple cinematic have revealed him to be an intimidating and edgy hero, and that immensely suits his deep voice. Furthermore, his ability to destroy an entire team single-handedly is also appreciable.
You can easily guess the role this hooded figure plays in the game just by looking at him. Overwatch 2 divides characters into the Tank, Damage, and Support role, each one of them having their job in every game. Reaper is a Damage character who demolishes everybody in his path.
A team consists of one Tank, two Damage, and two Support characters in the game. Since there are a lot of people wanting to play the damage role, the queues for the same are significantly high at all times in both unranked and competitive. There is also a special ability shared by all the Damage characters.
Whenever a hero with the damage role eliminates an enemy, they get an increased movement and reload speed for a short duration. Along with this, Reaper's self-healing capability allows him to carry the game if left unchecked.
Every character in the game has five to six abilities that include their weapons, active, ultimate, and passive. While all the characters have the first three types, there are only a select few with their special passive ability. Reaper is one of these lucky characters.
This character will take you quite some time to get used
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