Overview
Zenyatta is a calm and compassionate character who seeks to promote peace and understanding in the world. He sees the best in people, even those who might be considered his enemies, and believes that everyone has the potential for good. Zenyatta is also a skilled fighter, using his orbs to debuff his enemies and deal damage from a distance.
During his travels he met Genji. He helped train him and to learn to accept himself as half cyborg half human to achieve his goal of spreading harmony and understanding to the world.
Zenyatta’s Abilities
Health: 50
Shield: 150
Snap Kick
- Zenyatta’s melee deals more damage and knock’s back enemies.
- Damage: 45
Orb of Destruction:
- Zenyatta’s primary fire shoots an energy orb at enemies, dealing moderate damage.
- Damage: 48
- Spread angle: Pinpoint
- Projectile speed: 90 meters per second
- Area of effect: 0.15-meter radius
- Rate of fire: 1 shot every 0.4 second.
- Ammo: 25
- Reload time: 1.5 seconds animation.
- Headshot: ✓
Orb of Destruction Alt-Fire:
- Additionally, his alternate fire can be charged up to launch up to five energy balls at once, which can rapidly eliminate enemies on the battlefield.
- Damage: 48 per orb
- Max 240 per volley
- Spread angle: Pinpoint.
- Projectile speed:90 meters per second
- Rate of fire:1 orb per 0.524 seconds (charging)
- 1 shot per 0.144 seconds (firing)
- 0.6 seconds recovery
- Ammo: 25
- Ammo usage: Up to 5 per volley
- Reload time: 1.5 seconds animation.
- Headshot: ✓
Orb of Harmony
- Zenyatta can place an orb on an ally to heal them over time.
- However, the ally that the orb is on has to be in the line of sight of Zenyatta.
- Healing: 30 health per second
- Projectile speed:90 meters per second
- Max. range: 40 meters
- Ammo: One active
- Duration: 3 seconds (if out of sight)
Orb of Discord
- Zenyatta can place an orb on an enemy to increase the damage they take from all sources.
- The Ability can be used to kill tanks at a faster rate.
- Damage: +25% damage received
- Projectile speed: 90 meters per second
- Max. range: 40 meters
- Ammo: One active
- Duration: 2 seconds (if out of sight)
Transcendence
- Zenyatta’s ultimate ability provides a powerful heal to all nearby allies and makes him immune to damage.
- The effect lasts for several seconds and can turn the tide of a battle in the player’s favor.
- Healing: 300 health per second
- Move. speed: 11 meters per second
- Max. range: 10.5 meters radius
- Duration: 6 seconds
- Ultimate cost: 2310 points
Zenyatta’s Kit Positioning
Support Role:
- Zenyatta is a support hero in Overwatch 2, designed to provide healing, debuffs, and damage to his team. Zenyatta’s abilities enable him to simultaneously focus on his teammates and opponents, while also ensuring his own survival, thereby providing crucial utility to his team.
Primary Weapon: Orb of Destruction
- Zenyatta’s weapon is the Orb of Destruction, he fires an energy orb that inflicts damage to his enemies. This allows him to deal consistent damage especially because he has no damage fall off, allowing Zenyatta to engage and combat enemies at great distances.
Utility Ability 1: Orb of Discord
- Zenyatta can use his secondary ability, Discord. It debuffs an enemy, increasing the damage they take from all sources.
Utility Ability 2: Orb of Harmony
- Zenyatta’s Orb can be attached to an ally to heal them over time. This ability can still be active while the teammate is out of Line of sight. However, if the teammate is out of line of sight for more than 3 seconds the orb disappears.
Ultimate Ability: Transcendence
- Zenyatta’s ultimate ability, Transcendence, allows him to become invulnerable and heal all nearby teammates for a long period. This ability can be used to counter enemy ultimates. It also makes your team essentially unkillable except for one shots. Making it a counterattack ability.
- Overall, Zenyatta’s kit positioning as a support hero emphasizes his ability to target both teammates and enemies, debuff enemies, maintain his own survivability with his kick, and provide valuable utility to his team. His primary fire allows him to deal damage to enemies from a distance and his alt fire can be used to burst down targets, while his Orb’s of Harmony and Discord allow him to heal teammates and debuff enemies, respectively. His ultimate ability, Transcendence, can be used to counter enemy ultimates and to turn a fight around. With careful use of his abilities and strategic positioning Zenyatta can be an invaluable asset to any team in Overwatch 2.
Zenyatta’s Basic Information
- Real Name: Zenyatta
- Age: 20
- Nationality: Omnic
- Occupation: Wandering guru
- Adventurer
- Voice Actor: Feodor Chin