Channeled

Channeled abilities take place over a period of time. Generally, channeled abilities are interrupted, i.e. end immediately, if the user is hit by an ability that applies a stunned, knocked down or hacked status effects, such as Roadhog's Chain Hook (stun), or Sombra Hack, at any time while they are active. However, some channeled abilities may have additional effects that makes the hero immune to crowd control, such as Mauga's Overrun and Zenyatta's Transcendence.

In most cases, while a channeling ability is active, other abilities or weapons cannot be used until the ability has completed, although there are few exceptions, such as Moira's Coalescence allowing the use of Fade and Sigma's Gravitic Flux allowing his Primary Fire after the lift.

Channeled abilities may be activated by a single button click, or may require the player to hold down a button in order to keep channeling the ability. Typically, channeled abilities can be switched between "Hold" and "Click/Toggle" types in settings, such as with D.Va's Boosters. Channeled abilities which require a button to be held down can typically be cancelled by releasing the button, or through other means. Some 'Click' channeled abilities can be cancelled during their cast, although this will typically use the ability cooldown.

Channeled Abilities

The following is a list of all Channeled abilities. The listed activation type is the default and may have the option to be switched in settings.

Hero	Ability	Description	Activation type
Bastion	Configuration: Artillery Configuration: Artillery	Become immobile and fire up to three powerful artillery shells.	Click
Brigitte	Barrier Shield Barrier Shield	Hold to deploy a frontal energy barrier.	Hold
Cassidy	Combat Roll Combat Roll	Roll in the direction you're moving to take reduced damage and reload.	Click
	Deadeye Deadeye	Face off against your enemies. Press Q to lock on, then Q or to fire.	Click
D.Va	Defense Matrix Defense Matrix	Block projectiles in an area in front of you.	Hold
	Boosters Boosters	Fly in the direction you are facing.	Hold
Doomfist	Block Block	Significantly reduces damage taken from the front and reduces movement speed.	Click
	Meteor Strike Meteor Strike	Press Q to leap up into the air. Move the targeting circle, then press to strike the targeted area.	Click
Echo	Flight Flight	Fly forward quickly and then free-fly briefly.	Click
	Focusing Beam Focusing Beam	Channel a beam for a few seconds. Deals very high damage to targets under half health.	Click
Genji	Deflect Deflect	Deflect incoming projectiles towards the direction you are aiming and block melee attacks.	Click
Illari	Captive Sun Captive Sun	Fire an explosive ball of solar energy. Enemies hit are slowed and explode after taking significant damage.	Click
Junker Queen	Carnage Carnage	Wound all enemies in front of you, dealing damage over time and reducing the cooldown for each enemy hit.	Click
	Rampage Rampage	Charge foward. Wounds enemies, dealing damage over time and preventing them from being healed.	Click
Junkrat	RIP-Tire RIP-Tire	Drive and detonate an exploding tire.	Click
Juno	Pulsar Torpedoes Pulsar Torpedoes	Press Secondary Fire to lock on, then Primary Fire to fire homing projectiles. Heals allies over time and damages enemies.	Click
	Glide Boost Glide Boost	Glide horizontally with increased movement speed.	Click
Mauga	Overrun Overrun	Charge forward to stomp and launch enemies. You are unstoppable while charging.	Click
Mei	Cryo-Freeze Cryo-Freeze	Become invulnerable and heal yourself.	Click
Mercy	Resurrect Resurrect	Revive a dead teammate.	Click
Moira	Coalescence Coalescence	Fire a beam that heals allies and damages enemies.	Click
Orisa	Terra Surge Terra Surge	Sweep in enemies and anchor down, gaining the effects of Fortify and charging up a surge of damage. Use Primary Fire to unleash the surge early.	Click
Pharah	Barrage Barrage	Launch a continuous volley of mini-rockets.	Click
	Hover Jets Hover Jets	Hold to hover.	Hold
Ramattra	Block Block	Significantly reduces damage taken from the front and reduces movement speed.	Hold
Reaper	Wraith form Wraith form	Move faster and become invulnerable, but you cannot shoot.	Click
	Death Blossom Death Blossom	Damage all nearby enemies.	Click
Reinhardt	Barrier Field Barrier Field	Hold to deploy a frontal energy barrier.	Hold
	Charge Charge	Charge forward and smash an enemy against a wall.	Click
Roadhog	Take A Breather Take A Breather	Heal yourself and reduce damage taken.	Hold
	Chain hook Chain hook	Drag a targeted enemy to you.	Click
Sigma	Kinetic Grasp Kinetic Grasp	Absorb projectiles in front of you and convert them into extra health.	Hold
	Gravitic Flux Gravitic Flux	Manipulate gravity to lift enemies into the air and slam them back down.	Click
Soldier: 76	Sprint Sprint	Run faster while moving forward.	Hold
Sombra	Hack Hack	Hold to hack. Hacked enemies cannot use abilities and can be seen through walls. Hacked health packs spawn faster and can't be used by enemies. Taking damage interrupts the hack attempt.	Hold
Venture	Burrow Burrow	Move underground and become invulnerable. Emerge to deal damage.	Click
Widowmaker	Grappling Hook Grappling Hook	Launch a hook that pulls you towards a ledge.	Click
Winston	Jump Pack Jump Pack	Leap forward into the air. Landing on an enemy damages them.	Hold
Wrecking Ball	Grappling Claw Grappling Claw	Launch a grappling claw to rapidly swing around the area. Enables high speed collisions to damage and knockback enemies.	Hold
	Piledriver Piledriver	Slam into the ground below to damage and launch enemies upward.	Click
Zenyatta	Transcendence Transcendence	Become invulnerable, move faster, and heal nearby allies.	Click