Healing

Healing restores a hero's replenishable hit points. Healing is done by Health Packs, the spawn room, the payload (for the attacking team), and hero abilities. Although many heroes have healing abilities, Support heroes have a focus on healing. Generally, the act of healing generates ultimate charge (healing allies' self damage or environmental damage will not grant ultimate charge).

When receiving healing, hit points are restored in the following order: Health, then Armor, then Shields. Overhealth is a non-recoverable form of hit points and cannot be restored by healing.

In Overwatch 2, all heroes passively heal 10 health + 5% of their maximum health per second after not taking damage for 6 seconds. The Support role passive halves this delay. This regeneration can be stacked on top of their existing healing abilities.

All forms of healing, including passive abilities like The Reaping and the global self-regeneration, can be amplified by abilities that increase healing received, such as Biotic Grenade or Guardian Wave.

Ally healing

Certain heroes have abilities or weapons that can heal allies. Some of these may also heal the hero.

Some of these may be responsive, and require an input to heal allies, such as shooting an ally with Ana's Biotic Rifle, or throwing Kiriko's Protection Suzu at an ally, while others may be more passive, such as Brigitte's Inspire and Lúcio's Crossfade, which can heal allies without the intention of healing them.

Below is a list of all weapons and abilities that can heal allies:

Hero	Weapon/Ability	Effect type	Healing	Details
Ana	Biotic Rifle Biotic Rifle	Projectile	75 over 0.59 seconds
	Zoom (ADS) Zoom (ADS)	Hitscan	75 over 0.59 seconds
	Biotic Grenade Biotic Grenade	Arcing projectile Area of effect	75	Area of effect of 4 meters. Amplifies healing received by +50% for allies and applies anti-heal to enemies hit for 3 seconds.
	Nano Boost Nano Boost	Targeted (allies)	250	In Deathmatch, Ana can use Nano Boost on herself.
Baptiste	Biotic Launcher Alt Fire Biotic Launcher Alt Fire	Arcing projectile Area of effect	30 (direct hit) 60 (splash, ally)
	Regenerative Burst Regenerative Burst	Area of effect	40 (instant, >50% max HP) 80 (instant, <50% max HP) 40 over 4 seconds (HoT)
	Immortality Field Immortality Field	Arcing projectile Area of effect (field)	Any deficit from 20% HP
	Automated Healing Automated Healing	Hitscan	25
Brigitte	Inspire Inspire	Area of effect	15 per second	Heals in a 20 meter radius for 4 seconds upon Brigitte dealing damage. The effect is reapplied if damage is dealt again after 1 second.
	Repair Pack Repair Pack	Targeted (allies)	25 (instantly) 100 over 2 seconds (over time)	Has 3 charges. Multiple thrown packs prolong healing over time.
Illari	Solar Rifle Alt Fire Solar Rifle Alt Fire	Beam	115 per second
	Healing Pylon Healing Pylon	Arcing projectile (deploy) Projectile (heal)	40 over 0.45 seconds (allies) 20 over 0.45 seconds (self)
	Solar Flare Solar Flare	Area of effect	100
Juno	Mediblaster Mediblaster	Hitscan	6 - 1.8 (per round) 72 - 21.6 (per burst)	Has healing falloff from 25-35 meters.
	Pulsar Torpedoes Pulsar Torpedoes	Projectile Targeted	85 (direct) 50 (over time)
	Orbital Ray Orbital Ray	Area of effect	85 per second
Kiriko	Healing Ofuda Healing Ofuda	Projectile	13 (per talisman) 26 (per burst)	Will heal allies at any range if an ally touches the projectile, even if the projectile isn't targeted.
	Protection Suzu Protection Suzu	Arcing projectile Area of effect	80 (no cleanse) 110 (cleanse)	Additional healing is applied if a negative effect is cleansed.
Lifeweaver	Healing Blossom Healing Blossom	Projectile	80 over 0.3 seconds (max charge) 10 over 0.3 seconds (min charge)
	Life Grip Life Grip	Targeted (ally)	75 (ally)
	Tree of Life Tree of Life	Area of effect	150 (instant) 90 per pulse
Lúcio	Crossfade Crossfade	Area of effect	20 per second (allies) 14.4 per second (self)	Only heals when the healing song is active.
	Amp It Up Amp It Up	Area of effect	52 per second
Mauga	Cardiac Overdrive Cardiac Overdrive	Area of effect	100% of damage dealt (self) 50% of damage dealt (allies)	Healing from this ability does not generate ultimate charge.
Mei	Skating Rink Skating Rink	Area of effect	50 per second
Mercy	Caduceus Staff Caduceus Staff	Targeted (lock-on)	60 per second
	Valkyrie Valkyrie	Movement	65 per second per target	Caduceus Staff will link to nearby allies to heal multiple at once.
	Flash Heal Flash Heal		50 (default) 150 (low health)	Can be used regardless of if the target is being healed or damage boosted.
Moira	Biotic Grasp Biotic Grasp	Beam (projectile)	80 per second (impact) 17 per second (over time)	Requires biotic energy to use.
	Biotic Orb Biotic Orb	Projectile	65 per second, up to 300
	Coalescence Coalescence	Beam	140 per second (allies) 55 per second (self)
Soldier: 76	Biotic Field Biotic Field	Area of effect	40 per second
Winston	Revitalizing Barrier Revitalizing Barrier	Area of effect	30 per second
Wuyang	Restorative Stream Restorative Stream	Targeted Beam	25 per second (passive) 50 per second (bonus manual healing)	Manual healing consumes a resource that refills over time.
	Guardian Wave Guardian Wave	Area of effect	80	Additionally amplifies healing received by +50% for all allies hit by the wave for 3 seconds.
	Tidal Blast Tidal Blast	Targeted Area of effect	250
Zenyatta	Orb of Harmony Orb of Harmony	Targeted Projectile	35 health per second
	Transcendence Transcendence	Area of effect	400 health per second

Saving a teammate

A "Save" can occur when a player has received healing from another player to survive a shot that would have been lethal 2 seconds prior. When a player is saved, a sound is played and a message is shown on the screen announcing the saved player by whom they were saved, and to the saving player who they saved. Additionally, saves are tracked in the scoreboard as a stat specific to the Support role, however the ability to save is not limited to the Support role.

For a save to be credited, the player must have received at least 50 healing from the healer and must remain alive for an additional 0.5 seconds after taking damage. When a player has been saved, they cannot be saved again by the same player for 5 seconds. Healing from hacked health packs and shots reflected by Genji's Deflect. Overhealth received from Lúcio's Sound Barrier also grants the save credit, however overhealth from Junker Queen's Commanding Shout and Brigitte's Rally only grant save credit if the hero also received any healing from another source. Additionally, a save is granted if a hero's death is prevented by Baptiste's Immortality Field or if they are revived by Mercy's Resurrect. These two are special cases and ignore the aforementioned requirements.

Self-healing

Self-Healing refers to abilities specifically designed only to heal the user. Some abilities in the Ally Healing section may be able to heal the hero who uses them, but those won't be listed below.

As mentioned earlier, all heroes passively heal 10 health + 5% of maximum health per second, after not taking damage for 6 seconds. Support heroes have this time reduced to 3 seconds. This healing is stacked on top of other sources and it does not count towards the "Healing Dealt" statistic.

Below is a list of all weapons and abilities that are used to only heal the hero using them:

Hero	Weapon/Ability	Effect type	Healing	Details
Bastion	Self-Repair Self-Repair		90 per second	Requires a resource to use that refills over time.
Cassidy	Even the Odds Even the Odds		30/s per target
D.Va	Shield System Shield System			Shield HP is healed for 25% of Defense Matrix's damage mitigated. Does not generate ultimate charge.
Freja	Aerial Recovery Aerial Recovery		30 per second	Healing begins upon using Updraft and ends when Freja lands on a walkable surface.
Genji	Dragon's Thirst Dragon's Thirst		30% of damage dealt
	Meditation Meditation		35 per second
Hazard	Anarchic Zeal Anarchic Zeal		30% of damage dealt
Junker Queen	Adrenaline Rush Adrenaline Rush		225% of wound damage dealt	Healing will stack based on number of wounds applied to enemies.
	Savage Satiation Savage Satiation		0 → 100% of damage dealt (impact)
Lifeweaver	Rejuvenating Dash Rejuvenating Dash	Movement	45
Mei	Cryo-Freeze Cryo-Freeze		62.5 per second
Mercy	Sympathetic Recovery Sympathetic Recovery		40% of healing dealt	Does not generate ultimate charge.
Moira	Biotic Grasp Alt Fire Biotic Grasp Alt Fire	Beam (no target indicator, soft lock-on)	30 per second (self)	Self heals when dealing damage.
Orisa	Defense Protocol Defense Protocol		100 per second
Ramattra	Nanite Repair Nanite Repair		75 per second
Reaper	The Reaping The Reaping		30% of damage dealt	Does not generate ultimate charge.
	Soul Reaving Soul Reaving		50
Roadhog	Take a Breather Take a Breather		180 per second	Uses a resource meter that can heal up to a maximum of 450 HP over the full duration.
Soldier: 76	Stim Pack Stim Pack		30 per second	Replaces Biotic Field for the remainder of the match.
Symmetra	Shield Battery Shield Battery			Regenerates 20 shields per second.
Tracer	Recall Recall	Movement		Does not count towards the "Healing Dealt" static, but instead her "Health Recalled" statistic.
Vendetta	Siphoning Strike Siphoning Strike		30% of damage dealt

Healing modification

Some weapons and abilities may increase or decrease healing received on a target. Healing can be modified either through a status effect from an ability/weapon, or indirectly applied to projectiles with Baptiste's Amplification Matrix.

Below is a list of all weapons and abilities that can alter healing on allies or enemies:

Hero/Role	Ability	Effect type	Healing modification	Details
Damage Heroes	Role: Damage Role: Damage		-30% received (non-tanks) -15% received (tanks)	Passive ability that all Damage heroes have.
Ana	Biotic Grenade Biotic Grenade	Arcing projectile Area of effect	+50% received (allies) -100% received (enemies)
Baptiste	Amplification Matrix Amplification Matrix	Area of effect	+100% dealt	Amplifies most healing and damage projectiles shot through it.
Junker Queen	Rampage Rampage	Area of effect Movement	-100% received
Wuyang	Guardian Wave Guardian Wave	Area of effect	+50% received

Other healing

• Small health packs heal 75 HP (respawning after 10 seconds).
• Large health packs heal 250 HP (respawning after 15 seconds).
• Shield health regenerates at 30 shields per second, after not being damaged for 3 seconds. This healing does not count towards the Healing Dealt statistic of any hero. It is the only instance in which healing is dealt outside of the usual order listed above.
• Sombra's Hack and EMP cause Health Packs to respawn 4x faster (healing caused by Hacked Health Packs counts towards Sombra's Healing Dealt statistic, although it doesn't provide Ultimate Charge).
• On Escort, Hybrid and Payload Race, the payload heals heroes on the attacking team for 5 HP per second while they are within 5 meters (the same distance necessary to move the payload forward).
• The heroes inside of their spawn room will be healed for 400 HP per second (the most healing from a single source).
• Genji's Deflect can turn enemies' healing projectiles into ally healing projectiles. For example Moira's Biotic Orb or Baptiste's Biotic Launcher Alt Fire.
• Echo can use Duplicate on a support or any self-healing hero on the enemy team, allowing her to access their healing abilities. When the duration ends (or if Echo's HP is reduced to 1), Echo reverts back to normal. Her HP returns back to what it was before, or 100 if her HP was less than 100.

Trivia

• As a result of a bug, D.Va and Sigma are erroneously credited for a small amount of healing dealt to enemies by healing projectiles they destroy using Defense Matrix and Kinetic Grasp, respectively. This can be recreated easiest by destroying Moira's Biotic Orb (healing).
• Lifeweaver used to have Parting Gift, which drops upon his death, that healed allies up to 250 HP, or could heal enemies for up to 75 HP. This ability was removed in the April 25, 2023 Patch.
• Juno is the first hero to ever have a falloff range for her healing. Similarly to Ana, her Mediblaster both heals and damages equally, but unlike Ana, her Mediblaster will gradually deal decreased damage and healing the further from the target.