Editing Hit points (section)

== Temporary Armor & Shields ==
Temporary armor & shields were a prominent feature used in [[Overwatch]]. They are types of non-recoverable HP similar to Overhealth. Temporary armor (colored ''dark orange'') granted the same effects as regular armor. Temporary shields (colored ''dark blue'') granted no unique effects. In [[Overwatch 2]], all abilities at the time that provided temporary armor & shields were removed to help reduce visual noise when multiple types of hit points were applied to a hero, especially in [[Hero Missions]] and [[Story Missions]]. All abilities that previously granted temporary armor or shields in [[Overwatch]] were updated to grant overhealth in [[Overwatch 2]].

Temporary armor & shields can still be accessed through [[Workshop]] actions, where they can be applied to a player with the ''Add Health Pool to Player'' action. While temporary armor is still dark orange, temporary shields are now yellow instead of the dark blue in [[Overwatch]]. Despite this, they both maintain the same functionality they had in [[Overwatch]].

In [[Overwatch 2]], they reintroduced aspects of temporary armor with the release of [[Ramattra]]. His [[Nemesis Form]] grants him additional armor health, which while healable in Nemesis Form, will disappear once the cooldown ends. As for temporary shields, aspects of this was reintroduced with [[Venture]]'s kit, with their passive [[Explorer's Resolve]], which provided them with temporary shield health that regenerates (like regular shield health) but decay after a short while. Unlike [[Overwatch]], both temporary armor and shields have the same color as regular armor and shields, being treated the same. Additionally, all abilities that grant temporary shields and armor in Overwatch 2 only grant them to the user, not allies.