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'''Passive abilities''' are [[abilities]] that either activate without the player's interaction; or do not directly affect the game world, but only the movement or state of the hero or their abilities. When passive abilities are controlled, they are usually activated using the Space bar. Passive abilities that require a button to press are negated by [[Hack]].
[[File:Ability-passive.png|128x128px|thumb|right|Passive ability]]
 
'''Passive abilities''' are [[abilities]] that either activate without the player's interaction; or do not directly affect the game world, but only the movement or state of the hero or their abilities. When passive abilities are controlled, they are usually activated using the Space bar.
 
   
Not all [[heroes]] have passive abilities, but no hero has more than one. Where present, passive abilities are often core to the play style or capabilities of the hero.
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Not all [[heroes]] have passive abilities. Where present, passive abilities are often core to the play style or capabilities of the hero.
   
 
==Passive abilities==
 
==Passive abilities==
{| class="wikitable"
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Hero
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! [[Heroes|Hero]]
! Ability
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! [[Ability]]
! Icon
 
 
! Description
 
! Description
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! Works under [[Hack]]?
 
|-
 
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Mercy]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-baptiste.png|75px]]<br>[[Baptiste]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Angelic Descent]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Baptiste-ability5.png|75px]]<br>[[Exo Boots]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-mercy4.png]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| By first crouching, Baptiste can jump higher.
| style="text-align: center;"| Propelled by her Valkyrie suit, Mercy slows the speed of her descent from great heights.
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| style="text-align: center;"| No
Hold space to glide.
 
 
Heals you for 20 health a second after not taking damage for 1 second.
 
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Genji]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-bastion.png|75px]]<br>[[Bastion]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Cyber-Agility]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Icon-ability.0f6m2.png|75px]]<br>[[Ironclad]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-genji5.png]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Reduces damage taken while transformed.
| style="text-align: center;"| Allows him to climb up walls and perform a double jump in mid-air.
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| style="text-align: center;"| Yes<br>(Configuration: Tank)
 
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Pharah]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-brigitte.png|75px]]<br>[[Brigitte]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Hover]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Inspire PNG.png|75px]]<br>[[Inspire]]
| style="text-align: center;"|
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| style="text-align: center;"| When Brigitte strikes an enemy with her flail, all allies within range are healed over time.
| style="text-align: center;"| Hold to hover.
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| style="text-align: center;"| Yes
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Sombra]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-d.va.png|75px]]<br>[[D.Va]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Opportunist]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Passive-D.Va.png|75px]]<br>[[Eject!]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability Sombra Opportunist.png|100x100px]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Eject out of your mech when it's destroyed.
| style="text-align: center;"| Sombra detects critically injured enemies through walls.
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| style="text-align: center;"| Yes
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Torbjörn]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-doomfist.png|75px]]<br>[[Doomfist]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Scrap Collector]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:The best defense.png|75px]]<br>[[The Best Defense...]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-torbjorn6.png]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Doomfist generates temporary personal shields when he deals ability damage.
| style="text-align: center;"| Collect scrap to gain resources.
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| style="text-align: center;"| No<br>(Cannot use abilities)
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Reaper]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-echo.png|75px]]<br>[[Echo]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[The Reaping]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:GLIDE.png|75px]]<br>[[Glide]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-reaper5.png]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Echo can glide while falling.
| style="text-align: center;"| Collect Soul Globes from dead enemies to restore health.
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| style="text-align: center;"| No
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Junkrat]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-genji.png|75px]]<br>[[Genji]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Total Mayhem]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-genji5.png|75px]]<br>[[Cyber-Agility]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-Junkrat4.png|100x100px]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Climb on walls and double jump.
| style="text-align: center;"| Junkrat's deranged sense of humor persists past his death. If killed, he drops several live grenades.
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| style="text-align: center;"| No
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Hanzo]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-hanzo.png|75px]]<br>[[Hanzo]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Wall Climb]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-hanzo5.png|75px]]<br>[[Wall Climb]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-hanzo5.png]]
 
 
| style="text-align: center;"| Jump at walls to climb up them.
 
| style="text-align: center;"| Jump at walls to climb up them.
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| style="text-align: center;"| No
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-junkrat.png|75px]]<br>[[Junkrat]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-Junkrat4.png|75px]]<br>[[Junkrat#Total Mayhem|Total Mayhem]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Junkrat's deranged sense of humor persists past his death. If killed, he drops several live grenades.
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| style="text-align: center;"| Yes
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-lúcio.png|75px]]<br>[[Lúcio]]
 
| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-passive.png|75px]]<br>[[Wall Ride]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Jump onto a wall to ride along it.
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| style="text-align: center;"| No
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="2"| [[Image:icon-mercy.png|75px]]<br>[[Mercy]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-passive.png|75px]]<br>[[Regeneration]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Mercy automatically heals over time.
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| style="text-align: center;"| Yes
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-mercy4.png|75px]]<br>[[Angelic Descent]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Propelled by her Valkyrie suit, Mercy slows the speed of her descent from great heights.
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| style="text-align: center;"| No
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-pharah.png|75px]]<br>[[Pharah]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-passive.png|75px]]<br>[[Hover Jets]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Hold to hover.
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| style="text-align: center;"| No
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-reaper.png|75px]]<br>[[Reaper]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability-reaper5.png|75px]]<br>[[The Reaping]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Reaper steals health from his enemies as he damages them.
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| style="text-align: center;"| Yes
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-reinhardt.png|75px]]<br>[[Reinhardt]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Passive-Reinhardt.png|75px]]<br>[[Steadfast]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Resistant to knock back effects.
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| style="text-align: center;"| Yes
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|-
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-sombra.png|75px]]<br>[[Sombra]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Ability Sombra Opportunist.png|75px]]<br>[[Opportunist]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| Sombra detects critically injured enemies through walls.
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| style="text-align: center;"| Yes
 
|-
 
|-
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Lúcio]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[Image:icon-zarya.png|75px]]<br>[[Zarya]]
| style="text-align: center;"| [[Wall Ride]]
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| style="text-align: center;"| [[File:Passive-Zarya.png|75px]]<br>[[Energy]]
| style="text-align: center;"|
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| style="text-align: center;"| Damage blocked increases Particle Cannon damage.
| style="text-align: center;"| Jump onto a wall to ride along it.
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| style="text-align: center;"| Yes
 
|}
 
|}
   
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==Trivia==
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* Although not officially listed as passive abilities, [[Genji]] and [[Tracer]] have the higher base [[movement speed]] of 6.0m/s, rather than the 5.5m/s that other heroes have under normal circumstances. This is not negated by [[Hack]].
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Revision as of 22:30, 1 June 2021

Passive abilities are abilities that either activate without the player's interaction; or do not directly affect the game world, but only the movement or state of the hero or their abilities. When passive abilities are controlled, they are usually activated using the Space bar. Passive abilities that require a button to press are negated by Hack.

Not all heroes have passive abilities. Where present, passive abilities are often core to the play style or capabilities of the hero.

Passive abilities

Hero Ability Description Works under Hack?
Icon-baptiste
Baptiste
Baptiste-ability5
Exo Boots
By first crouching, Baptiste can jump higher. No
Icon-bastion
Bastion
Icon-ability.0f6m2
Ironclad
Reduces damage taken while transformed. Yes
(Configuration: Tank)
Icon-brigitte
Brigitte
Inspire PNG
Inspire
When Brigitte strikes an enemy with her flail, all allies within range are healed over time. Yes
Icon-d.va
D.Va
Passive-D.Va
Eject!
Eject out of your mech when it's destroyed. Yes
Icon-doomfist
Doomfist
The best defense
The Best Defense...
Doomfist generates temporary personal shields when he deals ability damage. No
(Cannot use abilities)
Icon-echo
Echo
GLIDE
Glide
Echo can glide while falling. No
Icon-genji
Genji
Ability-genji5
Cyber-Agility
Climb on walls and double jump. No
Icon-hanzo
Hanzo
Ability-hanzo5
Wall Climb
Jump at walls to climb up them. No
Icon-junkrat
Junkrat
Ability-Junkrat4
Total Mayhem
Junkrat's deranged sense of humor persists past his death. If killed, he drops several live grenades. Yes
Icon-lúcio
Lúcio
Ability-passive
Wall Ride
Jump onto a wall to ride along it. No
Icon-mercy
Mercy
Ability-passive
Regeneration
Mercy automatically heals over time. Yes
Ability-mercy4
Angelic Descent
Propelled by her Valkyrie suit, Mercy slows the speed of her descent from great heights. No
Icon-pharah
Pharah
Ability-passive
Hover Jets
Hold to hover. No
Icon-reaper
Reaper
Ability-reaper5
The Reaping
Reaper steals health from his enemies as he damages them. Yes
Icon-reinhardt
Reinhardt
Passive-Reinhardt
Steadfast
Resistant to knock back effects. Yes
Icon-sombra
Sombra
Ability Sombra Opportunist
Opportunist
Sombra detects critically injured enemies through walls. Yes
Icon-zarya
Zarya
Passive-Zarya
Energy
Damage blocked increases Particle Cannon damage. Yes

Trivia

  • Although not officially listed as passive abilities, Genji and Tracer have the higher base movement speed of 6.0m/s, rather than the 5.5m/s that other heroes have under normal circumstances. This is not negated by Hack.