Transformation

Transformation abilities are abilities that cannot be cancelled by any form of Crowd Control and will persist after the hero using them is stunned or hacked.

Transformations usually change a hero's kit in some way. This can mean that during the ability duration, the hero may have a different weapon, additional Hit points, different abilities or enhance the hero's current weapon in some way. These abilities typically last a limited amount of time before reverting the hero back to their original kit. While the hero will often still be susceptible to Crowd Control, they cannot be forced out of their transformed kit by it.

In addition to being uninterruptible, Transformation abilities have another main difference compared to channeled abilities, which similar to transformations are longer-lasting effects. Transformations do not prevent the use of the rest of the hero's abilities, like Channeled abilities do. While Mauga's Overrun and Venture's Burrow do fit the uninterruptibility, they do not provide changes to the hero kit that Transformation abilities do, instead locking the hero out of using some of their abilities and weapons, which is why they're considered channeled abilities.

Transformation abilities can usually be cancelled early by pressing the ability button again, but otherwise can only be cancelled by waiting for the transformation to end or in some cases, using all available ammo in the transformed kit, such as with Venture's Tectonic Shock.

Transformation Abilities

Hero	Ability	Description	Duration
Bastion	Reconfigure Reconfigure	Switch between weapon configurations.	6 seconds
Brigitte	Rally Rally	Gain armor, empower Barrier Shield and provide extra health to nearby allies.	10 seconds (Rally) 30 seconds (overhealth)
Genji	Dragonblade Dragonblade	Unsheathe a deadly melee weapon.	6 seconds
Hanzo	Storm Arrows Storm Arrows	The next 5 arrows ricochet and fire instantly at reduced damage.	Up to 5 seconds
Junker Queen	Commanding Shout Commanding Shout	Grants temporary health and movement speed to yourself and allies.	5 seconds (self) 3 seconds (allies)
Mauga	Cardiac Overdrive Cardiac Overdrive	Nearby allies take reduced damage and heal by dealing damage.	3 seconds
Mercy	Valkyrie Valkyrie	Gain the ability to fly. Abilities are enhanced.	15 seconds
Orisa	Fortify Fortify	Gain temporary health, reducing all damage taken and becoming unstoppable. While active, heat generated by your weapon is reduced.	4 seconds
Ramattra	Annihilation Annihilation	Enter Nemesis Form and create a deadly swarm that lashes out at nearby enemies, persisting longer when damaging enemies.	3 - 20 seconds
	Nemesis Form Nemesis Form	Transform into Nemesis Form, changing your attacks and gaining bonus armor.	8 seconds
Roadhog	Whole Hog Whole Hog	Damage and knock back enemies in front of you.	7.5 seconds
Sojourn	Overclock Overclock	Railgun energy auto-charges for a short duration.	8 seconds
Soldier: 76	Tactical Visor Tactical Visor	Automatically aims your weapon at targets in view.	6 seconds
Torbjörn	Molten Core Molten Core	Create pools of molten slag that damage enemies. Deals additional damage to armor.	Up to 5.5 seconds (claw) 10 seconds (pools)
	Overload Overload	Gain additional extra health as well as improved attack, movement, and reload speed.	5 seconds
Venture	Tectonic Shock Tectonic Shock	Send out damaging shockwaves.	7 seconds
Widowmaker	Infra-Sight Infra-Sight	Provide your team with a view of the enemy's location.	15 seconds
Winston	Primal Rage Primal Rage	Gain immense health, but you can only leap and punch enemies.	10 seconds (transformation)