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Overwatch 2 Stadium One Build to Try for Every Damage Hero
- Image from Overwatch 2 courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment

The Damage Heroes in Overwatch 2’s Stadium can take over the game. With the potential to take out an enemy squishy Hero in the blink of an eye, it becomes nearly impossible to get close to them before your entire team gets demolished. While some of it depends on the skill of the player behind the Hero, some builds allow you to carry with ease.

Overwatch Stadium Ashe

Image from Overwatch 2 courtesy of Blizzard Entertainment

Ashe has plenty of builds she can utilize to demolish her opponents. Her Dynamite and B.O.B. builds make for some fireworks, and Butlers serving you pain. However, we do not want to rely on our abilities to deal damage. We want to do the damage ourselves. So we buff The Viper as much as possible to make it so any enemy Hero on our screens suffers and struggles to take us down with extra healing. If your Powers or Items reload The Viper, it works with Reload Therapy, but restore does not.

  • Powers
    • 1st Round
    • Reload Therapy – When you reload a shot, heal 3% of your Life.
    • 3rd Round
      • Early Detonation – Shooting Dynamite reloads 5 Ammo and reduces the cooldown of Dynamite by 3s.
    • 5th Round
      • Incendiary Rounds – While scoped, hitting the same target without missing deals 30 extra damage.
    • 7th Round
      • Calamity – Using Coach Gun reloads 2 Ammo. The Viper’s next two hits deal 40 damage over 3s.
  • Items
    • Maxed Mag
    • Greased Loader
    • Vishkar Condensor
    • Commander’s Clip
    • El-Sa’Ka Suppressor
    • The Closer

Overwatch Stadium Cassidy

To carry as Cassidy in Stadium, we have chosen a more unconventional build that combines the powers of his Combat Roll and Peacekeeper builds. The intention is to maintain some survivability while still being able to output high damage numbers. The build especially excels when dealing with close-range enemies.

  • Powers
    • 1st Round
      • Just Roll With It – During Combat Roll, prevent all incoming damage. After Combat Roll ends, heal 30% of your Life over 3s.
    • 3rd Round
      • Bullseye – Critical hit reduces Combat Roll’s cooldown by 2s.
    • 5th Round
      • Quick Draw – After using Combat Roll, Peacekeeper’s next primary fire can auto-aim within 9m under 2s cooldown.
    • 7th Round
      • Dead Man Walking -Eliminating an enemy you’ve recently critical hit grants 1 Max Ammo for the round.
  • Items
    • Quickload Chamber
    • Streamlined Poncho
    • Frankie’s Fixer
    • Commander’s Clip
    • Competitive Analysis
    • El-Sa’Ka Suppressor

Overwatch Stadium Genji

Genji has always been a traditional Assassin Hero in Overwatch 2, and we are pushing that to the extreme. While also making him as unkillable as possible. Our predominant source of damage will be the Swift Strike, which is not only there to finish off eliminations but can cut down enemies even at high health.

  • Powers
    • Round 1
      • Hanamura Healing – Critical hits and Swift Strike grant Overhealth equal to 25% of their damage dealt for 5s.
    • Round 3
      • Wyrm’s Maw – Targets hit by Shuriken take 10% more damage from Swift Strike for 4s, stacking up to 5 times.
    • Round 5
      • Spirit of Sojiro – When Deflect stops incoming damage, reduce the cooldown of Swift Strike by 1s, up to 5s.
    • Round 7
      • Laceration – Swift Strike deals 25% additional damage over 3s to enemies hit.
  • Items
    • Traversal Kinetics
    • Vital-E-Tee
    • Clean Sweep
    • Deflecting Dash
    • Transference Delta
    • Champion’s Kit

Overwatch Stadium Mei

Mei is probably the most annoying Hero in Stadium. The fact that she can roll around in an iceball, knocking everyone around, makes for some frustrating moments for her opponents. But it is hilarious when you push the enemy team around the map while dealing significant damage. And who could forget that pesky Ice Wall that knows damage and slows opponents, too? She may be cute and icy, but underneath her kind appearance, a devilish desire is waiting to burst.

  • Powers
    • 1st Round
      • Coulder – Cryo-Freeze now encases you in a rolling iceball that can knock back enemies, dealing 10 damage.
    • 3rd Round
      • Cryoclone – Cryo-Freeze spawns a mini Blizzard that slows enemies.
    • 5th Round
      • Twice as Ice – When you use Cryo-Freeze, reset the next cooldown of Ice Wall.
    • 7th Round
      • Iceberg – Ice Wall spawns a mini Blizzard that slows enemies.
  • Items
    • Meicicle
    • Nano Cola
    • Snowboot
    • Ice Sheet
    • Ogundimu Reduction Field
    • Champion’s Kit

Overwatch Stadium Reaper

Reaper’s best build in Stadium comes at a price. He leaves himself vulnerable and predictable. While there are some situations where the enemy Heroes can not shut down the Reaper Death Blossom TP hard enough, enough Heroes can make it too dangerous. Ana, Orisa, D.Va, Kirko, Ashe, and even Mei can easily deny the value of TP Death Blossom. Instead, we focus primarily on his Wraith Form and overall survivability to ensure we can get kills.

  • Powers
    • 1st Round
      • Wraith Renewal – While in Wraith Form, restore 10% of Life every 1s. Double this while below 50% Life.
    • 3rd Round
      • Shrouded Shrapnel – Using Wraith Form increases the number of pellets per shot in your next magazine by 25% and its spread by 50%.
    • 5th Round
      • Spirited to Slay – Eliminations reset your cooldowns.
    • 7th Round
      • Strangle Step – After using Shadow Step, double your Lifesteal for 3s.
  • Items
    • Spectral Slugs
    • Vital-E-Tee
    • Meka Z-Series
    • Dauntless Draught
    • Wreath of Ruin
    • Ogundimu Reduction Field

Overwatch Stadium Soldier: 76

Soldier: 76 is your cookie-cutter First Person Shooter Hero. He fires an Auto-Rifle and runs around, making him one of the most straightforward Heroes to learn in Overwatch 2. The build for today will index heavily into ensuring our primary deals heaps of damage while also giving us some aim-bot outside of using our Ultimate.

  • Powers
    • 1st Round
      • Super Visor – After using Helix Rocket, activate the Tactical Visor for 0.75s.
    • 3rd Round
      • Peripheral Pulse – During Tactical Visor, Pulse Rifle shots at 1 additional enemy, dealing 50% damage.
    • 5th Round
      • Man on the Run – During Sprint, restore 10% of your Ammo every 1s and increase your Max Ammo by 10% until you reload, stacking up to 10 times.
    • 7th Round
      • Chaingun – While continuously shooting Pulse Rifle, each shot grants 0.5% Weapon Power, stacking up to 100 times.
  • Items
    • Pulse Converter
    • Techno Leech
    • Talon Modification Module
    • Commander’s Clip
    • Hardlight Accelerator
    • Eye of the Spider

This article first appeared on Total Apex Gaming and was syndicated with permission.

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