Best Stadium build for every hero in Overwatch 2

Overwatch 2‘s new Stadium mode gives you the freedom to build out each hero with their own abilities and skills, but you’ll need to know the best setups to get the most out of them.

Season 16 is a huge update for OW2, thanks in no small part to Stadium. This permanent third mode is a new alternative to regular Quick Play and Competitive, coming with its own ranked system and pool of maps.

It doubles down on the power fantasy of each hero, introducing many powerful abilities for players to pick from between rounds, with the aim of creating a deadly combination. So, here are the best builds for each character in OW2 Stadium.

Best Stadium Powers for all characters

As a general rule, heroes thrive in Stadium when you focus on a specific playstyle and commit to it. While there is value in remaining a jack of all trades, it’s usually best to hone in on one or two abilities and make them as OP as possible, rather than spreading the upgrades around.

Then, you can use your Cash to fill in any weak spots, whether it be weapon damage or cooldown, or complement them further by buffing their effectiveness.

Tanks

D.Va

• Legendary Loadout
• Overstocked
• Ignition Burst
• Tokki Slam

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D.Va is already a great damage-dealer in Overwatch 2, but with this Stadium build, she can dominate the battlefield. The combination of Legendary Loadout and Overstocked makes her Micro Missiles even more devastating and allows you to use them more often to clear the enemy team.

Then, Ignition Burst creates a trail of lava every time you use Boosters, letting you force the opponents into a specific area and contain them. Just make sure to spend your Cash upgrading these abilities, and you’re left with a D.Va that is tankier than ever.

Junker Queen

• Blade Parade
• Cut ‘Em, Gracie
• Mericless Magnetism
• Twist the Knife

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Jagged Blade is a strong ability at the best of times, but by doubling down on it, Junker Queen goes to a new level. Blade Parade transforms it into a charged attack that increases its damage by 35%, while Twist the Knife lets you extend how long its wounding effect lasts with headshots.

Mericless Magnetism removes the one potential drawback of Jagged Blade — your aim. With this Power, it automatically locks onto the nearest enemy whenever you use Commanding Shout, while Cut ‘Em, Gracie reduces its cooldown when it hits enemies on the way back.

If you’re an experienced Junker Queen player who’s used to the rhythm of throwing and recalling the blade, you’ll be able to lay waste to rival teams with this combination.

Orisa

• Spynstem Update
• Restorify
• Advanced Throwbotics
• Lassoed

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For Orisa, the best Stadium build is all about letting her use her most powerful abilities more often. With this in mind, we recommend Spynstem Update, which deflects projectiles using Javelin Spin and converts any damage into Ultimate charge, and Advanced Throwbotics, to deploy an Energy Javelin whenever you do so.

Then, Lassoed pulls any impaled enemies towards you so you can follow up with your primary fire. Finally, Restorify is a valuable ability that offers heals for every second that Fortify is active, ensuring you stay in the action for longer.

Reinhardt

• Amplification Barrier
• To Me, My Friends
• Wilhelmwagen
• Barrier Reconstruction

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To get the most out of Rein, you’ll want to make him into an invaluable team asset rather than a lone wolf. You can do this by focusing on his Barrier Field, with Wilhelmwagen converting some of the damage blocked by the shield into health and Barrier Reconstruction repairing whenever damage is dealt.

Then, to spread some of the joy to your allies, Amplification Barrier increases the damage of any friendly projectiles fired through the shield, and To Me, My Friends heals nearby allies when active. All of this combines to make the fan-favorite Tank the perfect focal point that keeps his squad alive.

Zarya

• No Limits
• Barrier Benefits
• Pre-Workout
• Containment Shield

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There’s nothing more intimidating in OW2 than a hero that’s nearly impossible to kill, and that’s exactly what Zarya becomes with this build. Pre-Workout grants weapon and ability lifesteal, while Containment Shield offers health depending on how much energy is stored.

Speaking of energy, No Limits increases the maximum she can store, allowing her to deal even more damage with the Particle Cannon. Barrier Benefits also improves the survivability of Zarya and her team by giving them bonus overhealth whenever a barrier expires.

DPS

Ashe

• Incendiary Rounds
• My Business, My Rules
• Reload Therapy
• Partners in Crime

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One of the most beautiful things about Stadium is that many heroes have multiple Powers that work in tandem, and Ashe is a prime example. Incendiary Rounds offer bonus damage every time you land a scoped shot, while My Business, My Rules reduces the cooldown of your abilities for a hit on a burning target.

The DPS doesn’t have the best survivability, so we’re breaking our rule of committing to a single playstyle with Reload Therapy to earn back some health when reloading. Finally, Partners in Crime is very strong, as it essentially allows both Ashe and B.O.B to keep each other alive by simply dealing damage.

Cassidy

• Dead Man Walking
• Full House
• Hot Potato
• Sunrise

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Cassidy is already one of the best overall damage dealers in OW2, and with this setup, he’s a force to be reckoned with. Dead Man Walking provides one additional ammo capacity for every kill in that round, which synergizes perfectly with Full House, which buffs his damage for every ammo slot remaining.

Hot Potato takes this one step further by providing extra ammo whenever an enemy is blinded by a Flashbang. Lastly, Sunrise makes his lethal Ultimate even more powerful by slowing those in sight for a brief time.

Genji

• Cybernetic Speed
• Sacred Shuriken
• Wyrm’s Maw
• Forged Under Fire

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Without any buffs at all, Genji is a fast-moving DPS who’s tough to hit, but his primary fire lacks a little punch. That’s not a problem with our build, as it focuses on buffing Shuriken attack to make the swordsman much more menacing.

Cybernetic Speed drastically increases the attack speed as long as you’re accurate, while Sacred Shuriken adds two extra projectiles with no ammo cost. Wyrm’s Maw offers further boosts, as hitting an enemy with a Shuriken opens them up to extra damage from Swift Strike, while Forged Under Fire brings some much-needed healing every time you use Deflect.

Mei

• Frost Armor
• Iceberg
• Snowball Fight
• Cryclone

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Of all the heroes in OW2, no one can dominate the entire battlefield quite like Mei, and Stadium gives you the chance to take that idea to new heights by honing in on her best abilities. Iceberg makes Ice Walls even tougher to combat by spawning a mini blizzard that slows the enemy team, and Frost Armor gives protective armor as long as you’re on the front foot and dealing damage.

The real keys to this build, though, are the combination of Snowball Fight to create Ice Walls when you jump, and Cryclone that brings in another Blizzard when you heal with Cryo-Freeze. Once you master it, you’ll constantly be making walls and snowstorms to make it nearly impossible for enemies to move around freely.

Reaper

• Backstabber
• Shrouded Shapnel
• Ghosted
• Spirited to Slay

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If there’s one thing that Reaper doesn’t need, it’s a damage buff, but by putting all of your Powers into his other abilities, you’ll be gliding around the map and taking out enemies before they can react. The key to this build is Shrouded Shrapnel, which buffs your primary fire after using Wraith Form.

Then, Backstabber offers a huge 50% damage increase to players hit from behind after using an ability, encouraging you to sneak up on targets. This pairs nicely with Ghosted, which slows them down if you phase through them with Wraith Form, and Spirited to Slay, which resets the cooldown on every ability after a kill.

Soldier 76

• Peripheral Pulse
• Super Visor
• Chaingun
• On Me!

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If you’ve ever come against Tactical Visor, you’ll know exactly how devastating it can be. So, why not double down? Super Visor automatically triggers the Ultimate briefly after every use of Helix Rockets, and Peripheral Pulse lets you automatically lock on to two players at once during it.

This is useful on its own, but Chaingun‘s effect of granting extra stacking damage during sustained fire is pretty broken. Finally, On Me allows your Biotic Field to move with you, healing you on the fly while you push enemies.

Support

Ana

• Pinpoint Perscription
• Tactical Rifle
• My Turn
• Sleep Regimen

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Ana is a fantastic healer, but if you’ve ever wanted to transform her into the lethal sniper she was born to be, now is your chance. Pinpoint Perscription allows her to deal critical hits with headshots, just like the Headhunter Perk, which is made even better with Tactical Rifle, letting her automatically lock onto enemies while scoped.

But her transformation into a full-blown DPS isn’t complete until My Turn, which gives her the same damage buffs when the Nano Boost Ultimate is used. To make life easier when picking off the backline, being able to put multiple targets to sleep with Sleep Regimen is also vital.

Juno

• Cosmic Coolant
• Medicinal Missiles
• Pulsar Plus
• Medimaster

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Juno’s Powers in Stadium aren’t quite as game-changing as the other heroes, but you can still put together a pretty strong build if you concentrate on Pulsar Torpedoes. Pulsar Plus gives the ability an additional charge, with Medicinal Missiles making them much more effective at healing and Cosmic Coolant reducing the cooldown.

Then, Medi Master adjusts her primary attack to let it do critical hits on both enemies and allies. The result is a version of Juno with better healing capabilities than have even been possible in regular OW, so while the other members of the team focus on kills, she can keep them alive.

Kiriko

• Leaf on the Wind
• Supported Shooting
• Spirit Veil
• Foxy Fireworks

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Pound-for-pound, there are few better heroes than Kiriko and the same is true in this new mode, as you can make a reliable healer and a surprisingly great damage dealer. When it comes to healing, Leaf on the Wind causes each Healing Ofuda to bounce onto two more allies, and Supported Shooting grants 20% attack speed to anyone it touches, giving Kirko more ways of helping multiple players at once.

On the damage side of things, Foxy Fireworks makes the first three Kunais thrown explosive after reloading, making them perfect for quickly picking off backline heroes. Last up is Spirit Veil, to make her invincible for four seconds after triggering her Ultimate, which can come in clutch in heated moments.

Lucio

• Mixtape
• Crowd Pleaser
• Sonic Boom
• Fast Forward

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Traditionally, Lucio players have to make a choice on whether they want to be a dedicated healer, or a griefing rusher that terrizes enemies, but now you can be both. Running Sonic Boom, Crowd Pleaser, and Mixtape all at once lets you produce massive heals, all by attacking with Speed Boost active and quickly changing your song.

Fast Forward cranks things up a notch by making Speed Boost come with a damage increase, which in turn makes the other Powers mentioned dish out additional healing. Then, it’s best to use some Cash to buff your attack damage and make Lucio an absolute menace to deal with.

Mercy

• Distortion
• Glass Extra Full
• Threads of Fate
• Equivalent Exchange

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There’s a temptation to make Mercy into a DPS with her Stadium Powers, which is undoubtedly fun, but you’d be missing out on comfortably the best healing hero in the entire game. The trio of Glass Extra Full, Distortion, and Threads of Fate allows the iconic Support to give her teammates overhealth and even liftsteal, with multiple targets benefitting at once.

Equivalent Exchange is also a big shift, swapping Revive’s cooldown for three charges that can be used at any time but rest at the start of a round. This might sound downside, but with Stadium’s shorter rounds, this gives you the opportunity to bring back multiple allies at once to turn the tide of a fight.

Moira

• Multiball
• Cross-Orbal
• Phantasm
• Optimal Overflow

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Moira doesn’t just have one of the best Stadium builds, it’s also one of the most enjoyable to use, as she can flood the map with Biotic Orbs. This is done primarily through Multiball, which launches two extra orbs with every use, and Cross-Orbal, which adds one more into the mix, meaning you actually fire four at once.

You can also take it a step further with Phantasm and Optimal Overflow, which launch another orb when you Fade or spend 50% Biotic Energy. Once each one is equipped and you’ve upgraded them with Cash, you’ll have a constant stream of both types of Orbs all over the battlefield, healing allies and damaging enemies without you even needing to be close by.

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