Overwatch 2 promises to significantly alter the PvP experience of Blizzard’s score. Not only will the battles now be 5v5, but several changes have been made to numerous heroes to adapt them to the new dynamics and game modes. Among these, there is also Doomfist, which in the sequel will no longer be a DPS (Attacker), but rather a Tank, as confirmed by Blizzard.
For the most attentive players, this is nothing new, as some images circulated in recent days showed Doomfist with the typical icon that distinguishes the tank class. However, yesterday Blizzard officially confirmed this change during the course of a Livestream.
According to the words of Aaron Keller, game director of Overwatch 2, the new version of Doomfist has an ability that allows it to perform a leap similar to that of Winston (who looking at the lore, is a bit of his nemesis), but with some differences, such as the fact that the damage inflicted will be proportional to the height of the jump.
Keller explains that given his role as a Tank, Doomfist will be more resilient and will have more options to jump quickly into the fray, as well as retreat if necessary. The villain will still hit hard thanks to his gigantic robotic gauntlet, although inevitably the damage output will be much lower than when it was a DPS.
However, the Overwatch 2 team admitted that Doomfist was too strong in the closed alpha that took place recently and that therefore he will suffer a nerf before the next phase of testing. To see the new version of Doomfist in action, we just have to wait for the closed beta of Overwatch 2, whose start date was announced just yesterday by Blizzard.