damage
Specialist
Sloan Cameron
Nova Scotia, Canada (Formerly), Roaming
Hit Points
250250 Health - 0 Armor
A globe-trotting archaeologist and explorer, Venture has a passion for solving history’s mysteries.
PRIMARY FIRE
Launch a seismic charge that bursts after a short distance.
PASSIVE
Health packs restore more health (+75 from health packs). Small health packs restore 150 HP, large restore 325 HP.
EXTRA
Quick melee deals more damage: 30 impact plus 40 over time for 70 total damage. 3 meter range. Can be cancelled into Drill Dash, Burrow, or Tectonic Shock.
EXTRA
Using abilities grants temporary shields: 25 shields from normal abilities, 75 from Tectonic Shock. Lasts 3 seconds. Maximum 75 shields total. Shields regenerate at 19 per second after 1.1 seconds of not taking damage.
E
Dash forward 10 meters (15 if underground), pushing enemies back. Deals 30 initial damage plus 60 over 0.4 seconds for subsequent hits. Cooldown accelerated by 90% while Burrowed. 8 second cooldown.
SHIFT
Move underground for up to 4 seconds becoming invulnerable. Emerge to deal 110-75 splash damage in a 2-7 meter radius. +40% movement speed while burrowed. Reloads Smart Excavator on burrowing. Removes most negative status effects. 8 second cooldown starting when cast completes.
ULTIMATE
Send out up to 4 damaging shockwaves that travel 25 meters along the ground. Each deals 130 damage and knocks enemies upward. Lasts 7 seconds. Can still use Drill Dash and Burrow during ultimate. Replenishes Smart Excavator ammo. 2125 point ultimate cost.
PASSIVE
Dealing damage reduces enemy healing received by 20% for 2 seconds.
PRIMARY
Launch a seismic charge that bursts after 16 meters. Deals 35 direct hit bonus + 40-12 explosion damage in a 2 meter radius. 1.67 shots per second, 8 ammo, 1.75 second reload. 50 m/s projectile speed. Knocks enemies back.
Minor Perks
Deep Burrow
Drill Dash distance is 50% longer while burrowing, from 15 to 22.5 meters.
Excavation Exhilaration
While Tectonic Shock is active, cooldowns refresh 300% faster (4x speed).
Seismic Sense
While underground, Venture can sense enemies within 25 meters.
Major Perks
Smart Extender
Empower Smart Excavator with E to increase its maximum projectile range by 100% (16 to 32 meters) for 4 seconds. Reloads weapon upon activation. 12 second cooldown.
Covered in Dirt
Dealing damage with Clobber grants up to 30 Explorer's Resolve shields (5 per hit, max 30 per use).
SMART-R Excavator
SMART Excavator range is increased by 25%.
Shield health gained per ability reduced from 30 to 25.
Developer comment: Venture's shield generation on ability use provides strong and consistent survivability. Reducing the shield amount slightly maintains their gameplay loop while offering more opportunities for opponents to apply pressure.
New Major Perk. Empower SMART Excavator with E to increase its maximum projectile range by 100% for 4 seconds.
New Minor Perk. Drill Dash distance is 50% longer while burrowed.
Removed.
Removed.
Recovery time reduced from 0.7 to 0.6 seconds.
Developer comment: This change improves Venture's damage output by increasing fire rate, enhancing weapon consistency without increasing the lethality of their combo.
While Tectonic Shock is active, cooldowns refresh 300% faster.
Dealing damage with Clobber grants up to 30 Explorer's Resolve shields.
While underground, Venture can sense enemies within 25 meters.
SMART Excavator's range is increased by 25%.
Cooldown rate is now faster anytime Burrow is active, rather than requiring the player to be underground.
Developer comment: This is mostly a quality-of-life change that makes Venture's cooldown cycle more consistent, as they tend to activate Burrow while soaring through the air quite often.
Shield health gained per ability reduced from 40 to 30.
Developer comment: As a highly mobile damage hero, Venture doesn't need quite as much shield health from their passive as they currently get to be successful.
Cooldown now begins when the ability is used. Cooldown is no longer decreased by half when used underground. Cooldown is accelerated by 90% when underground.
Developer comment: As we continue to monitor Venture's gameplay throughout their release Season, we are making a change today that adds more flexibility to using Drill Dashes.
Added a 0.2-second grace period after the Burrow timer runs out where emerging can still be charged.
Initial impact damage decreased from 40 to 30.
Ultimate charge cost increased by 10%.
Maximum explosion damage decreased from 45 to 40.
Impact damage decreased from 60 to 40. Damage over time increased from 40 to 60.
Developer comment: We are redistributing the damage on some of their abilities so that positioning relative to the enemy and tracking a target are more important for dealing maximum damage.
Impact damage decreased from 40 to 30. Damage over time increased from 30 to 40.
Vertical knockback decreased by 30%.
New Hero added to the Damage roster.
Developer comment: This is a pretty major change from past heroes, but we've always wanted to allow new heroes into Competitive when a new season for Overwatch 2 launches.