Torbjörn is a Damage hero in Overwatch 2. Read on to learn more about Torbjörn, their weapons and abilities, their patch notes history, their backstory, and more!
List of Contents
- Latest Buffs and Nerfs
- Hero Profile
- Weapons and Abilities
- How to Play and Tips
- How to Counter
- Skins
- Cosmetics
- Story
- Overwatch 2 Related Guides
Torbjörn Latest Buffs and Nerfs
October 25, 2022 Patch Notes
Torbjörn is Back in Competitive Mode
After fixing Torbjörn's Overload, developers have put Torbjörn back in Competitive mode.
Torbjörn Changes
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![]() | ・Can no longer be used multiple times in succession. |
List of All Balance Changes and Hero Reworks
Torbjörn Hero Profile
Basic Information
Torbjörn (Torbjörn Lindholm) | ||
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![]() | Role | Damage |
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Total HP | ・ 250 ・ 200 (Base Health) ・ 50 (Base Shields/Armor) | |
Voice Actor | Keith Silverstein | |
Nationality | Swedish | |
Affiliations | SST Laboratories (formerly), Ironclad Guild (formerly), Overwatch (formerly) |
How to Unlock
Unlocked by default. |
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Torbjörn Weapons and Abilities
Torbjörn Main Weapon
Default Weapon
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Damage: 70 | |
Description: Slow-firing, long-ranged weapon. | |
Secondary Fire | |
Damage: 125 | |
Description: Inaccurate but powerful short-range weapon. |
Secondary Weapon
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Damage: 55 |
Description: Swing to repair your turret or damage an enemy. |
Torbjörn Abilities
![]() | Type: Ability Cooldown: 10 secs |
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Effect: Deploy a self-building turret. | |
![]() | Type: Ability Cooldown: 10 secs Duration: 5 secs Heal: 100 temporary health |
Effect: Gain additional extra health as well as improved attack, movement, and reload speed. | |
![]() | Type: Ultimate Duration: 15 secs Damage: 30.72 |
Effect: Create pools of molten slag that damage enemies. Deals additional damage to armor. | |
![]() | Type: Passive |
Effect: Eliminations grant a burst of increased movement speed and reload speed. |
How to Play and Tips
Swap Between Firing Modes When Necessary
Torbjörn's Rivet Gun works well at close-range and long-range engagements due to its different firing modes. Rivet Gun's primary fire does not decrease in damage over long distances, making it effective at harassing and taking down foes from far away. Rivet Gun's secondary fire excels in fighting enemies up close due to its inaccurate but devastating spread of molten shards.
Use Overload Ability When Pushing
Torbjörn's Overload provides him with temporary health and improved attack, movement, and reload speed. Use this ability when making aggressive plays on the enemy team or as an escape tool in emergency situations.
Deploy Turrets in Choke Points
Deploy Turret tosses and builds a turret emplacement that automatically tracks and shoots down enemy targets. Place this ability on vantage points around choke points and crucial objectives to efficiently fend off advancing foes.
Spread Out Molten Core's Pools
Torbjörn's Molten Core creates large pools of slag that quickly wears down enemies and their armor. Spread this ability out around entryways, control points, or even on top of the enemy team to maximize its damage output.
How to Counter
Use Long Range Attacks
Torbjörn is a hero with an auto-aiming turret that can deal massive damage when placed correctly. For the most part, the standard practice when dealing with Torbjörn should be to destroy his turret whenever he places it.
Pharah with her long-range and high firepower can destroy turrets with ease. This goes the same way for Sojourn, as players can her railgun can instantly destroy the turret.
Reinhardt can mitigate most of the damage using his shield while Zarya can take advantage of its auto-aim to keep her energy levels high.
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Torbjörn Skins
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Torbjörn Cosmetics
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Voice Lines
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Hard Work Pays Off | “Hard work pays off.” Base Game |
A Chicken Out Of A Feather | “You're making a chicken out of a feather.” Base Game |
Completion Date? | “Completion date? (laughs) When it's done.” Base Game |
Don't Get Caught | “Don't get caught with your beard in the letterbox.” Base Game |
Engineers | “People always underestimate the engineers.” Base Game |
I'm Swedish! | “For the last time, I'm Swedish!” Base Game |
I'm Giving It All I've Got | “I'm giving it all I've got!.” Base Game |
Ironclad | “Ironclad!” Base Game |
Leave This To An Expert | “Leave this to an expert.” Base Game |
Let's Not Buy The Pig | “Let's not buy the pig while it's still in the bag.” Base Game |
Some Assembly Required | “Some assembly required.” Base Game |
Working As Required | “(chuckles) Working as intended.” Base Game |
More Where That Came From | “(laughs) There's more where that came from.” Summer Games Event |
There's No Prize For Second | “There's no prize for coming in second.” Summer Games Event |
I Smell Trouble Brewing | “I smell trouble brewing.” Halloween Terror Event |
If You Build It | “(laughs) If you build it, they will die.” Halloween Terror Event |
Mind The Beard | “Mind the beard.” Halloween Terror Event |
Not A Costume | “It's not a costume!” Halloween Terror Event |
The Viking's Quest | “The Viking sought a dragon. But a dragon found him first.” Halloween Terror Event |
Expert Craftsmanship | “(laughs) Expert craftsmanship.” Winter Wonderland Event |
Give Me A Warm Fire | “Give me a warm fire and a book on thermodynamic alloys.” Winter Wonderland Event |
Made To Order | “Made to order.” Winter Wonderland Event |
Everyone Get In Here | “Everyone! Get in here!” Lunar New Year Event |
Too Hot For You? | “Too hot for you?” Lunar New Year Event |
Bingo! | “Bingo!” Archives Event |
Just Start Hammering | “Just start hammering.” Archives Event |
Poor Craftsman | “A poor craftsman blames their tools.” Archives Event |
Hear Me, Baby? | “Hear me, baby? Hold together.” Anniversary Event |
How Riveting | “How riveting.” Anniversary Event |
Trust Me | “Trust me.” Anniversary Event |
Try My Meatballs | “You should try my meatballs.” Anniversary Event |
Why Didn't I Think Of That? | “Now why didn't I think of that.” Anniversary Event |
Emotes
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Fisticuffs Base Game | Guffaw Base Game |
Overload Base Game | Taking A Break Base Game |
Batter Up Halloween Terror Event | My Babies Winter Wonderland Event |
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Torbjörn Story
Weapon and Bot Creation Expert
Many of the powerful weapons of Overwatch can be attributed to Torbjörn, who had a reputation for creating weapons even before the Omnic Crisis began. Originally his creations were intended for peaceful purposes such as city construction and defense. These were repurposed by ill-intending forces and Omnics during the Omnic Crisis.
The Omnic Crisis
He was a pillar for Overwatch, providing the weapons, as well as the intel necessary to fight the Omnics during the crisis. It is probable that without Torbjörn's input, Overwatch could not have succeeded. On the otherhand, without his creations existing in the first place, the entire Omnic Crisis may have been averted.
Present Day
When Overwatch fell, many of his works were taken by those would do harm to the world. Torbjörn feels deep responsibility for what happened with his inventions during the Omnic Crisis and a deep resentment towards those who twisted them. He has since made it his mission to keep his weapons and Omnics from going to the wrong hands.
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