Overwatch 2 Junker Queen guide: Abilities, tips & how to unlock
Junker Queen joined Junkrat and Roadhog as the Overwatch 2 heroes representing the Australian outback. She has a powerful kit for a tank, with lots of damage potential, but you need to know how to use it first.
Abilities explained
Click to enlarge| Name | Type | Effect |
| Scattergun | Primary Fire | Pump action shotgun |
| Adrenaline Rush | Hero Passive | Heal from all damage over time dealt by wounds |
| Jagged Blade | Ability |
Active: Throw the blade. Re-activate to pull it back with any impaled enemy Passive: Wound enemies hit by Quick Melee or Throw, dealing damage over time. |
| Commanding Shout | Ability | Grants temporary health and movement speed to yourself and allies |
| Carnage | Ability | Wound all enemies in front of you, dealing damage over time and reducing the cooldown for each enemy hit |
| Rampage | Ultimate | Charge foward. Wounds enemies, dealing damage over time and preventing them from being healed |
| Role: Tank | Role Passive | Reduces knockbacks and critical damage received. Less ultimate generated by healing and damage received |
Tips for playing Junker Queen
The hardest part of Junker Queen's kit is the Jagged Blade ability. It travels in an arc, and with the mobility of some Overwatch characters, landing it isn't always a simple task.
You'll want to practice landing it and getting used to the way it travels when thrown, so you can consistently get off the damage and heal.
The pull ability of Jagged Blade is also extremely useful for displacing enemies and bringing them closer for your team to finish off, especially when they are in positions above you.
It doesn't have the longest range pull, so you will need to be closer to enemies to make the most of it yourself, and there are only a few contexts where it will be useful for environment kills.
Jagged Blade is also incredible when combined with Carnage, as the total damage of the moves will kill most attack and support characters outright.
Click to enlargeCommanding Shout is a good clutch ability to use when you need to escape from a sticky situation, as the extra HP and speed boost can easily give you just what you need to make a last minute escape.
It's also an effective way to start team fights when your team are gathered around, so it's always worth using when engaging a control point or pushing to stop the payload.
Junker Queen's kit is best utilised when you are focusing on the enemy supports and damage dealers, and even though you won't always get the last hit, you'll be positioning your team to get the kill.
How to unlock Junker Queen in Overwatch 2
You can earn Junker Queen by winning 35 matches as a tank hero, and by completing her Hero Challenges in practice.
