How to Unlock Reinhardt: Changes, Skins, and Abilities

Reinhardt is a Tank hero in Overwatch 2. Read on to learn more about Reinhardt, their weapons and abilities, their patch notes history, their backstory, and more!

Reinhardt Latest Buffs and Nerfs

April 26, 2022 Patch Notes

Reinhardt Changes

Reinhardt Patch Notes (April 26, 2022)
Barrier Field	・Barrier health reduced from 1,600 to 1,200. ・Health Regen rate was nerfed from 200 health per second to 144 health per second.
Charge	・Charge Ability can be cancelled. ・Turning Rate increased by 50% ・Wall impact damage is reduced from 300 to 225. ・Cooldown shortened from 20 seconds to 8 seconds.
Fire Strike	・Now has 2 charges. ・Damage reduced from 100 to 90.

Reinhardt Hero Profile

Basic Information

Reinhardt (Reinhardt)
	Role	Tank
	Ranking
	Total HP	・ 625 ・ 325 (Base Health) ・ 300 (Base Shields/Armor)
	Voice Actor	Darin De Paul
	Nationality	German
Affiliations	German Armed Forces (formerly), Crusaders (formerly), Overwatch

How to Unlock

Reinhardt Weapons and Abilities

Reinhardt Main Weapon

Rocket Hammer
	Damage: 85
	Description: Devastating melee weapon.

Reinhardt Abilities

Charge	Type: Ability Cooldown: 8 secs Damage: 300
Effect: Charge forward and smash an enemy against a wall.
Fire Strike	Type: Ability Cooldown: 6 secs Damage: 90
Effect: Launch a fiery projectile.
Barrier Field	Type: Ability Shield: 1200
Effect: Hold Right Click to deploy a frontal energy barrier.
Earthshatter	Type: Ultimate Damage: 250 (within 1.75m of impact area), 50 (outside of impact area)
Effect: Knock down all enemies in front of you.
Role: Tank	Type: Passive
Effect: Reduces knockbacks received. Less ultimate generated by healing and damage received.

Tips and How to Play

Regenerate Barrier Field When Behind Cover

Practice proper Barrier Field management by letting it regenerate its health whenever you and your team are behind natural cover and do not need the extra shield.

Pan Your Camera While Barrier Field is Active

You can hold down Primary Fire while using Barrier Field to freely pan Reinhardt's third-person camera. This feature is useful for checking for threats and flanking enemies behind Reinhardt.

Launch Earthshatter in Different Directions

You can also use this camera panning feature to hold Barrier Field in one direction while launching Earthshatter toward other directions, catching your foes off-guard.

Position Fire Strike to Hit Multiple Enemies

Since Fire Strike can pass through multiple targets, try to position yourself in a way that allows you to hit several enemies at once with the ability.

Weave Fire Strike Between Hammer Swings

You can activate Fire Strike immediately after hitting enemies with your Rocket Hammer. Doing this allows you to squeeze out more damage between hammer swings, improving Reinhardt's already-high melee DPS.

Charge Can Be Preemptively Cancelled

In Overwatch 2, Reinhardt can cancel his Charge a short while after it activates. This feature is useful for preventing mistimed Charges and shoving enemies off the map without letting Reinhardt die.

How to Counter

Destroy His Shields and Keep Distance

Reinhardt is for the most part the very definition of a tank. A really good Reinhardt player will most likely push the team forward while dealing close-range damage. High DPS Tanks like D.Va are great for depleting Reinhardt's shields. Moira is also a great pick as her Biotic Orb goes through Reinhardt's shields.

Tracer is also really good at flanking Reinhardt with hit-and-run tactics. Just be careful not to get hit by his ultimate as most Damage Heroes have low health pools.

One way to make Reinhardt's charge ability less effective is to use reposition his trajectory using Lucio's alternate fire.

Reinhardt Hero Counters

Reinhardt Skins

Base Game Skins

Hero Skins
Balderich (Legendary)	Blackhardt (Legendary)	Bloodhardt (Legendary)
Crusader (Legendary)	Greifhardt (Legendary)	Lionhardt (Legendary)
Stonehardt (Legendary)	Bundeswehr (Epic)	Paragon (Epic)
Brass (Rare)	Cobalt (Rare)	Copper (Rare)
Viridian (Rare)

League Skins

Hero Skins
Atlanta Reign (Epic)	Boston Uprising (Epic)	Chengdu Hunters (Epic)
Dallas Fuel (Epic)	Florida Mayhem (Epic)	Guangzhou Charge (Epic)
Hangzhou Spark (Epic)	Houston Outlaws (Epic)	London Spitfire (Epic)
Los Angeles Gladiators (Epic)	Los Angeles Valiant (Epic)	New York Excelsior (Epic)
Paris Eternal (Epic)	Philadelphia Fusion (Epic)	San Francisco Shock (Epic)
Seoul Dynasty (Epic)	Shanghai Dragons (Epic)	Toronto Defiant (Epic)
Vancouver Titans (Epic)	Washington Justice (Epic)

Event Skins

Hero Skins
Conductor (Legendary)	Draugr (Legendary)	Gridironhardt (Legendary)
Guan Yu (Legendary)	Raynhardt (Legendary)	Steelhardt (Legendary)
Wujing (Legendary)	Coldhardt (Epic)	Festive (Epic)
Lieutenant Wilhelm (Epic)

Reinhardt Cosmetics

Victory Poses

Heroic (Common) Base Game	Confident (Rare) Base Game	Flex (Rare) Base Game
Legendary (Rare) Base Game	Medal (Rare) Summer Games Event	Pumpkin (Rare) Halloween Terror Event
R.I.P. (Rare) Halloween Terror Event	Toast (Rare) Winter Wonderland Event	Kneel (Rare) Archives Event

Voice Lines

Emotes

Reinhardt Story

Omnic Crisis

Reinhardt is one of the original members of Overwatch, recruited for his exploits with the German army. Originally his membership was for his master, who passed it on to Reinhardt after sacrificing himself to let the Germany army retreat.

Time in Overwatch

Reinhardt was one of the pillars of the original Overwatch team. He was respected by friends and foes alike, even forging a life-long friendship with Torbjörn. At age 50, he had to eventually retire from duty and was forced to watch Overwatch come apart from the sidelines.

Mentoring Brigitte

With the world plunging into chaos each day, Reinhardt took upon himself to set things straight, little by little. Along with Brigitte, his squire and Torbjörn daughter, by his side, they travel the world resolving insidents wherever they may be.

Overwatch Zero Hour

When Winston launched the Overwatch Recall system, Reinhardt was hesitant to join at first. However, during the new Overwatch's first battle in Paris, he alongside Birgitte helped at the last minute.

He then made the decision to stay with the team.

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