Venture

Venture
"Let's make history!"
Real Name	Sloan Cameron[1]
Status	Active
Birth	August 6th
Age	26
Nationality	Canadian/[2] Mexican[3]
Occupation	Archaeologist[4] Adventurer[4]
Base	Nova Scotia, Canada (formerly) Nevada, USA (formerly) Buenos Aires, Argentina (formerly) Reykjavik, Iceland (formerly) Mexico City, Mexico (formerly) Singapore (formerly)[5] Roaming
Affiliation	Wayfinder Society
Relations	Unnamed grandmother
Voice	Valeria Rodriguez[6] (English) Nadine Girard (French) Derya Akyol (German) Annalisa Platania[7] (Italian) Nanako Mori[8] (Japanese) Bang Si-u (Korean) Julia Chatys (Polish) Ma Zink (Brazilian Portuguese) Eva Finkelstein (Russian) Jessica Álvarez (European Spanish) Stephan Coronel (Latin American Spanish)
Cosmetics	Cosmetic page
Quotes	Quotation page
Role	Damage
Health	250
Character Video
Embedded media: //www.youtube.com/embed/JF6tLqe_FSA?

Venture is a Damage hero in Overwatch 2. They were released in Season 10, making them the 40th hero added to the game.^[9]

Overview

Venture is an elusive, combo-oriented close-range damage dealer.

Abilities

Role: Damage

Type

Passive Ability

Damaging an enemy temporarily reduces their healing received.

Healing modification:

-25% received (non-tanks)
-12.5% received (tanks)

Duration:

2 seconds

• Details

Ability details:

• Does not stack with itself or the passive from another damage role hero.
• Stacks multiplicatively with other modifiers that affect healing received.
• Objects that deal damage, such as turrets, may also apply the effect.
• Self-damage does not apply the effect.

Clobber

V

Type

Passive Ability

Effect Type

Melee

Quick melee deals more damage.

Damage:

30 (impact)
40 (over time)

Headshot:

✕

Cast time:

0 + 0.4 seconds

Duration:

0.7 seconds

Max. range:

3 meters

Venture's melee deals more damage.

• Details

Ability details:

• The initial hit actually does less damage than standard melee (from 40 to 30). An additional 40 damage is dealt over time (for 70 damage total).
• From activation, there is a ~0.2 second active window to deal the initial damage, after which smaller periodic damage is dealt over the remaining duration of the attack.
• Damage is not reflected when blocked by Deflect.
• Clobber can be cancelled at any time into Drill Dash, Burrow or Tectonic Shock.
• Armor damage reduction only applies to the initial damage instance.

Explorer's Resolve

Type

Passive Ability

Using abilities grants temporary shields.

Shields:

30 (normal abilities)
75 (Tectonic Shock)

Duration:

3 seconds

Venture gains shields upon using an ability.

• Details

Ability details:

• Total amount of shield health gained is capped at 75.
  • Using multiple will stack shield health, but not exceed the limit.
• Shields are granted when the ability successfully starts. E.g. in case of Burrow, upon entering underground.
• Clobber does not trigger Explorer's Resolve. (Covered in Dirt Major perk only)
• If Venture takes damage, the shields start regenerating after 1.1 seconds at a rate of 19 shields per second.
• Shields start decaying at the end of the duration at a rate of 30 shield health per second.
  • Using an ability resets the decay timer.
  • Shield decay timer is paused while using Burrow or Tectonic Shock.
• Shield gain is not prevented by anti-heal effects.
• Shields are recoverable hit points, which means damage taken by them can be healed until they decay.

Smart Excavator

Type

Weapon (Primary Fire)

Effect Type

Projectile
Area of effect

!

!

!

Launch a seismic charge that bursts after a short distance.

Damage:

35 (direct hit bonus)
40 - 12 (explosion)

Headshot:

✕

Rate of fire:

1.43 shots/s

Ammo:

8

Reload time:

1.5 seconds

Max. range:

16 meters

Area of effect:

2 meter explosion radius

Knockback speed:

1.5 m/s (direct hit)
1.1 m/s (min)

Projectile speed:

50 m/s

Projectile radius:

0.32 meters

• Details

Ability details:

• Damage per second: 107 while firing (93.75 overall w/reload)
• Projectile explodes upon hitting an enemy, terrain or upon reaching its maximum range.
• Explosions do not deal self-damage, but will cause a knockback.
• Enemies hit by the shot are knocked back.
• The projectile can be destroyed while in air by Defense Matrix, Kinetic Grasp and Javelin Spin and reflected by Deflect, but the explosion is unaffected.
• Amplification Matrix affects all damage dealt, if the projectile passes through it. Splash damage alone going through is not amplified.

Drill Dash

8 seconds

Type

Ability

Effect Type

Melee
Movement

!

Dash forward while above or underground, pushing enemies back. The cooldown is accelerated while underground.

Damage:

30 (first hit)
60 over 0.4 seconds (subsequent hits)
5 (during Burrow)

Headshot:

✕

Cast time:

0 + 0.3 seconds (unburrowed)
None (burrowed)

Duration:

0.4 seconds (unburrowed)
0.9 seconds (burrowed)

Max. range:

10 meters

Movement speed:

20 m/s (self, max)
12 m/s (self, upwards max)
16 m/s (self, during Burrow)

Knockback speed:

14.5 m/s (regular)
13.45 m/s (during Burrow)

• Details

Ability details:

• Cooldown starts when the ability is activated.
• While Burrow is active, the cooldown of Drill Dash is accelerated by 90%.
• Upon hitting an enemy for the first time, they take a small amount of damage. If the enemy stays in contact, they will take additional damage over the remaining duration.
• If dashing along ground, inputting jump right at the end of the dash allows Venture to retain momentum and travel slightly farther.
• Damage is not reflected when blocked by Deflect. Genji still gets knocked back, however.
• Drill Dash can be interrupted at any point by activating or emerging from Burrow or activating Tectonic Shock.
• Armor damage reduction only applies to the initial damage instance.

Burrow

LSHIFT

8 seconds

Type

Ability

Effect Type

Movement
Area of effect

Move underground and become invulnerable. Emerge to deal damage.

Damage:

110 - 75 (max charge)
55 - 37.5 (min charge)

Falloff range:

2.5 - 7.5 meters (max charge)
1.4 - 4 meters (min charge)

Headshot:

✕

Cast time:

0.7 + 0 seconds (burrowing)
0 + 0.6 seconds (emerging)

Duration:

4 seconds (burrowed)
0.2 seconds (emerging, min charge)
0.65 seconds (emerging, max charge)
1.3 seconds (emerging, max delay))

Movement speed:

14 m/s (emerging, max charge)
7 m/s (emerging, min charge)

Mov. speed buff:

+40% (burrowed)

Mov. speed penalty:

-25% (casting)

Knockback speed:

7.1 m/s (falloff start)
5.6 m/s (falloff end)

• Details

Ability details:

• Cooldown starts when the ability finishes casting.
• Venture receives a movement speed penalty while casting, replaced by a movement speed buff once underground.
• Pressing primary fire, jump or the ability button again causes Venture to emerge from underground, dealing damage and knocking back enemies in the area.
  • Holding the button allows Venture to charge the ability, increasing the emerging area, damage dealt and leap speed.
  • There is a 0.2 second grace period when the ability's duration ends where emerging can still be charged.
• Burrow will replenish Smart Excavator's ammo once underground.
• Removes most negative status effects and unsticks projectiles when successfully going underground.
• While burrowed, Venture can drop down ledges, but only travel up through ramps.
• Burrowed Venture cannot pass through Ice Wall, Tree of Life or Cryo-Freeze.
• While underground, Venture cannot be targeted or hit by heroes or objects, both allied and enemy.
  • When dropping down a ledge, Venture briefly loses the invulnerability and can be targeted and hit by allied and enemy effects.
• When an Orb of Harmony has been applied to Venture earlier, they keep it while underground until they break line of sight. However, Orb of Discord and Caduceus Staff beams are instantly removed.
• When emerging, the damage is dealt before Venture launches up and can destroy mines and traps without harming Venture.
• Venture cannot activate traps, elevators or Petal Platform while underground.
• Cage Fight, Graviton Surge and Gravitic Flux do not affect Venture if they are underground. However, these abilities will prevent activating Burrow if Venture is caught in one of them, and can interrupt Burrow if Venture exposes themself by dropping down a ledge in their area.
• Venture can't capture or push objectives while they're underground. They can however contest objectives while underground, such as to prevent enemy progress or stall overtime.
• Venture can pick up health packs while underground.
• Burrow's movement speed buff does not count towards global movement speed buff cap.

Tectonic Shock

Q

2125 points

Type

Ultimate Ability

Effect Type

Area of effect

Send out damaging shockwaves.

Damage:

130

Headshot:

✕

Rate of fire:

1.11 shots/s

Ammo:

4

Cast time:

0.8 + 0.3 seconds

Duration:

7 seconds

Area of effect:

24.65 meters radius
2.5m height

Spread angle:

12 degrees

Knockback speed:

5 m/s (vertical only)

• Details

Ability details:

• Tectonic Shock transforms Venture's weapon:
  • The ability cannot be interrupted by crowd control or Hack.
  • Venture can freely use primary fire to attack.
  • Venture can still use Drill Dash and Burrow during the ultimate.
• Tectonic Shock cannot be activated or fired while burrowed.
• Quick melee/Clobber cannot be used during Tectonic Shock.
• Tectonic Shock fires shockwaves that travel along ground.
  • If Venture is mid-air while firing a charge, the activation of the shockwave will be delayed until they hit the ground.
    • Venture's falling acceleration is tripled if a charge is fired mid-air.
  • Shockwaves cannot cross gaps, but can travel along ramps and stairs and will climb up and down ledges within its 2.5m height.
  • Enemies hit by the shockwaves take damage and are knocked in the air.
• Tectonic Shock instantly replenishes Smart Excavator's ammo.
  • Venture cannot fire Smart Excavator's normal primary fire during Tectonic Shock, so the replenished ammo can only be used once the ultimate ends.

Perks

Minor Perks

A Minor Perk can be chosen at level 2.

Seismic Sense

Type

Minor Perk

While underground, Venture can sense enemies within 25 meters.

Area of effect:

25 meter vision redius

Excavation Exhilaration

300% cooldown reduction

Type

Minor Perk

While Tectonic Shock is active, cooldowns refresh 300% faster.

Cooldown:

300% cooldown reduction

Major perks

A Major Perk can be chosen at level 3.

SMART-R Excavator

Type

Major Perk

SMART Excavator's range is increased by 25%.

Covered in Dirt

Type

Major Perk

Dealing damage with Clobber grants up to 30 Explorer's Resolve shields.

Hero-specific options

Match-Ups and Team Synergy

When fighting Tanks, Venture has "Matchup" ratings, ranging on a scale of 5 levels. This is because Venture's primary focus, like any other DPS, is to pressure and eliminate the enemy team's Supports and other Damage heroes:

• Very Strong Vs. | Strong Vs. | Even/Neutral Vs. | Weak Vs. | Very Weak Vs.

When fighting DPS & Supports, Venture has "Priority Targeting" & measures of "Risk" ranging on a scale of 5 levels. These heroes often pose the greatest threat to Venture or are key targets to eliminate:

• Extremely High Priority | High Priority | Medium Priority | Low Priority | Very Low Priority
• Extreme Risk | High Risk | Medium Risk | Low Risk | Very Low Risk

Synergies are also graded on a scale of 5 levels:

• Exceptional Synergy | Strong Synergy | Good Synergy | Ok Synergy | Weak Synergy

Tank

Hero	Match-Up	Team Synergy
D.Va	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Doomfist	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Hazard	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Junker Queen	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Mauga	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Orisa	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Ramattra	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Reinhardt	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Roadhog	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Sigma	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Winston	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Wrecking Ball	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY
Zarya	TBA MATCHUP	TBA SYNERGY

Damage

Hero	Match-Up	Team Synergy
Ashe	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Bastion	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Cassidy	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Echo	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Genji	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Hanzo	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Junkrat	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Mei	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Pharah	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Reaper	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Sojourn	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Soldier: 76	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Sombra	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Symmetra	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Torbjörn	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Tracer	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Venture	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Widowmaker	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY

Support

Hero	Match-Up	Team Synergy
Ana	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Baptiste	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Brigitte	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Illari	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Kiriko	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Juno	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Lifeweaver	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Lúcio	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Mercy	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Moira	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY
Zenyatta	TBA PRIORITY | TBA RISK	TBA SYNERGY

Story

An eccentric and daring adventurer,^[4] Venture is a charismatic and enthusiastic non-binary archaeologist^[10] with a passion for solving history's mysteries. When danger calls, Venture always answers. As a member of the Wayfinder Society, Venture travels the world, using their excavating tools to uncover artifacts and protect archaeological sites from looters, thieves, and more dangerous criminal organizations.^[11]

Venture's archeological interests are varied and at times, apparently contradictory. Omnic archeology is their favorite specialization, while their favorites of archeology include Classical, Medieval, Peruvian, and Egyptian. They also like Baroque architecture,^[5] and love ice-cream.^[12][13][14]

Background

Sloan Cameron had an affinity for finding lost things since they were a child. They never lived in one place for long, and each new home meant a new expedition—on which they unearthed treasures, trinkets, and traces of the past. Their unusual talent drew them to the Wayfinder Society. At sixteen, they started an apprenticeship with the organization and never looked back.^[11]

Due to their unfettered bravery, Cameron was a unique addition to the brilliant minds of the Wayfinders. From ancient ruins to dormant omniums, dangerous expeditions quickly became their go-to assignments. They often returned from digs covered in dirt, bruises, and local fauna, but always with a smile on their face, eager to learn about the artifacts they’d recovered. Their dedication eventually saw them graduate from their apprenticeship, making them a full-fledged member of the Wayfinder Society.^[11]

Cameron's fearlessness came in handy for more than just expeditions. With increasing threats to Wayfinder sites, security often fell into their hands. Looters, scavengers, even master thieves would try to steal artifacts recovered by the Wayfinders. But with their excavating tools and quick wit, Cameron managed to fend off any would-be troublemakers.^[11]

At some point, Cameron and their fellow Wayfinders searched for Iram of the Pillars. There wasn't much choice when it came to the area's street food.^[12]

Venture's Adventures

Tangle with Talon

Cameron and their fellow Wayfinders operated on Ilios. They encountered Talon at least twice.^[12]

On evening, Cameron emerged from below ground with an ancient artifact, but by the time they resurfaced, found that the sun was setting, and that the Wayfinders had left the site. They found a note from their fellow Wayfinders, explaining that they'd headed into town for the night, but had left them dinner for when they resurfaced. "Dinner," as it turned out, was ice-cream, much to Cameron's delight.^[12]

As night fell, Cameron reflected on the site's history before they saw Talon forces led by Maugaloa Malosi operating on-site, going through the artifacts the Wayfinders had collected. The Talon forces quickly set about looting the site, uncaring of the damage they were inflicting on the ruins. While the civilization who'd built the ruins was long gone, Cameron knew it was their job to protect their heritage, and attacked the criminals with their drill. Mauga opened fire with his miniguns, but Cameron burrowed underground, evading his bullets before bursting up to the surface and stealing the artifact Mauga had been holding. They geeked out over the artifact, which Mauga found amusing, even though he didn't dissuade him from attempting to take the Wayfinder out.^[12]

However, the fight was interrupted as Talon overheard police chatter on their comms, prompting the criminals to exfiltrate the site. As they left, Mauga mocked Cameron in saying that Doomfist would have to find his artifact somewhere else, which made Cameron suspect that Talon was after something specific at the site. Cameron took care of the Talon troopers still on-site before one of them was knocked out by Sombra, who emerged from her stealth. She told Cameron that they'd handled themselves well in the scuffle before they'd got obsessed with the artifact. Sombra stated that she wasn't with Talon, but was just "tagging along," and that what Talon was searching for wasn't at Ilios. Cameron, however...they had potential. She told Cameron they could be what she needed before disappearing.^[12]

Left alone, Cameron reflected on Talon's repeated heists at dig sites, and that whatever they were searching for, it was best it didn't fall into their ends. They decided to tell Wayfinder HQ about the incident.^[12]

Further Adventures

In the wake of the Ilios attack, Cameron wondered why an organization as powerful as Talon would be pilfering ruins. It was a mystery, indeed...and Cameron could never leave a mystery unsolved.^[11]

Cameron did research on an artifact Talon had acquired, last seen in ruins at Cairo. The reliefs led them to the Shambali, who directed them to Talon's hideout. After a lot of digging, Cameron emerged in Talon's hidehout. The Talon troopers attempted to flee, but Cameron dodged and blasted their way through the base before incapacitating the troopers and reclaiming the artifact.^[15]

Achievements

Name	Icon	Description	Reward
Excavation Annihiliation		Eliminate 3 enemies with a single use of Tectonic Shock.	Cute
Pitfall		Knock back an enemy to their death with Drill Dash.	Pixel

Trivia

• Venture is the only hero with a "Dev Doodle" Spray who didn't receive it on April Fools. Players instead received the spray upon logging in during Season 10.

Misc. Character Information

• Venture has always wanted to be eaten alive by scarabs.^[5]
• Venture possibly has asthma.^[5]
• Venture's grandmother lives in Mexico.^[5]
• In French dubbing of Venture, they were given a distinct Quebecois accent.
• Venture is the only character to have 5 rare skins in Overwatch 2.

Disputed Information

Cameron worked on-site at Petra. Their work was interrupted by a firefight between Overwatch and Talon (and, apparently, not for the first time). Taking the side of the former, Cameron helped drive Talon off before returning to their excavation. Burrowing through the ground, Cameron emerged in a chamber which held a construct that looked like Anubis.^[13]

Development

Venture's developer nickname was "Miner".^[16] The inital concept was a hero who could dig underground, as such early concept art was highly experimental with their design. Senior Concept Artist Kejun Wang tried various themes and configurations for Venture's drill, such as sound-based weaponry and exosuits. These concepts were later experimented with and combined to help make more defined early concepts.^[16]

Narrative designer Miranda Moyer directed Venture's identity towards a swashbuckling archaeologist, which had concept artists lean into the adventurer aesthetic, specifically to design them as a daring explorer with a big drill. Whilst developing Venture's look and trying to solidify the hero's silhouette, other than the iconic big drill, concept artists ended up giving Venture a big backpack and long coat to help make them look unique to other heroes, while suiting their adventurer identity.^[16] Venture was heavily inspired by miners and mining gear, which is reflected in the design of their drill weapon.^[9]

Whilst visualizing early concept art of Venture's drill into 3D, the design got streamlined and changed to a more conical shape to make it more recognizable and better from a first-person perspective. From the conical 3D drill, developers started to plot the moving parts and different states it would have, which led to the now moving Drill mode and idle Cannon. Venture's design was also slightly inspired by motorcyclists, such as the way they hold their Drill, as well as the drill's look and loud noises. This inspiration also led to the flame decals on their weapon, as well as flame tattoos on Venture's neck. Venture's off-hand grip was inspired by vacuum cleaners.^[16]

For Venture's character personality and backstory, Moyer stated they worked around the concepts the hero has so far, which at the time was a character with a big drill. From this, they explored different archetypes and ultimately landed on archaeology. They explored what archaeology would be look like in the world of Overwatch, leading to the idea that the well-charted future still had mystery and adventure if you look for it. As such, they developed Venture's daring, passionate and brazen personality.^[16]

Venture is Overwatch 2's first trans non-binary hero, using they/them pronouns. The team gathered feedback and worked closely with the LGBT network at Blizzard, as well as gender non-conforming developers working on Venture, to try best represent Venture's gender identity as authentically as possible.^[16]

Venture was revealed at BlizzCon 2023. Reception was mostly positive, with fan art quickly appearing on the Internet.^[17] Venture was available as a trial from March 28 to 31 before Season 10 began,^[18] where they were released as a regular hero.

Media

Concept Art

• 
  Ice Cream Skin Concept Art by Cecilia Deyne
• 

Videos

Balance Change Logs

For more information, see Patch Notes.

References

v · d · e Heroes in Overwatch 2
Tank	D.Va	Doomfist	Hazard	Junker Queen	Mauga	Orisa	Ramattra	Reinhardt	Roadhog
	Sigma	Winston	Wrecking Ball	Zarya
Damage	Ashe	Bastion	Cassidy	Echo	Freja	Genji	Hanzo	Junkrat	Mei
	Pharah	Reaper	Sojourn	Soldier: 76	Sombra	Symmetra	Torbjörn	Tracer	Venture
	Widowmaker
Support	Ana	Baptiste	Brigitte	Illari	Juno	Kiriko	Lifeweaver	Lúcio	Mercy
	Moira	Zenyatta