Level Talent Name Description Cooldown
1 Demolitions Expert Quest: For every 5 enemy Heroes hit by Particle Grenade, its recharge rate lowers by 0.4375 seconds, up to 3.5 seconds. Reward: Once Particle Grenade has hit 40 enemy Heroes, its radius is increased by 15%.
1 Together We Are Strong For 3 seconds after gaining Shield Ally, every 5.35 (+4% per level) damage done by the bearer contributes 1 Energy to Zarya, up to 40 Energy per Shield.
1 Feel the Heat Zarya's Basic Attack deals 50% additional damage to enemies in melee range. While above 40 Energy, Zarya's Basic Attack size is increased by 35%.
1 Maximum Charge Regen Globes now instantly grant 20 Energy. Quest: Spend 150 seconds at or above 50 Energy. Reward: Gain an additional 20 maximum Energy.
4 I Am the Strongest Personal Barrier absorbs an additional 140 (+4% per level) damage. Passive: Damage absorbed by Zarya's Shields contributes 20% more Energy.
4 Give Me Twenty Quest: Regeneration Globes increase Shield Ally absorb amount by 15, up to 300 permanently. Reward: After collecting 20 Regen Globes, permanently reduce the cooldown of Shield Ally by 2 seconds.
4 Speed Barrier Shield Ally increases the allied Hero's Movement Speed by 50% for the duration.
4 Defensive Shielding Upon expiration or breaking, Personal Barrier and Shield Ally grant 75 Physical Armor against the next 2 Hero Basic Attacks for 6 seconds, reducing the damage taken by 75%.
7 Pinpoint Accuracy Particle Grenade deals 30 (+4% per level) more damage and Slows Movement Speed by 25% for 2 seconds to enemies hit by the center of the blast.
7 Deep Burn Hitting a Hero with Particle Grenade causes Basic Attacks against them to generate 2 Energy. Lasts 3 seconds.
7 Explosive Barrier Upon expiration or breaking, Personal Barrier explodes, dealing 110 (+4% per level) damage to nearby enemies.
10 Graviton Surge Launch a gravity bomb that detonates after 1 second and draws enemy Heroes toward the center for 2.5 seconds. Affected Heroes take 30 (+4% per level) damage a second. 60
10 Expulsion Zone Launch a gravity bomb that deals 124 (+4% per level) damage and creates an expulsion zone for 3.5 seconds. Enemies who enter the affected area are knocked back and have their Movement Speed reduced by 50% for 1 second. 45
13 Unstoppable Competitor Personal Barrier makes Zarya Unstoppable for up to 2 seconds.
13 Spell Barrier Upon expiration or breaking, Personal Barrier grants Zarya 75 Spell Armor for 3 Seconds, reducing the damage taken from Abilities by 75%.
13 Endurance Training While at or above 75 Energy, Zarya gains 20 Armor, reducing all damage taken by 20%.
13 Pain is Temporary Activate to consume all Energy and gain a Shield that absorbs 0.5% of Zarya's maximum Health per Energy consumed and lasts for 3 seconds. Zarya may only have one personal Shield active on herself at a time. 30
16 Cleansing Shield Causes Shield Ally to remove all disabling effects and reduces its cooldown by 3 seconds.
16 Gain Train Shield Ally now grants an untalented Shield to a nearby ally upon impact.
16 Born in Battle While at or above 75 Energy, Zarya's cooldowns regenerate 25% faster.
20 Gravity Kills Increases Graviton Surge's duration by 1 second and it Silences Heroes caught in its area.
20 Clear Out Reduce Expulsion Zone's cooldown by 25 seconds and increase its duration by 1.5 seconds.
20 Grenadier All Particle Grenade charges are returned at once.
20 Unyielding Defender Activate to reset the cooldown of Personal Barrier and Shield Ally. 60
Shortcut Ability Name Description Cooldown Mana Cost
Q Particle Grenade Launch a particle grenade that deals 75 (+4% per level) damage to enemies within the area. Deals 50% damage to Structures. Stores up to 4 charges. 8
W Personal Barrier Gain a Shield that absorbs 560 (+4% per level) damage for 3 seconds. 10
E Shield Ally Grants an allied Hero a Shield that absorbs 420 (+4% per level) damage for 3 seconds. 12
R Graviton Surge Launch a gravity bomb that detonates after 1 second and draws enemy Heroes toward the center for 2.5 seconds. Affected Heroes take 30 (+4% per level) damage a second. 60
R Expulsion Zone Launch a gravity bomb that deals 124 (+4% per level) damage and creates an expulsion zone for 3.5 seconds. Enemies who enter the affected area are knocked back and have their Movement Speed reduced by 50% for 1 second. 45
Energy Each time Zarya's Personal Barrier or Shield Ally absorbs 9 (+4% per level) damage, her Energy is increased by 1. Each point of Energy increases Zarya's damage by 2%. After 0.5 seconds, Energy decays by 3 per second.

Zarya

2024-08-12 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Particle Grenade [Q]
    • Damage increased from 75 to 80.
  • Shield Ally [E]
    • Search radius increased from 8 to 10.

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Deep Burn [Q]
      • Duration increased from 3 to 4 seconds.
  • Level 13
    • Pain is Temporary [Active]
      • Shielding increased from 0.48% of Max Health per Energy to 0.8% of Max Health per Energy.

Bug Fixes

  • Explosive Barrier now displays in the Death Recap.

2024-05-21 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks to not damage enemies in the cleave area if the primary target dies to the attack.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Deep Burn to display the incorrect floating text value.

2024-02-06 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attacks not being affected properly by attack speed modifiers.

2023-11-16 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

  • Difficulty updated from Easy to Medium.

Stats

  • Basic Attacks will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds.
  • Basic Attacks no longer reveal targets hit.

Abilities

  • Expulsion Zone [R2]

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Explosive Barrier [W]
      • Explosive Barrier will now reveal targets hit for 2 seconds.
      • Explosive Barrier will now reveal the effect area for 0.75 seconds.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Defensive Shielding to not apply if the target already has select forms of Block.
  • Fixed an issue that caused Basic Attack Splash to work incorrectly with Time Stop.

2023-09-20 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that caused Defensive Shielding to not apply correctly on Shield Ally expiring. Undocumented

2021-12-07 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Together We Are Strong [E]
      • Changed Functionality: Talent effects now last 3 seconds, instead of for the duration of the Shield.
  • Level 7
    • Deep Burn [Q]
      • Energy gains increased from 1 to 2.

Developer Comment: The last round of Zarya changes didn't blow her overall power out of proportion, so we're touching up a few more underperforming talents.

2021-09-27 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Feel the Heat [Trait]
      • Additional functionality: While above 40 Energy, Zarya's Basic Attack size is increased by 35%.
  • Level 4
    • I Am the Strongest [W]
      • Additional functionality: Damage absorbed by Zarya's Shields contributes 20% more energy.
  • Level 7
    • Hit Me [Trait]
      • Removed.
    • To the Limit [Passive]
      • Removed.
    • (New) Deep Burn [Q]
      • Basic Attacks against Heroes hit by Particle Grenade in the last 3 seconds generate 1 Energy.
  • Level 10
    • Graviton Surge [R2]
      • Additional functionality: Deals 30 damage a second to affected enemies.

Developer Comment: Zarya's Basic Attack build is underperforming compared to her other options, so we're consolidating a few talents and giving her a new one in the form of Deep Burn. Historically, even slight buffs to Zarya have had a huge impact on her efficacy, so we're making light touches this time around. We'll be keeping a close eye on her performance and making more adjustments in the future if needed.

2020-04-14 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where Defensive Shielding would grant 4 Block charges when a shield from Shield Ally was destroyed Undocumented
  • Zarya's To The Limit no longer causes Zarya's weapon beam to appear shorter at certain energy levels.

2020-02-12 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 7
    • Pinpoint Accuracy [Q]
      • Additional functionality: also Slows enemy Heroes hit near the center of Particle Grenade by 25% for 2 seconds.
    • Explosive Barrier [W]
      • Damage increased from 100 to 110.
    • To the Limit [Trait]
      • Energy requirement for bonus attack size reduced from 50 to 40.
    • Hit Me [Trait]
      • Energy bonus increased from 15% to 20%.
  • Level 10
    • Expulsion Zone [R2]
      • Radius increased by 10%.
  • Level 16
    • Plasma Shock [Q]
      • Removed.
  • Level 20
    • Clear Out [R2]
      • No longer increases the radius of Expulsion Zone.
      • Additional functionality: Reduce the cooldown of Expulsion Zone by 25 seconds.

Developer Comment: It's been a long time since we made some serious changes to Zarya's talents, so these changes should shake things up a bit for her. Plasma Shock in particular was not seeing much play, so we're rolling its functionality into Pinpoint Accuracy, and buffing other talents on the tier to keep their competitiveness. We're also redesigning Clear Out to give a massive cooldown reduction to Expulsion Zone instead of a radius increase, as we found the radius increase to not be the most impactful or fun Level 20 upgrade.

2019-08-06 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Critical Strike, Oil Spill, Lightning Fury, Ravage, Keg Smash, and Particle Grenade are now affected by cooldown reduction effects.

2019-05-22 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Together We Are Strong [E]
      • Damage done by allies per energy gained reduced from 6 to 5
      • Maximum energy gain per Shield increased from 30 to 40
  • Level 20
    • Gravity Kills [R1]
      • No longer deals damage to enemy Heroes
      • Additional functionality: Now Silences enemy Heroes for its duration
    • Clear Out [R2]
      • No longer increases Zarya's maximum Energy
      • Additional functionality: Now increases the duration of Expulsion Zone by 1.5 seconds

Developer Comment: We saw an opportunity to improve Zarya's Heroic options, and while taking a look at her saw that Together We Are Strong was also underperforming compared to its peers, so we're giving all of these talents a bit more punch.

2018-07-10 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Deckard: Can now correctly use Healing Potions while affected by Zarya's Graviton Surge.

2018-05-01 Hotfix Patch

Bug Fixes

  • Deckard: Rejuvenation Potion no longer restores resources other than Mana, such as Zarya's Energy and Sonya's Fury.

2018-04-11 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Health increased from 2225 to 2292.
  • Health Regeneration increased from 4.6406 to 4.7750.

Abilities

  • Particle Grenade (Q)
    • Damage increased from 71 to 75.
  • Graviton Surge (R)
    • Cooldown reduced from 80 to 60 seconds.

2017-12-20 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • Hanzo: Coming under the effects of Zarya’s Graviton Surge while casting Storm Bow will no longer prevent the player from using Hanzo’s Abilities after Graviton Surge ends.

2017-06-13 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • In-game: Zarya’s Maximum Charge Quest Talent will not appear complete on the in-game Score Screen’s Talents tab prior to reaching 150 stacks.

2017-04-20 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Energy (Trait)
    • Rate of decay increased from 2.5 to 3 per second
  • Graviton Surge (R)
    • Cooldown reduced from 100 to 80 seconds

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Demolitions Expert (Q)
      • Cooldown reduction decreased from 0.5 to 0.4375 seconds per 5 Heroes hit, up to 3.5 seconds
    • Together We Are Strong (E)
      • Damage needed per point of Energy gained reduced from 9 to 6
    • Maximum Charge (Trait)
      • Energy gained from Regeneration Globes increased from 15 to 20
  • Level 4
    • Give Me Twenty (E)
      • Cooldown reduction granted upon completing the quest decreased from 3 to 2 seconds
    • Speed Barrier (E)
      • Movement Speed bonus increased from 35% to 50%
  • Level 16
    • Cleansing Shield (E)
      • Cooldown reduction increased from 2 to 3 seconds
    • Plasma Shock (Q)
      • Slow duration increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds
  • Level 20
    • Gravity Kills (R)
      • Damage increased from 140 to 175 over the duration
    • Clear Out (R)
      • Bonus maximum Energy increased from 10 to 15 per Hero hit

Developer Comment: Zarya has continued to be one of the most powerful Heroes in the Nexus. We’re targeting a nerf at her Energy decay rate because we think that’s it’s too easy for Zarya to stay at really high Energy amounts over a long period of time. Rather than continuing to reduce her potential damage output, we want to make the moments that she gets to maximum Energy more rare (but still scary).

2017-03-28 Balance Update

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue that could cause players to stall when Zarya was affected by certain attack speed modifiers.

2017-03-14 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

General

  • Zarya's Basic Attacks can now be affected by attack speed modifications.

Bug Fixes

  • Zarya: Damage that occurs just before Zarya’s Barrier breaks will now correctly grant her energy.

2017-02-14 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Feel the Heat (Passive)
      • Basic Attacks that deal bonus damage in Melee range will now show a Crit indicator

Bug Fixes

  • Zarya: Graviton Surge and Expulsion Zone voiceover will no longer play slightly early.

2017-01-27 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack damage reduced from 21 to 20

Abilities

  • Particle Grenade (Q)
    • Damage reduced from 74 to 71

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Maximum Charge (Trait)
      • Energy gain from Regeneration Globes reduced from 20 to 15

Developer Comments: We're pretty happy with Zarya's gameplay and how often we're seeing her, but we think toning down her damage slightly is in order to keep her in line.

2017-01-24 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Anub'arak: Burrow Charge will now correctly allow Anub'arak to escape Zarya's Graviton Surge.
  • Zarya: Fixed an issue preventing the “Drop and give me Twenty” quest indicator from disappearing after the quest was completed.

2016-12-14 Patch Notes

Hero Updates

Abilities

  • Particle Grenade (Q)
    • This ability has received improvements to its cast animation
    • The time between casting Particle Grenade and performing another action has been reduced by .25 seconds

Developer Comments: Casting Zarya’s Particle Grenade would force her to be locked in place for a short period of time. We don’t do this on other Heroes, and we felt like this exception broke the fluidity of the character.

2016-11-15 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Zarya: Fixed an issue that could cause Graviton Surge’s effect to persist indefinitely under certain circumstances.
  • Zarya: The Gain Train Talent can no longer apply a Shield to an ally-controlled Dragon Knight or Garden Terror.

2016-11-10 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Demolitions Expert (Q)
      • Quest reward of hitting 5 Heroes increased from .375 to .5
    • Together We Are Strong (E)
      • Decreased Energy per damage dealt from 10 to 9
      • Increased the maximum Energy gained from 25 to 30
    • Maximum Charge (Trait)
      • Quest completion time increased from 120 to 150 seconds
  • Level 4
    • Defensive Shielding (Passive)
      • Block charge duration reduced from 12 to 6 seconds
  • Level 7
    • Hit Me (Trait)
      • Bonus Energy from Zarya’s Shields decreased from 20 to 15%
  • Level 13
    • Unstoppable Competitor (W)
      • Unstoppable duration increased from 1.5 to 2 seconds
    • Endurance Training (Passive)
      • Damage reduction decreased from 25 to 20%
  • Level 16
    • Plasma Shock (Q)
      • Slow duration increased from 1 to 1.5 seconds
    • Cleansing Shield (E)
      • Added functionality
        • Also decreases Cooldown of Shield Ally from 12 to 10 seconds
  • Level 20
    • Unyielding Defender (Active)
      • Cooldown increased from 45 to 60 seconds

Developer Comments: Zarya’s power level is slightly higher than what we’d like, and in general her Energy Talents are stronger than all the other options on their tiers. These changes should increase Talent diversity and deliver a slight nerf to the Hero.

Bug Fixes

  • Tyrael: Fixed an issue that could cause Tyrael’s Sanctification ability to fail if Zarya cast Expulsion Zone at the same location.

2016-10-18 Patch Notes

Bug Fixes

  • Damage Reduction: When two damage reduction effects, such as Resistant (25%) and Hardened Shield (75%), are simultaneously applied to a Hero, the larger effect will no longer be overridden by the lesser effect.

2016-10-12 Balance Update

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Basic Attack damage reduced from 24 to 21
  • Base Maximum Health reduced from 2336 to 2225
  • Base Health Regeneration reduced from 4.87 to 4.64

Talents

  • Level 1
    • Maximum Charge (Trait)
      • Reduced the bonus Energy on quest completion from 25 to 20
    • Demolitions Expert (Q)
      • Recharge rate reduction increased from .25 to .375, up to a total of 3 seconds
  • Level 4
    • Speed Barrier (E)
      • Movement Speed increased from 25 to 35%

Developer Comments: We’re reverting some of the previous Zarya buffs to bring her power level back to where we want. We’re also nerfing the benefits of Maximum Charge, now that getting high Energy isn’t as difficult as it was previously. We’ve also buffed Demolitions Expert and Speed Barrier, as they were substantially underperforming when compared to the other Talents on their tiers.

2016-09-30 Hotfix Patch

Hero Updates

  • Energy (Trait)
    • Energy decay rate increased from 1.5 to 2.5 per second

2016-09-29 Hotfix Patch

Hero Updates

Stats

  • Increased Basic Attack damage from 20 to 24
  • Increased Health from 2225 to 2336
  • Increased Health Regen from 4.64 to 4.87

Abilities

  • Particle Grenade (Q)
    • Increased base damage from 62 to 74
  • Personal Barrier (W)
    • Cooldown reduced from 12 to 10 seconds
  • Energy (Trait)
    • Energy decay rate reduced from 3 to 1.5 per second
  • Graviton Surge (R)
    • Cooldown reduced from 120 to 100 seconds

Developer Comments: We like the way Zarya is playing on live, but her impact is currently lower than we’d like. Her damage is too low and we feel that the rate at which her Energy decays is too quick, so we have adjusted them and will keep an eye on her.

2016-09-27 Patch Notes

New Hero

Aleksandra Zaryanova is one of the world's strongest women and was a promising athlete, but all that changed when the Siberian omnium reawakened. As a soldier in the Russian Defense Force, she now proudly uses her strength to protect the ones she loves.

Trait

  • Energy
    • Each time Zarya’s Personal Barrier or Shield Ally absorbs 10 damage, her Energy is increased by 1. Each point of Energy increases Zarya’s damage by 2%. After 0.5 seconds, Energy decays by 3 per second.

Basic Abilities

  • Particle Grenade (Q)
    • Launch a Particle Grenade that deals damage to enemies within a small area. Deals 50% damage to Structures.
  • Personal Barrier (W)
    • Gain a Shield that absorbs damage for 3 seconds.
  • Shield Ally (E)
    • Grants an allied Hero a Shield that absorbs damage for 3 seconds.

Heroic Abilities

  • Graviton Surge (R)
    • Launch a gravity bomb that detonates after 1 second and draws enemy Heroes toward the center for 2.5 seconds.
  • Expulsion Zone (R)
    • Launch a gravity bomb that deals light damage and creates an expulsion zone for 3.5 seconds. Enemies who enter the affected area are knocked back and have their Movement Speed reduced by 50% for 1 second.