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The Ultimate Meter
The Ultimate Meter is a user interface element which displays the percentage of Ultimate ability Ultimate abilities (Commonly referred to by players as Ults ) are powerful abilities only available to a hero once their Ultimate Meter has filled. Progress towards an Ultimate persists through death. The Ultimate Meter fills by 
progress the player has achieved. It is found at the bottom centre of the in-game display.
Functionality
- The Ultimate Meter starts at 0%
- Dealing damage and killing heroes See playable characters. For the animated short, see Hero. All of the heroes, as of 2015 There are currently 24 playable hero characters in Overwatch. Each fits into one of four roles
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- Indirect damage also fills the Meter, such as damage from Torbj⸣⸖rn Torbjörn "Build em up, Break em down." Real Name Torbjörn Lindholm Age 57 Nationality Swedish Occupation Weapons designer Base Gothenburg, Sweden Affiliation Ironclad Guild (formerly)Overwatch (formerly) Relations WifeEight children Voice Keith Silverstein (English) José Luccioni
- Healing yourself or other players will also fill the Meter
- The Ultimate Meter will also slowly fill over time, without any interactions
- The Ultimate Meter will not fill during Setup time
- Once 100% is reached, the player is granted access to their Ultimate ability
- Once the Ultimate is used, the Ultimate Meter will be reset to 0%
- Switching hero will reset the Ultimate Meter to 0%, but deaths will not
- At 0-99%, the Ultimate Meter displays the percentage of Ultimate ability progress the player has achieved. Once 100% is reached, the Ultimate Meter transforms into the hero`s Ultimate ability icon.
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Notes
- The amount of Ultimate gained appears to vary between heroes, and kills seem to grant less Ultimate than dealing damage.