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Shooters & FPS Oct 19, 2026

why do people call damage heroes dps?

new to overwatch and everyone in voice keeps saying they'll go dps. i get it means the damage role but what does it actually stand for, and does it mean the same thing in other games?
dps meaning
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ella_23 Oct 22, 2026
lindam
it's literally damage per second. MMO players used the number to compare how hard each class hit over a fight, and it ended up as the name for the whole role. overwatch just kept it even though plenty of its damage heroes are burst rather than sustained.
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