A number of large adjustments are coming to Overwatch in what is well the sport’s most substantial replace to this point. On high of a reputation change, an surprising pivot to a narrative-driven format, a critically lovely collaboration, main UI updates, and extra, 5 new characters are coming to Overwatch to assist kick off The Reign of Talon, Season 1 on February 10. That is proper: Five.
Luckily, this new lineup features a tank, two help characters, and two injury characters, which means each participant will get the possibility to check out a brand new hero (or nefarious Talon agent) in the event that they so select. That stated, even sport director Aaron Keller informed GameSpot this huge inflow of characters will inevitably result in stability issues–and that is with out contemplating how overwhelming it may be to to play a brand new character you are unfamiliar with. With that in thoughts, this is a fast rundown of Overwatch’s new characters–Emre, Domina, Mizuki, Anran, and Jetpack Cat–to assist you become familiar with them forward of their debut.
Emre – Injury
Let’s kick issues off with probably the most beginner-friendly hero of the group, Emre. These of you who’re tuned into Overwatch have most likely been anticipating Emre, as this Overwatch-turned-Talon agent has been teased and alluded to for literal years. After enjoying a match as him final week, I am completely satisfied to report that he was well-worth the wait.
- Emre is a easy, run-and-gun injury character who boasts Altered Vitals, a passive that helps him regenerate well being shortly and makes him a extremely well-rounded and viable possibility for brand spanking new gamers.
- His main fireplace is a Artificial Burst Rifle that pops off three rounds in fast succession, and he additionally has the power to Take Intention and use a scope with none discount in motion velocity.
- His Siphon Blaster sees him swap out his rifle for a semi-automatic pistol with explosive, life-stealing rounds, and he additionally has a Cyber Frag grenade that–on high of shelling out injury to enemies–can be thrown at his ft to provide him a bounce increase.
- His final, Override Protocol, turns Emre right into a dwelling weapon, able to taking pictures speedy explosive blasts or charging up higher-power mega photographs.
Domina – Tank
Fairly just a few characters in Overwatch have ties to Vishkar Industries, and now, we’re lastly assembly the corporate’s devious vp: Domina. If I needed to examine Domina to any current Overwatch character, it’d undoubtedly be Sigma, albeit with much less uncovered ft and way more curves. However just like Sigma, Domina is a poke tank, which means she’s handiest at a distance.
- Her main fireplace is her Photon Magnum, a medium-range beam that fees as much as ship a excessive impression shot, and she will be able to additionally deploy a big, segmented barrier–Barrier Array–that would require enemies to chip away at many, particular person panels in an effort to totally break.
- Domina may challenge an explosive Crystal Cost and push again opponents utilizing her Sonic Repulsors, the latter of which stuns enemies if it pushes them towards a wall.
- Her final, Panopticon, fires a hard-light projectile that imprisons enemies. Whereas imprisoned, your enemies can’t obtain therapeutic, which is a giant drawback contemplating the jail actually explodes as soon as its time runs up.
- Lastly, she additionally has the passive skill Reconstruction, during which dealing injury restores her shields.
Mizuki – Assist
Overwatch’s Reign of Talon continues with the addition of Mizuki, a help character with ties to each Talon and the Hashimoto clan. For a fast lore refresher, Overwatch’s Hashimoto clan is a felony group working in Japan that’s liable for the homicide of Genji and Hanzo’s father, Sojiro Shimada, and is allied with Talon. However leaping again to Mizuki himself, this healer is certainly one I would suggest for knowledgeable gamers, as he could be a bit difficult to manage, works finest at shut vary, and requires fast, strategic considering.
- His main fireplace is Spirit Glaive, a spinning blade that may be bounced off partitions to hit enemies at seemingly inaccessible angles.
- His secondary skill, Therapeutic Kasa, permits him to throw his hat–a conventional Japanese kasa–at close by allies, inflicting it to boomerang and unfold therapeutic between them.
- The majority of Mizuki’s therapeutic is delivered by his passive skill, Treatment Aura, which heals close by allies and scales with the quantity of therapeutic and injury you might be doing–this is exactly what makes Mizuki handiest on the entrance traces, even when it does come at larger threat.
- Katashiro Return sees Mizuki shoot ahead with elevated motion velocity, abandoning a paper doll he can return to as soon as his fast assault is completed, and he may launch a Binding Chain that pins enemies in place.
- Lastly, Mizuki’s final, Kekkai Sanctuary, creates an enormous sanctuary that heals allies and absorbs projectiles.
Anran – Injury
Should you love Wuyang and have been desirous to study much more about his previous and Wuxing Faculty, I’ve nice information for you. Along with a complete bunch of unhealthy guys, Overwatch’s subsequent season sees Wuyang’s older sister, Anran, be a part of the fray as the latest human member of Overwatch.
- Not like her brother, Anran possesses the power to control fireplace, making her a robust injury hero–and her high-mobility and passive skill that causes her to inflict burn, Ignition, solely up her energy.
- Anran’s main fireplace, Zhuque Followers, sees her make the most of a pair of hand followers to shoot fiery projectiles, whereas her secondary fireplace, Fan the Flames blasts scorching wind that amplifies burn injury.
- Her skill Inferno Rush propels her ahead and dishes out some good injury, whereas Dancing Blaze permits her to strike close by enemies whereas dodging all injury.
- One other characteristic that makes Anran such a powerful hero? She has two ultimates. The primary of those is Vermillion Ascent, which sees Anran cost ahead and explode on first impression, immediately igniting any enemies in her means.
- Nonetheless, Anran may use her final after dying because of Vermillion Revival, which permits her to respawn in a fiery, Phoenix-like trend, and causes injury to close by enemies.
Jetpack Cat – Assist
Now for the second you have all been ready for, let’s speak Jetpack Cat. After near a decade in improvement, our furry pal is lastly right here. Not a lot is understood about Jetpack Cat’s previous, however Blizzard did affirm that Brigitte is the kind-hearted soul who took her in.
- On high of being a fantastic healer because of her Biotic Pawjectiles, which may each heal allies and damage enemies, Jetpack Cat gives transportation.
- Her skill Lifeline permits her to tow keen allies, all whereas granting them further therapeutic and giving Jetpack Cat a pleasant velocity increase.
- Frenetic Flight accelerates her motion in any course, whereas Purr prompts a pulsing space heal that knockbacks enemies and will increase in frequency over time.
- Jetpack Cat’s final, Catnapper, permits her to dive in direction of the bottom, knocking again enemies whereas additionally tethering the closest one to her. As you may think about, this can be utilized for some unbelievable trolling and groan-inducing deaths.
- And although this might sound apparent, Jetpack Cat boasts a passive as effectively: Jetpack. Due to this useful little machine, our feline pal has everlasting flight.