Overwatch 2 Trailer Showcases New Flowery Support Hero

Blizzard Entertainment has lengthy since acknowledged that Overwatch 2‘s Season 4 hero can be a help, and now the crew has lastly revealed who it will likely be. This new hero is known as Lifeweaver and is coming to the sport on April 11.

The debut trailer confirmed off a few of Lifeweaver’s talents in motion, a lot of which reposition gamers or heal them and faucet into his love of science and know-how. The submit on Blizzard’s web site breaks these strikes down and provides extra background on each. His first major fireplace (he has two) is a therapeutic burst that gamers can cost. The greater the cost, the extra it heals, and it zooms to focus on’s like Brigitte’s armor packs, which means strict aiming isn’t required. The second major fireplace is an offensive volley of thorns that shoot in a scattered sample. Players have to modify forwards and backwards between therapeutic and harm with their major fireplace, too.

Lifeweaver additionally has a capability that may put an enormous flower on the bottom that elevates as soon as an ally or enemy steps on it. This is supposed to throw off foes or reposition teammates and those that time it accurately will have the ability to get a brilliant bounce when the platform reaches its most peak. Lifeweaver may mix this along with his Rejuvenating Dash, which is a fast dodge that additionally heals him.

Lifeweaver’s Life Grip energy is sort of a mixture of Zarya’s bubbles and Roadhog’s hook because it pulls in allies and makes them invincible throughout their journey. This can be utilized to avoid wasting teammates or defend them whereas they use their final capability. His passive can also be distinctive and like a twist on Reaper’s soul orbs, which haven’t been in Overwatch since 2017. Upon loss of life, Lifeweaver drops an orb that heals the primary individual — good friend or foe — to seize it.

His final can also be not like anything within the recreation, because it vegetation an enormous tree that heals all allies round it. Its dimension means it may additionally present cowl to gamers because it heals them, making it fairly a defensive software. This capability, in accordance with Blizzard, is what formed Lifeweaver’s lore and character as a “nature-loving supporting hero.” Prior variations of his final included a Reinhardt-esque Earthshatter capability and a therapeutic totem.

Lifeweaver, whose title is Niran PruksaManee, is from Thailand and likewise the primary overtly pansexual hero within the recreation, in accordance with Kotaku. Lead Narrative Designer Gavin Jurgens-Fyhrie talked about this alternative in a roundtable interview, noting that it was an necessary step to get proper.

“Representation has always been really important to this team and we’ve been looking for a way to express that more,” stated Jurgens-Fyhrie. “So I think in terms of Lifeweaver, when we were initially discussing this, we wanted a pansexual character, and the approach that everyone was happy with was that this would be an openly pansexual character.”

Blizzard additionally confirmed to Dexerto that there shall be a Pride Month occasion for the sport someday in May simply earlier than Pride Month. Other Overwatch characters are a part of the LGBTQ+ neighborhood, however their queer identities don’t typically manifest within the recreation as something greater than a twig, which was a typical criticism levied at Blizzard. Lifeweaver, nonetheless, would be the first one to have his identification materialize within the recreation by means of conversations and “other material.”

Lifeweaver shall be out there immediately for individuals who purchase the premium Season 4 battle cross, whereas those that don’t pay must play till they hit tier 45 on the free battle cross, if Season 2 was something to go by. It additionally appears as if this season may have a Mythic pores and skin for Sigma, in accordance with a leaked thumbnail.

This newest hero had additionally initially leaked by means of an article that was prematurely posted on PCGamesN. Blizzard then solely posted an image of the hero and promised extra can be revealed the following day.