New Heroes
A New Big Healer
Months ago, we were introduced to Overwatch’s first new hero, Ana, a lovable sniper mom who heals as well as she kills. She’s a load of fun once you learn her quirks, but she feels more comparable to Zenyatta as a reliable source of health than the “big” healer picks in Lucio and Mercy.
Suffice to say, when the team is only stacked to have one healer, it always feels more appropriate to count on Lucio and Mercy than Ana and Zen. We’d like that dynamic to change in 2017, and the simplest way would be a new healer that ranks as a “big healer” in Overwatch.
“But we already have a new healer! We could get other new types of characters first.” Yes! A new big healer would be great to have, but other areas of the roster need some love too! Which leads us to…
A New Airborne Hero
There’s really only one way to say this: Pharah feels lonely up in the sky all by herself! With every map designed with high ceilings and open spaces that work for her toolset, she shouldn’t be the only hero enjoying flight.
We envision some cool possibilities for another airborne hero, like one that specializes in melee and slamming down from the sky to score eliminations, or even a deadly sniper that must hover in place to draw their weapon.
Terry Crews as Doomfist
Terry Crews is a self-professed fan of Overwatch, so much so that Blizzard invited him down to the studio for the day. Crews’ visit and his comments from last month saying he’d like to play Doomfist in the game has sparked a lot of obvious theory crafting that he will indeed play the hero, and that’s a pretty damn awesome possibility.
It’s not really known what kind of hero Doomfist would manifest as in practice, but his size would certainly assume that of a tank. We’ll have to see if Blizzard has him ready for fans in 2017.
