Just saw some gameplay, I was afraid we were gonna get another support, but now we get a wonderfully unique looking tank that I plan on playing rigorously, how awesome!!! I am a bit worried that a lot of her abilities were just mashed together and slightly changed from multiple other characters (Winston, dva, zarya) but still looks really fun and hopefully with enough potential to be one of my mains!
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I'm slightly dissapointed that half of her abilities are ripped from other characters, but even so I find her really interesting and she seems pretty balanced. I'll forgive them this time around.
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I think that's the purpose of it. She isn't a brand new creation, but instead an upgrade to a regular defense bot. And her graviton surge is WAY different from Zaryas (as it should be.) After playing her for a while I've noticed it shouldn't be used a killing mechanism (although it can aid in 1v1s) like Zarya's but as a relocation ability similar to a Lucio boop or a Pharah concussion rocket. It's really fun on Ilios well to fire it over the well and activate the pull over the center. I managed to get 3 in one pull today. So yes, the abilities aren't "new." But they offer an entirely new aspect that we haven't seen yet, which imo is what matters.
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If it shakes up the meta then you can bet I'll be all over it.
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Agreed, just this once, because makes for an interesting and hopefully entertaining play style
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I played a good few hours on the PTR today, and she is honestly my favourite hero so far. She is insanely fun and interactive, you need more gamesense than mechanical skill which I really like. Her gun is just all around really balanced. Almost no spread or damage falloff at range, but fairly low base damage and no hitscan. Her barrier is definately her strongest tool, since you can deploy it from afar. 'Mini-grav' (I.e [i]"I got grav'd"[/i]) as I've taken to calling it, is an extremely useful tool for creating openings. A well timed pharah rocket can deal some big damage, definately an ability that relies on teamwork. Fortify is just really good in general, I don't need to explain why. Same goes for Supercharger. Simple but extremely powerful. Once she comes out on console she is getting insta golden weapon from me. And hopefully thats next week.
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Oh wow thanks for the analysis! I can't wait to give her a try lol