Your New Favorite Support Hero is Coming to Overwatch 2

He appears to be like like Taric and Yasuo mixed…

Blizzard Leisure is about to launch its newest Assist hero Lifeweaver this upcoming season 4, with particulars being revealed in a since-deleted article from PCGamesN. Lifeweaver, also referred to as Niran Pruksamanee, is a plant-based pansexual who makes use of his regenerative expertise, Biolight, to heal his allies. He’s additionally the primary Thai hero to enter the Overwatch roster.

The Overwatch group revealed Lifeweaver’s equipment, which features a Petal Platform that generates a pressure-sensitive platform that ascends when stepped on by heroes on each groups, and a Life Grip that shields a focused ally and pulls them to Lifeweaver’s place. His main fireplace, Thorn Volley, offers injury to opponents whereas his passive means, Parting Reward, drops a therapeutic merchandise when he dies. Lifeweaver’s final, Tree of Life, heals allies inside its perimeter for so long as it stays lively and might be positioned wherever on the map to disrupt sightlines and block chokepoints.

Lifeweaver’s design is impressed by the mandala form, and his garments and iconography are a celebration of Thai tradition. The Overwatch group hopes that Lifeweaver’s management skills will open up new methods for gamers within the recreation, with Alec Dawson, lead hero designer, saying that they need assist heroes who can battle again a bit. He additionally provides that Lifeweaver is designed for gamers who care extra about positioning and recreation sense than purpose ability. The hero’s equipment has a studying curve, however Dawson notes that Lifeweaver’s ability flooring is accessible to novices.

Lifeweaver’s connection to Symmetra in Overwatch 2’s lore is mirrored within the gameplay, as each heroes are gentle architects who can spawn constructs. In line with senior character technical artist Chonlawat Thammawan, their kits work properly collectively. Lifeweaver’s means to rapidly reposition aggressive flankers like Genji or Reaper, coupled with burst healers like Ana or Baptiste, make for group composition.

Lifeweaver shall be out there to unlock by way of the Overwatch 2 battle cross over the course of the upcoming season, and his debut within the FPS recreation will coincide with Thai New 12 months. The Overwatch group hopes that Lifeweaver will have interaction gamers another way than every other hero has earlier than, along with his distinctive equipment and persona selling group inclusivity.