#overwatch abilities

[the-noodle-king]

And here’s Es.P.E.R., another Hero concept I’ve been nursing for a very long time, without a design or a proper kit. Es.P.E.R. was actually the first Tank Hero concept I came up with, and I’m glad to see it finally fleshed out and completed.

I have a real soft spot for this good robot, I just think they’re neat!

Stats, Bio, Backstory, etc. under the cut~

Real Name:  The Essential Protection and Emergency Rescue Unit

Alias:  Es.P.E.R.  /  Esper

Role:  Tank  /  Job:  Extremely Versatile Flex Tank with Crowd Control and Healing Utility

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Hit Points:  350  /  Health:  275  /  Armour:  75

Primary Weapon:  Light Darts

Ammo:  120  /  Reload Speed:  1.75 Seconds  /  Rate of Fire:  3-12 Shots per Second

Damage:  9 - 12  /  DPS:  27-36 - 108-144  /   Falloff Range:  15 - 30M  /  Attack Type:  Rapid-Fire Linear Projectiles

Primary Fire, Light Darts:  Launch needle-thin shards of hardlight, piercing barriers and slipping past armour to deal damage. Light Dart damage drops off by 1 every 5M, and darts are fired in a tight circle pattern which becomes single pinpoint at the 45M mark. Light darts pierce placed barriers, ignore damage reduction from armour, and deal double damage to personal temporary barriers. Es.P.E.R. builds up their rate of fire while fire is maintained, starting at 3 shots per second and building to 12 over 1.5s.  /  Projectile Speed:  88 Meters per second

Ability 1, Shift Focus:  Activate to choose between Es.P.E.R.’s other two forms, allowing for rotation between Tank Form, Support Form and Damage Form. Es.P.E.R.’s Healthpool and secondary ability changes between forms, and they also gain a unique passive bonus in each form.

In Tank Form, Es.P.E.R. gains an additional 250 Armour, and all damage they receive is reduced by -20%.

In Support Form, Es.P.E.R. gains an additional 100 Shields, and they continuously regenerate health at a rate of 5Hps, which increases to 45Hps outside of combat (after 3.5s without dealing or taking damage).

In Damage Form, Es.P.E.R.’s HP is their base 350, but their rate of fire becomes 5, increasing to 15 after 1.25s of shooting, their reload time is reduced to 1.4s, and their base movement speed is increased by +10%.

Tank Form is Es.P.E.R.’s default Spawn form, but getting Hacked or otherwise disabled reduces their HP to the 350 base for the duration, regardless of their current form.  /  Cooldown: 4s from Use

Ability 2, Tank Form, Force Pulse:  Send out a shockwave which flings enemies in a 10M area around Es.P.E.R. away, dealing a small amount of damage upon knocking them away, and slightly more damage if they make contact with a wall. Force Pulse is not stopped by barriers, however passing through a barrier halves the effectiveness of the knockback. The shockwave expands as a ring from the centre of Es.P.E.R., expanding at roughly 15Mps up to the 10M AoE.  /  Maximum Knockback Distance: up to 20M from Es.P.E.R.  /  Initial Knockback Damage: 25  /  Wall Contact Damage: 25  /  Cooldown: 6s from Use

Ability 2, Support Form, Heal Pulse:  Send out a healing pulse, granting nearby allies a short lived healing over time buff and a small amount of damage resistance. Heal Pulse is not stopped by barriers, and travels at a speed of 15Mps, stopping after it has travelled 30M. Healing from Heal Pulse is not affected by Heal Boost effects, and cannot be reduced by more than -40% from Anti-Heal effects.  /  Healing Per Second: 50 (Minimum of 30)  /  Damage Resistance: -10%  /  Duration: 2.5s  /  Cooldown: 6s from Use

Ability 2, Damage Form, Discordant Pulse:  Send out continuous pulses of sound and light which hurt and confuse enemies. Discordant Pulse is not stopped by barriers, and barriers affected by it take 200 damage per second. Briefly surround Es.P.E.R. with an AoE which damages and slows enemies, as well as disabling the activation of their abilities for a short moment (Does not cancel active abilities, interrupt channelling, or count as a stun). Only enemies currently and immediately within the AoE are effected by it, and having their body be more than 50% outside it for any amount of time instantly stops the effects.  /  AoE: 10M  /  Damage Per Second: 50 (In increments of 5)  /  Slow Effect: -20%  /  Duration: 2s  /  Cooldown: 6s from end of Duration

Ability 3, Slipstream:  Fly in the direction you are currently moving, creating a temporary slipstream which you and your allies can use to quickly move from end to end, even up and down. A created Slipstream lasts for 18s, or until a new one is created, and gives a +50% speed boost to anyone riding it, with a minimum speed of 6Mps.  /  Movement Speed on Use (Es.P.E.R.): 15Mps  /  Duration on Use (Slipstream Creation): 1.5s (22.5M maximum length)  /  Cooldown: 6s from end of Duration

Ultimate, Projected Fortress:  Project a spherical barrier which pushes enemies back and stops then from entering the area it covers either until the barrier has lost half its health, or two thirds of its maximum duration has passed, at which point enemies become able to pass through it like any other barrier. While Projected Fortress is active, using any of Es.P.E.R.’s Pulse abilities will simultaneously cause the Projected Fortress barrier to send out an identical pulse, the effects of which can be stacked. The barrier will remain in the location it was projected from, including in mid-air, and both Es.P.E.R. and their allies can pass freely through it.  /  AoE: 14M  /  Barrier Health: 2500  /  Maximum Duration: 12s  /  Required Charge: 2075

Passive, Es.P.E.R. Field:  Es.P.E.R. constantly projects a personal barrier called an Es.P.E.R. Field, capable of taking a small amount of damage before being broken which protects their HP from high damage attacks at the start of a fight. The Es.P.E.R. Field regenerates its health passively after 2s of not taking damage if it has not been broken, and if it is broken, it goes on a 12s cooldown before coming back online with full health. It does not protect Es.P.E.R. from status effects, unless the application of said status effect requires the taking of damage, such as Burn, and certain Slows. Effects such as Stuns, Anti-Heal, Poison, AoE Slows, Knockback and Hack all ignore the Es.P.E.R. Field. When Es.P.E.R. reloads their Light Dart Ammo, the amount of ammo reloaded divided by 10 is taken off of Es.P.E.R. Field’s cooldown while it is offline, instantly reapplying it on a full reload.  /  Field Health: 35  /  Self Regeneration Rate: 10 per Second

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Ultimate Voiceline (Self & Allies):  Do Not Be Afraid. I Will Protect Us.

Ultimate Voiceline (Enemies):  Initialising Projected Fortress.

Hero Select Voiceline:  Es.P.E.R. Unit Online. I Am Ready to Protect You.

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Home / Base of Operations:  Kalibo, The Philippines (Formerly), Watchpoint: Gibraltar

Nationality:  N/A

Sexuality:  N/A  /  Gender:  N/A  /  Pronouns:  They/Them

Age:  3  /  Date of Birth:  29th of August

Height:  2ft 4in (Body + Legs & Ears) / 3ft 9in ( + Arms) / 6ft 1in (Floating)

Affiliation / Allegiance:  The Arrowhead Corporation, Overwatch (Recalled)

Backstory:  The Es.P.E.R. Unit is an experimental piece of personal protective machinery, a nostalgic throwback to what robotics looked like 2 decades before the Omnic Crisis; much more paired back in terms of personality and learning algorithms, but with a far greater focus on pre-programmed responses and adaptability.

Or at least, that was the pitch.

In truth, Es.P.E.R. became something of a passion project for Irlo Abayan and a few of his closest colleagues at Arrowhead, and eventually, his son, Bayani.

The creation of sentient A.I. has been a very taboo subject since the Crisis, for a number of reasons and in a number of ways. But the Es.P.E.R. project took a number of turns, and as one thing lead to another, before they really knew what they were doing, Es.P.E.R. was alive; constrained behind certain technological limitations, but alive.

Es.P.E.R. became a colleague in their own right, and even something of a family member, to the Abayan’s. And when Visor set out to help Overwatch rebuild, Es.P.E.R. came with.

[the-noodle-king]

After an insanely long time, 3 full- and countless partial- visual redesigns, 2 ability reworks, no less than 4 commissioned art pieces and a lot of other new OC’s in the meantime, I can finally, at long last, present; Kefilwe Naidoo, AKA Firestarter!

She was one of my very first Overwatch OC’s, the second (or technically third) one I ever made, and can you believe it, in the 3-4 years it’s taken me to give her a decent redesign, the Overwatch Devs STILL haven’t added a black woman of their own to the game, crazy huh?

Anyway, her long awaited officially revamped stats and backstory are contained, below~

Real Name:  Kefilwe Naidoo

Alias:  Firestarter

Role:  Damage  /  Job:  Area Control, Armour Busting and AoE Healing

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Hit Points:  250  /  Health:  225  /  Armour:  25

Primary Weapon:  Pyroclast Flamethrower

Ammo:  180  /  Reload Speed:  1.75 seconds  /  Ammo Consumption Rate:  22 per second

Damage:  6 per point of Ammo  /  DPS:  132 + 25  /  Range:  8M forwards, 5M across (At max range)  /  Attack Type:  Flat Fan Spray

Primary Fire, Flame Spray:  Spray fire out in front of Kefilwe in a wide, short range fan. 

Special:  Kefilwe’s Pyroclast solution sticks to enemies, burning them continuously even after they are no longer being directly hit by the fire stream. Further, the Pyroclast eats through metal, causing all of Kefilwe’s damage (including abilities but not quick melee) to not only ignore the damage reduction of armour, but to be doubled against it.  /  Damage Over Time (Burning Damage): 25 per Second  /  Burn Duration: 3s after last direct contact with Pyroclast fire

Ability 1, Fireball:  After a short cast time, fire a very large ball of flames in the direction you are facing, piercing all barriers, constructs and enemies in it’s path. The Fireball only stops upon head-on contact with a natural wall, or after travelling 85M, at which point it explodes into a large AoE blast.  /  Projectile Size: 3.5M Orb  /  Projectile Travel Speed: 22.5Mps  /  Cast Time: 0.4s  /  Explosion AoE: 12M  /  Damage (Contact): 85  /  Damage (Explosion): 50  /  Cooldown: 8s from Firing

Ability 2, Pyro-Manoeuvres:  Perform one of two manoeuvres which can both leave damaging fire in their wake. Follow-up with Primary Fire - Dash forwards leaving a trail of fire behind you which lingers for 4s. Or Follow-up with Secondary Fire - Leap upwards and forwards, causing a small blast of fire around you, both when you jump and when you land. Can hold up to 2 charges.  /  Movement Speed (Both): 13.5Mps  /  Damage (Dash Trail): 30 per Second during contact (+Burning)  /  Damage (Leap/Landing Blast): 45 each (+Burning)  /  Dash Trail AoE: 2M Width, 10M Length  /  Leap/Landing Blast AoE: 5M  /  Cooldown: 8s per charge

Ability 3, Fire Wall:  Erect a wall of fire 4M wide and 7.5M tall, up to 15M away from Kefilwe. Any part of the wall not touching the ground when it is created instantly sputters out. Allies can pass through the fire unharmed, but enemies who do so are damaged as well as burnt, and enemy attacks which pass through the wall have their damage reduced.  /  Duration: 5s  /  Damage per Second: 20 + 10% of Enemy’s Max HP + Burning  /  Damage Reduction: -25%  /  Cooldown: 12s from Use

Ultimate, Inferno:  Unleash a huge blast of fire which quickly radiates out from Kefilwe in a cylindrical pattern. Enemies who pass through the fire take damage as well as being burnt and briefly slowed (For the remaining duration of the ult), and allies who do so are healed over time (For the remaining Duration of the ult). The cylinder expands at a rate of 3.5Mps + 1 for each second the ult has been active, and is 14M high. Kefilwe's speed is halved for 0.65s while the ult is cast, after which the AoE is locked in place, but Kefilwe can resume normal movement.  /  Duration: 6.5s  /  Damage (Contact): 125 - 10 for each Second the ult has been active + Burning  /  Healing: 45 per Second  /  Enemy Slow Effect: -25%  /  Required Charge: 1950

Passive, Warmth:  Kefilwe exudes a constant warmth which very slowly, but continuously heals herself and allies around her, even during combat. Kefilwe gains Ultimate Charge from all healing provided by this ability at a rate of 1.25x the usual rate for healing (1.25 per 1 point of healing).  /  AoE: 12M  /  Healing: 7.5 per second

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Ultimate Voiceline (Self & Enemies):  “Tshisa ngoku!” (”Now Burn!”)

Ultimate Voiceline (Allies):  “Feel the Heat!”

Hero Select Voiceline:  “Uphold the Just, Defend the Weak”

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Home / Base of Operations:  Pretoria, South Africa

Nationality:  South African

Sexuality:  Bi  /  Gender:  Cis Woman  /  Pronouns:  She/Her

Age:  42  /  Date of Birth:  26th of September

Height:  5ft 8in

Affiliation / Allegiance:  The South African Front-Line Defence Force (Formerly), Overwatch (Recall)

Backstory:  A young girl when the first Omnic Crisis began, Kefilwe was originally never expected to join the fight, but a year into the Crisis when a wave of Bastion units came to Pretoria in unexpected and undefeatable droves, many children like her were given little choice but to adapt to their new grim reality.

Skirmishes raged between the malevolent Bastion units and the then-new South African Front-line Defence Force at the cities edge. With each passing day the threat of annihilation grew, and Kefilwe, a budding young chemist, turned her mind to finding a way through the Bastion Units’ mighty armour. 

By the time she was fourteen she had done it, her Pyroclast Solution, a special chemical compound which when set ablaze was able to eat through most any metal with ease. She joined the S.A.F.D.F. and began making headway with the Bastion problem, by the time international forces responded to Pretoria’s need for assistance, only half-functional, terribly melted stragglers were left.

Now, the world descends into chaos once more; Omnic uprisings, political assassinations, all out wars, some even saying a second Omnic Crisis is on the horizon. So Kefilwe has made the choice to don a new suit, and prepares to do what is needed of her, once again.

[the-noodle-king]

Meet Hades, a floating Evangelion homage and exploration of how blurred the line between tank and support can get. At least, how blurred I think it can get.

Fun fact: Like how I had the ideas for 8-BIT but no design for a long time, I had (most) of a (Not Great) design and a name for Hades for an even longer time, but didn’t have a kit. Specifically, I had one mechanic I knew I wanted them to have, and that was it; reducing ally respawn timers, like a way weaker resurrect.

Well since I finally puzzled out a kit for them and then touched up their design, stats and bio are now under the cut~

Real Name:  Thanos Kyveli Argyris

Alias:  Hades

Role:  Tank  /  Job:  High Versatility Tank-Support Hybrid, with Healing, Barriers, Buffs, Debuffs and Healthpool Increases.

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Hit Points:  400  /  Health:  400 

Primary Weapon:  Tainarian Shards

Ammo:  5  /  Reload Speed:  1.85 Seconds  /  Rate of Fire:  2 Shots per Second

Damage:  35 + 50  /  DPS:  70 + 100  /  Attack Type:  Targeted Homing Projectiles

Primary Fire, Tainarian Shards:  Direct the Tainarian Shards to fly at a targeted enemy, either maintaining focus on a single target and firing all 5 at them, or directing them at individual targets. Enemies hit by a Shard take 35 damage on contact, then 50 damage over the next 1s, during which they are -50% Anti-Healed. Consecutive hits on the same target add to the duration of the Anti-Heal and the total damage dealt, but not the DPS. Tainarian Shards cannot headshot.  /  Base Projectile Speed:  20Mps + 10% of Targets Movement Speed  /  Homing (Directional Angling) Speed:  5.5Mps + 20% of Targets Movement Speed  /  Projectile Size:  0.85M

Special:  Most of Hades’ abilities require a Resource called Death Essence, which is managed via a bar next to Hades’ Health. Death Essence is gained from multiple sources; +2 per 1 point of healing received while at maximum health, +1 per point of damage dealt by Tainarian Shards DoT, +150 upon respawn (Held Essence is lost upon death), and +100 upon activation of the Necrotic Blessings Ultimate ability, as well as through the use of the Sup Death ability. up to 250 Death Essence can be stored at once, and Death Essence gained via Sup Death over maximum capacity is converting into self healing for Hades at a halved rate.

Ability 1, Sup Death:  Either target the black soul orb of a fallen enemy or the white soul orb of a fallen ally. Targeting an enemy soul orb will begin draining Death Essence from it, and targeting an ally soul orb will begin expending Death Essence to rapidly reduce their remaining respawn timer. Targeting an enemy soul orb will create a locked on beam for the duration of maintaining the drain, so long as LoS is maintained to the soul orb, and while keeping the button held Hades can look around freely and use primary fire to target an ally soul orb, allowing for both aspects of Sup Death to be used at once. Sup Death both drains and expends Death Essence at a rate of 50 per second.  /  Ally Respawn Timer Reduction: 5s per 1s of use  /  Cooldown: N/A

Ability 2, Command Souls:  Either create a barrier of wailing souls which charges forwards, gaining in speed as it travels, blocking damage and damaging enemies it passes through, or send out a wave of healing in a ring around you, healing allies it passes through. The barrier is a tall rectangle which travels along the floor, ~7x14M in size, and the healing ring is a ~0.3M thick ring which expands from Hades’ chest at the moment of use, both start travelling at 4Mps and build in speed at a rate of +1.5Mps, and their effects are stopped by walls but not enemy barriers. Up to 2 Charges can be held at once, with a 0.75s minimum delay between uses.  /  Barrier Health: 1200  /  Barrier Contact Damage: 75  /  Ring Contact Healing: 75 burst + 15 per second for 6s  /  Death Essence Cost: 75 for Barrier, 100 for Healing Ring  /  Cooldown: 6s per charge

Ability 3, Hell’s Hounds:  Direct spectral hounds to either embolden an ally or weaken an enemy. Enemies are Slowed and Anti-Healed, while allies are Speed Boosted and receive Damage Resistance. Up to 2 charges can be held at once, with a 1s minimum delay between uses, and a charge cannot be used on the same target while a previous uses effects are still active.  /  Enemy Slow Effect: -30%  /  Enemy Anti-Heal: -50%  /  Ally Damage Resistance: -25%  /  Ally Speed Boost: +50%  /  Duration 2.5s  /  Hounds’ Travel Speed: 15Mps  /  Death Essence Cost: 100  /  Cooldown: 6s per charge

Ultimate, Necrotic Blessings:  Envelope self in Death Essence for a moment, then release it, granting Hades and any nearby allies special Necrotic Health, which hurts enemies to deplete. Necrotic Health sits on top of all other health bar temporary personal barriers, and when an enemy deals damage to it, they take 50% of that damage themself. Any allies within a 30M AoE + LoS after the initial cast time receives Necrotic Health, and the amount of health given, as well as it’s maximum duration, is dependant on the number of people affected. If Necrotic Blessings only effects Hades, he receives +300 Necrotic Health lasting 10s, if more than just Hades are effected, then the amount given becomes 100, +25 and -1s for each person effected (including Hades), starting at +150 for 8s at 2 and adjusting appropriately from there, to a max/minimum of +250 for 4s.  /  Cast Time: 1.25s  /  Required Charge: 2400

Passive, Necrophage:  Hades walks the line between life and death, and receives benefits from such proximity. Hades continuously passively regenerates health, as well as receiving bursts of healing when enemies or allies die in close range, and his Respawn timer is halved by default. While at full health his passive regeneration translates directly into passive Death Essence generation.  /  Passive Healing: 2.5 per Second  /  Burst Healing on Enemy/Ally Death: 25/10 Respectively  /  Burst Heal Activation Range (Enemy/Ally): 25M/10M + LoS

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Ultimate Voiceline (Self & Allies):  Let Death Be Your Strength!

Ultimate Voiceline (Enemies):  Ο θάνατος είναι η δύναμή μου! (O thánatos eínai i dýnamí mou!)

Hero Select Voiceline:  Death Is Not An End, But A Beginning...

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Home / Base of Operations:  Μιανές, Cape Matapan, Greece (Formerly), Unknown (Currently)

Nationality:  Greek

Sexuality:  Pan/Ace  /  Gender:  Trans Man  /  Pronouns:  He/They/We

Age:  Unknown  /  Date of Birth:  18th of January

Height:  5ft 10in

Affiliation / Allegiance:  None

Backstory:  Starting shortly before, and continuing all throughout the Omnic Crisis, a small team of scientists in southern Greece were working on revolutionary technology which would have changed the world’s very perception of Death itself, or, so they boasted to their government sponsors.

Little is known about just what they were working on specifically, every stage of the multiple inter-connected projects having been beyond top secret from the start, but what a special few know, is that there was a breakthrough shortly after the Crisis ended, which was reported to the branch of the Greek government which had a degree of oversight to it all. the report was written as they all were, in code, and it was short, as they all were.

It said, once decoded “We have made unprecedented progress. Tests must be done. We are optimistic.” No further reports were sent. 

When the scheduled check in was missed two days later, a small, discreet military force was sent to secure the facility where they had been working. Just as the scientists had, they went dark. Radio silence. Missing.

A larger force was assembled, and a week later the facility was secured. All of the research was gone, every piece of paper burnt, every piece of equipment irreparably destroyed. And every scientist, as well as their families who had lived on-site, were gone, no bodies to be found.

Some time later, a man calling himself “Hades”, and proclaiming himself a reincarnation of the very God himself, appeared on the international scene, his face caught on a CCTV camera flagging up a red alert in a small, discreet branch of the Greek government, with the name of the son of one of their missing scientists written next to it.

[the-noodle-king]

So I’ve had the idea for this Hero rattling around for a good long while: 8-BIT, an ability set and playstyle inspired by classic arcade games; wall clinging and wall jumping Metroidvania style, pixelated fruit that heals you, extra lives for instant retrys, High scores, Bonus Stages, Power Ups oh my!

It took a long time to figure out what to do with their design, but I finally have, and now I can proudly say; Stats, Backstory and Bio, under the cut~

Real Name:  “???”  /  Nazim Tashkin-Ivanov

Alias:  8-BIT

Role:  Support  /  Job:  Damage Dealing Main Healer with Buffs

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Hit Points:  225  /  Health:  75  /  Shields:  150

Primary Weapon:  Pixel Blaster

Ammo:  40  /  Reload Speed:  1.35 Seconds  /  Rate of Fire:  8.25 Shots per Second

Damage:  24  /  DPS:  198  /  Attack Type:  Linear Projectiles

Primary Fire, Pixel Blast:  Fire volleys of large multi-coloured pixels at enemies which scatter Pixelated Fruit upon hitting enemies. Pixel Blaster shots cannot headshot.  /  Projectile Speed:  42.5 Meters per second  /  Projectile Size:  0.45M

Secondary Fire, Charged Shots:  Take the time to charge larger shots, which inflict greater damage to produce higher healing Fruit. Charged Shots reduces rate of fire to 2 per second, taking 0.5s to charge a shot then firing it automatically. Charged Shots are larger at 0.6M and gain in speed as they travel to better hit targets at long range, but they also cost 5 Ammo each.  /  Damage per shot: 95  /  Maximum Projectile Speed: 85Mps

Special:  Enemies and enemy constructs or barriers hit by the Pixel Blaster drop Pixelated Fruit which 8-BIT and their allies can pick up to receive healing equal to a portion of the damage dealt. Pixelated Fruits are created 2 at a time and are scattered roughly ~5M from the point of impact, flying out and falling to the ground at 15Mps; a Pixelated Fruit is approximately 0.75x0.75M in size and slowly rotates in place while waiting to be collected, and can persist for up to 8s before disappearing. Pixelated Fruit will move towards damaged allies within a 10M range around themselves, moving at a speed of 5Mps + 10% of the lowest health ally’s movement speed, which they will prioritise. (Any ally can still pick up a Fruit regardless of who it is moving towards). Individual Pixelated Fruit healing is a percentage of the damage dealt to create both pieces rounded up.  /  Fruit Healing from Hitting Enemies: 75%  /  Fruit Healing from Hitting Constructs: 50%  /  Fruit Healing from Hitting Barriers: 20%

Ability 1, High Score!:  Create an AoE around 8-BIT which gives them and their allies within it a buff to their damage based on their total kills. Everyone within the AoE including 8-Bit gains a +10% Damage Boost, which is then further increased by +5% per kill attributed to each Hero in the AoE, divided by the number of Heroes inside the AoE, and rounded up.  /  AoE: 12M  /  Maximum Damage Boost (from Total Kills after Division): +90% (+100% with base +10%)  /  Duration: 8s  /  Cooldown: 16s from end of Use

Ability 2, Power Up!:  Target an ally and launch a Power Up a them, granting them a short lived boost to their received healing and damage dealt, as well as instantly healing them for a small amount (Not affected by the Heal Boost). Can hold up to 2 charges, but cannot be used on the same target again until 4s after its effects have worn off.  /  Healing on Use: 50  /  Heal Boost: +50%  /  Damage Boost: +20% /  Duration: 4s  /  Cooldown: 8s per charge

Ability 3, Wall Jump:  Holding Jump against a wall allows 8-BIT to cling to it, and on jumping again to jump away from it up to ~8M, and this can be repeated so long as there is a charge of Wall Jump available. Can hold up to 5 charges, a charge is used upon beginning to cling to a wall and starts to Cooldown immediately. While jumping away from a wall, 8-BIT experiences -25% less gravity for 1.5s, allowing for a minimal loss of height over larger distances.  /  Movement Speed: 8Mps  /  Cooldown: 4s per charge

Ultimate, Bonus Stage!:  Produce 3x as much Fruit per shot for a short time (6 pieces each still worth the original 75/50/20%), as well as increasing 8-BIT’s max HP, movement speed and rate of fire, and giving them infinite ammo for the duration. 8-BIT’s HP instantly increases to 350 upon use, consisting of 100 Health and 250 Shields, health and shields lost before activation are still missing, but shield regeneration begins instantly.  /  Speed Boost: +15%  /  Rate of Fire (Primary): 12 per second  /  Rate of Fire (Secondary): 3 per second (0.33s charge)  /  Duration: 10s  /  Required Charge: 2400

Passive, Extra Lives:  8-BIT has extra lives which they can use upon death to skip their respawn countdown and instantly reappear in spawn, receiving a speed boost and damage reduction to help them get back into the fight. Up to 3 Extra Lives can be held at a time, and one can be used anytime from the moment of death until 1s before respawning, but after one is used, it is put on a 20s Cooldown before another can be used. Expended Extra Lives are regained either after 90s without dying, or after dealing a combined 5000 damage and healing.  /  Speed Boost: +100%  /  Damage Resistance: -40%  /  Buff Durations: 6s

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Ultimate Voiceline (Self & Enemies):  (MIDI Coin Sound Effect) Here Comes The Bonus Stage!

Ultimate Voiceline (Allies):  (MIDI Coin Sound Effect) Bonus Stage Unlocked!

Hero Select Voiceline:  Character Selected!

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Home / Base of Operations:  Baku, Azerbaijan (Formerly), St. Petersburg, Russia (Formerly), Los Angeles, California, America (Formerly), Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (Formerly), Unknown (Currently)

Nationality:  Russian-Azerbaijani

Sexuality:  Gay  /  Gender:  Non-Binary Demi Boy  /  Pronouns:  He/They

Age:  22  /  Date of Birth:  14th of June

Height:  4ft 11in

Affiliation / Allegiance:  None

Backstory:  A world famous but highly reclusive E-Sports pro, 8-BIT is the reigning and un-defeated champion across 3 Major League Gaming titles.

Although famous, they are extremely private, refusing all interviews, changing their primary address regularly and intercontinentally, and always wearing an identity obscuring VR mask at all public and streamed events. No one even knows their real name, only going by 8-BIT at all events and on live streams.

While competitive E-Sports is their ‘Job’, their passion is actually retro arcade games, which they stream themself speed-running frequently between tournaments, to an equally large and curious fanbase.

The hunt to discover 8-BIT’s identity has become a well known topic across the E-Sports blogoshpere, with interest levels ranging from mild curiosity all the way to a few genuine stalkers going to extreme lengths to try and unmask the young champion. Despite this, 8-BIT has remained utterly anonymous, and has continued to attend E-Sports events and competitions undeterred.

[the-noodle-king]

So here’s the thing, ever since I first drew Flower Child I’ve wanted to redraw them, their old pose was really bad and their design was kinda weak and just, blegh. Flash forward like, a year, or two or something, I got a commission of all my Overwatch OC’s from @teahermitcomics who helped redesign a couple of them, among them Flower Child. Flash forward to now and I’ve finally redrawn them in their new design... mostly. I went back to short hair because I kinda missed it and I’m super happy with their new haircut so, I stand by it!

This was a lot of fun to draw and colour, I had a blast reinterpreting Jade’s amazing design into my own style and figuring out what I wanted to do for their other skins.

Anyway, Bio and slightly tweaked stats under the cut~

Real Name:  Jinan Al-Karim

Alias:  Flower Child

Role:  Support  /  Job:  Buffing & Debuffing Damage Dealer-Healer

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Hit Points:  200  /  Health:  150  /  Shields:  50

Primary Weapon:  Energy Conversion Cannon (Left Arm)

Ammo:  90  /  Reload Speed:  1.5 Seconds  /  Rate of Fire:  18 shots per Second

Damage:  8 per shot  /  DPS:  144  /  Attack Type:  Rapid Fire Linear Projectiles

Primary Fire, Energy Conversion Volley:  Extremely rapid fire projectiles fired in a tight grouping at high speed, shot from the entirety of Flower Child’s mechanical left arm.  /  Projectile Speed:  110 Meters per second

Ability 1, Enfeeble:  Target an enemy and lower the damage they can deal while in your sights, as well as increasing the damage they take from your attacks.  /  Range: 35M  /  Duration: Permanent until LoS break + 2.5s without LoS  /  Damage Dealt Reduction: -25%  /  Damage Taken Increase (From Flower Child Only): +25%  /  Cooldown: 4s from Use, instantly resets upon death of target

Ability 2, Sap Life:  Gain Life-Steal on your attacks, healing yourself for the damage you deal either for a short time, or for up to 400 points of self-healing. (This makes the Damage-Into-Healing conversion of Symbiosis 100% for the duration).  /  Max Duration: 8s  /  Life-Steal: 100% of damage dealt  /  Cooldown: 6s from end of Duration

Ability 3, Symbiosis:  Target an ally and heal them for a portion of the damage you deal for as long as they remain in your sights, even over great distances, as well as sharing with them a portion of the healing you yourself receive (including over-healing which you do not directly benefit from).  /  Range: Infinite  /  Duration: Permanent until LoS break + 6s without LoS  /  Ally Healing (From Damage Dealt): 50% of damage dealt  /  Ally Healing (From Healing Received): 50% of healing received  /  Cooldown: 3s from Use

Ultimate, Garden of Ruin:  Create a large area within which allies receive healing and buffs to their action speeds, while enemies are drained of strength and slowed. Allies within the AoE move, attack and reload quicker, as well as having their abilities cooldown quicker, while enemies move and reload slower, each also being slowly healed and damaged respectively. Killing Flower Child after the cast time does not end the Ultimate.  /  Cast Time: 1.15s  /  AoE: 16M  /  Duration: 10s  /  Ally Healing: 15 per second  /  Enemy Damage: 10 per second  /  Ally Movement & Attack Speed Buffs: +20%  /  Ally Reload & Ability Cooldown Speed Buffs: +25%  /  Enemy Movement Speed Debuff: -20%  /  Enemy Reload Speed Debuff: -50%  /  Required Charge: 1925

Passive, Nimble:  Flower Child’s small and slight frame allows for quick movement and expert dodges. Walk quicker, jump higher and crouch down lower to better avoid damage.  /  Movement Penalty while Crouching is Reduced to -20%  /  Base Walk Speed Bonus: +10%  /  Base Jump Height Bonus: +35%  /  Crouching Hitbox Size Reduction: -30%

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Ultimate Voiceline (Self & Enemies):  أنا زرع بذور الخراب! ('ana zare budhur alkharab!)

Ultimate Voiceline (Allies):  I Sow the Seeds of Ruin!

Hero Select Voiceline:  Through Adversity, I Blossom

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Home / Base of Operations:  Oasis, Iraq

Nationality:  Iraqi

Sexuality:  Lesbian  /  Gender:  Non-Binary  /  Pronouns:  They/Them

Age:  31  /  Date of Birth:  1st of April

Height:  5ft

Affiliation / Allegiance:  Oasis, The Ministry of Biology, Overwatch (Recall)

Backstory:  Jinan spent many years working under their parents in the Ministry of Biology, studying plants of all kinds to create incredible medicines, their passion even leading to the nickname of Oasis’ resident “Flower Child”.

One fateful day, a gravely sick person was brought to Oasis in need of many varied treatments, inciting many whispers and rumours throughout the Ministries. Naturally Jinan’s curiosity was overwhelming, and even their parents were tight lipped over just who was being treated, and for what. A few favours traded in and a misplaced file reading “SB UNIT” later, and their curiosity had them do the only sensible thing; break in to where the person of interest was being kept to see for them self just what was going on.

What they found was a woman only a couple years older than themself, more than half cybernetics and seeming to be in the late stages of rejecting the foreign tech. Their relationship was rocky at first, each wary of, yet fascinated by the other, Jinan would visit her in secret at first, coaxing little bits of conversation out of her, learning her name - at least the name she’d given herself for lack of another - and as she got better, they walked together and learnt more and more as they spoke. Eventually wary fascination had become friendship, then something more, and finally love.

Now 5 years later, SB Al-Karim is Jinan’s utterly beloved wife, but the state of the world troubles her deeply and keeps her awake through the night. With little more than a second thought, Jinan packed their bags and the pair set off to fix the world on the front-lines, to fight side by side with their love and right the world themself; and with the help of some new-old vigilantes...

[the-noodle-king]

I decided it was time Artificer got a newer, better drawing, and with it some tweaks to her design (Mostly just to her colours though).

Stats, Bio and other good stuff under the cut~

Real Name:  Ariuna Oyun

Alias:  Artificer

Role:  Tank  /  Job:  Healthpool Increases, Barrier Busting and Damage Mitigation

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Hit Points:  500  /  Health:  150  /  Armour:  150  /  Shields:  200

Primary Weapon:  Contact Charges

Ammo:  12  /  Reload Speed:  1.2 Seconds  /  Rate of Fire:  1.5 Shots per Second  /  Ammo Consumption per Shot:  3

Direct Hit Damage:  35 (48 including Splash)  /  Splash Damage:  13  /  Splash AoE:  2.2M  /  Attack Type:  Fan Projectile

Primary Fire, Contact Charges:  Throw 3 small explosives in a tight fan-arc which detonate on contact with either a surface or an enemy, dealing damage both at the point of impact and in a small area around it.  /  Projectile Speed:  66.66Mps  /  Projectile Size:  0.2M  /  Projectile Spread:  0.08M per second

Secondary Weapon:  Sticky Charges

Ammo:  6  /  Reload Speed:  1.2 Seconds  /  Rate of Fire:  3 Shots per Second  /  Ammo Consumption per Shot:  1

Direct Hit Damage:  30 (95 including Splash)  /  Splash Damage:  65  /  Splash AoE:  4.5M  /  Attack Type:  Pinpoint Projectile

Primary Fire, Sticky Charge:  Throw sticky charges directly forwards, which attach to the first enemy or surface they touch and then detonate after 1.5s  /  Projectile Speed:  66.66 Meters per second  /  Projectile Size:  0.35M

Ability 1, Shield Pulse:  Throw out a device which detonates either after 1.5 seconds, or on contact with the ground, spawning a spherical barrier which expands from it. The barrier expands for 3 seconds then lingers at it’s max size for 4 seconds more before vanishing. Allies who pass through the barrier at any point while it is active gain temporary shields lasting until the ability comes off cooldown.  /  Projectile Speed: 30Mps  /  Barrier Health: 750  /  Barrier Expansion Rate: 6.5Mps  /  Barrier Full Size: 19.5M area  /  Ally Temporary Shields: 50  /  Cooldown: 8s from destruction/time out

Ability 2, Barrier Blast:  Throw out a device which detonates either after 1.5 seconds, or on contact with a barrier. The explosion does no damage to health but deals massive damage to all barriers. Allies within the AoE of the explosion gain temporary shields lasting until the ability comes off cooldown.  /  Projectile Speed: 30Mps  /  Explosion AoE: 14M  /  Barrier Damage: 1000  /  Ally Temporary Shields: 100  /  Cooldown: 12s from activation

Ability 3, Pulse Leap:  Launch yourself quickly upwards and in the direction you’re moving, granting yourself temporary shields on use and falling more slowly for a short time afterwards.  /  Distance Travelled: 16M upwards & 10M in direction moving  /  Fall Speed Reduction & Duration: -30% for 2s  /  Temporary Shields & Duration: 50 for 6s  /  Cooldown: 6s from landing

Ability 4, Pulse Slam:  Usable after activating Pulse Leap while still in the air, rush towards the ground in the direction you’re moving, dealing a small burst of damage at the point of impact. On landing gain extra temporary shields and reset their duration.  /  Movement Speed: 37.5 Meters per second  /  Temporary Shields & Duration: 50 added to base 50 for 6s  /  Impact Damage: 50  /  Cooldown: N/A

Ultimate, Titan Assault:  Reactivate a long dead Titan Unit to rain destruction on a designated area. Enter a birds eye view and select an area to assault, then return to regular combat as the Titan fires multiple long range weapons without further prompt. Fires continuous low damage bullets, frequent splash damage missiles and large AoE warheads. All damage from Titan Assault is reduced by -50% against Barriers and none of it can critically hit.  /  Target area size: 20x25M Rectangle  /  Duration: 10.5s from selecting targeted area  /  Required Charge: 2450 Machine Gun Spread: Continuous Hitscan damage raining down over entire selected area, dealing 8 damage per tick at 4 ticks per second. Long-Range Missiles: 4 Missiles per second, each hitting a quarter of the targeted area one after the other every 0.25s, with a 1.5M projectile size for direct hits and a 5M splash radius, dealing 80 damage on a direct hit and 30 on splash. Warheads: 1 large explosive every 4 seconds hitting the centre of the targeted area, with a 4.5M projectile size for direct hits and a 10M splash radius, dealing 125 damage on a direct hit and 75 on splash.

Passive, Shield Regeneration Unit:  Self and allies constantly regenerate all active shields including those provided by abilities. Stacks with normal shield regeneration and all forms of healing, and is neither boosted by heal boost nor stopped by anti-heal.  /  Regeneration Rate: 6.5 per second

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Ultimate Voiceline (Self & Enemies):  Titan идэвхжсэн (Titan idevkhjsen)

Ultimate Voiceline (Allies):  Titan Activating

Hero Select Voiceline:  I Will Build a Better Future

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Home / Base of Operations:  Bayankhongor, Mongolia

Nationality:  Mongolian

Sexuality:  Lesbian  /  Gender:  Cis Woman  /  Pronouns:  She/Her

Age:  54  /  Date of Birth:  27th of March

Height:  6ft

Affiliation / Allegiance:  The Ironclad Guild (Formerly), Overwatch (Formerly & Recall)

Backstory:  Ariuna was a young woman back when the first Omnic Crisis began, a bright and upcoming initiate in the Ironclad guild, and much to her shame, one of the few still living to have been directly responsible for the horrors of the Crisis. She helped build several new weapons and classifications of weapons to help stop the Crisis, and in the years between she fostered several children displaced or completely orphaned by it, going on to adopt three such children permanently.

Years after the end of the Crisis, Ariuna still tinkers and invents - though far more domestically - and a pair of her children have even followed in her footsteps and joined the Ironclad Guild. Now with the birth of her fifth grandchild, Ariuna has begun to ruminate on the troubling events of the last few years, and when a rumour of Ex-Overwatch agents being hunted down and killed was followed by a shocking call from none other than Winston, Recalling Overwatch? She felt she had no choice but to answer, if not for herself or the world, then for her family.

Armed with carefully crafted explosives, experimental shielding technology, and a few new tricks up her sleeves, The Artificer is back in the line of duty and ready to watch over the world once more.

[the-noodle-king]

So after a very long time, I’ve decided to redesign Panacea (again-ish). His old design (many elements of which I have maintained) had a cut and dry silhouette with nothing really to it, particularly lacking any sort of themeing, and his abilities were dull, unoriginal, and at odds with his name.

Now he has a thigh-caplet and some chunky potion bottle as well as many glowing vials to enhance his silhouette, a shorter, chunkier grenade launcher for a gun and an alchemist theme to his look and kit.

So, his reworked abilities, freshened up backstory and other number-y stuff is under the cut~

Real Name:  Cole Moniker

Alias:  Panacea

Role:  Support  /  Job:  AoE Healing, Utility and Damage

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Hit Points:  200  /  Health:  200

Primary Weapon:  Alchemical Grenade Launcher

Ammo:  5  /  Reload Speed:  1 Second  /  Rate of Fire:  1.4 Shots per Second

Damage per Hit:  20 (75 including Splash)  /  Splash Damage:  55  /  Splash AoE:  6M  /  DPS:  105  /  Attack Type:  Arcing Explosive Projectile

Primary Fire, Alchemical Fire:  Medium-Long range arcing projectiles with a large direct hit and splash AoE explosion. Standard projectiles explode into flames which coat the ground for a short time.  /  Projectile Speed:  35 Meters per Second  /  Projectile Size:  0.6M

Special:  Fire left by primary fire covers the entire 6M AoE of the explosion including walls but not ceilings, enemies within the fire take continuous damage and experience reduced healing. The burning DoT and Anti-Heal effects of the fire end immediately upon leaving it’s AoE.  /  Fire Duration (per shot):  2.25s  /  Fire Damage:  20 per Second / 2 per 0.1s  /  Fire Anti-Heal:  -25%

Ability 1, Healing Fluid:  Reload Ammo with jars of potent Healing liquid, rich with nano tech, which coat the ground where allies can stand in it to receive it’s effects. Healing ammo does no damage on contact with enemies, instead giving a bust heal to directly hit allies. Healing ammo’s Splash AoE is smaller than standard ammo, being 5M, and will slide off of walls as well as ceilings onto the floor. The nano tech in the Healing fluid is especially effective on the freshly wounded, healing +20% more per second to targets who have taken damage in the last 0.5s.  /  Direct Hit Burst Heal: 45  /  AoE Healing: 40 per Second  /  Healing Fluid Duration: 4s  /  Cooldown: 8s from Use

Ability 2, Oil Slick:  Reload ammo with jars of oil, which when shot at a surface makes it slick, speeding up allies and slowing down enemies who walk through it. All ammo is Oil until the next reload, Oil ammo does the same direct hit damage and covers the same area as standard ammo, but does half the splash damage and does not cause the fire effect. If standard ammo is used on an Oil Slick area, the fire effect will persist there until the Oil dissipates and will deal +50% more damage.  /  Oil Slick Duration: 8s  /  Ally Speed Boost: +30%  /  Enemy Speed Reduction: -15%  /  Cooldown: 14s from Use

Ability 3, Noxious Acid:  Reload ammo with jars of a volatile acid which deals high impact damage but low splash, and conveys a variety of debilitations on enemies who are either hit by or walk into it. The negative effects of the Noxious Acid include receiving less healing, taking more damage, generating Ultimate Charge slower and being more susceptible to other negative effects for a time. As well as covering the same 6M AoE of the standard Ammo, Noxious Acid also releases fumes 9M up into the air, making it difficult to traverse safely.  /  Direct Hit Damage: 70 (95 with Splash)  /  Splash Damage: 25  /  Anti-Heal: -20%  /  Damage Taken Increase: +20%  /  Ult Charge Rate: -30%  /  Negative Effect Bonus: +25% to the Duration of Other Status Effects  /  Damage Over Time (Whilst in AoE): 10 per second  /  AoE Duration: 8s  /  Effects Duration (Outside AoE): 6s  /  Cooldown: 14s from next reload

Ultimate, Grand Elixir:  Fire a single vial of intensely powerful Elixir at a targeted ally, fully revitalising them and filling them with an overabundance of vitality. For a brief few seconds, the target moves with incredible speed, performs actions more quickly and overflows with excess health. The Elixir can be used on Panacea himself by firing directly down, and if the target it is aimed at dies after it is fired but before it reaches them, the target is instantly revived on contact.  /  Duration: 4.5s  /  Temporary Hit Points: +1000 Health (Unhealable)  /  Movement Speed Boost: +80%  /  Ability Cooldown Speed: +100%  /  Ability Casting Speed: +30%  /  Required Charge: 3000

Passive, Alchemist’s Boon:  Panacea understands the inner workings of poisons and the countermeasures to be taken against them, taking less time to recover from negative effects and feeling some less harshly.  /  Negative Effect Durations (not including Stuns): -35%  /  Stun Durations: -20%  /  Anti-Heal Effects: -50% of the intended Anti-Heal %, Panacea can only ever be -50% Anti-Healed at most.

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Ultimate Voiceline (Self & Targeted Ally):  Know Life Unending!

Ultimate Voiceline (Other Allies):  I Grant The Philosopher’s Boon!

Ultimate Voiceline (Enemies):  Alchemical Enhancement!

Hero Select Voiceline:  A Cure to Every Sickness.

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Home / Base of Operations:  Thompson, Manitoba, Canada (Formerly), Rialto, Venice, Italy

Nationality:  Canadian

Sexuality:  Gay  /  Gender:  Cis Man  /  Pronouns:  He/Him

Age:  35  /  Date of Birth:  29th of April

Height:  6ft 2in

Affiliation / Allegiance:  Talon

Backstory:  A chemist by trade, Cole grew up fascinated by the fantastical pursuit of Alchemy, eagerly checking out library books about medieval attempts at the creation of Philosopher’s Stones and turning common metals to gold. While many of those dreams faded as he grew, he and his boyfriend Riley always liked to joke about dropping everything and jumping headfirst into a modern pursuit of Alchemy.

One day the opportunity really did present itself though, in an offer to join Talon, the pair having been approached discretely about the prospect of tailoring a number of custom chemical compounds for what could only be called Bio-Chemical Warfare. They both knew what it meant, on the one hand they would be putting an unspeakable amount of suffering into the world, but on the other, they would be given the time, money and resources they needed to pursue a shared life long dream. They accepted, and have been symbiotically working with Talon since.

Now, a dozen breakthroughs later, Agent: Panacea is eager to personally field test his and Riley’s Alchemical masterpieces.

[the-noodle-king]

Finally at long last I’ve done a new drawing of Nikolai, and can thus give him a proper, updated bio.

So, without further delay, all that’s under the cut~

Real Name:  Nikolai Cardei

Alias:  Berserker

Role:  Damage  /  Job:  Aggressive Front-Line Fighter and Instigator

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Hit Points:  300  /  Health:  275  /  Armour:  25

Primary Weapon:  Berserker’s Spear

Ammo:  Infinite  /  Attack Type:  Melee

Primary Attack, Spear Swing:  Swipe the spear from side to side, keeping the blade close to move it quickly and flourishing every 3rd Consecutive Swing to achieve greater range.  /  Rate of Attack:  1 swing every 0.75 seconds, every 3rd swing takes an extra 0.25 seconds to complete (Every 3 attacks take 2.5 seconds).

Damage:  65  /  DPS:  78  /  Range:  4M in an arc in front of Nikolai/6.5M in a circle around Nikolai every 3rd swing

Secondary Attack, Spear Thrust:  A thrust directly forwards utilising the entire length of the spear.  /  Rate of Attack:  1 thrust per second, increasing in speed to 1 per 0.9 seconds on the 2nd consecutive thrust and 1 per 0.75 seconds on the 3rd and thereafter (First 3 attacks take 2.65 seconds).

Damage:  60  /  DPS:  60-80  /  Range:  9M directly ahead

Ability 1, Survival Instincts:  Take -5% less damage for every 25HP missing from full HP, up to a maximum of -50%.  /  Duration: 5 seconds  /  Cooldown: 10s from end of duration

Ability 2, Warrior’s Charge:  Target an enemy and rush towards them, dealing damage to the target, and any other enemies caught in your path, on contact.  /  Target Range: 25M  /  Movement Speed: 20Mps  /  Contact Damage: 40  /  Cooldown: 3s from end of charge

Ability 3, Jump Strike:  Jumping from a crouched position or crouching mid-air launches Nikolai upwards, and he comes back down spear first, dealing high damage when directly hitting an enemy and dealing lower AoE damage around the point of impact.  /  Jump Height: ~17.5M  /  Movement Speed (up/down): 15Mps/22.5Mps  /  Direct Hit Damage: 100  /  AoE Damage: 50  /  AoE Range: 6M  /  Cooldown: 6s from landing

Ultimate, Blood Frenzy:  Go wild, becoming un-healable but also un-killable for a short time, as well as attacking and charging more quickly. While Blood Frenzy is active, attack speed is increased by +30%, the cooldowns for Warriors charge and Jump Strike are both halved, and the movement speeds of both abilities are doubled. Entering Blood Frenzy cancels and disables the activation of Survival Instincts, and exiting it resets Survival Instincts’ cooldown. While Blood Frenzy is active, Nikolai has a constant -100% Anti-Heal effect, and cannot drop below 1HP.  /  Duration: 6 seconds  /  Required Charge: 2500

Passive, Berserker’s Rage:  The more damage Nikolai takes, the more ferociously he fights. For every 25HP missing from full HP, all of Nikolai’s damage is increased by +10%, up to a maximum of +100%. Stacks multiplicatively with other damage boosts.

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Ultimate Voiceline (Self & Enemies):  “Eu Sunt Furia!” (I Am Rage)

Ultimate Voiceline (Allies):  “Feel My Rage!”

Hero Select Voiceline:  “Fear The Berserker’s Wrath”

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Home / Base of Operations:  (REDACTED), Romania

Nationality:  Romanian

Sexuality:  Bi  /  Gender:  Cis Man  /  Pronouns:  He/Him

Age:  48  /  Date of Birth:  8th of December

Height:  5ft 9in

Affiliation / Allegiance:  None

Backstory:  Nikolai was a young man when the First Omnic Crisis began. When his home country of Romania came under attack from it’s own Omnium, they responded in the same way as the Crusaders of Germany; with power armour. Romania’s approach was a more subtle one, far less armour to a soldier, a reliance on speed and skill rather than brute force and turtle-like defences.

They were called “Berserkers” for their ability to rapidly sweep through enemy Omnic lines, tearing them to shreds and leaving only scrap in their place. However the Berserkers didn’t have the resources of the Crusaders, and when the Omnium responded to their skirmishes with bulkier, heavily armoured war machines, the Berserker forces were devastated, quickly whittled down to a few dozen members and finally disbanded all together.

Nikolai however saw no sense in giving up his spear. He was a warrior, and a damn good one at that, and when the call came to hand in his armour he chose against it, and continued to make attacks against the Omnium and its forces. Eventually the war came to an end, and Nikolai found himself in want of something new to do. What’s a man who’s that good with a spear to do but turn to bounty hunting?