Caring not for the sanctity of a traditional information cycle, Blizzard launched Baptiste on the Overwatch take a look at servers just a few hours after announcing him. He’s a fight medic who, we all know now, has a capability that renders him and close by teammates immune to break. Like, all forms of injury. People are working round within the death-zones beneath cliffs. They’re leaping about in visitors. It’s carnage.
Fortunately, lead Overwatch designer Jeff Kaplan can be knocking round with a dev video discussing what Baptiste can do and why. Kaplan’s voice is at all times a bastion in attempting instances.
As nicely as that immortality area, Baptiste has a three-shot burst assault rifle, an AOE heal, and boots that allow him bounce actual excessive. I will likely be very disenchanted if we don’t all begin calling him Spring-healed Jack.
He additionally has an ult that doubles the injury or therapeutic of each allied projectile that passes via an enormous display. Which is an enormous deal, however I’m not over the immortality nonsense simply but.
The area comes from a drone that fizzles away after just a few seconds. It could be destroyed earlier than that, however not for those who say, chuck it behind a nook. Or simply use it to jump in front of cars.
You may additionally take a leaf out of Reddit consumer Deeakron’s e book, and go to Hannanora’s no-go zone. This is simply potential on customized servers with no cooldowns enabled, however it’s nonetheless one thing I by no means anticipated to see.
Here’s a full rundown of his abilities in textual content kind, and right here’s Jeff Kaplan providing the identical and extra with aloud phrases.
Huh. The “P” is silent.
