Blizzard has revealed the newest addition toOverwatch’sroster ofHeroes. NamedAna, the hero is a support specialist who makes use of a sniper rifle and abilities to heal teammates and deal damage to enemy players. Her backstory reveals that she is the mother ofPharah, so now we’ve got heroes from every generation!
Ana’s Biotic Rifle is her long range primary weapon that fires healing darts at allies, and darts that do damage over time or knock enemies unconscious making her a very useful support specialist. She can perform valuable healing but can still get herself out of a bind on her own.
As for herabilities, she features a Biotic Grenade which damages enemies and heals allies over an area of effect. Useful for clustered skirmishes to give your team the upper hand. The grenade also buffs allies by allowing them to receive more healing than normal. Alternatively, enemies caught in the field will not be able to receive any healing for a short period of time.
Ana’s ult is the Nano Boost, which is a friendly teammate buff that confers a bonus to a targeted ally’s movement speed, damage, and damage resistances. This handy ultimate ability will turn any friendly into a 1 person wrecking crew, giving players a chance to take the upper hand at a critical junction in a match.
PC players can get to trying out Ana today, through the Public Test Realm from Blizzard’s Battle.net client. She will be available for everyone through an upcoming patch that will bring some gameplay balancing changes to the Heroes as well as adjustments to competitive play. We’ll keep you updated when we know more about the patch’s release and specific notes! Excited to give Ana a try? Thoughts on what she brings to the table? Let us know in the comments!
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