Overwatch’s new hero is Hazard, the spiky Scotsman you’ve been ready for

Overwatch 2’s latest hero is a tank with stunning mobility and brutal diving and brawling techniques. Hazard has a punk-rock aesthetic, Scottish brogue and a shotgun that may blast your susceptible backline heroes to smithereens. However don’t be postpone by his powerful exterior: This anti-establishment rapscallion has a steadfast perception in bodily autonomy and a love of cute puppies.

Playable throughout a limited-time trial, Hazard was initially conceived as a frightening cyberpunk villain known as Spiker. However after Blizzard’s designers showcased their hulking scoundrel to the event group, it turned clear he was destined to evolve into a captivating insurgent with a protector intuition.

Blizzard describes Hazard’s gameplay as a “momentum-based mix between dive and brawl playstyles that may depart opponents working for canopy.” His two standout skills are Jagged Wall (a “spiky wall of Vanadium that may persist with any floor”) and Violent Leap (a “medium ranged, two-stage mobility choice that additionally packs a punch”). He can use his Vault passive means to scale his spike wall, giving the burly bruiser stunning agility.

His main fireplace means is Bonespur, a close-to-midrange shotgun that fires a spherical of poky spikes. In the meantime, Spike Guard lets him block incoming harm head-on whereas sending a volley of spikes again to any chumps unfortunate sufficient to be within the path of this Scottish Sid Vicious on HGH.

Within the clever phrases of Hazard, “The perfect protection? Stabbing.”

You possibly can take Hazard for a spin through the trial, which runs Friday by way of November 25. He’ll develop into a everlasting solid member when Overwatch 2 Season 14 arrives on December 10.